Edgeworth Promotes Calm Through Pipe Smoking Myth
A humorous vignette shows a steeplejack painting a 487 foot pole while bees circle. The ad extols Edgeworth tobacco, claiming pipe smoking brings calm, happiness and resilience. It invites readers to request free Edgeworth samples from Larus & Brother Company in Richmond Virginia and offers dealer-friendly parcel post options.
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Edgeworth
Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
Richmond
Virginia
Largs & Brother Company
Knitted Summer Wear Dominates Outdoor Fashion
Fashion notes on knitted garments for summer include golf coats with tan and red checks, striped slipovers, and jacquard patterns. Articles emphasize color, versatility, and new knotted silk textures, with dresses, coats, and underwear styled for casual outdoor wear.
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Secomdostaluanga
Dasien
Dremize
Spring Vegetables and Asparagus Dishes From a Cookbook
A description of asparagus and pea dishes with detailed recipes. Asparagus Soup uses asparagus, white sauce, and a whipped cream topping. Chicken Smothered in Asparagus arranges tender fowl on toast rounds with hot white sauce and asparagus. Puree of Peas boils peas with aromatics, then purées and returns to stock with mint and parsley.
Weathered Vanity Fair London Note on Evening Attire
A London Vanity Fair letter observes a mild season and a fashion shift where many well dressed men now wear only silk hats in the evenings, implying a broader change in attire norms.
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London
Vanity Fair
Fairy recipes and verses in a 19th century kitchen guide
A kitchen column shares practical methods for liver, beef and barley stew, Cornish pasty, apples in maple syrup, and baked pears with lemon and sugar. It ends with a Susan Coolidge verse on beauty arising from common life and a note on the moon and stars.
Ice Cream History Told By Daddy In Narrated Tale
In a family scene Nancy and Nick listen as daddy recounts the history of frozen desserts from ancient Babylonia to Egypt France and America. He notes goat milk honey and copper bowls in Babylon and mentions Washington Dolly Madison and Lafayette in connection with ice cream.
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Daddy
Nancy
Nick
France
Ireland
George Washington
Washington
Lafayette
Dolly Madison
United States
Lily
Mamma's Picrio Playing, Dorothy Questions Etiquette
A fragmented excerpt shows Dorothy listening to her mother playing the piano and gently questioning proper behavior for children. The dialogue hints at manners and expectations within a domestic scene.
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Mamma
Picrio
Dorothy
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Noah
Atripes
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ENOCH
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Western Newspaper Union
Ruskin
God
Susan Coolidge
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