FLOWERS OF SPEECH AND SATIRIC CLIPPINGS
A collage of quoted verse praising a beloved as beyond tropes in the Cleveland Leader style, followed by brief humor and reader snippets from Side Lights on History and other papers. Includes wry lines on presidents, the Panama canal, signs, and repeated jokes from various U.S. periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Evening Post
Kentucky
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Panama ‘Canal Zone
Simple folding work-stand with decorative bag idea
An illustrated idea shows a foldable work-stand built from a small clothes horse with a silk or brocade bag for mending and dressmaking items. When folded, loops keep the bag in place and the unit becomes decorative furniture. The article also notes gown costs, lace sashes, and transforming overfrocks with sequined fabrics.
Simple washable case from an embroidered handkerchief
A dainty home craft explains making a simple washable case from half of a large embroidered handkerchief. The fabric is folded into thirds to form a top cover, hemmed, overcast, and divided into five compartments for tidy storage.
Parodies and Puns Across Harried Mornings
A jumble of quips from newspapers shows comic lines about household tasks and writers. A young suitor tells a maid to turn down Ed Biddle and a maid replies with drum. A boy notes time passes too quickly in mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
Ed. Biddle
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The
KentUcky Farmer
South
Springfield Sun
Sun
Louisville
Springfield
Magazies
Out Daily
Louisville Times
Louisville Herald
Farmers Home Journal
Courier-Journal Herald
Flowers OF
Earth
Cleveland Leader
Chicago Tribune
Panama Canal
Baltimore American
Detroit Free Press
Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Cleveland
Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Daily Courier-Journal
Sunday Courier-Journal
Toy
Yeaac Shelb
Sune Free
Som Bagg
Fanarae
Cana Mawsian Islands
Pines
Acca
Tates Add Coup
Ali
Kera
Scott
New York Herald
Henry
Pride of
Washington
Springfield’s Choice
J. W. Jarboe & CO
Journal
the Sun and
Daily Courier- Journal
the Sun
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