Summer Fashion Notes Highlight Sheer Fabrics and Voile Trends
A muted fashion page describes summer garments with sheer cottons, voile, georgette, and embroidered Swiss fabrics. It notes dresses with lace trims, tassels, and frills, plus updated sleeves and high collars. The piece emphasizes lightweight, cool styles for young shoppers and references decorative borders and ribbon detailing.
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Windases
Voile
Chiron Taffets
Georgette
Georgette Vse
St. Gall
China
Iaco
Summer Hostess Sammer: planning outings for a teen party
A guide for hosting summer house parties warns against overburdening the hostess and suggests outdoor activities to keep guests engaged. It recommends water sports, picnics, campfires, dancing, and costume events, with a focus on self-help by youths and simple preparations.
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Sammer
Striped Fabrics Challenge Plaids in Fashion Trends
Stripes gain favor over plaids as the dominant demand shifts. Striped skirts emerge as rivals to traditional gay plaids, with hairline and broad stripes highlighted. Knife plaiting rises in popularity while accordion plaiting lags due to higher cost and difficulty in restyling.
Take Care of Your Shoes
Thrift Magazine advises slow drying of wet shoes and using shoe trees to maintain shape. Rotate at least two pairs to extend life, as two worn alternately can outlast three worn consecutively.
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Thrift
A Story of Two Friends in David and Jonathan
Lesson text analyzes the biblical friendship between Jonathan and David from 1 Samuel. It notes Jonathan's abdication of royal claim, his defense of David against Saul, and their covenant to protect each other. Observations emphasize choosing true friends, mutual aid, God fearing conduct, and sacrifice as marks of genuine friendship.
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Navid
Jonathan
David
Prines
God
Sant
Goliath
Saul
Tavid
David Saul
Travid
Good Impulses Put to Work
A compact note highlights the value of intentions driven into action. It argues that impulses alone fade without timely execution and practical steps to achieve goals.
The Glory of Life Quote on Doing the Impossible
A brief reflective line states that the glory of life lies in doing the things that cannot be done, emphasizing ambition and perseverance without naming people or places.
Greatest Losses Never Seen
The quote notes that the deepest losses are unseen by observers, highlighting invisible impacts on individuals and communities. It reflects on unseen grief, sacrifice, and consequences that shape lives beyond public view.
Being Rich or Poor and Mindset Growth
A reflective note on wealth tied to mindset and purpose. The piece emphasizes that personal richness or poverty stems from mental cultivation and inner growth rooted in purposeful character.
Fletcher's Castoria Advised for Infant Care
False claims warn mothers against treating babies with adult remedies and urge physicians. The pitch promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted, specialized remedy for infants, claiming it reduces deaths and should be kept in every home.
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Fletcher
Fletcher’s
Immigration surge from 1820 to 1910 reshaped America
Between 1820 and 1910 about 23 million immigrants arrived in the United States. The shift transformed cities, labor markets, and culture as waves of newcomers settled across the nation.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Effective For Various Aches
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin tablets as genuine and safe for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It urges accepting only unbroken Bayer packages with directions and notes 12 tablet tins and larger druggist packages at low cost.
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Bayer
Diamond Dyes Brand Ad Warning for Fabric Dyes
An advertisement urges readers to insist on Diamond Dyes to avoid streaks or ruined fabric and notes directions are on the package. The message emphasizes quality and brand identity for safe, even coloring.
Freezone removes corns quickly without soreness
Advertises Freezone as a cheap remedy that relieves corn pain instantly and lets you lift the corn off with fingers. Claims it works on hard and soft corns and corns between toes without irritation and costs only a few cents. Includes a stray Icelandic moral note about mothers guarding children.
Hunt's Salve praised by Oklahoma man for curing itchy skin
A Medford resident extols Hunt's Salve as the cure for Itch Eczema Ringworm and related conditions after other remedies failed. The ad notes the product is sold with a guarantee by drug stores or mailed if unavailable, with price per box. A joke about Mrs Millyuns follows the medical endorsement.
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Europe
Hunt
Medford
Oklahoma
A. B. Richards Medicine Company, Inc
The Minelaying System by Admiral Sims
Admiral William S. Sims explains mine layer operations in the World's Work. A vessel at full speed drops five foot high black objects into the water at intervals, sailing head first into the sea, creating large splashes before sinking.
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William S. Sims
Handkerchief Washing Tips For Kids Clothes
Children handkerchiefs look faded after wash. Use good soap and rinse in water blued with Red Cross Ball Blue to restore brightness.
Missing curls spark amusement on train ride
A traveler recalls leaving belongings at the berth and returning to find artificial curls pinned to the back of the seat. Fellow passengers laughed as the item became a shared joke during the journey.
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P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Cirecos
Oi di Sanelfitcher
Castoria
Iceland
Sherman, Texas
Chicago
Bellans
L-A Ins
TY Killer
Express
Harold Somers
de Ralb Ave
Brooklyn
Homeseekers
Minneapolis
Minn
Gulf American OL. & Refining CO
Main Street
Port Worth
Texas
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