Confessions of a Bride Smokes for a Secret Vacation Surprise
A narrator recalls being coached by Ann Lorimer on cigarette smoking as a fashionable art. She worries about the habit, purchases from a "smokeshop," and hides the activity from her husband while planning a seaside vacation surprise. The piece explores social pressure and personal restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Ann
Ann Lorimer
Tit
Amart New Worman
Anin
Bob
Rob
Nux and Iron Blood Maker Promoted as Nerve Tonic
Advertisements claim Hermatone Joy Ner speeds the body’s recovery after influenza or fever. The Great Nux and Iron Blood Maker are marketed as vital tonics to build nerves and rich red blood quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyner
Heamatone tonic and blood maker for children and adults
A tonic and blood builder named Heamatone combines Nux Iron with other ingredients to enrich blood, boost vitality, and support nerves. It claims to aid anemia, nervous debility, and after illness recovery, improves appetite, skin tone, and energy without upsetting the stomach. Sold by Joyner Drug Co. Bottles priced at $1.09 and $2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyner
Cucumber Sauce Preparation Steps
Soak cucumber in water for two hours then peel and finely chop. Add salt parsley and vinegar and mix well. Whip cream and fold into cucumber just before serving.
The Price She Pays
An old advertisement notes women suffer backache headaches nervousness and displacement. It praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a simple root and herb remedy for women's ill health and the relief it provides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stylish and Fetching Described in Silk and Duvetyn
Photo by Cress-Dale features two outfits. On the left a brown silk poplin accordion plaited skirt with a brown taffeta silk short basque blouse, hat of light straw with an Alice blue ribbon. On the right a plum duvetyn two piece dress with a short blouse and purple Roman turban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cress-Dale
Rheumatism Varieties and Early Diagnosis
The article explains forms of rheumatism including acute and subacute types, muscular rheumatism, and rheumatic fever. It notes causes from germs and distant infections, winter onset, and common joint involvement with swelling heat and pain. It emphasizes heart risk and urges immediate medical attention.
Egg Beater Improves Egg White Whipping Quality
An article extols using a wire whisk to beat egg whites for stiff dry peaks. It claims clover beaters underperform compared to whiskers, noting air content, volume, and cake texture hinge on proper beating. It asserts one fully beaten egg white equals two with a Dover beater.
Paper flywheels emerge for general use
Paper flywheels are entering general use due to their enormous tensile strength, offering advantages over iron for this purpose.
Simple orchid summer outfit from Elaine Hammerstein
A fashion note by Cora Moore describes a pale orchid organdie costume from Elaine Hammerstein’s summer collection. The hat features a flare brim with a distinct line, an organdie underbrim, a matching band and bow. The dress shows a blouse with a deep roll-over collar, short sleeves, a wide sash forming a girdle and butterfly bow at the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Moore
New York
Elaine Hammerstein
The Old Gardener Explains Simple Plant Division
An old gardening column outlines a cheap method to propagate plants by dividing a nonflowering crown. After digging up a mature plant, trim the stout roots and replant three inches apart. Small root pieces will root and grow into large plants by next spring, offering a practical shortcut for gardeners.
Salmon Salad Mold with Gucomb Ber Sauce
Recipe fragment describes 2 cups cold boiled salmon with lemon juice parsley salt and gelatin, mixed with boiled salad dressing. Diewolve gelatin in cold water, add hot water, combine, chill in molds, serve in lettuce with cucumber sauce.
Sage and Sulphur Remedy Promises Darker Hair
An old time ladies secret is revived as Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound is marketed to restore faded gray hair to natural color. The advertisement claims the tonic darkens hair evenly and invisibly, with dampened application through strands to reveal darker, glossy results by morning after repeated use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cynthia Grey
The
Star
Newspaper Enterprise, Association
Ann Ann
Janet’ Ann
Jané
Joyner DR Ppokane, Ee Ce
Seattle
Curtis Indian Pictures
Curtis Studios
University
Orpheum
Moore
Puget Sound Savings & Loan Association
Pike Street
Third Avenue
Sarna MD
Victrola IV
Victrola VI
Mehlin Pianos
Thott
Sowest
Edwin J. Brown
D. D
Columbia St
Madras
Arrow
Paragon
Chambray
Children’s Oxfords
Pletermuac Reds
Second Avenue
UAMES
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!