Fashionable Sportswear Boosts Midseason Millinery Trends
Wide range of sports clothes influences the season with sleeveless and long-sleeved designs, simple silhouettes, and two and three piece suits in jersey, tricot, flannel, and silk blends. Hats feature turbans, cloches, and wide brims, with jewelry beads, ribbons, and braids in colors from salmon pink to olive.
Enormous U S Oil Waste Revealed by Survey
The Interior department says losses of gas and oil across U S fields are enormous due to flooding seepage waste and negligence. The bureau of mines finds millions of cubic feet of gas and billions of gallons of oil wasted from early gushers to modern spills with casing damage and high lifting costs.
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Washington
United States
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Kansas el Dorado Field
Bureau
Hewitt Field
Oklahoma
el Dorado Field
Baby Prefers Snakes Wasteful Oil Losses in Early 20th Century
A crude note describes the cutting of oil in the Mid Continent and Gulf coast fields around 1920 and 1982 totaling about 100 million barrels. About half was lost to waste, with an estimated value near 100 million dollars.
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Mid-Continent
Gulf Coast
Two Race Horses Lost From Moving Train
New Orleans reported F T Miller a turfman loaded his three selling horses Stanley Catromea and Beteman in a box car at Bowie Maryland for a winter meet at Jefferson track. The car door was open in a yard and only Beteman remained. the fate of the other two horses is an unsolved mystery for the train crew and police.
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New Orleans
F. T. Miller
Stanley
Catromea
Beteman
Bowie
Jefferson Track
Japan to Spend Over Half Billion on Reconstruction
Japan plans reconstruction spending totaling about 525 million dollars in five years with 375 million earmarked for Tokyo and 150 million for Yokohama. Tokyo will reduce 1924 25 budget estimates by 70 million yen and postpone all pre earthquake loans. Bank clearings in five districts hit 4.3 billion yen in October as France moves to repay a 50 million yen war loan.
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Washington
Japan
Far Eastern Division
Department of Commerce
Tokyo
Yokohama
France
Yasuda Bank
Europe
Experts Find Secret of Animal Longevity
Washington army experts report that regular diet, exercise, rest, grooming, and tight peacetime care extend the useful life of army horses and mules. Average active-service age is fourteen years across 44 423 animals, with 80 percent of horses and 64 percent of mules already over eleven.
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Army
Washington
Rubber carpet reverses for soft tread by British manufacturers
British manufacturers have developed a reversible rubber carpet that offers a soft tread. The innovation aims to combine comfort with practicality, providing durability and adaptable use for flooring applications.
Historic English Hall to be Wrecked Soon
Ribton hall on the Derwent at Camerton Cumberland will be pulled down shortly. Designed by Inigo Jones in Renaissance style during Charles I’s reign it has served as an armhouse for a century. Owner Lord Lonsdale deems the structure unsafe and beyond repair. The hall houses notable oak and chestnut paneling. The Ribton holdings trace back to Waldeof and his son, then to Ribton’s Thomas Lamplugh who built the house after moving from Beverley.
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London
Ribton Hall
Derwent
Camerton
Cumberland
Inigo Jones
Lord Lonsdale
Ribton
Waldeof
Gilmin
Thomas
Thomas Lamplugh
Beverley
Yorkshire
Russian Gamblers Sent to Provinces in Exile
A Moscow decree sends scores of gamblers and speculators with their families to the provinces and Siberia exile districts. The move, backed by the interior department, targets those deemed unhelpful to the state’s upbuilding amid a broader moral reform drive by Communist leaders.
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Moscow
Russia
Petrograd
Narinsky
Siberia
White Sea
Department of the Interior
Mrs Bradford Testimonial On Lydia E Pinkham Product
Mrs L Bradford of Phoebus Virginia shares personal relief from insomnia nervous troubles and irritability after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She urges others to try the remedy and notes it is sold by druggists everywhere.
Dandelion Butter Color Sold Widely for Half Century
An old advertisement touts "Dandelion Butter Color" as a harmless vegetable additive used for 50 years. Drug stores and general stores offer bottles at 35 cents. A note adds that much charity that begins at home fails to travel.
Cascarets for Liver and Bowel Cure Ad
Ad promotes Cascarets as a treatment for billousness constipation and sick headache. Mentions 10c a box and drug stores. Also notes charity money is rarely given unless asked for.
A Safe and Sure Laxative Brandreth Pills Adv
An advertisement promoting Brandreth Pills as a safe vegetable laxative. It claims one or two taken at bedtime will keep you in good condition. The ad closes with a light note about liking philosophy and not getting paid for it.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad for Home Linen Care
Advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for all housekeeping needs including kitchen towels table linen sheets and pillowcases. It also contrasts youthful confidence with wary manhood and renewed old age.
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Department of Housekeeping
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