Dressing the Hair for the Dance Fashion Notes of 1919
Dress guidance covers hairstyle trends for dance crowds, praising elaborate coronets of curls and satin leaf wreaths, with emphasis on pale dyes and soft tones. It highlights short faces with blue-holes, jeweled headpieces, and refined color collections drawn from Empress Josephine era to modern palettes, noting new color purity and softer textures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jozephing
Judette
Paris
Bretton Tyne
Smatner
Nell Guynne
The Hat Making At Home For Spring Styles
A guide to handmade hats featuring rose velour, glyctvine feather accents, and varied crowns. Describes using satin, taffeta, Welsh patterns, and machine sewing to craft elegant sun hats with bright color schemes and inexpensive, easy techniques.
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Tyne
Halfan Howe
Wichinery
Betas
Lerenio
Hlald
Uae
Women hold key roles across nations in 1920 era
A collage of data shows women in England and Canada entering paid work, politics, and public roles. Reports note wage levels, factory pay, and reforms, including Tennessee granting women's suffrage, Ontario advancing minimum wages, and women as public servants and educators. A U S university scientist and other women leaders are highlighted, with mentions of film censors in Toronto and female activists promoting labor and educational advancement.
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York
Gtae Department of Labor
Hayfase Show Manufacturers Association
Seth
GT. Matin
Vvopeka
Kan
Slaterhead
San Fra
Roundat
Commission
Federal Service
Congress
Rxitigh
Ilesa Thay
Tennessee
Toronto
Canna
Maomen
England
Mak Wathering Everte
University of California
Sherker Tet
Federal Reserve Ulster
Mies Everts Rooke
Food Administration
Echoo
Thode Islands
Delicious Home Made Candy Looms In Seasonal Batch
A fragmented domestic recipe page details candy making with coconut vanilla, lemon essence, and marshmallow fudge. It lists steps for toffee, ginger, and buttered nut treats, noting timing, cooling, and a cough remedy use of broth instead of sugar in a separate marshmallow fudge variation, plus chocolate dipped pieces.
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Butler
Dieh
Tim
Jeffer
Frayed Darning Tips From Aimed Old Text
A garbled passage offers improvised home mending advice including using damp coffee and wool fat, spreading coal near fires, and patching fabric with sewn seams. It reads as fragmented instructional chatter with references to staining, odor, and makeshift repairs.
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Daddy
Saving Children's Shoes From Wet Soles
A brief note explains remedies for damp shoes for children. It warns that soaked soles risk damage if treated with masking oils. Practical advice is offered to protect footwear and maintain comfort for youngsters.
Tempering China Fearing Crack Down Through Cold Water Method
A historical note describes tempering fine china by dipping wares in cold water then bringing to a boil to toughen the material. It warns that this method can help a porcelain piece withstand sudden heat changes and prevent cracking.
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China
The Girdle a la Mode Fashion Notes From Paris
The piece surveys wartime gown styles focusing on girdles waistlines and drape. It notes long sheer gowns and white silk trains, discusses Beadwork and tunic lines, and cautions wearers to avoid overemphasizing the waist while keeping a distinctive silhouette.
Cleaning and care for clothes and shoes from old remedies
A dated household notice details cleansing solutions for stains and mildew using simple mixes such as one pint water with two tablespoons of ammonia and small amounts of soap. It warns against heat and advises drying with fabric folded and laid flat. The text emphasizes avoiding glue and hot irons while offering tips for odor control and fabric care.
Window Washing Tips From a Local Paper
A fragmented kitchen and cleaning guide describes a window washing method using water from a faucet to rinse and wipe the pane until clean. Mentions a drying marble and dry technique, with odd references to ingredients and a mixed recipe.
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Elaan Winda
Ingredionia Ardicoy Dutton Glover
Fashion Notes From Journeys in Style Land
Fragmented OCR style piece describes waist trends, hats, gloves and fabrics in fashion. Mentions colors like African brown beige tan and champagne, new trims, novelty capes and afternoon frocks with elbow sleeves, plus mourning necklaces and ebonized drapery in embroidery. Multiple named items and colors indicate a period fashion column.
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Kitlin
Orbhans
Weol
Elanetta
Ermraldery
Interior design fantasies from a missing era of homes
The text describes imagined room decor with antique furniture, mahogany pieces, paneling, and restrained color schemes. It contrasts modern pale walls, simple woodwork, and one toned floors with visions of classic elegance, ivory finishes, and carefully arranged buffet and table accents in a faded journal tone.
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Erver
Plate Valley
Towler
Valle
Fashionable mourning of beads and fringe described
A reader describes bead and fringe fashion, tracing the rise of colorful jewelry and embroidery. It includes a home craft method for making beadwork, outlining steps to weave beads with string and loom, and notes on popular colors and styles in the period.
No-Mik Cake and Related Cakes from a Forgotten Kitchen
A garbled collection of recipe fragments describes substitutes and mixing steps for cakes and frostings. It lists ingredients like butter, sugar, milk, flour, and flavorings with instructions to cream, beat, fold, and bake in moderate ovens. The tone mimics an old home kitchen slate of recipes with incomplete lines and odd spellings.
Canvas gate for stairs instruction excerpt
A canvas gate for stairs is formed by sewing a heavy canvas piece to two hooks at each corner. Screw eyes on the hall sides near the floor and lower one to fit on the eyes create a gate that snaps into place. It can be removed quickly with a crew in the banister when children are in bed.
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Newsille
France
Haynar
Heame-Iniaite Groiek
Mort
Hutterell
Syria
Orland
Ines
Saving Sheets and Reuse in Medical Care
A fragment describes cutting fabric from sheets to create bandages and hems them for reuse. It mentions sending cleaned material to a hospital or private family for care and notes most bandages are damaged after use. The language is uncertain and garbled but centers on improvised medical supplies and reusing materials.
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Privat
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Rum
Zune
West
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Mikey
South Range
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St. Louis
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Can
Nele
Jeet
Boca
Miret
Colt
Ferstains
Jonze
Naim Ance
Wales
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Nolo
Jon
Giany
Milady
Ian
Georgette Kowa
Weyld
Sukat
Bert Pwell
Adi
Snow Cate
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