Household Tips and Food Alternatives From a Kitchen Column
A collection of practical home tips including thick fudge with a teaspoon cornstarch per cup sugar for smoother texture, velvet hangers to prevent gowns from slipping, cheesecloth in strainers to stop pulp, bone meal feeding for potted plants, and tips on canned asparagus ends. Also guidance on buttered crusty french rolls for salads, cactus light needs, grape juice with grapefruit for color and flavor, plus a method to remove duck feathers using hot cloth and drying.
Where There's a Will Things Usually Get Done
A classroom arithmetic tale shows a teacher posing a trick problem about a cat in a bottomless well. The boy defends patience, saying there’s time and that the cat may eventually be brought out in Australia, prompting the teacher’s frustrated retort.
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Australia
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
An ad touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative senna with syrup pepsin as a dual remedy for constipation and stomach distress. It claims pepsin dissolves undigested protein in the stomach while senna awakens lazy bowels, improving digestion and relief. Children supposedly enjoy the pleasant-tasting laxative.
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Dr. Caldwell
Sparkle of Diamonds and the Latest Fashion Tendency
A collage of fashion notes traces jewelry sparkle and wardrobe advice. It covers Pullman sleeping cars early rail travel, mercerized cloth, Booze bottles origin, and Muriel King's evening wear guidance. The piece blends era-typical design commentary with historical mentions of Pullman, Mercer, and Booz bottle lore.
Pastel Jewelry Adapts For Formal And Casual Wear
A Western Newspaper Union release highlights pastel gowns and versatile jewelry for spring. It notes a Muriel King dress in bottle green with a pink blouse, a three way diamond emerald brooch, and clips that convert to different pieces. A watch pendant pivots to reveal time and avoids watch crystal breakage.
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Muriel King
Western Newspaper Union
Watch Pockets Dominate Fashion This Season
Pockets become the focal point of dress design with pockets placed everywhere on dresses, coats, and blouses. From saddlebag sizes to tiny decorative types, peg-top, pouch, patch, and Kangaroo styles gain popularity, with shirring and embroidery highlighting handwork. The pocket dress trend defines the current vogue.
Jewelry Contrasts Deep Tones For Evening Frocks
A fashion note suggests pairing jewelry in deep tones of the same color to create effective contrast against lame evening gowns. The advice highlights tonal harmony and refined styling for formal attire.
Cowl Shaped Skirt Adds Evening Gown Touch
A white silk jersey evening frock features a floor length cowl draped skirt from waist to floor. The bodice gathers gracefully with folds slanting from shoulder to waist and is accented by a gilt bead embroidered wing at center.
Leopard fur inspires designer sailor hat trim crown and brim
A New York designer selects leopard fur for the crown and brim of a casual sailor hat. The article notes the garment’s fashion-forward use of animal pattern in a sportswear inspired accessory tone.
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New York
A Love Struggle on Set Tests Curt and Jane
Curt and Jane wrestle with fear and delays in their Hollywood romance as Curt’s on-screen stagnation clashes with Jane’s dancing work. A heated rehearsal leads to a confrontation with director Newsom, ending with Newsom’s surprising plan to help Curt prove himself.
First U S Shot of WWI Fired by Marine Corporal Chockie
The April 6 1917 volley across the bow of a German launch at Guam marked America entry into World War I. Corporal Michael Chockie led a 15 man Marine party under Lieut W A Hall to warn and deter the vessel, which surrendered before it was blown up. Then in France on October 23 Battery C Sixth Field Artillery opened fire near Bathlemont marking the first hostile shot in France.
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America
Chockie
Guam
Sea Power
United States Navy League
United States
France
Cormoran
Wilson
Corp
Michael Chockie
U. S
W. A. Hall
Navy
Navy Department
Washington
Teres
Pacific
Sixth Field Artillery
Bathlemont
Handwriting on Wall Case Dismissed Over Sermon Distraction
A young woman arrested for running a red light in Columbus Ohio said she was distracted by a powerful sermon. The judge questioned her and dismissed the case after she cited the handwriting on the wall as the cause.
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Columbus
Ohio
Odd Safety Signal and Royal Travel Customs Revealed
The article notes mine workers use butyl mercaptan odor as a fire alert due to loud machinery. It also describes the shah of Iran’s travel rituals, requiring road clearance and whitewashed houses, and killing village dogs for his rest stops. La Trappe monastery enforces moving in single file along walls as humility.
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Iran
la Trappe
Aiguebelle
France
Collier’s
Lost Day Quote: Chamfort On Laughter And Joy
The line notes that the most completely lost day is the one without laughter, quoting Chamfort. It frames humor as essential to living, pairing a sharp observation with a brief reflection on mood and happiness.
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Chamfort
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J, P, F, Richter
By Cherie Nicholas
Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman
George Pullman
George
Abraham Lincoln
General Grant
Galena
Chicago
John Mercer
Lancashire
England
Booz
EB. C. Booz
Philadelphia
Union
G. M. Pullman
Hollywood Boulevard
June
Curt
Darling
Zenith
Jane
Newsom
Tee
William Newsom
Curtis Blair
Jack
Curl
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
N. Y
Shah
Luden’s
Luden
Marcus Aurelius
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Doan
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