Valentine and the Wilddome Romance in Oakland
Valentine Macfarlane grows up with a romantic yet troubled upbringing in Oakland as her widowed mother Mille travels to the Orient. Aunt Jule controls Val with strict guardianship while Joe Carey and Lester Sherwood feature in her shifting affections. Joe returns as an architect, they become engaged, and Val visits Mille.
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Valentine Macfarlane
Mille
Val
Orient
Oakland
Julia Macfarlane
Jule
Mile
America
Julia
Millie
Valentine
Teiene
Joe Carey
Joe
Minneapolis
Lester Sherwood
Morning on the tilis at Millie’s house on the bay
Val awakens to a sunlit, lavish Santos Barbara scene at Millie’s elegant Spanish home. The two women reconnect, sharing coffee and gossip as Vincent’s yacht life and a floating social crowd test Val’s views. Millie warns against shallow clubs while Val frets over new motherhood and the tempting yet troubling social scene.
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Millie
Arn
Val
Mille
Billie
Vincent
Julia
Rob
Darline
War
Millicent
Milo
Kech Ooe
Miss
Jilia
Mille’s
Miss O'Hara
Miss Green
Joe
Osmald Grosby
Nell O'Hara
Santa Barbara
Valentine Macfarlane
Valentine
Oakland
Vel
Coime
Deceum
End Ugly Uninviting Complexion That Turns Men Away
Ad endorses Nadinola cosmetic cream to clear facial impurities such as freckles blackheads and blotches. Claims a youthful radiant look with a light application and no rubbing. Mentions product benefits and a marketing tone aimed at restoring facial beauty.
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Bedi
Salad Craft Painted As Daily Necessity In Table Talks
In Table Talks, Mildred Kitchen extols the centrality of salads in daily menus. She lists meat and fish salads to replace courses, offers mock chicken and shrimp salad recipes, and provides a mayonnaise dressing method. The piece blends culinary guidance with reflective verse by Fay King on fame and love.
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Fay King
Burana
Ike
Fashion forward fur and party plans unfold tonight
In a vivid scene Millie boasts of Vincent’s wealth and social reach while planning dinners and trips as fashion trends shift to fur used as fabric. The narrative follows luxurious gowns with detachable bibs and intricate sleeve cuts, highlighting new fall styles and theatrical details with a Cleopatra-like cape and Victorian vibe.
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Bibl
Gaiyao
Marian Martin Fall Pattern Catalog Ad Offers Frocks and Details
Marian Martin unveils a new fall winter catalog with 32 pages of designs for dresses frocks and coordinated wardrobes. The catalog features scalloped bodice details chic sleeves and sheer fabrics with pattern 9402 available in sizes 18 to 20 and 34 to 42 fabric yardages listed. Orders for patterns include fifteen cents with name address street and size. catalog and pattern priced at 26 cents.
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Colina
Tampa
Flense
Marian Martin
Deagon
How to Get Better Acquainted With a Shy Suitor
In Beatrice Fairfax advice, a reader asks how to go out with a nice, shy man who speaks amiably but won’t arrange a date. The columnist suggests taking the initiative, inviting him to call, or hosting a small card game or intimate gathering for two or three friends to spark a personal connection.
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Miss Fairfax
Lim
Hemoglobin and health effects of low blood count
The text explains how a deficiency of hemoglobin causes tiredness and affects home life, listing symptoms like pallor, weakness, digestive issues, and nervousness. It promotes a tonic made from herbs to boost red blood cells, restore hemoglobin, improve appetite, digestion, and energy, claiming long history and safety.
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Earth
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Evelyn
Vincent Shaler
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Aha
King Fess
San Antonio
Beatrice Fairfax
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