Dress patterns offer versatile designs with easy slip-on and buttoned options
All Occasions features two Barbara Bell patterns No Ah D and No 17058 for sizes 10 through 20 with bust measurements from 32 to 38 inches. No 1 style showcases a round neck voile or challis dress. No 2 features a shirtwaist in broadcloth, pique, or rayon crepe. Yardage specified per style.
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Barbara Bell
Barbara Hell
Gems of Thought Snippets by Poets and Essayists
A fragmentary collage of aphorisms from Martial Scott Byron and Emerson. The text mixes reflections on health virtue happiness and the value of self praise with brief musings on possessions, effort, and the invisible symbols of beauty.
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Tess
Thas
Scott
Byron
Emerson
Bird bowers and blue hoards by Australian birds
Collier's Unique notes the bowerbird builds a playground called a bower in Australia. The bird decorates it with stolen blue items, including a blue hair ribbon, a blue railroad ticket, blue glass beads, and 178 blue bags from a laundry.
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Bowerbird
Australia
Collier
Birthday Party Cake Jokes In Dressing Room
A chorus girl talks of a birthday cake with seventeen candles and a joke about burning them at both ends. The banter shows light backstage chatter among performers and a battalion variety show quip about bowing and a stage manager’s instruction to duck.
Oldest Barber Gag Found in Ancient tomb
An inscription in an ancient Egyptian tomb records a barber asking a customer how to cut his hair and the customer replying in silence. The brief gag is noted as a rare humorous moment from antiquity.
Spool Shelves and Home Craft Set From World War II Era Ads
Wartime craft note explains making 60 thread spools shelves using 12% feet of stiff wire. It promotes Book 3 in a series by Mix Spears for Tendera Theteris and mentions other booklets on end tables and corner cabinets. Copies cost 10 cents postpaid from Spears New York Drawer 19 with 10 cents per book.
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Spears
Reader Quiz Questions from a Puzzle Page
A jumble of trivia prompts asks about hoi polloi the loggerhead’s shell a city name repeated in the United States the total continental area of the U S intact height of the Great Pyramid air pressure at sea level fog vs cloud the first U S Navy admiral what fills a barrel to lighten it and the prince of wines first name.
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United States
Gizeh
United States Navy
Prince of Wines
Quiz on Earth Fog and Sky Heights in Historical Note
A brief Q and A list explores differences between fog and clouds on earth. It notes fog is a ground cloud and sky clouds rise in the air. It includes a historical line about David Farragut, holes, and the rule that only the eldest son holds the title Prince of Wales before succession.
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David Farragut
Prince of Wales
The Answers 1 The mases populace 2 A large turtle found in the Atlantic
The area as 1028789 square anles 52630 of which are water surface. The pyramid was 481 feet tall. More tina ton to the square foot.
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Atlantic Ocean
Walla Walla
Wash
Bird Unable to Walk or Rest In Trees
A description of a chimney swift with curved feet that prevents walking on the ground or resting in trees. It clings to vertical surfaces using sharp claws and a tail press for support, and flies continually in daylight. It is described as a Braun colored bird that eats while in flight.
Medjez el Bab and Surrounding Valleys in Spring Color
The Medjez el Bab region in Tunisia shows a Moor-descendant population with Beja and Testour nearby. The landscape features plentiful water and lime soil as plowmen work with oxen amid springcolor bursts of orange marigolds crimson poppies yellow mignonette mauve rosemary and gorse bushes.
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Medjez el Bab
Tunisia
Beja
Testour
Spain
Medjez Et Bab
Malaria and disease scourge hit Chittagong region storms
The report notes persistent malaria in Chittagong India amid mud flats and stagnant pools, with smallpox and cholera prevalent. Winds can bring the city into headlines as storms swept the area in 849 1872 1876 and 1697, with monsoon moisture drenching the town and surrounding land.
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Chittagorg
India
Missing recruit mars route march after Bren gun drill
A march by a company of Bren gun recruits ends with a man reported missing. He explains he was left behind because his boots failed and he could not keep up. The event hints at rough discipline and recalls a faded claim about a past love and enduring impressions.
Sequoia Trees Two Species Redwood and Giant Sequoia
Sequoia trees include redwood and Giant Sequoia. Redwoods regrow from stumps, reach 80 feet in height and 16 inch diameter in 30 years, burn slowly due to high water. Giant Sequoias grow taller and wider. one tree stands 325 feet tall with trunk diameter of 357 feet four inches above ground, many trees dated around 2500 years old since pyramids era.
Paint Mulches Ultraviolet Reflection For Walls
D F Wilcock of the Basic Science laboratory at the University of Cincinnati reports new white wall finishes reflect up to 72 percent of ultraviolet rays from health lamps. In ordinary rooms reflection is under 10 percent, suggesting greater beneficial exposure for users in properly painted spaces. Aimed at health lamp users, the finding appears in a summary of interior finish performance.
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F Wilcock
Basic Science Laboratory
University of Cincinnati
Reunion Island ports and public services summary
The text describes Reunion Island with 210000 residents concentrated in coastal towns led by Saint Denis and Saint Paul. It notes major ports such as Port des Galets, dock facilities for exports like sugar, tapioca starch, coffee, and geranium essence, and mentions a sheltered port at Des Galets plus public services including a railway and telegraph and telephone systems.
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Reunion Islands
St Denis
St Paul St Lous
Pierre
Suffrage Amendment Prepared in 1920 by Colby and Hoarding
The 18th Amendment granting women the vote was prepared and became effective August 24 1920. Secretary of State Bat Bridge Colby oversaw the process and the November 1 1920 election saw Warren G. Hoarding receive the highest vote.
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Batbridge Colby
Warren G
Repair A farmer who has any spare to this water wall
A farmer seeks donor spare parts or funds to repair a water wall and fix essential farm machinery. He notes the year 143 will be faster than ever addressing their most difficult farm machine problem in history.
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Wil Beny
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