The Jarr Family Ball Game Clash of Women Clique Talk
Roy L. McCardell sketches a domestic scene as Mr and Mrs Jarr spar over a ball game afternoon and social rivalries. The couple frets about Clara Mudridge Smith Edith Briskett and other friends while remarking on jealousy gossip outings and the cost of crowds at a ball game.
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Jarr
Roy L. McCardell
Mrs. Jarr
Mr. Jarr
Couras
Clara” Mudridge-Smith
Edith Briskett
Mrs. Rangle
Mrs. Stryver
Drs. Jarry
Mra’ Jarr
Clara Mudridge-Smith
Stryver’s
Mr.arr
Christmas 125 Days Away Aids Prep Joys for Festive Hours
Christmas is 125 days away as Santa's helpers and toy makers, candy firms, illustrators, and writers rush to ready wares for the season. With sugar sale bans easing, prices and demand loom, while toy rivals from Japan challenge American products. Evergreen hills near Washington stand ready for Christmas cuttings as families anticipate stockings.
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Santa Claus
Japan
United States
Washington
Ladies Remove Combs as London Fashion Spreads
A London fashion note reports women are removing combs from hair, adopting tortoise shell combs with jewels as a bold, upscale trend postwar. The new look evokes old Spain with castanets and fandangos, spreading across classes and appearing in various tortoise-shell accessories. A Texan patents a machine to congeal water into icicles for irrigation.
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London
Doctors Prefer Calotabs for a Lazy Liver
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a nausea free liver remedy. It promises cleansing with a single bedtime tablet, no taste or vomiting, and morning energy. Sold only in original sealed packages for thirty five cents.
More Truth Than Poetry by James J Montague
A dated satirical piece recounts tall tales from Kentucky and other oddities as a judge questions truth in a court tale. It parodies local legends including a milk tasting cow and an apple pie myth, ending with political quips about railroads and German officers.
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James J. Montague
Prune Pudding Recipe From A Historic Home Kitchen
A vintage recipe describes pruned pudding with chopped prunes, sugar, nuts, milk, vanilla, melted butter, crackers, baking powder, and salt. Mix, bake in a buttered dish set in a hot water bath for about twenty minutes until firm, served with plain or whipped cream.
Crab Meat Canapes with Pimento Twist
Crab meat canapes serve as a quick first course for dinner. Open canned crab, rinse, and drain ten minutes. Chop meat, mix with chopped green tomato picks, spread on fried bread or toast, top with pimento strips, and substitute half shirred lettuce for some pickle.
Fashion Notes on Blouses and Undergarments
A vivid fashion paragraph describes blouses heavy crepe de chine in Egyptian red with chenille trimming, plus embroidery, beads, and beaver shade banding. It covers white georgette undergarments, surplice style suits, chic shirted collars, fabrics for fall dresses, and fringe trims on coats. Also mentions fringe details and a mixed salad recipe with chopped apple and celery as a served dish.
Ta ffa ta Ruffless and the Housewives Marketing Move
The text describes Ta ffa ta Ruffless gaining a following after an experiment with a produce man. It notes she influenced a town to become ideal for marketing and urges housewives to fix conditions rather than complain to improve living standards.
Taffeta charm and a tale of clever groceries
An article extols navy taffeta fashion with a peplum skirt and embroidered neckline as an elegant dressy material. It pivots to a humorous domestic anecdote about a wife proving her cleverness in a kitchen scales scheme and a grocer’s reaction.
Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland
Reflections on gender roles and romance from 1919. The piece humorously critiques male and female expectations, courtship tactics, and the social mores shaping civilized behavior, ending with a copyright notice from Frese Publishing Co.
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Helen Rowland
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