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:: Today's Housewife - February 1919 - Wounded Soldier - Red Cross
Today's Housewife - February 1919 - Wounded Soldier - Red Cross
Today's Housewife Magazine from 1919, complete and in good to very good condition, having some discoloration and a bit of liquid staining (see condition and photos below). Issues of this magazine include short stories, serials, and articles on fashion, cooking, baking, sewing and more. Cover art signed "Ghy Hoff". Measures about 11" X 16" with 36 pages.
Some Highlights of What's Inside:
Serge Versus Georgette
by Mariel Brady
The Betrothal (pictorial)
The Buyer for Allerton, Lamb
by Lawrence Perry, illustrated by Alfred Everett Orr
A Private's Honeymoon
by His Bride
Saint Brighid's Feast
by Padraic Colum, illustrated by Harvey Emrich
Old Mrs. Ferree's Alice
by Elsie Singmaster
The Girl in the Mirror
(part four) by Elizabeth Jordan
Handy Though Handless (WWI amputees) by Mary Dickerson Donahey
Fats and Oils in Cooking by Martha Allen Gray
Nearly Wrecked - The Husband's Story of a Marriage
Houses That Cost Under $3,000 by Elizabeth Scott (with some floor plans!)
Yokes - Knitted or Crocheted by Charlotte F. Boldtmann
Prevention and Care of Contagious Diseases (course IV - The Care of Infants and Children) by S. Josephine Baker, M.D.
Have a Garden Without Waste by F.F. Rockwell
Housecleaning by Degrees (course II - Household Management) by Lillian P. Goldsborough
Sick-a-Bed Dishes (cooking) by Martha Allen Gray
The Gate of Gifts by Annie E.P. Searing
Mother, What Can We Do? by Bertha Bellows Streeter
Returning (poem) by Annie Crim Leavenworth
Some of the Major Advertisements (full-page or more, unless noted):
Cream of Wheat with artwork by Rowland M. Smith (inside front cover)
Aladdin Homes
Olson Rug Co.
Hinds Creams and Powders
Hartman Furniture and Carpet Co.
Jiffy-Jell (inside back cover)
Old Dutch Cleanser (back cover)
...and much more!
Condition:
Edge/Corner Wear:
mild to moderate, mainly along the spine
Surface Wear:
mostly mild
Soiling:
mild to moderate; some discoloration to the front cover; liquid staining along the spine and lower edge beginning about half way through the magazine (see photos)
Spine Separations:
no major separations
Tearing:
1" tear to the outer edge (through most pages); otherwise mostly minor tears (less than 1/4"); several small tears along spine, associated with edge wear
Inner Pages:
most are very good to excellent
Other:
mild to moderate corner creasing present
Details - Scroll down for additional photos
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