Summer jacket pattern described for versatile wear
Fashion notes present a straight loose jacket over a short sleeved frock, adaptable for all temperatures and occasions. Details include a draped front girlee and fared revers, bolero length option, and choices of triple sheer or heavy crepe, with contrasting bodice and revers. Pattern 0903 offered in sizes 10 to 46 at $3 plus fabric requirements and a 15 cent mailing cost.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
On the Job: Lawmaking and a Useless Bill
A citizen cites excess laws as pointless, while a legislator vows another bill to curb useless statutes, though recognizing its own limits. The exchange darkly lampoons legislative inefficiency and perpetual bureaucratic cycles.
Passing Up the Blame The Captain
A brief exchange reports a late incident after taps. The captain is asked for comment as a private claims he turned in early, but the bugler sounded taps loudly enough to wake him.
In Reverse Lawyer to a Witness Turned Twenty Four
A playful exchange as a lawyer questions a young witness, revealing age misperception. The attorney infers the witness is forty two, prompting a quick, ironic clarification of the age. The moment highlights courtroom banter and the contrast between perception and fact.
The Gate to Jo Lung's Emporium of Gems
Detective Kearney and Det. Sgt. Norwich enter Jo Lung's Ramshackle emporium in Limehouse, uncover a cache of opal and sapphire gems linked to a major theft. They glimpse a mysterious veiled woman and a shadowy master with a surveillance device, while the Greek clerk stalls. The scene ends with a plotting master blaming fools as a second mistake unfolds.
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Jo Lung
Kearney
Damascus
Limehouse Causeway
Khan
Tooma
Seragno
Jo Lunga
Norwich
Hearney
Dawson Ifalga
Lung
London
Joe
Italy
Bronsen
Matt Kearney
Trongen
New York
Arabia
Ching
Japan
Treas
Hera
Tilda
Dekenham
Persian Gulf
Mr. Lung
Dronsen
England
Vitamin C bumper foods and wartime diets discussed
The article lists fruits vegetables and prepared dishes rich in vitamin C such as oranges tomatoes cabbage spinach pineapples apples bananas and strawberries. It notes raw forms preserve vitamin C better and cites scurvy cases in wartime or long voyages, plus recipes for carrot cabbage nut salad and a citrus enhanced soup stock with fruit juices and herbs.
American Titling Matt Kearney Bids Sister Farewell Aboard Wallaroo
Matt Kearney, a young American tilting in London, says goodbye to his sister Eliesa on the Wallaroo. The ship carries £3000 in gold to Australia. En route home Kearney meets Inspector Dawson Haig of Scotland Yard who is smitten with Dlleen, while Haig pursues an opium case.
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Matt Kearney
London
Eliesa
Australia
Kearney
Dawson Haig
Scotland Yard
Dlleen
Hale
Chinatown Whispers and a Missing Witness Plot
Inspector Haig hatches a plan to trap smugglers moving Staffordshire pottery via Jo Lung in Chinatown. He assigns Kearney to ghost the Shanghai Jo Lung operation, with Wickham and Norwich providing backup as the Bond Street case twists into a larger, perilous street level sting.
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Haig
Otlna
England
Scott
Kearney
Freeman
Customs
Sidney
Salg
Tie
Mra Moggridge
King
Italy
King's Warehouse
Jo Lung
Shanghai
Ia Jo Lung
Diatg
Chinatown
Ile
London
New York Universe
Jo Lungt
Wallaree
Norwich
Kings Yard
Dawson Italy
Wickham
Bond
Dawson Salg
Oldest Dry Land Kne The Central Asia Plateau
A brief note discusses the Central Asia plateau as the oldest continually dry land known in geological history, highlighting its arid conditions and long geological stability across eras.
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Central Asia
Eclenca
Rubber fuel from old tires outlined by chemists
Government chemists say compressing rubber with hydrogen at high pressure and temperature can yield motor spirits or lubricating oils. In tests at 250 C they produced pale yellow oil about one eighth the rubber. at 450 C they obtained motor spirit amounting to about half the rubber used.
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Futura
Fuel Research Board
London
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Peles Liver Pills Recalled
An old advertisement notes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Peles as original liver pills from 60 years ago claiming to regulate liver and bowels. The short blurb references liver aid and bowel action in a period tone.
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Dr. Pierce
Great Je Science Selence on Train Window Fix
A fragmented report notes a resourceful effort to pry open a day coach window failed. It mentions air conditioning the Montreal Star train and references a science or engineering theme in a newspaper item from a historical page.
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Montreal Star
Saar Controversy Echoes in Johnny's Questioning
In a Montreal Daily Star fragment, a child asks if the Saar belongs to Russia and if Germany is involved. The dialogue, shifting between dad and Johnny, names Russia and Germany while debating the Saar's fate. The piece hints at postwar political tensions and national claims.
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Skip
Johnny
Germany
Dad
Russia
Montreal Daily Star
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