Gay Cotton Print Dress Pattern for Sprightly Maiden
A Barbara Bell pattern No. 1882-5 offers a easy to make cotton print dress with a finned skirt and decorative hidden features. Suitable fabrics include printed calico, gingham or plaid, in sizes 4 to 8, with yardage specifics and 15 cent pattern order details from the Sewing Circle Pattern Depot in Chicago.
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Gher Sister
Serry
Plata
Seng
W. Adams St
Chicago
WNE
All Around and Household Tips from 1900s Newspaper
Practical household hints cover cleaning pewter with hot water and soap, adding milk to soups for creaminess, cleaning silverware, making radish roses, freely watering umbrella plants, shaping plants by trimming shoots, packing a picnic lunch with biscuit dough and deviled ham, and adding baking powder to mashed potatoes for lightness.
Smiles and Offhand Chats at the Gate
A fragmentary dialogue piece recounts a scene at a gate where officers and locals discuss a show and a visitor. The text references a character named Sam Jack-l and hints at a husband’s inquiry about a wife. The tone suggests light banter and everyday life amid scattered names and phrases.
States and Capitals Test Puzzle From The West
A scrambled list mixes states and capitals with partial spellings and mismatches. It presents pairs like Michigan and Lansing, Minnesota and St Paul, Utah and Salt Lake City, and more, asking to supply correct state capitals or capitals with their time as a state.
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Associated Newspapers
WAT Service
Michigan
Minnesota
Chereane
Oscord
Utah
Anstis
Carson City
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Luttleck
Maryland
Lava-—. T
Harrisburg
Providence
Jackson
Montgomery
Arizona
Idaho
Dover
Connectlery
Answers
Lansing
St. Paul
Wyoming
New Hampshire
Salt Lake City
Texas
Nevada
Frankford
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
Annapolis
Des Moines
Swansa
Rhode Island
Alabama
Phoenics
Delaware
Hartford
Difficulty and Opportunity in Odd Saying
A compact note frames the idea that the pessimist sees a difficulty in each chance while the Christian should view every opportunity as a chance sent or blessed by faith, contrasting outlooks on life and hope.
Man in the Sun and the 1815 Public Interest
A fragmented note traces a century old curiosity about a “Man in the Sun.” It claims reports across Europe Austria and England, then America, with varied descriptions of appearance and motion. The piece mentions Napoleon and a last sighting over West America, ending with a vague promise of further inquiry.
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Man In the Sun
Troe Treal Herald
Europe
Austria
England
Aimerica
America
Paturalis
Ste
West America
Napoleon
Dizzy Dean Winners Ad and Prize Offer
An advertisement invites readers to join the Dizzy Dean Winners for valuable free prizes. A companion note hints at the term companionate marriage being old but not commonly named today, reflecting a secondary column in the paper.
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Adv
Melvin Pore Hell
G-Man
GeMan Ring
Melvin Purvis the G Man and jewel theft case
Melvin Purvis, famed G Man who directed Dillinger and Flamingo captures, discusses methods in caper stories. In the tale Leo Orman reports the $300,000 Bokbara Diamond stolen, drawing Purvis into the jewel theft inquiry as the G Men pursue the case.
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Melvin Purvis
America
Dillinger
Preny Boy
Flord
Nelson
Mr. Purvis
Jodas
Leo Orman
Underworld
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Pattern Sa
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Sam Jack
L. Hon
Sam
Stort
Goth
Lowell Henderson
Pia
Cainalysis-Stralth
Uecretare. DE
Elli Worth
University Post Office
Mencion
Mae Ae
Pase
BSE Oon
Othe
Fole
Orman
Rere
C Yoasties
Leo Rama
NOR Gang
TUL
Bede
General Foods
Satila Creek
Nam
Jasior
Ort
Statorman's
Jriemar
THE
Bureau OF Analysis
Petersan
Peterman
Ovick
Dragzist
Tang Oda Sean
Daisy Fly Killer
Greene le Ptld Eis
Doan
Idoans
Avyon
Firestone
Greyhound
Iestone
Ihe
Courier
Mosescent Tire
Legenes
Livestone
Richard Arvoxsor
Eddy
Margaret Speaks
N. B
Weaf Network
Sapo
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