Beautify Your Home With Thrift and Ingenuity
A reader offers a practical home makeover plan for a crude converted barn with a 13 by 15 living room and a dining room adjoining. Suggestions cover wood finishing in dull brown, dark brown stains, varnish, and wax. fiber or rag rugs in brown and tan. removable dining room door removal. oatmeal wallpaper. unbleached muslin yellow drapes. brown toned history of furniture styles and second hand pieces. DIY curtains and window box plants to create harmony.
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Walla
William Morris
Morris
Physician Dr Warner and hospital evolution noted in 1923 Modern Hospital
The article honors Dr R. Warner, long seen as a driving force behind hospital expansion, and surveys hospital growth since 60 years ago. It discusses the rise of country hospitals, bed counts, and regional disparities, with focus on New York Greater and overall U.S. needs, plus early dietary notes for ulcers and patient care practices.
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T R W R Warner
American Hospital Association
Modern Hospital
Gray
Washington, D. C
South Carolina
Greater New York
Leawinskirwin
Greater
W York
New York City
If You Had Never Felt A Breeze Of Summer Love
A reflective verse exploring contrasts between warm memories and harsh winters. The speaker contemplates how prior joy shapes endurance through sorrow and the ache of unexperienced love. A lyric meditation on loss, resilience, and the meaning of happiness.
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Agar A
Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Clues and Puzzle Note
A daily cross word puzzle presents clues such as Shelter Fool Act Smell Lagaoed Paps Bame Tablatum abbr Bingle Dove song Blow Toward and a note about a mystery story reader who admires Sherlock Holmes. The Washington Post features a new word puzzle daily from 1934 by George Matthew Adams.
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Ated Rot
Sherlock Holmes
Washington Post
George Matthew Adams
Wives of Tomorrow by Frances McDonald
A husband writes of ten years of marriage, a daughter, and a wife who says she no longer loves him. An adviser urges calm, to avoid scenes, suggest a visit, buy gifts, and restore affection, treating it as a business problem and guiding Bill to repair the relationship.
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Wives OF Tomorrow
Frances McDonald
Sven
Tam
Bill
Cherub
Can Canning Save Time and Money for Households
Mary Elizabeth Allen argues that replacing home canning with factory canning offers major time and labor savings for modern housewives. She notes space limits in urban kitchens, waste reduction, and cost advantages, asserting canned goods provide year round variety and better nutrition than traditional methods.
Doctor Dolittle Reveals A Living Garden Zoo
In a garden near Puddleby the Doctor Dolittle introduces a diverse menagerie. Birds and creatures freely roam, some rare visitors arrive from abroad, while many doors lead to sunlit houses where animals freely enter and exit, choosing to stay.
Old watch party suppers and year themed menus
The article recalls historic watch party suppers with playful resolutions and costumes. Menus mapped months to foods from lamb in April to pumpkin pies in November and December, with January soup and February cherry ideas. Some menus referenced simple fare like mush and milk, reflecting lighthearted old traditions.
Latest hats in London echo 17th century armor style
London observers note a fashion trend where 17th century pikeman helmet motifs inspire midwinter hats. Designers favor steel gray feather weight felts cut to the period shape with a feather tuft for a feminine accent, replacing earlier square crowns as the season's novelty.
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London
Tower of
Londo
A C L Florida Special Starts Its 38th Year
The Florida Special train of the Atlantic Coast Line began its 38th season, leaving Union Station at 12:35 AM for Florida winter resorts. A second train, No. 75, will debut Thursday at 7:45 PM. The Florida Special is the first 211-Pullman refurbished observation train to Florida and the first electrically lighted train in the U S Sleeper cars will be open for early retirements from 10 PM. Officials including George P. James and Lynn J. Irvin attended the inspection.
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Florida
Union Station
United States
George P. James
Gensteal
Lynn J. Irvin
Gunertet
Lloyd A.bert
J. T. Ratuam
Pullman Company
German Cooperative Societies Prospering in Berlin
Berlin reports 84,8300 cooperative societies, the largest number in any country. Consumers and producers form groups for marketing, buying, and extending member credit on better terms than banks, with diverse aims including market access and credit facilities.
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Berlin
Germany
Banke
Secret Orders to Aid At Children's Ball
Many benevolent and fraternal groups back a charity ball for the Children's hospital at Willard Friday. Floor committees include John Philip Hill, John J. Davis, E. W. Bradford, Harry F. Cary, Clyde Nichols, James A. Sullivan, James A. Baldemnon, and William J. Shelby. Music by the Marine and Navy bands and the Davis orchestra.
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Children‘’s Hospital
Willard
John Philip Hill
John J. Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
E. W. Bradford
Order of Odd Fellows
Harry F. Cary
Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Clyde Nichols
Gavel Club
Mester Masons
James A. Sullivan
Knights of Columbus
James A. Baldemnon
William J. Shelby
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Marine and Navy Bands
Mere Davis
More Truth Than Poetry by James J. Montague
A satirical piece on golf as a cure for violence and world harmony. It jokes that spreading golf could quell aggression and even prevent wars, while cautioning that the dream ignores human nature and the risk of triggering violent reactions in savage nations.
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James J. Montague
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