Navajo allotments skew wealth toward large families
On the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico the government plans 160 acre allotments per person regardless of age or status. Polygamy inflates land wealth, wives and offspring become valued assets, raising prices for marriage and complicating wealth distribution among Navajo men.
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United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Dan Cupid
Rooseveltian
Sam
Southwest
Views on Navajo Life and Allotment Controversy
The essay argues Navajos practice semi nomadic living and large family networks with multiple wives. It criticizes government plans to confine them to farms. claims land claims ignore mobility and water access. It notes vast reservation size and spread across several states while praising self sufficiency and unique crafts. It warns about cultural clashes and biases in comparing to white standards.
Tall and Skinny Lady in a Fashion Picture Gag
The lesson presents a tall, skinny figure described as a fashion picture come to life. It humorously notes the silhouette is 18 feet tall, challenging readers to avoid quick conclusions about the character’s role or origin.
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Myrtle
Relaxation Secret From a Cat Model for Woman's Welfare
A writer argues that a household cat illustrates ideal relaxation for women. By mimicking feline ease women can preserve youth, avoid facial lines, and reduce mental and physical tension. Society’s petty cares burden women, but the tension habit can end when the cause fades.
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Crown
No-drinking Ridgeway brags while others seek rich in laws
A character boasts of never drinking, prompting another to note that virtue alone may not win marriage to a rich heiress. The dialogue wryly suggests the best match is a man without bad habits who costs less as a son-in-law.
Australia’s New Capital Seen as Glorious City to Rise
The piece imagines a planned Australian capital built with natural amphitheater hills and unmatched climate. It calls for genius in design to avoid capital-city errors and to create an eighth wonder of modern times.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Aus
Lon
Humorous quip about a craftsman and his wife
A witty remark notes that all the craftsman makes goes on his wife’s back, inviting a punchline about how little he must be making. The line appears as a clipped exchange cited by Lippinecutt’s Magazine.
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Lippinecutt’s
The Smart Clerk And The Old Gent Baseball Convo
A humorous exchange features an old gentleman asking what baseballs the clerk has. The clerk replies only round ones are available, delivering a concise, light moment from a cartoon caption.
Gowns for Summer Fashion Shapes and Fabrics Explained
The article outlines summer gown styles including one piece and princess dresses, front fastening wash frocks, and coat gowns in linen or duck. It notes patterns with flounced or draped skirts, lace trims, hand embroidery, and delicate lingerie fabrics like handkerchief linen and lawn.
Spring coat in new design for fuller figures
A spring coat illustration features a design meant to flatter women with fuller figures. The green cloth suit with black trimmings pairs with a green crepe de chine blouse and ecru lace details. The accompanying hat is black straw with velvet trim and an ostrich plume.
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Ecru
Ecru Batiste
Smart model coats with satin trimming noted
The design is described as suitable for coats made of linen, silk, pongee and crepe de chine. The model is praised as smart and well suited to a wide range of figures.
New Slip Design Introduces Separate 18 Inch Flounce
A redesigned princess slip features an 18 inch ruffle in China silk or batiste, finished with a straight top band and buttonholes. The flounce fastens to the slip on a row of buttons, aiming to cut laundry costs by using a shorter slip that stays cleaner. One slip can serve as both plain and fancy flounces, reducing laundering needs.
Fragrant Scents for Paper and Clothes Storage
Instructions describe blending powders with starch and roots for note paper, spices and rose leaves for new goods, and a cloves cedar rhubarb mix with salt to scent and mothproof clothes. Packaged in small bags for desks and chests.
Colors for the Bedroom and Colonial Drapery Ideas
The article discusses home decor with colonial influences, detailing simple home sewn curtains of plain net or linen tape, hanging beside windows and across casings. It notes cretonne or English chintz for inner hangings, a top valance 15 inches long, and matching bed coverings using the same materials with lace trim, green striped walls, and a neutral rug.
Have Confidence in Child A Suspicious Parent
Quote from Haliburton notes concern about a parent acting suspiciously toward a child and calling for vigilance in safeguarding youth. The line frames trust and caution in parenting.
The Mystery of the Ages and a Child at the Zoo
A Detroit News-Tribune excerpt ponders ancient ages and gender mysteries while a young girl visits the zoo. The dialogue contrasts Methuselah with elder ages and ends with a cautious remark about an elephant.
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Zoo
Detroit News-Tribune
Pass Along The Good Word About Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier stomach strengthener and liver invigorator sold by druggists for over 40 years It claims the medicine has a known composition printed on the wrapper and is prescribed by physicians It touts benefits for weak stomachs wasted bodies weak lungs lingering coughs and digestive and nutritive restoration It also promotes Dr Pierce s Common Sense Medical Adviser and offers details to order by stamps from Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Nature
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