Women endure war worries and seek brave plans for hope
Elizabeth Taylor writes from Austin about crying over world events and mothers of lost sons. The piece urges women to act, plan, and contribute, from defense work to saving and housing, to support soldiers returning home and build a stronger postwar world. It highlights Eunice Shepard, a private first class in the US Marine Corps Reserve, who joined to free a man to fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Taylor
Austin
Texas
Marshall Islands
Marines
Taylor
Europe
Red Cross
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Eunice Shepard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
No Time for Weeping Reflects Busy Wartime Roles
A middle aged wife and mother with two sons in service and a daughter at work says she cries daily as she ponders the world wartime ruin. Miss Norris notes that a woman’s role is to act to speed end of the war and aid returning servicemen. those with little to doweep.
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Marshall Islands
Europe
Miss Norris
Frock Pattern For Matrons and Children From Sewing Circle
Sewing Circle runs patterns for a slim lined matron’s frock and a child’s dress and bonnet. Barbara Bell No 1968 covers sizes 34 to 48 with size 36 short sleeves needing 345 yards of 39 inch material. No 1888 fits ages 1 to 5 requiring 134 yards of fabric plus 6 yards trim. Due to war demand some delays in filling popular numbers. send 20 cents per pattern to SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Calif
Young Lawyer Faces Framed Case in Courtroom Tale
In a terse exchange a client questions a junior attorney about age and capability. The young lawyer asserts willingness to take on the lengthy case while a relative pursues a budding political-writing career.
Had Him Guessing and a World War Punchline
A dialogue scene has Anna praising a recipe while a warning about Wilbur Cussengoose sparks a marriage reveal. A war memory jokes about a German coffin and an amused audience. The piece closes with a grim humor line about joining the navy and what remains of the world.
Old Prose Jokes and a Political Quip
A light card style exchange features a golf joke about a cousin whose size hinders play and a quip on a political speaker declaring a new world while a noisy crowd suggests triplets.
One Piece Play Frock and Sun Hat in An Afternoon
A simple sewing project promises a quick completion. The pattern highlights cutting sewing and laundering a matching one piece play frock and sun hat in just a single afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.ven
Fly-Sized Powerhouse Operates Machinery
A Nebraska inventor built a tiny electric motor no larger than a housefly. Weighing a quarter of a pound, it runs itself and powers other delicate machinery. The 58 parts are made of gold silver copper brass and iron, reflecting three years of work and ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Salt and incense built ancient roads and cities
Salt and incense were the chief needs of the ancient world and sparked many great trade routes. The Via Salaria in Italy and routes from Greece to the Dnieper fed salt pans and markets, while London grew from salt trade and pack trains on the Thames.
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Italy
Salaria
Greece
Dnieper
Far East
London
Thames
Cheshire
Channel
Gaul
No quotes or claims about a girl's legs equal to hers
A brief dialogue uses wordplay with out parallel and without equal. It contrasts two phrasings about a girl’s legs, showcasing a witty miscommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Jack
Obedient Robber Demands Cash from Clerk
A timid hold up unfolds as a man asks for money from a clerk while threatening with a trigger finger. The clerk coolly offers to help scratch the pistol and urges surrender of all cash in the register.
Vanity Table From Old Mirror and Odds and Ends
A simple guide shows how to make a vanity table from an old mirror using orange crates or boxes curtains a rod hooks hinges and screws. The article notes it is a frugal project easy to assemble with rough carpentry and the curtains hide imperfect edges.
Homemaking hints on food tips and household care
A compilation of practical tips for daily living including trimming cauliflower, dampening sewing tickings with soap to prevent feather leakage, netting under sweater holes for mending, feeding a dog cornmeal boiled with vegetables, wrapping apples in newspaper, saving scraps, bulb life guidance, choosing bulbs and voltage, and keeping peanut butter oil evenly distributed by storing the jar upside down.
Cottager Turns Down Carpert Sweeper Offer
A rough faced cottage owner rejects a carpet sweeper salesman who proposes part payment on a new model. The cottager insists his current device suffices and declines a deal, claiming he prefers truth over a trade.
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Kathleen Norris
By Kathleen Norris
Miles
Jasper
Joan
Anna
Alford
Dearie
Wilbur Cussengoose
Wilbur
Gussengoose
Hitler
By Ruth Wyeth Spears
Puth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
New York
Bfgoodrich
Wile
Hithey
Kellogg’s
Athletes At News
Paney
ACT
Ame At
Sopstone
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Maret
Jstae
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