Button-Front Tailored Coat Dress Pattern No. 8605
The Sewing Circle Pattern No 8605 offers a button front tailored coat dress in shirtwaist style for sizes 34 to 48. Made in wool crepe flannel or flat crepe, it features choice of collar and long or short sleeves, with a simple dart and gathers construction and a step by step sew chart. Pattern price is 15 cents, with credit to send name address style number and size to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1324 211 W Wacker Dr Chicago Ill.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Worst Conscience by Dr. John Hunter
A reflection on conscience arguing the dullest conscience is the most dangerous. It notes how a numbed conscience can justify major wrongs, align them with a comfortable life plan, and ease memories of passion and shame.
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John Hunter
European War Transforms American Women's Dress Says Expert
Miss Ruth Hutton of Cooper Union predicts the European war will Americanize U S women's wear, with a shift toward utilitarianism and trousers for many occasions. She foresees the disappearance of frivolous hats and excessive frills, a broader use of American design motifs, and more practical garb driven by wartime necessity.
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New York
Ruth Hutton
Cooper Union
America
Europe
Miss Hutton
Excess Rainfall Hurts Farmers in Mississippi
NEW ALBANY MISS Mississippi's agricultural belt suffers a severe downturn due to excessive rainfall and a prolonged drought. Farmers and tenants face ruined cotton and corn crops with estimated losses around 10 million dollars. Corn yield runs about 37 percent and cotton 43 percent of normal.
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New Albany
Miss
Mississippi
Ransom Aldrich
Michigan City
Farm Bureau Federation
Prickly Porky Reveals Headless Creature Prank
In a Green Meadows tale, Old Man Coyote chases a rolling creature only to collide with Buster Bear. The group discovers the prankster is Prickly Porky, still cloaked in leaves, and laughter erupts as Coy ote plots revenge.
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Buster Bear
Coyote
Old Man Coyote
Granny Fox
Roddy Fox
Green Meadows
Peter Rabbit
Buster
Jifey ‘Skunk
Sammy Jay
Mrs. Peter
Porky
Prickly Porky
Prickly
T.w. Burgess
WNU Service
Welcome Tea For Newcomer In Town
A friendly welcome helps ease the newcomer’s desolation in a strange town. A tea gathering offers a gracious way to meet and share tips on local spots for food, laundry, hats, dresses, churches, schools, and amusements.
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Phyllis Belmont
WNU
Ocean-Born Mary Haunts New Hampshire Village Rumors
In Henni ker New Hampshire villagers report sightings of the ghost Ocean-Born Mary, a pirate’s protegé said to return on frosty nights to guard a hidden treasure. Local lore ties the tale to a 1720 origin, a six foot tall spirit, and a rumored seven million dollars in gold buried near the residence of L. M. A. Roy and his mother Flora, who claim Mary saved their home from fires and danger.
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Henniker
N. H
Mary
Boston
Roy
Flora
Around the House Tips and At-Home Tricks
A collection of practical household pointers covers meat thawing and cooking tips, potato texture, preventing bottle stopper sticking, cutting Christmas cards for stand-up figures, flour measuring, a fruit salad dressing variant, and the effect of porous pots on plant root systems in warm dry homes.
Safety Quips for Drivers and Cars
Witty road safety lines warn about soft shoulders speed limits and blind curves. The quips compare driving habits to financial restraint and workplace pace, urging caution and steady progress over risky shortcuts.
Kindness Beyond Credit and Recompense
A reflective note on virtue from Marcus Aurelius. It questions pursuing praise or repayment for kindness and suggests genuine beneficence rests in the action itself rather than personal gain or recognition.
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Marcus Aurelius
Vinol Vitamin B Complex Ad from St. Paul Drug Store
An old Vinol classified style advertisement claims Vitamin B Complex and Tron in Vinol help thin women with unlovely hollows. It directs readers to obtain Vinol at their drug store or write Vinol Co in St. Paul Minnesota.
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Vinol Co
S. Wabasha
St. Paul, Minn
Emerson Quotation on Self-Reliance and Will
A brief reflection notes that lack of self reliance signals weakness in will and character. The quote attributed to Emerson frames independence as essential strength.
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Emerson
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Elizabeth Vickery
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Pi Golden
Bulwer
Manhattan
United States
Evelyn Hudson
London
Tokyo
Hawaii
Jack Dempsey
Duke P. Kahanamoku
Honolulu
Thornton Burgess
Jeveryday
Dumas
Doan
Doans
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