Shirtwaist Frock Pattern Promises Cool Summer Style
Advertisement promotes Pattern 2222 for a shirtwaist frock with inverted skirt pleat and short sleeves, offered in multiple sizes and fabric options. Includes illustrated instructions and mail order available from Sewing Circle Pattern Department in New York City.
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Fragmentary remark on a bum as described by Rico
A clipped exchange recalls a critic calling a man a bum while noting landmarks and a reporter’s remark about the scene. The text presents a gritty, colloquial snapshot with limited readable facts and no clear event.
Stock Market Guess From a Whimsical Troll
Traveling salesman asks Ty about the stock market. Cactua Joa replies he has not tried it yet but suspects it can be a nice deal if approached wisely. The exchange hints at caution and knowledge when dealing with dealers in risky ventures.
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Fara
Slightly Mistakes Deacon and Colonel Bluegrass Well
The speaker argues a man is mistaken about a beard and mustache evidence while referencing Colonel Bluegrass Well and a deacon. The dialogue hints at identity confusion and rivalry in a rural setting with colorful dialect.
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Beech Nuts Lure Bear With Tense Meadow Tale
Thornton W Burgess spins a Green Forest encounter as Danny Meadow Mouse hides under leaves while Buster Bear stalks for beechnuts. A sudden squeak and a hurried dash bring the mouse into close, frightened proximity with the hungry bear as the night air hums with woodland danger.
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With You I Am Content
A short verse expresses contentment through seasons shared on a veranda. The speaker notes they have had no money but happiness persists, praising a beloved partner and the simple act of sharing an intimate moment by an open fire. The tone is tender and domestic.
Through A Woman's Eyes by Jean Newton
A reader describes a self assured woman who speaks with finality and seems to know it all. The piece questions attributing overbearing certainty to any single profession and suggests dullness may underlie such behavior.
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Bell Syndicate
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Dear Mr Wynn Question Box Seeks Yardstick for Love and Law
A reader asks how to rid herself of a persistent suitor who refuses to give up. Another writes about a umbrella mystery, a hypothetical police arrest question about chasing a hat, and a reader needing new glasses after breaking them. The column delivers light moral and practical guidance.
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Century warnings against washing in early manuals
A 1667 guide for youth titled La Civilite Nouvelle warned that washing with water harms eyesight causes toothaches colds and dulls complexion. The source notes such teaching was strongly against washing at the time.
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Ginger Bread Recipe From Early Home Kitchen
Old time recipe explains how to bake fresh ginger bread with eggs sugar molasses flour and ginger. It also suggests serving with cream cheese apple sauce or whipped cream and includes directions for a custard and a cream sauce with brown bread crumbs for a dessert.
Rice pastry rounds with strawberry cream topping
Readable steps describe forming circles from rice pastry, baking, and layering crushed strawberry with sugar and whipped cream. A dissolved junket mixture thickens milk which is combined with coffee and poured over the warm mixture to set, then served with whipped cream. Weetera Newspaper Union.
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Weetera Newspaper Union
Stork Sign of Spring Across Europe
Storks returning from Africa each spring signal luck and babies, with households hoping for a nest on the chimney. Some residents in depopulated districts install artificial nests and wooden birds to attract them, as Collier's Weekly notes.
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Africa
ithem-Collier’s Weekly
Sweeter Than Cane Sugar From Jerusalem Artichoke
Levulose derived from the Jerusalem artichoke is about half again as sweet as cane sugar. Its production is difficult for industrial use so it cannot be sold in every grocery.
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Evary Grocery
Tremendous savings at Intermountain Goods
Irregular promotional note from Mary Osmond of Thayne urges neighbors to shop Intermountain Products for world roaming memories and family cheer, highlighting “tremendous savings” and daily value.
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Percheron Breed Origins Debated Between Arabian Influence
Some historians link modern Percherons to Arabian blood traced to captive horses from the Crusades era in La Perche while others dismiss strong influence yet acknowledge possible Arabian lineage brought by returning crusaders.
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la Perche
France
Cups With Handles From China In Early Times
The record notes that cups with handles appeared in China as early as the seventh century but for drinking tea or wine the Chinese favored a handleless type.
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Fiji Islanders and grief through love sickness
Anne Chadell reports in Collier's Weekly from New York that Fiji natives suffer grief and strong dislike for human life after losing sweethearts. The piece notes cases where both men and women decline physically from love-sickness called dongat, sometimes to death.
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Fiji
Anne Chadell
New York City
Collier's Weekly
Onions Aroma Tree Found in Central America
Marines in Nicaragua during the late occupation observe a tree emitting a strong odor of green onions. A low flying plane tore a branch and brought it to Managua. The twig released a powerful onion scent from the wing fabric.
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Central America
Nicaragua
Mangua
Washington Coh
Everburning Peat Fire Baffles English Village
A peat fire in the ancient Tork shire area of England has burned continuously for over 170 years, puzzling locals and historians. Officials say the blaze persists in peat beds, driven by underground heat and oxygen, with no end in sight.
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England
Early Chillicothe Trains Operated With Quinine Boon
The piece recalls 19th century Chillicothe Ohio railway practices where conductors announced “Twenty minutes for quinine” to passengers signaling malaria concerns in the Scioto valley. It notes Van Duren family figures with Abram Van Duren becoming secretary to a president amid wartime service.
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