Morning frock pattern ad aims at women shoppers
An illustrated sewing circle notice touts Pattern 27453 for a morning frock with a yoke edge and puffed sleeves. It suggests two version ideas, lists sizes 14 through 42, fabric yardage for size 16, and instructs readers to send fifteen cents plus address to the Sewing Circle Pattern Department in New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
The Solid Truth in Maisie Film Gossip
Maisie the film star fears losing sex appeal after the director tells her she is getting fat. Her co star consoles her by noting she cannot eat and have it too and jokes about dieting. London Adverbs provide the quote context.
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Maisie
London
Ground Floor Talk Ends With Cautionary Trap
A slicker urges the victim to trust a ground floor opportunity but the intended target declines noting past missteps. The warning compares ground floors to trapdoors that lead to a cellar, signaling danger and distrust in the proposal.
Proposal Dialogue Shows Hesitation During Weeklong Consideration
A terse exchange reveals one party asking for a week to consider an offered proposal. The other replies with quiet assent and clarifies that marriage is not immediate in that period, promising to inform later.
Dear Air and Gossip Columns from The Perfect Fool
A reader asks why a husband demands a folding bed for his mother in law and faces a humorous, grim answers about containment and engineers. The column includes quips on diplomacy and stinginess and closes with a reader puzzling how a man could fall from a ten story roof into a wagon of soda bottles without injury.
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Witty Kitty Nina Wilcox Putnam Mentioned in Fragment
Fragmentary text mentions Witty Kitty Nina Wilcox Putnam and a vague incident about soda water bottles and a moan not harming someone who fell into a wagon of soft drinks. It also refers to a harsh man on railroad tracks shouting vile names at passing engineers.
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Mr. Wryant
Waxwing visitors help themselves to Farmer Brown cherries
A flock of waxwings, dressed in gray brown with red wing spots, alight in a cherry tree and pass cherries along a line, while Peter and Jenny Wren remark on their politeness and gluttony. The birds, about the size of a bluebird, are noted for their feeding on wild fruits and a prior feast on worms.
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Huckleberry Pie Time and Quiet Rural Peace
A lyrical memory centers on huckleberry pie cooling on a window ledge and a barefoot child seeking berries in a tranquil countryside. The scene contrasts a bright sun and blue sky with a sense of peace, home’s sweetness, and the joy of simple chores transformed into a sacred moment.
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Western Newspaper
Valen
Gimmal ring described with joined bands for wedding
The first engagement ring, the Gimmal ring derived from Gemmellus meaning joined, consisted of two separate bands with inner teeth. The two bands joined by the bride and groom at the altar, a note from the McClure Newspaper Syndicate WHNU Service.
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Causes of Bankruptcy Cited by Bradstreet Studies
Bradstreet studies list the main causes of business failure in order: lack of capital incompetence specific conditions fraud inexperience competition neglect unwise credits future of others extravagance and speculation.
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Through a Woman's Eyes by Jean Newton
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt wrote a note to a reader about taking a break from a tight schedule to read poetry two hours in the afternoon. She argues the disruption can improve work quality and productivity.
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Fruity and Cherry Fritters From Mother's Cook Book
A readable extract from a Mother's Cook Book detailing Fruity Fritters with pineapple banana pear or apple options and Cherry Fritters with cornstarch sugar and maraschino cherries. Also includes a chocolate nut pudding recipe and a Roosevelt era note on the value of peaceful time at home for women and mothers.
Pluto Brightening Then Dimming Through 1989
The article notes Pluto will continue to brighten in the sky until 1989 and then gradually fade.
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Pluto
Science
Rare Arctic Bumblebee Captured in Singular Specimen
A single Arctic timblebee specimen has been captured, the only example recorded to date. Scientists note its rarity and document location and collection details for future study.
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