Hats Grow Larger as Winter Approaches in Vogue
A Paris influenced shift in millinery sees hats increasing in size as winter nears with velvet dominating while bold blue and violet velvets gain favor. Black hats gain color trims with bright ribbons and French methods of custom fitting contrast American fast fashion, yet both aim to flatter the wearer and keep hats as adornments rather than mere mercantile items.
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Neserts
Paris
New York Tribune
Madeleine Et Madeleine
Navy
Army
Snll- Hoer
Inc
Milner
Marie
Earrings and hats blend in bold winter millinery
A fashion note describes new ornament trends linking earrings to hat trimmings. Egyptian, Russian, and Indian motifs appear on toques, with jet and jade pendants in folds. Feather trims decline in favor of vivid fabrics, serge ribbed ribbons, and Spanish shawl inspired looks from Paris and France.
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France
Spain
Paria Miliner
Elaine
Rue de la Paix
Lucie Hamar
Dessert recipes and culinary notes from The Kitchen Cabinet
A collection of dessert ideas and recipes including Fifteen Minute Pudding, Lemon Meringue, Edinburgh Pudding, and Snow Jelly. Also contains philosophical notes on substance versus form by John Burroughs and a culinary aside about serving patterns for busy days.
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Edinburgh
Seasonal ideas for cookies and cakes from a vintage recipe
A collection of old fashioned baking directions for cookies and cakes. It lists ingredients and steps for Cokes and cookies aged for flavor, Spice Cookloea and Cream cake, Cranberry Cake, and Honey Boughnuts with measurements, mixing steps, and baking notes. The tone mirrors a period home economics guide with practical household amounts and methods.
DIFFERENT OFF THE STAGE Dareham Drake Master Crook
Dareham Drake, famed Alin villain, torched safes with an electric saw and solved nine safe combinations in a studio day. He escapes a prison cell, finds his door locked, and pays a locksmith $20 to open it. The scene ends with his anxious search for the fingertip key.
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Dareham Drake
Deedy
Fung
Unahaven Nin
Attorney Surely a Wonder in Alabama
A celebrated prosecuting attorney in Alabama earned the nickname for his string of successes, becoming feared by criminals and admired by many, including a large Black community. Upon leaving office, he faced grim odds as his first two defense cases ended in conviction, prompting remarks from an elderly admirer who noted the system sent everyone to prison regardless of side.
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Alabama
Dicky
Joe Clinton
Milwaukee Sentinel
Meeting the Shipping Hoard Fears Offense Over Insults
In an interview Chatromn Lasker defends crew actions while blaming others for offense. A Wawa station incident reports a gaunt woman demanding a Chester Heights ticket and snapping at the agent with sharp language and crude threats.
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Chatromn Lasker
Wawa Station
Chester Heights
Gost
Not for a While Courtship Chorus Ends in Laughter
A forties era bachelor courts a sweet twenty year old, moves to serenade her at the piano, and begins to sing Grow old with me. She interrupts sharply, Declaring she won’t wait twenty three years. The crooklyn standard union reports the humorous exchange.
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Crooklyn Standard Union
Supply and Demand Rule to Regulate Values Statement
A concise quotation noting that prices and value are set by market forces if permitted. The remark implies that government restraint on markets can enable supply and demand to determine worth without intervention.
California Fig Syrup Advertisement Teaches Laxative Use
An old style ad urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to children for bowel cleansing. It promises quick relief for constipation and lists symptoms like biliousness and sour stomach. It warns to ask for the genuine bottle and warns against imitation, noting directions printed on the label.
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California
Choice Between Two Loves Melvina Turtledove’s Dilemma
Malvina Turtledove weeps as she faces a dramatic choice between two lovers. Jack arrives to demand she pick between them, and in a tumult of emotion she struggles to decide, while a pet pomeranian and chaotic dialogue add a comic, tangled end.
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Malvina Turtledove
Jack
Pel
Angel
Bert
Bob
Charity Hat Mystery at 4 Georgic negro meeting
At a local gathering described as 4 Georgic negra meeting a charity collection faltered. The chairmen shook the hat and no one contributed, prompting Mose Taylor to remark on a moral lesson while dusky faces watched in puzzled silence.
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Agata
Mylot
Mose Taylor
Pittsburgh Dispatch
No Labor Saver Imitations in a Stuffy Restaurant
A traveling man on a hot day in a small restaurant watched the proprietress struggle to shoo flies with no screens. He suggested screening the windows and door, but she hesitated, fretting it might look lazy. The anecdote reflects practical need versus image.
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Harper's Magazine
Ocean guards a girl’s sea change in marriage tale
A fragile romance follows a girl who marries her ideal partner only to see him outgrow the union, testing love and commitment as ambitions diverge and expectations clash.
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John Burroughs
Crook
Old Darby
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Tin
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