Bets on a Sure Thing With Same Old Weather
Roy L. McCardell piece features Mr Jarr and Mrs Jarr arguing over advice, open air sleeping rooms, and weather wagers while a chaotic, humorous interchange unfolds. The excerpt ends with a recipe for butter cake, showing the paper’s quirky mix of fiction and household tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarr
Roy L. McCardell
Mr. Jarr
Mrs. Jarr
Winchester County
Weatchester
Scott
Mrs. Sarr
Chicago
Jarry
Seattle
Sanshisky
Chillicothe
Penn Yan
Influenza Prevention Through Diet and Sanitation Practices
Public health guidance outlines sanitation rules, crowd avoidance, hydration, ventilation, and regular meals to curb influenza recurrence. Emphasizes fresh air, sleep with windows open, exercise, bathing, warmth, and avoiding shared drinking utensils while staying home and consulting a doctor when illness begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linell Department
Evening wrap of white caracal and skunk lined in metal
Fashion note describes a wrap using white caracal fur and skunk fur, lined with metal embroidered indestructible voile. The niche garment blends exotic animal materials with metalwork to create a sturdy, striking evening cover.
Fixing the blame on consumers and profiteers
A critique argues high living costs fall on buyers not butchers or grocers. It claims price hikes come from consumer demand, with satire about doomsayers and obscene profits. The piece notes various antiquated slogans and references political figures and wartime imagery.
Policewoman Blames Parents for Girl Delinquency
Mrs. Caroline Verton head of the welfare department of the police bureau says three of five girl delinquencies stem from lack of parental care. She spoke at Wilson Normal School before the Illinois State Society, detailing cases where girls were saved from selling themselves for footwear and stockings amid wartime strain. A. F. Miller discussed experiences during French air raids.
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Caroline Verton
Woman's Bureau
The
Police Department
Wilson Normal School
Illinois State Society
Vortau
Coli
A. F. Miller
Medical Corps
3. A
France
Jelly Roll Recipe From Fragmented Text
A recipe fragment describes two cups of flour sifted with cream of tartar and baking soda, sugar, vanilla, salt, one and a half cups water, bake quickly, then roll with jelly after brushing with a cloth dampened in cold water.
Jelly Sandwiches How-To Card
Instructions for making jelly sandwiches using day old bread. Butter the loaf, trim crusts, cut into triangles, spread with jelly or marmalade, pair with another bread slice, and present in a willow basket with a napkin.
Modish evening gown with bronze lace and scalloped skirt
The article touts up to date gown design focusing on bronze metallic lace for next season. It describes a striking full skirt with scalloped hem and a bronze lace accent at the front, a plain waist with a self material vest, girdle edging lace, and flower motifs on the girdle.
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Tyne
Custard Sauce And French Eye Prosthetics Advancements
A vintage recipe for custard sauce uses milk flour sugar yolks vanilla and heat to a boil then cooking briefly before adding vanilla. Separately a note mentions French rubber artificial eyes offering comfort beyond glass, highlighting their advantages as prosthetic devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Scald Care and Fashion Notes Share Page End
A home remedy for scalds advises immediate cooling in lukewarm water with salt and carbonate of soda, then applying vaseline and a bandage to ease pain. The page also previews fashion trends with hats, dresses, fabrics, colors, and garment notes for the season, highlighting Louis XVI influences and long shirt lengths in Paris.
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Paris
Don’t Lie to Your Children By Sophie Irene Loeb
The article argues truthfulness with children is essential. It recounts a nurse’s harmful lie about fish becoming angels to persuade a boy to eat fish, leading to mistrust when the tale fails the test of reality. It stresses keeping promises and modeling honesty to build character and honor.
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Sophie Irene Loeb
the Press Publishing Co
Meat as Nation’s High Cost Root, Doctors Say
New York September 19 Attacks on meat at the international conference of women physicians feature Dr Graham Lusk Columbia University who calls meat the nurse of the nation and the cost of living. Dr B V MacCollum Baltimore argues meat reduction and green vegetables could avert plague like beriberi pellagra and warn against meat as essential. Experiments on animals show those fed meat and tubular vegetables age quickly and die while dairy and greens boost health.
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New York
International Conference of Women Physicians
Graham Lusk
Columbia University
B. V. MacCollum
Baltimore
MacColum
Brighten a Rainy Day with Silk Umbrellas
A breezy note extols colored silk umbrellas for rain or shine this summer. The combo umbrella and parasol protects from sun and showers, some with ivory tips and ferrules to match handles. A quirky tip suggests filling a small gas or water pipe seat with a paste of whiting and yellow soap as a temporary fix awaiting a plumber.
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Cagh
Moscow
Mr. Tarr
Oprenheimers
Sts. N. W
Luray
Luray Caverns
Consolidated Ticket Orice
Zee
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
James J. Montague
Italy
Ihe
Irish Republic
Gongright
Bell Syndicate, Inc
R. W. Rutledge
Illinois Society
Jelly Roll
Fashiongrams
T S
Shanghai Tea Garden
12Th Street
Mayard Cafe, Inc
Chas
Lek
Washington
Fussell
Fussell Young Ice Cream Co
Wisconsin Avenue
West
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