Avstock players once graced local stock company stages
In towns, stock companies presented weekly plays with actors who lived among residents. Admission was affordable, players shopped and dined locally, and some rose to fame, returning pride to their home city as they spent salaries there. A separate note mentions a home remedy for skin lightening using rubbing alcohol rosewater and tincture penzain.
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Nellie Day Faces Romantic Tangle at Ranch Meeting
Public stenographer Nellie Day befriends widow Mrs. Judson at a New York hotel and travels to a lakeside ranch with Tony O'Brien. Amid Irish banter and shifting loyalties, Nellie weighs revelations about her past as she navigates romance and a looming professional move with Brilling Galbraith.
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Easy Tintex transforms dresses to drapes in minutes
From faded curtains to table linens, Tintex offers 35 colorfast shades for quick, durable home dyeing. Pick a shade card from your dealer and tint fabrics in a basin of water for uniform results.
Creations of Fashion Highlight Velvet Blouses in 1920s Vogue
Fashion editors discuss blouse trends as suits dominate, emphasizing velvet fabrics, two piece tunics, contrasting colors, and modern necklines. Chinese motifs influence embroidery and color, while necklines and sleeves take center stage. A velvet daywear vogue features Connecticut Yankee and Swankee styles with tailored fits and coordinating accessories.
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Beauty Brevities on Exercise and Health Missteps
A fractured, noisy lament on figu krosking and varied exercises. The text blends bumpless guidance with garbled dialogue and stray hints about posture, neck stretching, and massage. It reads like a fragmented wellness column with several nonsensical phrases and invented terms.
Build Up that Skinny Child
Garbled text appears to discuss harming or altering a child with references to paste and poison, but readable fragments mention improving appetite and a dangerous context. The piece references names and places obliquely, with unclear sequence and potential harm themes.
Remembering a Conscience Box at a Black Church
W A Speer recalls making a consolation box for a negro church while working at the Menger hotel long ago. The box featured an ornate coffin band from a coffin company. When sent for, every negro boy refused to retrieve it, and no one ever stole contributions from the box.
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Table Talks Mildred Kitchen Budget Dinner Plan
The article discusses Mildred Kitchen's guidance for planning a dinner within budget. It compares homemakers who are home during the day with employed homemaking businesswomen, noting time and cost differences in marketing, meat choices, and cooking durations. It emphasizes savings from slower cooking and choosing less expensive cuts.
Marian Martin Pattern 9717 for juniors and more
Pattern 9717 offers a youthful frock with square shoulders pleated skirt and contrasting sailor collar. Includes views shown in sketches and pattern book, suitable for beer wool velveteen and other fabrics. order form details and sizes 12 to 20.
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San Antonio
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