Succeeds in Canada Amer ican farmer Lew Palmer visits
Lew Palmer of Staveley Alberta, a former Duluth Minnesota resident, now owns 480 acres with 34 Percheron horses. In ten years he built a $30,000 farm and stock, $3,000 in implements, raised 7,000 bushels wheat and 6,000 oats, 12 acres of potatoes, 18 tons of onions, and earned $1,000 from hogs last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Palmer
Staveley
Alta
Palmer
Duluth
Minn
Canada
J. Keys
Denmark
Manitoba
Katchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Inquisitive Ignatz Ponders Horse Speed on Motorcycles
Ignatz asks how fast a horse can go and hears a father say a mile in two minutes and four seconds is good speed. He then muses that Paul Revere Tom O Shanter and John Gilpin would be amused by motorcycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Ignatz
Father
Paul Revere
Tom O'Shanter
John Gilpin
A Big Man Onstage With Quiet Stage Fright
A dialogue about a notable figure who believes he commands attention. He jokes that tobacco stocks should fall when he quits smoking, and notes how high egg prices have eased his stage fright.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Terre Hill residents praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles and aches. The letter lauds restored sleep appetite and overall health with claims of being a lasting remedy used nationwide and in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Terre Hill, Pa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Terre Hill
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Gowns in All Colors Fashion Note from Mary Dean
Fashion notes describe summer styles with taffeta two and three piece suits crowding shops. An imported brown taffeta costume with orange weave silk and wool, brown striped bolero, and brown eponges illustrates the trend. Satin charmeuse crepe crepon frocks and new evening coats complete the season’s palette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dean
Frock Styles and Palette Trends In Cascade Material
A description of cascade use in dress highlighting an attractive silver gray frock with a blue girdle note and rose ornament. The piece notes a full tunic under a front-sash, metallic tassel end, and a wide color range from bright sea blue to pale bluish lilac and gray tones.
Uses for worn table linen and salvaging ideas
The article explores many uses for worn table linen including turning borders into a table length runner and finishing options such as shallow scalloping, Cluny insertions, or a fine hem. It also covers strategies to salvage and extend life by cutting fabric, joining selvages, and resewing edges.
Men Best Neckwear Judges
The collar choice can determine a garment’s appeal and a man’s eye, not a woman’s. The piece argues men judge necklines by line and fit, citing Poiret and a socialite who sought her husband’s verdict on her collars. It invites readers to test the approach.
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Paul Poiret
Brocaded Silk Top Boots For Formal Wear
The article describes buttoned boots with brocaded silk tops in light gray smokey tones and browns. Tops match costumes and may feature prune or raisin shades. Boots have a light welted sole, tall curved heel, and patent leather toe. care includes cold-water rinse and a corn meal oat paste for whitening hands with a lemon juice solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Mode
Beauty of the Hands Cleanliness Routine
A column urges women to keep hands in good condition by proper cleaning. It notes soap and water remove surface dirt while cold cream frees dirt from pores and prevents chopping, then instructs to wipe off the cream and wash with warm water and soap.
Newest in Bon nets Parade Chapeau With Ostrich Tips
A charming bonnet revival showcases a picot outline with ostrich feather tips and floral ribbon decorations. The design lacks under chin ties, leaving long front strings hanging loose for a whimsical effect.
Seeing Is Believing Uplift Talk and Sally Collins
Miss Brown questions Sally Collins belief in an uplift movement while Miss Jones notes Sally’s decisive street car mount as proof. This exchange highlights attitudes toward social reform and personal confidence in a midcentury setting.
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Miss Brown
Sally Collins
Miss Jones
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertised Cure
A Circleville Ohio mother reports her daughter suffered severe scalp sores from itching and burning until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes relief after two applications and full cure soon after. The ad promotes Cuticura products and a free Skin Book from Boston.
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South
Scioto St
Circleville
Ohio
Alice Kirlin
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Benefit of the Best Light
Advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product claiming it is better than liquid blue and pleases laundresses. It uses a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote to frame generosity and encouragement to be happy. Appears as a classic retail ad urging purchase from grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Emerson
Conversation Yet To Come Of Miss Young What And Miss Elder
A humorous exchange about marriage timing. Miss Young-What asks for the best time for a girl to marry and Miss Elder replies That it should be when the man is willing.
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Miss Young
Miss Elder
Marcus Aurelius on the kernel of doctrine and practice
The text asks to seek the essence of a thing whether a point of doctrine practice or interpretation as framed by Marcus Aurelius. It emphasizes clarity of core meaning beyond surface details.
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Marcus Aurelius
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Express
Harold Somees
DeKald Ave
Brooklyn
Parker
Shank Co
E.main St
Rochester
N.Y
West State
Prospector
Saratoga
Baltimore
Illustrated Current News
New Haven
Conm
Wrigley’s
Conan Doyle
Mrs. Southworth
Charlotte M. Braeme
Rider Haggard
Blakley Novelty Company
West Third St
Dayton
GHIO
Yeomen of America
Indiana
J. C. Peek
Leimcke Building
Indianapolis, Ind
Geo. H. Nichols Specialty Co. Dept
Whitehall, N
Valdosta
McCook
Neb
A.gosbow
ST. Charles
Massive
Dr. C. EL Berry Co
Chicago
Del
Danville
Ili
O. Joe
Doe Laboratories
Barton, Ind
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Calif
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Los Angeles
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Miami
Florida
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Montague
Santa Monica
Ual
Emma Paschal
Cypress Street
Antonio
Texas
Dr. D. Garfinkle
Nashville
Tenn
Nadru Bank
Inspiration CO
Mayville, ND
Haga
GEO. W. Aird
Traction Terminal Building
Indianapolis
Ind
Titas
de Valis Bluffs
Arkansas
Hale County
Tex
R. ER
T. P.whitis
Pislaview
Eastamashington
Rughrs & Johnson
Milan
Wash
J.a.Arrewood
Holgain,Ouce
New York
Chas Grein
Buffalo
N. Y
B. B. Kreason
Hornell, NY
Adams CO
D. C. Neuenschwander
Berne
Chippewa Co
Wis
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Stanley, Wis
Montgomery CO
Clark CO
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