Turn of the Century 1900 04 Reflections on a Changing Era
Sullivan reviews life from 1900 to 1904 in The Turn of the Century. He contrasts ox teams and candle molds with motors, radios, and modern appliances. He paints daily routines, prices, and home life from early 20th century America.
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Suil.a
Smufrsullivan
Our Times
United States
Charles Scribner's Sona
Orings
Rome
Evolution of Women and Domestic Life Through Electricity and Fashion
The piece surveys shifts from the 1900s to 1925 in women’s dress, sports, and household life driven by electricity and mechanization. It notes the bicycle's role in liberating fashion, the rise of lawn tennis, corset and skirt reforms, and the move toward leaner outfits, lighter materials, and frequent social change.
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Charles Dana Gibson
Those Were Times of the Gibson: Women and the 1920s Shift
A historical sketch traces 1920s changes in women’s fashion and hair from 1925 to the early 1920s, noting knee skirts, visible garters, bobbed hair, and the rise of short hats. It cites wartime work, fashion trends, and cultural shifts including flappers and barbershop snobbery.
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Sullivan
Dainty Dishes and Savory Bakes From The Kitchen Cabinet
A compact 1920s cooking column outlines cheese biscuits scrambled eggs with smoked halibut and other dishes. It offers practical tips on serving, freezing, and mold chilling, plus recipes for Banbury tarts and sardine biscuits and notes on measuring and recipe scaling.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mount Vernon Man
Frank M. Casey of Mount Vernon endorses Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, asserting personal health gains and appetite restoration after use. He cites Woolworth Building height comparisons to stress the product's impact and invites readers to inspect his home bottle.
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Woolworth
New York City
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Ohio
Maars
Frank M. Casey
South 11Th Ave
Mount Vernon
Sulphur Extraction Advances on Gulf Coast
A Gulf Coast method dissolves and pumps sulphur from deep underground at Freeport Texas using 4,000,000 gallons of water daily. Previously crude sulphur was imported from Sicily Japan and Spain. Now 500000 pounds more than some demand is exported.
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Oakland
Nebr
Anglo-American Drug Co
Gulf Coast
Freeport
Texas
Sicily
Japan
Spain
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Promises Skin Care
Heavy skin is freshened by Cuticura’s antiseptic formula for face skin baby and dusting powder. The advertisement touts its perfume as superior and claims other perfumes become superfluous.
Ultraviolet Ray Therapy for Dogs in Distemper Treatment
In Europe the ultraviolet ray is used on dogs with distemper. Each treatment lasts about fifteen minutes with good results reported. Dogs wear blue-tinted goggles during the procedure.
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Europe
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