Parcel post would ruin country towns and soil hope
Byron Williams cries out against the parcels post in Chicago describing hungry city lineups and a flood of mail order goods draining business from rural merchants. He warns it forces country boys to seek city fame, weakens small towns, and risks national decline if passed. He urges voters to oppose the bill and protect rural education and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McDowell
Paress Post
City Mills
Uncle Sam
United States
Friends of Parcels Post
England
Germany
Oregon
Sam
Post Office Department
Constantine
Mich
Metropolis
Sheridan
Byron Williams
The Ouled Nail Dowry Parade of North Africa
The Ouled Nail dancers in North Africa amass vast silver jewelry and gold coins as dowry wealth. They trade coins for gold, creating portable treasure that decorates their bodies from neck to hips before retiring to married life.
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North Africa
Algeria
Biskra
Constantine
Massieur
M’sieur
Metropolitan Magazine
High Opinion of Himself Delivers Wry Barbs
A witty exchange mocks a self-important figure claiming superiority. A speaker quips that the man not only sees himself as unique like a pebble on a beach but also as the sole grain of genuine coffee in the bag. The banter highlights satire of vanity.
Hat and Tie Sets for Smart Wardrobe Upgrades
Fashion guide suggests affordable hat and tie sets using taupe or black velvet bases. Create removable crown bands in fur feathers or embroidered net, with matching neckties in two styles: a wide band under the left ear with reversible ribbon velvet bow, or a stock shaped band with a ribbon frill.
Gifts to Please Bridesmaids Offer Personal Delights
The piece outlines original gift ideas for bridesmaids emphasizing personal touches. Popular options include gold or enamel hatpins with intertwined initials and wedding date, birthstone pins for the bride or bridesmaids, small charms for watches or chatelaines, garters, engraved wedding bells, oval lockets, monograms on accessories, shoe buckles with rhinestones, and gold or silver card cases. The best gift is one suitable to wear at the wedding ceremony.
Time's Changes Warn Old Town Faces Change
Judge recalls a visit by a native returning to his boyhood town and notes many changes. Peevy's store, a red depots, town hall heated by steam, new hitch posts, a modern stone trough, Hi Greene's updated house, a front piazza at the hotel, and new business sheds behind the church reflect progress since his last stay. Time makes changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed ‘Skinner
Hi Greene
Judge
Cure of Severe Skin Eruption by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs. Kathryn Krafft of Warrenville Illinois describes eighteen years of skin eruptions and blood poisoning. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent she reports cooling relief and complete cure following two months of nightly application.
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Warrenville, O
Kathryn Krafft
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
A Pretty Gift and a Silver Thimble Moment
A young man presents a small square box to a woman and offers a gift that may fit her finger. She exclaims in surprise as George reveals a silver thimble, cooling the room with the moment. Paxtine Antiseptic advertised as a teeth cleaner and tartar remover by Paxton Toilet Co. Boston, 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Ladies’ Home Journal
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Mrs Knicker Laugh and World Laughs With You
A comic quip highlights social irony as the line plays on Mrs Becker Weep and a gift. The brief joke contrasts two couples and modern manners.
Stop the Pain with Cole's Carboni Salve
An advertisement claims Cole's Carboni salve stops burn or cut pain quickly and prevents scars. It offers 25cc and 50c bottles, free samples by writing J W Cole & Co Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Cole
J. W., Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Crepe Voile and Toweling Create Cool Summer Ensemble
A fashion note highlights soft crepe voile patterned with Turkish toweling. Toweling’s coarse surface is less suited to heat, but paired in porcelain blue and white, it forms a cool looking hem border and wide cuffs. The text mentions raised china blue accents along the plain crepe surface.
Simple coiffure for evening shows large knot with braid
A fashion note describes hair arrangements where elaborate pins are worn but tresses are simple. The evening style features a large knot on the head encircled by a braid, secured by rhinestone pins and a matching barrette.
Sailor Collar Adapts To Colored Linen Dresses
Fashion note describes a sheer Tall sailor collar for colored linen dresses. It calls for a half yard of material and finishes the edge with a narrow pleated net frill. A touch of color can be added with feather stitching where the net joins the collar.
Alliance Ring Offers Hidden Twin Ring Design
A wedding ring described as the Alliance ring appears as one solid band but functions as two. The two rings stay joined by an invisible joint with an inside pinhole that splits when engraved, revealing the inside markings.
Tired Eyes Advice From Medical Note
For tired eyes, lie down for thirty minutes and apply cool boracic acid compresses. Make compresses by soaking sterile gauze in a pint of filtered water with one third ounce boracic acid dissolved.
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Mackinaw
Underwood
N. X
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Western
UNION
W. Adams St
Dveaters
Harold Rowers
DeKalb” Ave
Brooklyn
TEWIS
Christopher & Son
Areth
Fra
Wiebke
Coca-Cola Vindication
Chattanooga
Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta GA
Lilly White
Phoebe Primm
Faultless Starch’ CO
Kansas City
Coca-Cola
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