Water guides to desert water sources mapped in southwest
The U S Geologic Survey reports an initial year mapping of 570000 square miles in southern California and southwestern Arizona to locate and signpost watering-places. Geologists prepare routes distances and water analyses for guides aimed at aiding travelers and expanding knowledge of groundwater.
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Picturesque St Marks in the Bowery Church Amid City Life
The church of St Marks in the Bowery stands in a lively New York stretch on Second Avenue. Its garden and angled church view attract walkers while terrace cafes and foreign residences fill the area. English is scarce and summer crowds rival Broadway in gaiety.
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Ford versus mule in a boastful street talk tale
A Kansas City Star reminiscence recounts Frederick Edrupt, once Charles Dickens's office boy, now retired after 40 years at the Temple in London. He recalls delivering posters for Dickens and meeting Benjamin Disraeli, the English prime minister, in a city shopfront.
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Cat Nods Off In Courtship Tale From Chicago Tribune
A late hour tale describes an entertaining scene where a cat sits facing a couple, yawns openly, and sparks embarrassment as a guest leaves after the hint is taken. The anecdote echoes declinings of hurried schedules and the value of calm routine, with quips about Marshal Foch.
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Systematize Work for Deliberate Long-Term Growth
Systematize work with poise and steady effort for lasting gains over decades. The mindset favors deliberate planning, consistent routines, and measured action to build resilience and success across a lifetime.
New Fashions in Gowns and Goats Evening Coats Vie
Fashion pages compare Paris and American styles postwar. Taffeta coats lead evening outerwear with baronette satin and glace silk wraps trimmed in crystal tassels and ostrich plumes. Tunics return in gowns with bold color contrasts and rose turquoise combinations for summer events.
SOME DAINTY EVENING GOWNS
A fashion note highlights gleaming fabrics for evening wear including metal embroidered nets metal brocades and lustrous satins. It describes ways to stand out with simple satin or silk frocks enhanced by diaphanous touches and a black satin dinner frock with tulle wings and floral garlands. The piece mentions a flat back and a train from shoulder to floor.
Lace styles with draped scarf ends
The description notes black lace fabric draped over the arms with ends forming a scarf at the front, creating a flowing accessory look. The image emphasizes elegant texture and a cohesive silhouette through draped lace.
Cleaning a White Plume Methods
A cor respondent lists several ways to clean a white plume. Options include burying the feather in flour or magnesia for 24 hours, then brushing. Another method uses benzine with caution away from flames, followed by air drying. A mild soap wash with lukewarm water and gentle brushing handles heavier soil.
Short Sleeve Vogue Signals Coming Trend
The note previews a vogue shift toward shorter sleeves across garments, seeing a trend from a suit with only half sleeves to broader adoption in fashion.
Cream Stockings Rise as Paris Spring Trend
In Paris this season cream stockings replace gray as the fashionable color. The change reflects a lighter palette for spring fashion, with designers and shops highlighting cream hosiery for afternoon and evening wear.
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Cotton for wear in home dress frocks
The article argues housewives should favor cotton for everyday frocks due to easier home laundering and lower risk of damage. It notes cotton stays practical from kitchen chores to afternoon wear, compares it with silk, and cites improved cotton weaves and designs for appealing looks.
Imported Gingham Returns In Popular Demand
Imported ginghams stay popular this year as large supplies arrive. Prices remain high, with imported fabric selling for about three times prewar levels.
When I marry I will be master in my own house
A fragmentary dialogue shows a harsh marital expectation about dominance versus consideration, reflecting an ironic exchange about controlling behavior and equal partnership in a future marriage.
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Bottles Carefully
An old warning urges mothers to check Castoria bottles for the signature DL In all caps to ensure authenticity. The notice promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy used for over 30 years and notes children demand it.
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That Useful Guardhouse at Training Camps
Cindy the colored laundress praises guardhouses at training camps likening them to the Red Cross for saving her son Duke. She recalls a postal card stating if he had not spent ten days in one, he would have been a corpse.
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Bonita’s Half Excuse Me Phrase Causes Family Laughs
Bonita explains she must leave the table midway but will return, saying Please half excuse me in reply to her astonished mother. Her witty remark reveals a child’s playful grasp of manners.
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Knocking the Judge
A lawyer laments that his client may not get justice before Judgment Day. The judge replies he will plead for the woman then. The lawyer warns the judge he will have troubles of his own on that day.
Idle hands fuel work for others in Satan’s scheme
The saying suggests idle hands invite Satan’s mischief and pretend truth can be suppressed. It frames idleness as a source of employment for those who profit from vice. The line echoes moralistic warnings about truth and labor in society.
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Advice on public speaking from an old timer
A young man asks how to give his first public speech. The mentor answers to make the speech as bad as possible so no one will ask again, ensuring peace at home. The exchange blends humor with a life lesson on avoiding public failure.
A Liberal Helping at Dinner Party
The Wyn-Jenkins host carves a bird at a small dinner party when the fowl slips. The bird ends up in the lap of the principal guest, shocking Mrs. Wyn-Jenkins while Pa remains calm and offers to take back some of his help.
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Bride and Bridegroom Noted In Card Quip
A Lighthearted Boston Transcript quip highlights a wedding toast remark that compares the bride to a queen and the groom to the deuce, capturing a playful contrast from the social moment.
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