Rainy Day Ensembles Dominant in 1927 Fashions
The era of rubberized fabrics and ombre striped woolens brings bright rainproof outfits for girls from coats to hats. Two piece sportswear with novelty wool blouses and plaited skirts leads, with reversible coats, leather accents, and vivid color blends. Wool crepe and georgette appear for utilitarian dresses, while navy reps and kasha fabrics frame smart daytime ensembles.
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Clude
Chsc
Weather Bureau
Couture
Paris
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
The Answer Book Quiz of Historical Questions
A list of historical trivia questions covering figures like Bede and Keaton, events from the American Revolution to the Kentucky Derby, and topics on science, language, and art. It asks who, what, where, and when across broad eras.
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Bede
Asia
Buster Keaton
Answers From a Mixed Clue List
A spread of diverse items includes Mount Logan Yukon, Willie Munden with 171 firsts, Gen George Meade, Daniel Boone, Arkansas, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Algernon Blackwood, and Mount Whitney. Also references Pilgrim's Progress, Scapa Flow, Gen John C Fremont, Battle of Trenton, Leopold Auer, Caribbean islands, and language notes on whom versus who and a 1866 date.
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Mount Logan
Yukon
Willie Munden
Gen
George Meade
Arkansas
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Algernon Blackwood
Indian
Pacific
John Bunyan
Poultry care the key to healthy productive fowl
The article argues weight, vitality, and behavior reveal a hen’s health. Bright, alert birds with vigor handle well and are less disease prone, while half sick fowls appear foggy and shy away from handling. Trust touch over eye weight and look for shanks and beaks as indicators.
Fattening Turkeys Made Easy for Thanksgiving Funds
Fattening turkeys for the Thanksgiving market or home table is simple. Free range plus two feeds of yellow corn daily. early October one feed, last three weeks unlimited. exercise boosts appetite and fattening. Separate birds if needed, but free range yields better fattening with calmer birds.
How to Determine Body Conformation of Fowls
The guide explains handling a bird to assess body shape and handling quality. It notes a heavy producer has a long keel bone and a well filled body, while the pelvis and abdomen should show fat loss after a heavy laying season.
Titian The Venetian Painter Of Unmatched Perseverance
The Kansas City Star notes Titian the Venetian artist as exceptional in the history of art for a life spent painting for nearly seven and a half decades. It describes his laborious method with ground-work colors and patient reworking to achieve symmetry and mastery in each work.
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Titian
Kansas City Star
Capacity Essentials for Laying Hens
The article explains that laying hens need bodily capacity to digest large amounts of food. It notes that pelvic bone spread and the gap between pelvic bones and the breastbone indicate capacity, with nonlaying hens having bones closer together. Body length and breadth also affect capacity.
Absurd Misstep by Doctor Using Stockings as Gloves
Sir James Crichton-Browne recounts a colleague's absent mindedness as he gave a patient instructions by her bedside. He then calmly donned the lady's black silk stockings on his hands and arms as if gloves, departing without realizing the error.
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James Crichton-Browne
Lime for Chicks
An adequate supply of lime in the ration is important for growing chicks. Experiments show that lime deficiency drains bone reserves and stunts growth. Licking lime lowers egg production in mature hens, and oystershell or other inorganic compounds suffice for mature fowls but not for growing chicks. Lime should be added in the form of vegetable foods.
Vitamins and Minerals in Laying Fowls Diets
The article notes heavy laying fowls need three to four pounds of oyster shell per bird annually for proper shells. It emphasizes minerals and vitamins, not just protein, are required to balance a ration and sustain egg production.
Astronomical Mystery and Dark Regions in the Zodiac
The article discusses a pearly background glow in space seen through telescopes, debating whether it comes from countless suns or interstellar nebulous matter. It notes dark regions in Sagittarius and Scorpio, with Antares highlighted as a very distant star having about 8,000 times the Sun’s luminosity.
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Sagitarius
Scorpio
Antares
Earth
Connecticut Buys Washington Portrait for 100000
Connecticut officials celebrate purchasing a Stuart portrait of George Washington for 100000 after rejecting a printing from another state. The piece, commissioned by South Carolina, originally depicted General Washington. Connecticut bought it for 1000. Jerusalem plans electric lighting via British financiers under a signed contract.
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Connecticut
George Washington
South Carolina
Washington
Jerusalem
California Figur Syrup for Children Advised by Parents
An aged advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a remedy for children's stomach issues, claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels. It urges mothers to use a tea spoonful to relieve feverish, listless, and ill children and to seek the genuine product from The California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Oranges Priced At Sixty Cents A Dozen Exchange
In a sharp exchange Reg Pardon Jones questions fruit prices as a girl clerk quotes sixty cents a dozen. Jones retorts and a passerby calls for the manager amid a caption about a promoter’s tactics and the fool and his money stock in trade.
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Jones
Uncle Receives Cigars, Offer Sparks Debate
A reader asks how to give his uncle more pleasure, suggesting 100 cigars but another voice counters with 50. The back-and-forth touches on generosity and democracy without naming specific people or places.
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Boston Post
Cascara Candy Cascaret Claims Pure Cleansing Benefits
Advert reads cascara as a natural bowel purifier improving skin clarity and eliminating odors. It promotes cascaret candies for easy dosing, downplays mineral oils and laxatives, and urges against habitual medicine use for constipation or auto intoxication.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Quito
Charles Dickens
Daniel Boone
Mount Whitney
Scapa Flow
John C. Fremont
Battle of
Trenton
Leopold Auer
Caribbean Sea
Lumbago
Bayer Ma
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Parpheten
Cascarets
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