Dainty Frocks for Girls and Formal Tailored Garments
A beauty article outlines current girls wear from infancy to teens, detailing everyday dresses in ginghams, voile, and lace, tailored suits with hair-line stripes, and the rise of compose tailleurs. it highlights practical, feminine frocks and party dresses in various materials and finishes.
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Dimity
Batiste
Voile
Georgette
Paris
The Kitchen Cabinet Emphasizes Home Emergency Cooking
A 1926 piece on homemaking stresses keeping an emergency shelf with staples like canned fish, olives, and coconuts. It offers quick dishes such as Peach Mallows and tuna rice, plus grain based meals like oatmeal soup and corn flour griddle cakes for rapid, satisfying meals.
California Fig Syrup Adverts Childrens Laxative
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as the best laxative for children. It promises a thorough cleansing in a few hours and a return to a happy, well child, noting the genuine product with age-specific directions and warning against imitation.
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California
Walter Hagen shares golf yarn at St Petersburg dinner
The golf champion Walter Hagen told a joke during a Florida trip at a dinner in St Petersburg. He recounted a Scotchman losing three balls while playing at a famous club and finding eight after the round, a quip about the course.
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Walter Hagen
St. Petersburg
Florida
Diamond Dyes Color It New With Simple Instructions
Diamond Dyes offer 15 cent packs that tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, dresses, coats and more. Directions specify wool or silk versus linen or cotton, helping choose the right color for each fabric type.
Traffic Boom Pushes Queensboro Bridge Vehicle Count
The Queensboro Bridge in New York carries about 25 000 vehicles daily with a steady rise expected to push the total toward 40 000 as traffic increases.
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Queensboro Bridge
New York
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Ad promotes Cuticura Soap for the complexion and scalp cleanliness, Cuticura Ointment for dry skin, and Cuticura Talcum for fragrance, claiming the trio keeps hands soft and the skin clear.
Narrow Escape at Grandmother's Funeral Day
A speaker recalls a near miss involving an employer during a year ago event. The tale centers on a day off to attend a grandmother's funeral and a brush with danger that almost buried a person alive.
Purges and Physicians Promote Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin
Dr. W B Caldwell of Mon ticello Ill a long time physician argues against constant purges. His Syrup Pepsin provides gentle regularity without griping or upset and strengthens bowel muscles with use. A 60 cent bottle is suggested for those over fifty.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Ill
Paris bidder buys first Versailles treaty proof at sale
A Paris collector paid 13000 francs at a public sale for a first proof of the treaty of Versailles bearing signatures of Vice President Wilson Lloyd George and M Clemenceau. An advertisement notes Dr Peery's Dead Shot as a renal medicine that claims to expel worms with a single dose.
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Paris
Wilson
Lloyd George
M. Clemencen
Fragmented dialogue hints at frugal household exchange
The text shows a couple negotiating expenses with humor about radios and dresses. Sven, a prosperous throat specialist, appears in a dryly observed moment of financial strain and social outings.
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Sven
Wood Shingle Bans Spread to Pittsburgh and Other Cities
Cities including Pittsburgh have long barred wood shingles due to fire hazards. Officials continue to enforce bans as safety concerns prompt restrictions in several locales.
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Pittsburgh
Cure Your Cold the Sensible Way Ad for Bond's Pill
Advertisement claims Bond's Pills cure colds fevers headaches and flu by starting the liver and removing bile poisonous germs. It promises you wake up well with a single nightly dose for 25 cents.
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Bond
Anticipation in Dialogue About Repeated Exam Failures
The dialogue centers on a student facing exams with the question How many times have you failed in your examination Tomorrow will make the third time. It captures anxiety and resolve as the student foresees another attempt.
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