Wise spending lessons from a lace trimmed blouse
A woman buys two blouses at the same price. One uses showy lace and cheap fabric and proves costly after washing. The plain blouse wears well, keeps its look, and remains stylish. The lesson: pay for good workmanship and material, not merely trim. The thrift leaflets from USDA and Treasury offer guidance on economical clothing purchases.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Treasury Department
Fireless Cooker Usages and Suitable Food Types
Fireless cookers suit boiling steaming and long moist heat cooking. Best foods include cereals soups meats vegetables dried fruits steamed breads and puddings. Do not bake or fry or brown with dry heat. pairoven finishing advised for meats. use heat efficient setups to maximize retention.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Flat kettles stacked for fireless cookers
A description explains flat shallow kettles placed one over another to fill a cooker and enable cooking small amounts of different foods. These kettles are sold for use in fireless cookers.
Make Monday Mean Mutton
The article notes average U S household meat usage shows mutton or lamb at about five pounds per person yearly versus pork and beef far higher. It suggests substituting one day weekly of mutton could boost per capita annual consumption, promote economy, and encourage production with larger cuts like a shoulder or leg for small families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Practicing thrift in food kitchen guidance
Advice on planning meals to satisfy family appetites without waste. Emphasizes sizing dishes to avoid leftovers and avoid underserving, urging careful planning and frugality in meal preparation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cooking tips and housekeeping notes from a past page
A passage advises adding a pinch of salt to eggs while whipping to speed the process. It also suggests cleaning a brass bed with a soft cloth dampened with sweet oil. For greasy dishes a few drops of ammonia in dishwater are recommended as a more satisfactory cleanser than soda or soap powder.
Texas schools delay free textbooks bonds filed
Austin Texas 4000 schools have not filed bonds to qualify for free textbooks to start the new term. State superintendent Annie Webb Blanton urges districts to file bonds. 53 independent districts including Wichita Falls lack bonds though many have requisitioned books.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Annie Webb Blanton
Wichita Falls
Aquilla
Alleyton
Breckenridge
Burlington
Bronte
State Game Department to watch hunters after opening dove season
Austin reports the game fish and oyster department will monitor hunters statewide after the dove season opens September 1. Quail hunting outside a hunter’s home county now requires a $2 license. the oyster season also opens September 1 with efforts to relieve reef congestion and plant oysters to boost beds. Colonel W. G. Sterret leads the opening and department plans regulate freshwater flow near beds to protect oysters.
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Austin
Tex
Game, Fish and Oyster Department
W. G. Sterret
130 Girls Now Confined to Colony for Feeble-Minded
Austin reports 130 girls are housed in the state colony for the feeble minded with 70 on a waiting list. A boys dormitory funded by the last legislature will open after Sept 1, but only 60 boys can be accommodated. About 100 boys have applications. total waiting exceeds current capacity.
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Austin
Tex
Kansas Corn Crop Forecast Indicates Recordish Output
The August crop report forecasts Kansas corn at 56,445,000 bushels from 4,190,000 planted acres, yielding 13.7 bushels per acre. J C Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, released the figures. Arthur E Everts of Dallas Texas was elected president of the American National Jewelers Association. The convention will be in Louisville Kentucky next year.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Texan Heads Jewelers
Chicago
Arthur E. Everts
Dallas
Texas
American National Jewelers’ Association
Priday
Louisville
Lift off Corns With Fingers Ad Helps
A small bottle of Freezone from drug stores claims to instantly stop pain and allow removal of corns and calluses from feet without pain. Apply drops to the affected area and lift the corn or callus out root and all.
Hard on White Waists Sparks Global Coal Labor Talk
Samuel Gompers urged justice for coal miners at a Pittsburgh dinner amid worldwide labor trouble. A Pittsburgh anecdote contrasted a Pennsylvania woman upset by seven shirt waists washed weekly with the idea of a miner who demands nightly companionship, underscoring the labor struggle in a pointed humor tone.
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Samuel Gompers
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Emma
Capudine Advertises Quick Headache Relief
An advertisement touts CAPUDINE as effective for headaches of all kinds with quick relief. It offers a trial size of 10 cents and larger liquid doses, and includes a humorous fake dialogue about vitality morals and a “prescription for debility.”
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap daily plus Ointment occasionally cleanses the scalp and softens hands. Add Cuticura Talcum for fragrant ease in a complete Cuticura Toilet Trio advertisement.
Knows Her Business and Witty Observations
A collection of short quips and lifestyle snippets. The piece highlights Miss Smarty listening attentively to Jones and his remark about her being entertaining. It lightly jokes about value and practical habits.
Dodson's Liver Tone Ad Claims Calomel Dangers
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe substitute for calomel, promising a pleasant vegetable liquid that cleanses the liver without salivation. It argues calomel is Mercury and harmful, urging readers to try the product for quicker, healthier mornings and relief from biliousness and constipation.
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Dodson
Maniz Boyo
N. E
Canton
Handwriting expert testifies in trial clash over accuracy
Carl Eisenschimel, a police handwriting specialist, faces a sharp cross examination as a defense attorney presses him about errors. Eisenschimel insists he has never erred, while acknowledging no one is infallible, a claim the attorney gently undermines during the San Francisco Chronicle sourced proceedings. Edith's doll dispute adds a domestic aside as a grandmother counsels maturity.
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Carl Eisenschimel
Police Department
Eisenschimel
Eiisenschimel
Hisenschimel
San Francisco Chronicle
Japan's Isinglass Production Hit by Climatic Factors
Isinglass or kanten from seaweed is produced across Japan with Osaka Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures supplying over two thirds of the national output. In 1917 the total production reached about 2,809,207 pounds valued at 977,492 dollars.
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Japan
Osaka
Kyoto
Hyogo
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement
A vintage ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine offering $100 for an incurable catarrh case. It claims internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces and promotes J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. A stray quote from the Keston Transcript appears, with a curmudgeon’s moral line about transgressors.
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Hall
J. Cheney Ya Co
Toledo
Ohio
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Offered for Kidney Health
Public health ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It urges immediate treatment, claims Holland origin and centuries of use, and offers money-back satisfaction with sealed boxes in three sizes.
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Haarlem
Holland
Ment
Netherlands
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State Game Department
Calomel
Gin. Rowe
ALL Drug Stores
Edith
Grandmother
Ak E Station
Keston
Thomas
OLD Kentucky Mfg. Co., Inc
Paducah, Ky
Etta Dorion
Ogdensburg
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
LYNN
MAS
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