Spring Fashion Notes Emphasize Embroidery and Turbans
Fashion commentary details spring trends with Bulgarian and Egyptian motifs, embroidery, metallic ribbons, and bright color contrasts. Describes dinner hats, turbans, overblouses, jackets, and printed silks, plus beiges and plain whites with oriental embroidery.
Risnes Cabinet 1823 and social class critique
A fragmentary note quotes Clyde Davis on class relations in 1823 America. It suggests that if the classes could become acquainted it would not solve all problems but would spare much trouble, reflecting period social commentary.
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Clyde Davis
Pudding Recipes for Seasonal Treats
Seasonable notes share suet puddings with egg sauce and variations. Suet pudding uses sour milk, chopped suet, molasses, flour and dried fruit steamed in greased cans. Indian Suet Pudding adds corn meal and sour cream, while Steamed Delight combines bread crumbs molasses milk spices and dried fruit, all steamed and served with a fruit juice sauce.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Genuine Product Claim
An old advertisement warns buyers to look for Bayer on packages or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer aspirin. It highlights twenty two years of physician use and safety, notes proper directions on each package, and lists price options of twelve tablets, bottles of 24 and 100. It identifies aspirin as Bayer’s trade mark and mentions a warning about food disposition.
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Bayer
Doors Await Our Forest Adventures, Says Scoville
Quote from Samuel Scoville Jr urges that adventures aren’t in distant woods but at home, waiting beyond our doors for those ready to seek them. The proverb frames exploration as a daily opportunity rather than a faraway journey.
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Samuel Scoville, Jr
Emergency shelf ideas for quick meals and salads
A housewife with a well stocked shelf of canned foods can create nourishing dishes in moments. Recipes include salmon salad with cabbage or celery, coconut, griddle fritters with corn, marshmallow garnishes, and varied soups. Suggested menus feature canned chicken on toast, baked beans, potted ham, and fruit desserts.
Freedom From Laxatives Discovery by Scientists
Medical authorities warn that pills and salts offer only temporary relief from constipation at the cost of permanent injury. A natural lubricant like Nujol provides gentler, non medical relief that resembles nature's own lubrication and does not gripe. Nujol is not a laxative and is prescribed by physicians and used in hospitals. Get a bottle from your druggist today.
Describing W. L. George and D. H. Lawrence
The quote labels both authors as heroine addicts, framing their public personas through a provocative, controversial lens. It contrasts W. L. George as a novelist and D. H. Lawrence as a famed writer, underscoring harsh judgments in a literary debate.
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W. L. George
D. H. Lawrence
Heroine
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertised as Finest in World
An advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world, asserting every woman who uses it knows the claim is true.
Not Choice but Stimulating Quote Origin Ref
A clipped quotation from the Boston Transcript contrasts laughter as life’s wine with Vin ordinaire, noting the original line about stimulation and satire. The item presents a literary taste rather than a news event or public notice.
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Boston Transcript
Health is the Most Valuable Asset You Have
A Newage Michigan reader recounts a long battle with dizziness and stomach issues misdiagnosed by doctors. After trying Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, symptoms eased after the second bottle, and the informant bought six more bottles, praising its life saving effect. The ad notes available tablets or liquid and a 10 cent trial packet from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo.
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Newage
Mich
Chas. E. Backus
Dr. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Charming New Shade to Cid Lingerie Hinting at a Lesson
Secretary Mellon at a Pittsburgh dinner cites a story of a Hoosier schoolmaster teaching a country lad about fractions. The tale parallels debts and financial advice, praising the boy Peleg for his quick solution of one eighth of ham stock and remaining stock for the father.
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Mellon
Pittsburgh
Peleg
Rash talk at dinner spurs old tale of Roland and Hank
Gov Ephraim Morgan of West Virginia cites a rash tale to illustrate misreading a spouse. A husband killed after mistaking his wife’s sleep speak for Roland not Hank, thinking of a dream about Roland and butter orders. The story ends with a warning on misinterpreting muttered words.
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Ephraim
Morgan
West Virginia
Roland
Hank
Better Than Mother. A mother's porch talk with a troubled youth
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a mother who hosts her sons and their friends. A stranger entrusts his troubles to her on the porch and says he wishes his mother understood him as well as she does.
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Chicago Tribune
Art crank and noble steed quote
A line about an art crank who takes art too seriously and a note praising a noble breed and a noble steed.
Bible reading records spark friendly boasting in state offices
Greenberry Lowe and a statehouse friend compare early Bible reading and catechism memory, each claiming milestones before age twelve or fourteen. Lewis Johnson then recounts his father read the Bible aloud to him before he could read, concluding the exchange with a taller boast.
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Greenberry Lowe
State Auditor’s Office
Statehouse
Lowe
Lewis Johnson
Johnson
Indianapolis News
It Is Easier to Be Good After Trying Everything
A reflective aphorism on virtue and effort, suggesting moral ease follows exhaustive testing of choices. It frames goodness as the default after embracing diverse attempts, implying endurance breeds character.
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