January fashion notes strain to tempt readers with gowns
A long, flowing fashion column details women wearing puffs and draperies in chiffon and crepe waists trimmed with fur bands and lace. It praises pale yellows, velvets, and sheer fabrics, notes January sales on cloaks and underwear, and underlines exclusivity of designer patterns while observing social shopping rituals and party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conhmere
Bae
Leth Akkle
Effernoon
Jong Sider
Classic Cookie Recipes and reader Cranberry Jelly Request
A page features numerous cookie recipes including Fruit Cookies Peanut Cookies Hermit Cookies Plantation Dumplings Yeastless notes for baking times and oven temperaments. It also includes a Cranberry Jelly method for clear molded jelly and a reader’s request for a cream candy recipe.
Breakfast Prunes and Prunes in a Curious Dialogue
A bustling scene in a Columbus era shop features two women debating breakfast fare and marriage life. They discuss prunes, dates, oatmeal, and sausage while bargaining over a decorative cup and an ivory basket comb, with the curio dealer boosting the mood and a tale of a Christmas allowance. A social snapshot ends with a remark about Philadelphia and a flirtation with a vanished romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grackis
Philadelphia
Olle
Cinvinnat Bquirer
Kenny
New York
Abe
Delicious Holiday Cakes Promote Healthier Treats
A fragmented ad style piece extols winter cakes as tasty indulgences yet warns against excess. It urges choosing wholesome, well proportioned cakes made with flour, butter, sugar, and milk rather than richer confections. The text references a Chicago bakery and cautions about hygiene while touting moderation.
Dr Pierce Cure Promises Blood Health From Digestion
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a natural remedy for indigestion and blood purification. It cites testimonials on stomach healing, weight gain, and eczema improvement, promoting non alcoholic tonics, “Golden Discovery,” and related pills, with private consultations and free medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Pierce
cor _ting physicia Invalids
Buffalo
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
H.greenfield
East Io 1St Street
New N
Golden Medical
Ickle
R. V. Pierce
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Anil
New York Tribune
Babel S
Dolly M
Ney Brother
Pecete
Old Kentucky
Dr. Caldwell
Miss Robinson
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
Amgats
Rae Oer
Sadie C. Robinson
Robinson
Independent
Order of Good Templars
St. Clares Feet
Frankfort
Gatlin Drug Co., Distributors
Topeka, Kansas
Haus
Inay
Ronal Union
Ani
Serge Paurhe Taghasre
Philanntonia Press
the State Journal
Armes Wilts
Qusette Bilding
Chicago
Banning Company
Chickso
Walter Baker
Europe
Walter At Baker & Co.Ltd
Dorchaster
Mass
Sopa
Onsay
Teseaaae
The
First National Bank
State of
Kansas
Shawnee County
City of
Topeka
Wm. Sims
W. H. Rossington
Cn Hawley
Jp Bovey Aiaistart Cashier
A AL Oh EH
Rossington
Wm. Li Chan
J. Try
Chas. Devlin
W. AC ‘Stephens
CE Hawley
New
Manhattan
Wichita, Kansas
Lotel
Gow
E. J. Ohmer
Pxoramros
Artment A Co
SS Printing Union
Eer
Talaphana
GAVOT
Modern Type Printing & Publishing CO
Kawsas
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