Sophomore Sensation Sew-Your-Own Style Guide for Youth
The ad promotes Young America Miss Modern and Mother Meticulous sewing patterns for winter outfits for boys and girls. It highlights a Sophomore Sensation dress, concise clear instructions, and two pattern versions with sizes 4 6 8 10 12 and 12 20, including yardage details and accessory requirements. It advertises Pattern 1965 1359 and 1402 from The Sewing Circle, price 15 cents each, and Barbara Bell Pattern Book.
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Milady
Paris
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Drive
Chicago
Ill
Barbara Bell
Boys of America F COURSE a plan for strong American boys
A Roosevelt era exhortation argues that a genuine American man must first be a sturdy boy. It stresses courage hard work clean living and resilience to thrive in all tests and make the nation proud.
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America
Theodore Roosevelt
How Long Can a Three Quarter Wife Hold Her Husband
A promotional ad urges wives to work at marriage and endure discomforts of womanhood. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a aid to tone the system and ease functional disorders during girlhood, motherhood preparation, and middle age, encouraging women to "smiling through."
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Nature
Lydia E. Pinikham
Faith and Logic Quote Attribution
A historical quote by William W. Keen asserts that faith is a normal function of the human mind, comparable to logic, reflecting a 19th or early 20th century perspective on reason and belief.
Insulation Types for Farm and Home by W A Foster
W A Foster outlines insulation value for farm and city homes. He explains heat loss reduction, fire safety, pest resistance, and cost efficiency, detailing five insulation types including mineral fiber fills blanks boards porous and reflector types. He notes benefits year round and three year payback in fuel savings.
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W. A. Foster
University of Illnois
WNU
Calcium Sources for Laying Hens Do Not Differ in Production
South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station findings after five years show no significant difference in egg production, egg weight, or shell strength among oyster shell clam shell chalkstone Black Hills limestone and dolomitic limestone. Lack of calcium lowers production and shell quality, while added calcareous materials quickly stimulate the oviduct’s calcium secretion within 24 hours when previously denied.
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South Dakota
Chickens Sent to Japan From United States
A shipment of 65 pedigreed breeding chickens was sent to Japan last summer, regarded as one of the most valuable exports of breeding stock from the United States.
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Japan
United States
Japanese Silky Poultry Breed Origin and Use
The Japanese silky is an ancient breed said to originate in Japan and raised in China early in poultry history. Primarily exhibited, hens now appear on game farms and excel at incubating quail and pheasant eggs and rearing their young.
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Japan
China
Foxhill Royal 116 Arrives in Buenos Aires Aboard Ship
Lamb Foxhill Royal 116, a Southdown shearling ram lamb from England, arrives in Buenos Aires aboard a ship. The animal costs $150 with a special top deck home and a live-in groom. the ram is insured for $800.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
England
How to Make Two Tone Silk Lampshades
Subtle light through a silk shade inspires two tone China silk shades. Instructions cover testing samples in daylight and artificial light, wrapping a wire frame with silk binding tape, gathering the outer layer, and hiding joins under folds. Mrs Spears’ SEWING book offer follows.
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Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago
Ilinois
Quotations on perseverance and happiness from notable figures
A collection of aphorisms and quotes from Helen Keller William Matthews Cardinal Hayes Harry Elmer Barnes praising endurance laughter culture and earthly paradise. The notes celebrate long effort leading to achievement and modern happiness.
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Helen Keller
William Matthews
Advertising's impact on car costs and production
A 30 year look shows the cheapest car at about 5000 dollars a generation ago. Now a superior car costs around 700 dollars due to advertising creating demand, driving mass production, expanding jobs, and boosting quality while lowering price.
Safe Weather Driving Urges Chains For Ice And Snow
Police officials and safety engineers advise using tire chains in winter conditions after a nationwide traffic death toll reported by the National Safety Council for the first nine months of 1937. The American Automobile Association tests show chains on rear wheels reduce stopping distance by 45.8 percent and by 66.8 percent with chains on all four wheels.
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National Safety Council
Contest Board
The
American Automobile Association
AAA
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Madam
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