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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
15
Mrs Kittingly contemplates remarriage or moving pictures amid rising alimony costs. The Jarrs discuss her lifestyle, two ex-husbands, and a furniture-installment collector who visits for payments, with remarks on swearing and social judgment.
A new joint effort by a general citizens' committee War Camp Community Service National Travelers' Aid Association and Washington Terminal Railway officials assumes control of the Travelers' Aid Bureau at Union Station. Mrs Winsworth Miles will lead a team to offer round the clock information to travelers. bureau superintendent to retire at month end.
Advertises perfected calomel compound tablets free from nauseating effects. Claims medicinal virtues retained by adjuvants and correctives. Sealed packages contain 20 doses for 35 cents.
A stylish wrap combines broadtail and studson seal into a beautiful long stole. Ends hang gracefully, offering a refined accessory for sophisticated ensembles. The item showcases luxurious texture and versatile draping suitable for formal or upscale daytime wear.
A verse sketch contrasts Terence Harrigan who majors in football and punches the bag with Leander Lorraine who excels in Latin and Math. Terence rises as a stevedore boss, while Leander, now a tutor, falls on hard times as intellectual work yields little pay. The piece, dated 1919, ends with satirical asides on Prohibition and industry figures.
A fashion note extols a velvet corduroy tam with roguish youth appeal. Designers reclaim its elegance amid past overuse with a high front crown flare and a crepe de chine band in Copenhagen blue.
A New Englander shares traditional Boston baked beans and Boston brown bread recipes. It details soaking, cooking, and baking steps for beans with salt pork and molasses, plus ingredients and method for brown bread. Also includes guidance on serving apples chilled and decor with fresh leaves.
A married couple grows apart despite love as wealth and social life pull them into separate circles. Their increasing material pursuits and social obligations erode time together until they separate, later reflecting on how money interests divided their marriage.
Step by step recipe details a pie filling with raisins and lemon juice, then a cornstarch thickening and nutmeg. It instructs mixing with water and sugar, adding a crust, and baking thirty minutes at moderate heat. The text preserves old fashioned measurements and language.
A fashion feature extolls dressmaking for teen girls with practical, washable fabrics. It describes a bib front dress using jersey or serge, plaid skirts, and no-fuss trims suitable for hot weather. The piece includes home sewing tips and a tale of two mothers solving laundry and heat issues with lightweight, launderable garments.
A recipe fragment details beating yolks with earth and milk to form a cream then heating until thickened. It mentions molds and glasses and a light stirring with warm items. The text is garbled but centers on a jelly like preparation and a hot milk infusion.
A reader letter to a newspaper discusses distributing free Newbro's Herpicide in Russia and using barbers to apply it. The writer imagines an army of American barbers ending chaos in Russia and jokes about hair lengths reflecting social progress while praising Herpicide users, especially women, as rational and attractive.
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