Colorful Applique for Tea Towels in Weeklong Motifs
Colorful applique offers a playful embroidery project for tea towels with seven motifs one for each day. Use fabric scraps or transfer patterns from pattern 5522 including pieces material needs stitch guides and color ideas. Send 15 cents to the Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept, 239 West Fourteenth Street New York NY.
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Househeld Arts Department
West Fourteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Dizzy Dean Winners Offer Free Prizes Ad
Read the Grape Nuts ad in another column to learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and win valuable free prizes, Ady.
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Ady
Mother and Daughter Question Angels in Heaven
A child asks why angels lack whiskers and the mother imagines men reach heaven by a close shave, offering a playful quip about heaven’s appearance. The exchange blends whimsy with a domestic tone and a gentle moral.
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Mary Lou
Can't Agreeon Grounds for Divorce
A lawyer questions Madame on the grounds for divorce as she asserts incompatibility and states she wants a divorce while her husband does not.
Piling Up
Johnny jokes about not living a thousand years from now while Bobbie asks why. Johnny imagines future history to study and jokes about the era ahead.
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Johnny
Bobbie
Courtship Letter Sparks Humorous Exchange
A brief comic exchange centers on a courtship with a schoolmate who critiques a letter. The woman notes 14 errors in the missive, prompting a playful response about their budding relationship.
Frayed Romance Lines Amid Strained Local Chat
The fragment reads a domestic exchange about fatigue and neglect, with one party noting lack of affection and the other questioning if the absence is noticed. Context is sparse but hints at relationship tensions and emotional distance.
Amazing New Stove Uses 967 Air 4 Percent Fuel
W C Coleman presents a new gas stove that makes its own gas from lead free gasoline using a car burization inspired system. It claims 96 percent air and 4 percent vapor gas at the burner, improving fuel economy and efficiency versus wood coal or kerosene. Wichita Kansas address for illustrated literature and store check chart.
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W. C. Coleman
Dept
Wichita
Kansas
Joshaway Crabtree Quips on Gold Digger Nicknames
The New Order figure Joshaway Crabtree remarks that gold diggers once called Forty niners now fit the era as perfect Thirty-sixes. He contrasts old slang with current styling while noting evolving terms in the scene.
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Joshaway Crabtree
On a Nut Man Dialogue Quips About Hat
A playful exchange has a man searching for his hat and his wife teasing that it is hanging on the lamp. He jokes about where it might appear next while she retorts with a sharp line that the hat sits on his head. The vignette captures quick comic banter.
Good Location Smith Are Your Fruit Trees Beset by Pests
A local inquiry questions whether fruit trees at Good Location Smith face pest damage while Jones denies proximity to the main road, clarifying his property's position.
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Smith
Jones
He Forgot The Spectator
Quote from The Golfer notes frustration at a missed putt four and a quarter inches across with a dig at the wide world beyond. The exchange captures a sports moment reflecting pressure and spectatorship.
Fragmented Verse Riff Mentions Hickory and Cedar
A fragment from a poem or verse references a leg made of hickory and a cedar chest. It appears as a playful dialogue between a father and sister, with minimal surrounding context. The lines hint at material imagery and family relation without a clear narrative.
Escape from Yorick Castle Ends With Helena Safe
John Spencer recounts a night of brutal fortress combat as Pharaoh battles him to the final stand. After a tense struggle in a locked chamber, Spencer escapes through a chimney to Helena’s room and frees her. Sabre the dog aids the escape as Bailey and Geoffrey organize a rescue sweep and alert the castle.
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Rush
Pharaoh
Nina
Helena
Thich
Yorick
Geoffrey
Sabre
Ina
Tourret
Posuthenty
Waddoi
Bugle
Tie
John Spencer
Bailey
John
Carlotta
Coupe
Sun Dial Cone and Inca ruins in Peru point to ancient timekeeping
Ancient Peruvians used the Inti huatana sun dial cone to mark lunar and solar phases. Cuzco and surrounding ruins show stonework, baths, archways, and the Rodadero toboggan rock. The throne of the Inca and Sacsahuaman fortress relate to Inca engineering and ceremonial sites.
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Peru
Cuzco
Dir
Sacsahuaman
Esmeralda’s Narrow Passage at River Tunnel Debated
In a curious report from New York City, engineers debated a tunneling scenario under the Nyson River as Esmeralda was considered for a route. A risky side slip and a large trap were discussed before a safer alternative near the George Washington Bridge was proposed and Esmeralda arrived at the circus grounds.
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Holland Tunnel
Nyson River
New York City
Esmeralda
Rita
George Washington
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