Ripening Changes in Fruit Color Taste and Texture
Dr Logan Clendening explains fruit ripening alters acidity from sour to ripe, converts starch to sugar, raises esters for flavor and aroma, and reduces cellulose. The piece notes iodine tests for starch and cites bananas peaches and apples, with a publisher’s notice offering related pamphlets.
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Logan Clendening
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White for Gala Nights in Paris Fashion Spotlight
Paris fashion writes of gala season as couture and charity mingle. Elegant evenings reveal gowns coats wraps and accessories in pale whites and rich tones with silver or diamond accents. The piece notes Parisian venues from Le Phare de France to the Ritz and Plaza Athenee and describes new wraps and shorter gowns suited to cosmopolitan garden fêtes.
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Paris
Lucken Lelong
Central Press
Forest of Charity
le Phare de France
Madame Chiappe
Ambassadeurs
Gardiens de la Pain
France
Ritz
Plaza Athenes
Couturier
Smart Parisiennes
Ierx
Virgennes
The Powder of Love by Ninon de l'Enclos Beauty Advice
This excerpt reviews Ninon de l'Enclos as a famed beauty and describes her so called Powder of Love a mix of carrot beet juices cornstarch and other substances. It warns against white lead and warns on rice powder risks advising proper skin prep pore care and careful application.
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Gladys Glad
America
Ninon de l'Enclos
Just Another Wife Contemplates Leaving Unappreciative Husband
Advice column responding to a 25-year-old wife in a strained marriage. The reader cites lack of appreciation, control, and social restrictions, and asks whether to leave or stay. The columnist acknowledges her jealousy, urges careful consideration, and cautions against rashly leaving without alternatives.
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Virginia Lee
Virginia
Hhs
Alous
Household Hints From Mrs Morton Breakfast to Dessert
Household hints feature breakfast items like orange tea biscuits and cantaloupe with cereal, plus a luncheon of green peas and corn and a dinner of lamb chops. Includes how to bake biscuits overnight, rainbow sandwich loaf fillings, and rug laying tips with chalk lines for precise placement.
Boise Woman Leads Idaho Turkey Growers Against Farm Board
Mrs C G Brink of Boise Idaho, secretary of the Idaho Turkey Growers association, denounces the federal farm board and its northwest turkey pool. She contends the board disrupts a cooperative that has benefited members and probes the pool’s slow growth amid market pressure. Brink built the association from 14 members to about 2000, plans a Boise hatchery, and travels widely to aid marketing efforts.
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Lilian Campbell
C G Brink
Boise Idaho
Farm Board
Farmers’ Co-Operative Association
Idaho Association
Brink
Boise
Dear Diary Promised Screen Test
A diary fragment shows the narrator Ethelda Bedford reflecting on confidence and a moment with Nate. The passage hints at warmth in his gaze and a potentially intimate exchange, capturing a personal, tense scene.
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Ethelda Bedford
Jeweled Clasp and Grecian Frock Star in Diary Romance
A decorative clasp and a Grecian dress anchor a scene with Minna Gombel and Nate as a diary style conversation unfolds. He offers a loan for her movie test while she vows to work to repay, revealing tensions between ambition and affection.
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Mme Lisbeta
Minna Gombel
Minna
Nate
New
Poems That Live from Watter and Lander Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse note by Watter and Lander from 1775 1864 frame echoes of a living poem. The lines describe a whispering presence with no fear and a mysterious language.
Developing Infant Motor Learning Observed by Dr Myers
Dr Garry C Myers reports early motor development from his eldest child in a study published in the American Journal of Psychology. The account tracks reaching and grasping from day 94 to 260 and beyond, noting how wrist rotation, palm orientation, and distance perception improve with practice and curiosity. His observations emphasize gradual learning, the joy of new experiences, and parental insight into a child’s growth path.
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Garry C. Myers
Davison
Cleveland College
Western Reserve University
American Journal of Psychology
Gum on Carpet Cleaned With Gasoline
A household note explains that gum trodden in on shoes can be removed from carpet by applying gasoline. The gum will crumble and brush away easily.
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