Autumn Fashions Feature Blouses and Princess Frocks
Julia Bottomley reports on autumn street wear spotlighting velvet jackets, crepe satin blouses, and two tone color schemes. The piece highlights blouse hems, necklines, and hip lines with bows and lacing, plus new princess line dresses, scalloped hems, and flared sleeves and skirts with godets or gussets.
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Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Norma Learns Money Lesson With One Dollar Salary
Norma overdraws by 13.76 after a hat purchase and faces a stern talk with husband Jerry who proves his point by pouring his entire monthly wage in one-dollar bills into her apron. The act exposes faulty spending and leads to a year of disciplined saving and finally a balanced, debt-free household.
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Orma Glenn
Jerry
Norma
Tom Brent
Tom
The Lazy Hero and the Drive for Progress
The piece argues progress comes from a blend of energy and ingenuity. It lauds inventors and organizers who reduce effort through clever work, and suggests efficiency grows when one favors thoughtful, targeted action over brute labor.
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Western Electric News
The Sticky Trap Replaces Office Cat for Vermin Control
The British Office of Works introduces a patent vermin trap that uses rosin and pitch smeared on wood or cardboard. A morsel of fish or cheese lures rodents, which then become stuck until a cleaner removes them the next morning. The trap has seen extensive use in the General Post Office.
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Office of Works
The Gent of 1847 and Al bert Smith's Satirical Sketch
The article discusses the nineteenth century Gent as depicted by Albert Smith in The Natural History of the Gent (1847). It notes his fondness for spirits oysters stout ballet girls and late nights in Haymarket night houses with peelers and a life that ends by marriage to a widow or heiress or by galloping consumption.
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Albert Smith
Natural History of the Gent
England
Smith
Haymarket
Detroit News
California Fig Syrup Promotes Gentle Liver Cleanse
Advert says children love the pleasant taste of California Fig Syrup and a teaspoonful cleans the liver and bowels. It urges parents to ask their druggist for the genuine product with directions printed on the bottle and to say California to avoid irritation.
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California
He Knew the Brand The Customer Forty Cents for Eggs
Dialogue shows a buyer and dealer discussing egg prices and grade quality. The customer resists buying, claiming to pay a quarter per dozen, while the dealer explains the grade affects demand.
Denison Woman Praises Pinkham Pills and Syrup
Mrs Emma Greco of Route 3 Denison Texas says Lydia E Pinkham products cured her nervousness and constipation and boosted her energy. She recommends the medicines to others and offers to answer letters about the remedies.
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Denison
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Greco
Route 3
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