Intricate dress pattern features slender lines and unique neckline
Fashion description highlights a graceful dress with a surplice arrangement, tapered sleeves, vertical waist tucks at the back, and front skirt seaming to slim hips. The design suits black satin or metal cloth with a soft scarf, pattern 9176 offered in multiple sizes with a diagrammed sewing chart and a price of fifteen cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
Fragmentary theater dialogue quoted in papers
The excerpt shows short gossip snippets about a Dribbler's check for 5100 and a gown, plus remarks on Abs Highbride and a homedoving husband. It includes a line about a teacher and a singer who has earned over $100, with brief country newspaper chatter from Louisville Courier Journal and Chelsea Record.
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Abs. Highbride
Louisville Courier Journal
Jasper
Matt
Freddy
Chelsea
Taking Medicine and the College Answer
A short dialogue recalls a four year span while a student pursues medical studies. The exchange hints at time passed during college and the pursuit of medicine.
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Mr. CC Swastzndrobher
Rome
Kalona
Dr. Pierce
Penelope Gatlin Orphan of a Turbulent Divorce
Theodora Gatlin adopts a daughter named Penelope as a plan to resolve her husband's marital troubles. The couple's strained relationship ends in divorce and Penelope is placed in Mrs. Gatlin's care. A baseball accident injures Penelope's nose and the child is taken to Europe. The father dies in a car crash after bequeathing money to Penelope. Years later psychiatrist Stephen Burt takes on Nance Belden, a young woman with dual personalities, as a new patient. Dan McNamara believes she is not a criminal and supports Burt's testimony in court. Nurse Lanny grows close to Nance despite her hard exterior.
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Theodora Gatlin
Francisco
Stephen Burt
Dan McNamara
Nance Belden
McNamara
Burt
Lanny
Nance
Miss Belden
Nance Gelden
Steve
Stephen
San Uentia Penitentiary
Doctor Burt
Tyrrell
The Ugly Duckling in Court and San Quentin Way
In a courtroom drama a judge dismisses a psychiatric defense as a clever imitation while Nance Belden, nicknamed the ugly duckling by a doctor, faces sentencing. After a tense exchange, she is sent to San Quentin, where she adapts to prison life under a strict but compassionate matron who explains rules, privileges, and parole prospects.
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Penelope
San Quentin
Nance Belden
Greenbrae
Nance
Young Tommy Nash Captures Mug in Daring Act
After expulsion from the university for rule infractions, Tommy Nash becomes a local folk hero when a rooftop scheme and a drunken stumble lead to a brawl that ends with police recognizing him for subduing a tough mug. His father remains unsure how the feat occurred.
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Tommy Nash
Tommy
Thomas A. Nash
Hetty
Housewife's Idea Box on Juicing Lemons
A household tip suggests heating lemons in a hot oven for five minutes to extract more juice, noted as an efficient technique for baking and beverages. The item is credited to The Housewife and distributed by Public Ledger, Inc via WNU Service.
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Public Ledger, Inc
WNU Service
Hair-Raising Loyalty in a Wig Mishap at Horse Guards
A Highland officer who wore a wig after wartime hair loss lifted his hat during the Trooping the Colour parade at Horse Guards. The wig became stuck in his hat by a mischance, drawing a Cockney observer to exclaim admiringly that he is loyal.
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Horse Guards
Vancouver
Postum Free Week Offer Promises Full Supply
The Postum Company advertises a free full week’s supply of healthful Postum to any reader who writes for it. The offer appears in another portion of the same newspaper and invites interested individuals to request the sample.
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Postum Company
Remark on a veteran, a map, and a Zulu war remark
Fragmentary dialogue features a famed veteran in a hotel lounge and a young companion debating loyalties. The text mentions Dr. Pierre's Pleasant Pellets and claims they are original liver pills from six years ago that regulate liver and bowels.
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Dr. Pierre
Hadn't Time Woman Keeps Husband at Door Half Hour
A wife explains she had no time to come in and kept her husband standing at the door for about thirty minutes. The exchange reveals a domestic moment of frustration and scheduling.
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Dribbler's
Golden Dawn
By Peter B. Kyne
Bell Syndicate
AVNU
Jim
Poe
Judge
Blerhen
Tam
Belden
Walla
Mac
Thomas A
Housewife’s Idea Box
Borias Co
Dot
Chicaza
Daan
Doan
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