Memories of a Missouri Farm and a Writer's Reflections
A rugged memoir fragment follows Amos Croy and family on a Missouri farm through loss, memory, and work. The narrator recalls ancestral ties, wartime service, publishing ventures, and a lifelong pull toward home, ending with a vivid scene at the Women’s National Corn Husking Contest and farm life’s enduring shifts.
Exquisite Detail in New Blouse Styles This Season
Fashion notes describe summer blouse trends with eyelet and embroidered accents. Laces, handwork, jabot fronts, and self fabric trims define feminine silhouettes, while eyeleted pique and organdy offer variety for teens and young women.
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Cherie Nicho
Milady
Batiste
Nylon Fashion Features In Modern Women's Wear
A fashion snippet notes women embracing mannish shirts as substitutes for sports blouses with beach wear and lounge outfits. It highlights a nylon dress from a collection, crafted from a nylon weave, praised for coolness and resistance, suggesting its use as ahead-of-its-time for durable, stylish clothing.
Gay and Practical Sun Suit for a Tot
A charming ready for sunny days play suit for a young girl with a trimmed bolero to shield tiny shoulders. Instructions offer complete pattern details with a cherry applique and finishing notes, pattern No. dui, sizes 2 3 4 years, cost 16 cents in coin plus name and address.
After War, A Wife Seeks Calm For Family Home
Kathleen Norris counsels Mrs. Kling to not uproot for a troubled veteran. She urges accepting a country retreat, letting the husband regain balance, and then rebuilding a calm home as postwar work begins. The piece stresses nationwide effort to heal and restore sanity after global conflict.
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Mra. Kling
Moving to the country
After service, Harry returns to his claim adjuster job but becomes moody and restless. He plans to leave the city life for farming on a rundown 52 acre property 35 miles away, with two houses in poor condition. His wife opposes the move citing concerns for family life.
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Harry Kling
Chicago
Claim Adjusters
Tom
Harry
Fluorine Water Study Tests Decay Prevention
Experimental fluorine treatment investigates decay prevention by adding fluoride to drinking water and mouthwashes while Kingston New York residents sample fluoride water and nearby Newburgh uses ordinary water to compare dental outcomes over several years.
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Kingston
N. Y
Hudson River
Newburgh
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