Preparing a School Wardrobe for Little Girls
A guidance note from the United States Department of Agriculture outlines a practical approach to dressing preschool girls for school. It recommends seven bloomers or rompers, seven spare dresses, plus extras for emergencies and occasions. The plan favors growth allowances, seasonal updates, and inexpensive fabrics like cotton prints and ginghams, with a simple dress pattern illustrated as a model.
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United States Department Agriculture
Dettela
Bureau of Home Economies
United States Department of Agriculture
Mice Find a New Pantry After Family Expels Them
A Sandman tale recalls attic mice living in a pantry and debating tin boxes and cardboard nibbling. When the homeowners return from a planned feast, the mice realize they must move and begin a hopeful search for another pantry. (c. 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
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Mr. Mouse
Mrs. Mouse
Western Newspaper Union
Hints for Housekeepers Lightly Guide Washing Tips
This item offers practical advice for gentle cleaning and home care. It covers fabric care for cotton curtains wool rayon and silk quilts gloves and garments as well as cautions on drying wooden utensils and avoiding heat damage. It also includes a tip to prevent fish from sticking to pans by salting the skillet.
Food for the family table and tuna salad recipe
A mid 20th century style recipe feature describes fruit and green salads with cream cheese balls and lettuce, plus a health note extolling buttermilk as a healthful drink. It includes Tuna and Apple Salad with lemon, tuna, celery, mayonnaise, and lettuce as a served dish.
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Malaga
Philadelphia
Modish Daytime Frock Described With Peach and Rayon
A Georgette waistline frock features peach and rayon and wool fabrics with a two tone color scheme. Marine blue with navy and pale yellow with orange appear in coordinated ensembles. The hat harmonizes in peach, crown is rayon georgette, and the skirt uses stitched plaits down the length.
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Jenny
Yashion
Western Newspaper Union
Apple Float Ready In A Hurry From Apple Sauce
When guests arrive and time is short this quick dessert uses 2 cups thick apple sauce and 4 egg whites. Sweeten hot sauce, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, then chill. Optionally add lemon juice and a pinch of nutmeg on top.
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Bureau of Home Economics
The Fight Against Moths
The United States Department of Agriculture urges constant vigilance for moth control. Store woolens and blankets in tight chests with naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene crystals, or use red cedar, after thorough cleaning and sunning. Seal wrapped items, fumigate trunks with carbon disulphide or carbon tetrachloride, and cold-storage deter moth damage.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Farmers
A Necessity Why Do They Put Holes In Swiss Cheese
A brief line questions cheese holes and offers a playful answer that they ventilate the cheese. The exchange frames curiosity about cheese design with a concise humorous explanation.
Neverwed and Longwed Exchange Comic Baby Naming Banter
In a humorous quip a couple jokes about naming their newborn after the mother and the father. The wife calls for Peter in a playful moment, while the husband suggests a different humorous possibility, illustrating affectionate family banter.
Fashion and morals clash noted in old magazine claim
The document cites a magazine titled Freedom of Knees claiming women began exposing more skin by shrinking skirts from 18 to 4 yards, blaming it for 13 of 20 wool mills failing. It comments on Atlanta trends and adds satirical lines about a girl kicking an asher, plus notes about a camel, merry-go-round, and postman in a concise, era-tinged voice.
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Current
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Castoria Advertisement Endorsed by Mothers Nationwide
A vintage ad promotes Castoria as a trusted infant remedy used in five million homes. It urges parents to keep a bottle for gentle relief of colic, constipation, or diarrhea and stresses safety for babies versus stronger medicines for adults.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Hyery
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