Elegant Two Frocks and Easy Patterns For Slim Look
Fashion notes describe a fitted waist silhouette with two dresses, an Afternoon Dress and a Workaday Dress, featuring lifted midriff panels and princess skirts. Patterns No 1585 and No 1629 provide sizes, yardage, and braid trim details, plus a Fall and Winter Pattern Book for 25 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Sam Urged by Church Committee to Contribute
A Philadelphia Bulletin note recalls Easier Sam being pressed by a church committee to donate to a special fund. Sam remains obdurate, retorting that he owes the land nothing and that the creditor is not pressing him as other creditors do.
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Sam
Brethren
Philadelphia Bulletin
Three Sides to a Matrimonial Row and More
A newspaper notes a case about a man who cycles to work at seventy and mocks optimistic hopes of fixing a partner. It contrasts long words with understanding and hints at truths behind relationships and love.
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Hercules
Around the House Items for Homemakers Advice Column
The piece offers practical tips for home care including using leftover cereal, selecting poultry with soft beaks, removing tea stains with glycerin, preventing accidents from cluttered stairs, washing hair brushes with soda, stretching soap, proper stocking fit, cleaning suede with bran, washing chamois, and hemming curtains to adjust length after washing.
George May Not See Practical Way to Saw
A man orders a clothes prop and plans to cut a V in it to reach the top. He borrows a step-ladder from a Scots neighbor, who questions the plan and mocks the idea of sawing from a window versus trimming from the top.
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George
Johnson Courtship Text Reflects Humble Origins
The English dramatist Dr. Johnson wooed Mrs. Porter and confessed poverty, claiming an uncle had been hanged. She countered humorously that she too had little money, boasting 50 relatives deserving hanging.
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Johnson
Porter
Mail Order Denture Business Wins Court Ruling
The United States Dental Company of Chicago reports rapid growth nationally and abroad for its mail order dentures. It touts measurement and fabrication from quality materials at low prices, citing customer letters as testimony to its service to people in remote or hard-to-reach areas.
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Chicago Daily Tribune
United States Dental Company of Chicago
United States
Adv
Patriotism and reverence for the nation
A quote from D. C. Peattie compares patriotism to love and religion, arguing it cannot be manufactured by law. He urges Americans to live in their country with reverence for the gift passed down by the Author.
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D. C. Peattie
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