How the Popcorn Man Won Beach Park
The popcorn man Humphrey leaves farm life for the city and converts a failing lakeside park into a decent, profitable attraction. Through clean entertainment, controlled crowds, and clever use of lighting to shut down rival saloons, Beach Park becomes a popular, value driven destination, while Humphrey expands into a big winter carnival and plans further developments.
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Richard Spillane
Humphrey
Lakeside
Beach Park
Dtea
Rcarce
Beason
Tle
Gresay
Hquur
T 1S
Te Feafares
America
McClure News
Opyrie Y Syndicate
Sparkling midwinter millinery of velvet, fur, and metal
The piece praises small hats and turbans for midwinter, highlighting velvet crowns with silver or gold trim, mink or ermine cuffs, and metallic net flowers. It notes fur collars and ostrich accents as popular, with elaborate, high crowned turbans and fur bands for mature wearers, all showcasing skilled workmanship.
Washington Society Seeks New Social Leader for Spring Season
Washington society laments the vacancy left by the White House mistress as it seeks a capable leader to unite the diplomatic, congressional, and military circles for the coming social season. The city lacks a permanent resident first lady, and many prominent women fear rivalry or lack of time to oversee all多 sectors of Washington society.
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Ashington
Alverieah
Washington Society
Waghtn! Sociaty
Washington
Harrison
National Capital
Wilson
To Be Worn With Tailored Suits
Fashion notes on neckwear trends for women with tailored suits. Collars include De Medici, rollover, turn over, and sailor styles in lace, net, organdie, and embroidery. Describes laundered paste stiff collars, matching cuffs, vestee with military collar, and decorative hems and tucks.
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de Medici
Uncle Sam launches National Reading Circle for students
Dr. P P Claxton, U S Bureau of Education commissioner, invites high school principals and small college officials to inform youth about a government reading circle. Callers supply name, address, age and education. Members read the listed works twice in three years and receive a government certificate signed by the commissioner.
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Uncle Sam
P. P. Claxton
United States Bureau of Education
United States
Uncle Sam's New Literary Society
National Reading Circle
Doctor Claxton
Washington, D. C
Natoral
Commissioner of Education
Presidents to Pick New Summer White House Next Year
The article discusses President Wilson's uncertain lease on the Harlakenden House in Corntah New Hampshire and possible alternatives for a permanent summer White House. It notes proposals to buy Monticello Virginia as a government summer residence and mentions Mount Weather Virginia as another option, depending on Congress and accessibility.
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White House
Wilson
Harlakenden House
Corntah
N. H
Pines
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Levy
Washington
Mount Weather
Historic Warship Constellation Draws Nation’s Capital Crowds
Thousands of visitors daily tour the historic frigate Constellation at the navy yard exhibition. They study her old-style armament and towering masts while imagining 1798 battles in the West Indies. In a dramatic duel with the French ship LInsurgent, Constellation wins after an hour and forty minutes of cannon fire, with two killed and three wounded aboard, while the French ship loses 2 killed and 42 wounded.
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Zene
National Capital
Viaitora
Constellation
Navy Yard
Ife
Visltor
Went Indies
L'Insuraent
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Amusement Resort
Womer
Holt
Lea
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