Charming Semi Colonial Home Features and Era Reflections
A long excerpt discusses a charming semi colonial home design by William A. Radford. It details a four bedroom layout with a 7 foot front porch, stucco rear, and attic storage. The article ties housing affordability to wartime wages and rent trends, urging home ownership and civic responsibility. It references a Garden City style with white pillars, shutters, and a sun parlor. It also includes literary notes on golf from Andra Kirkaldy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upstaire
Evening at the Century Club on dull highbrow plays
The Evening notes a Century club discussion on Strindberg, Schiller, Drinkwater and Brieux. Robert W. Chambers quips about highbrow plays being insufferably dull. In Greenwich Village a woman whispers to her companion during a Strindberg play that it is as good as a sermon while the husband laments the orchestra waking him between acts.
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Spoult
Century Club
Strindberg
Schaltzler
Drinkwater
Brieux
Robert W. Chambers
Greenwich Village
George
Farmers Reject Pant Tuck Fashion in Boots
A fragment from a 19th century humor piece shows Farmer Corntessel debunking a style trend. He quips that farmers no longer tuck their pant legs into boot tops, arguing leather costs are too high. The dialogue reflects rural humor on clothing costs and practicality.
Black Frocks Shape Fall Dress Up for Girls
Fashion in children’s wear leans toward black for fall with girls ages seven to fourteen donning black taffeta bodices and plaid skirts. Frocks feature feather stitching, French knots, and sash belts, often in slipover style over a black and white check blouse. Designers pair black or dark blue with bright red needlework and trim, while knings include krimmer fur bands and delicate embroidery.
Proverbish Advice Hints At Everyday Wisdom
Readable scraps offer doodled maxims on life honesty and effort. The notes urge progress through steady work and self awareness while warning against arrogance and neglecting basics like foundations. They touch on manners money and appearance with quirky old time voice.
The Coming Bond Vote For Water Works System
A Kansas City Star brief notes Tomlinville Arkansas tavern talk on a water works bond issue. Voters face local divisions with young newcomers supporting the plan and old-timers opposing as the town weighs paying for public water access.
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Tomlinville
Ark
Godalmighty
Kansog City Star
Catarrh Medicine Promises Hearing Relief
A vintage advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats constitutions and catarrhal deafness by reducing inflammation in the mucous lining. It asserts the medicine acts through the blood to restore normal hearing and offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Style and Comfort in Autumn School Frocks
The article discusses fashionable yet practical autumn school dresses for young women, balancing comfort with style. It highlights two models: a wool shepherd’s plaid frock with a wide belt and large buckle, and an indoor crepe de chine dress with tucks, embroidery, and crochet buttons. Both aim for versatility with accessories like hats and scarves.
Cake Baking Technique Mishmash Incomplete Text
Fragmentary note references Sorin Le COPYONT and cake filling tips. Mention of pins, mixing, and sides suggests guidance for ensuring batter climbs to edges. Text is garbled with unclear instructions and misplaced words, yielding a partial, non coherent kitchen tip snippet.
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Natal
Security inquiry sparks a curious dining tale
In Union Town Maryland a family scene unfolds as Joe Table and three others share a first ice cream tasting session. They dispose of 61 dishes in their visit with a spread described in odd dialogue about security and value, noting prices of fifteen for the boys, sixteen for dad, amid a banker metaphor.
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Joe Table
Uniontown
Dad
Mewa Sense Notes On Paper Size And Punishment
The fragment references 11 rules and a question about buying another paper. It mentions life and punishment linked to paper sizes larger than the wearer's shoes, indicating a metaphorical or satirical note about printing practices. No clear event or person is identifiable from the text.
Trials of a Housewife Lady’s Cure Compounded Truths
A collection of testimonials extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and backache after childbirth. Women from Providence Ohio Illinois praise relief, urging others to seek the remedy and requesting the company's free booklet on women’s ailments.
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Providence, R. I
Lydia &. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Harpert L. Cassen
Meni Court
Providence
Ohio
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Fayette
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester A. Ball
Bloomington
Iil
Lydia
Pinkham
Mra
J.a.mcquitty
Walnut St
Ill
Cassen
Mra. Ball
McQuitty
United States
Thia Faroous
Lydia DB. Pinkham
Lydia F. Pinkham
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Til
Herbert Soover
Andra” Kirkaldy
Lnk
London
Loronig
Huave
Bro Rh
Ahal
BED
Itokae
KuTchen
Feayne
Peven
Gor
O Seal Lin
Dan Patch
Freesample
DAN Watcie CO
Lasalle
Ars Eeream
Des Moines
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