Wraps and coats dominate summer fashion across continents
Fashion writers in the New York Times note a season of temperate weather requires versatile wraps. Overcoats and capes in plaids and two tone colors dominate, with Directoire coats and cape coats trending for sports and evening wear.
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New_York ‘Times
Neelgners
O'Rossen
Bru
Ascot
Piris
Au Fair
Paris
England
Im Motors
Sumner
Protecting Food From Flies With a Screened Chest
An article from a 1940s agricultural publication discusses building a screened food chest to keep flies away from food in kitchens, pantries, and stores. It explains placement, ventilation, and seasonal storage guidance including refrigerating perishables in hot weather and cooling foods before refrigeration. It notes a homemade chest using window screening, built during a kitchen improvement contest in Wythe county, Virginia.
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Wythe County
Polish Waxing Floors In Old House Maintenance
United States Department of Agriculture guidance explains waxed floors should be swept with a soft brush or mop free of oil. Periodic cleaning uses warm soapy water or turpentine to remove wax films, with flammable turpentine or gasoline kept in a tight bottle away from flames.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Okra as Soup Flavor Enhancer and Cooking Guide
Okra, common in the South and widely grown in the United States, is praised for its flavor and mucilage in soups and dishes with meat. The text warns against metal cooking vessels and offers recipes for Baked Okra, Winter Okra Soup, and Chicken Gumbo with step by step preparation notes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Weekly Menu Suggestions and Kitchen Tips
Readers receive a diet and kitchen maintenance set with daily meal ideas and prep tips. It includes a week of breakfasts dinners and suppers featuring lamb carrots cabbage and fish plus desserts and a method for peach ice cream and cabbage salad. An optimistic closing note encourages confidence and enthusiasm in work and future.
Favorite Apple Salad and Other Edible Creations
A collection of old time kitchen ideas with steps for Apple Salad Empress Rolls Peanut Butter and Marmalade Sandwiches Stuffed Dates Salmon and Pea Salad Lobster Southern Style and more. It details cooking methods for apples with cream and lemon, cucumber horseradish filling, and lobster preparations for a warm weather table.
Fragmentary aphorisms echo on life and virtue
The text presents scattered reflections on success and virtue, warning that promises are lighter than breath and advising caution toward adventurers who seek glory. It contrasts the guidance of justice with risky ambition and the danger of hollow aims.
Chester's Chuckles From the Chicago American
A column of whimsical lines by Chester C. Conner touches on weather mood swings balmy people and common vices. It reflects playful satire with brief vignettes about politicians aviators tax collectors and domestic life in a light Chicago tone.
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Chicago American
Some Gift Horses and Domestic Gossips
A survey of petty exchanges and social quirks. A press agent grants a landrise a pass for a play while a book reviewer dismisses a novel as filler for dull readers. Small gifts, misused items, and neighborly mushrooms color a suburban scene.
Despair and Confidence Banished by Public Good Motive
A fragmented note reflects on motive 48 and the public good as forces banishing despair and confidence alike, suggesting a struggle between inner doubt and outward duty in pursuit of collective welfare.
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Directoire
Pabis-ere
Lanvin
Unites States Depitment of Agriculture
Orleans
Okra
Cayenne
Silva
Farnley
Angel
Lloyd
Tyler
Sanfons
Chester’s
Dad
Baby
Pty
School of Efficiency
Balt
Lake City
COD Besniey Music Co. Co
South
West
Salt Lake
Box & Lumber
NNI Radio
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