Return to stately dance warns of modern influences
Camille de Rhynel, president of the Dance Teachers of France and of the International Dancing Federation, predicts a return to traditional ballroom form as the Charleston and Heebie Jeebies fade. He cites the rise of flappers and younger crowds and foresees a restoration of refined dancing standards.
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United Press
London
Camille de Rhynel
Dance Teachers of
France
International Dancing Federation
Rhynal
England
Midol Promises Quick Relief for Menstrual Pain
An advertisement urges women to use Midol noting it stops menstrual pain in five to seven minutes. The copy claims the product is a special preparation of specialists and widely available for fifty cents at drugstores in convenient aluminum packaging.
Boy's Note to Sweetheart Yields Huge Stamp Value
A Swedish boy pledged daily letters to his sweetheart for a month. She later earned fifteen hundred dollars from stamps pasted on thirty envelopes. Upside down reprints by the government attracted collectors, paying two hundred crowns per stamp, funds used for a trousseau.
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International
Stockholm
Trousseau
European revival seeks grace against American dancer influence
Rhynal warns that American imported dances and jazz threaten grace and style in European ballrooms. He notes a shift from brass to strings in bands and urges a return to refined forms plus a new twist to popularize a European style.
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America
Europe
London
Rhynal
Continent
Two Million Letters Sent to America From France
France launches a massive mailing of two million handwritten letters to America on the Rocchambeau to reach American women on Armistice day. The letters, turned to propaganda by war widows, bear French stamps and were arranged with special postal support by the French government.
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Associated Press
LE Havre
France
America
Rocchambeau
Charters Granted in Austin Listing San Angelo and Pampa Firms
The Associated Press reports new charters issued in Austin on November 1. Benito Juarez club of San Angelo lists capital stock 1500 with incorporators Juan Gomez Pablo Acosta and Jose Hernandez. Grayco Gasoline company of Pampa lists capital stock 10000 with incorporators A McClory R Sowder and A F Clark.
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Austin
Texas
Benito Juarez Club
San Angelo
Capital
Juan Gomez
Pablo Acosta
Jose Hernandez
Grayco Gasoline Company
Pampa
A. McClory
R. ©. Sowder
A. F. Clark
Historians Gather for Forty Third Annual Association Meet
Indianapolis hosts the forty third annual American Historical Association meeting starting December 28 with more than 700 historians from colleges universities and learned societies. Topics include public health political Southern conditions and mooted questions of the American Revolution and world history. Allied societies and speakers Professor Volwiler and Dr Shryock address Benjamin Harrison and the public health movement respectively.
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Indianapolis
American Historical Association
South
West Indies
Far East
American Bibliographic Society
The
American Catholic Historical Association
National Council For Social Studies
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Agricultural Historical Society
Albert T. Volwiler
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Benjamin Harrison
Paris
Richard A. Shryock
Duke University
United States
Corrine Burton Rising Star in New Weston Hotel Era
Corrine Burton of New York hosts her path to film fame under Chas Bowers. She promotes Danderine hair product with claims of dandruff relief, scalp cleansing, and glossy, easy styling in a nationwide push.
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America
Corrine Burton
New York
New Weston Hotel
Chas. Bowers
Miss Burton
Houghton Resignation Accepted as Ambassador to England
President Coolidge has accepted the resignation of Alanson B. Houghton as ambassador to England. Houghton, a New York Republican Senate candidate, was praised for his diplomatic service in a White House letter.
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United Press
Washington
Navy
Coolidge
Alanson B. Houghton
England
Houghton
United States Senate
New York Republican
White House
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Meet in Courtroom
A meeting of B R T M members will be held in the county courtroom at 4 this afternoon. W S Smith general chairman of the brotherhood will preside. his jurisdiction covers the Colorado and Southern and Fort Worth and Deliver lines. Mr Smith arrived in Amarillo yesterday.
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The
Brotherhood of Railway
W. S. Smith
Brotherhood
Colorado and Southern
Fort Worth
Smith
Amarillo
Goat Chews Tobacco at Oklahoma City Packing House
A goat named Billy works as a bell wheeler in a local packing house in Oklahoma City. Reportedly he eats cigars, chews tobacco and is described by his keepers as a natural born executive in the workplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Oklahoma City
Billy
Bell Weiher
Gordon's Internal Antiseptic Digestant Recovery Claim
The article promotes Gordon's as an internal antiseptic combined with digestants to stop fermentation in the stomach and bowels, soothe irritation, drive out poisons, and restore normal function. A large 8 ounce bottle costs 1.50 dollars with doses under three cents. available at druggists.
Hop Off for Rome Again Delayed by Weather
Adverse Atlantic weather prevented the monoplane Columbia from taking off for Rome. Skywriter Roger Q. Williams, borrowing the plane with Peter Bonelli from Charles A. Levine, was at the field and postponed the flight. a new weather report would decide if a takeoff would occur tomorrow.
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Roosevelt Vield
N. Y
Atlantic
Columbia
Rome
Roger Q. Williams
Peter Bonelli
Charles A. Levine
British women spend 60 million yearly on stockings
London report cites Douglas Hacking MP as parliamentary secretary for the overseas indicating England women spend about 60 million dollars each year on stockings.
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International News Service
London
England
Douglas Hacking
M. P
Adlerika claims quick relief for gas and digestion
An advertisement testimonial states a person cured 20 years of gas and indigestion after using Adlerika. It promises relief in ten minutes by cleansing both bowel sections and removing old waste, with distribution at Port Office and Fox Drug.
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Adlerika
J. B. Mardy
Port Office
Fox Drug
Restore Vitality with 8.8.8 Natural Tonic
An old advertisement touts 8.8.8 as a proven remedy to restore red blood cells, boost appetite, and renew energy. It claims centuries of use and letters of gratitude from users, promoting the product as made from fresh vegetable drugs and sold in drug stores.
Hosiery Exhibition Opens in Nottingham
Trade department official Mr. Hacking opened the hosiery exhibit in Nottingham and estimated 17,000,000 UK women. He noted 10,000,000 wore silk or artificial silk stockings at $4 a pair and eight pairs annually, calling the potential saving from holeless or ladderless stockings enormous.
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Nottingham
Hacking
United Kingdom
Pyeatt Sells Two Oakland Cars to Cunningham Flower Shop
Dees Pyeatt of Harman Motor Co. delivers the first new Oakland All American to Cunningham Flower Shop and marks a second Oakland sale to the shop. The dealer also arranged two Pontiac purchases for them and has a solid contest record with Harman.
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Cunningham Flower Shop
Oakland
Dees Pyeatt
Harman Motor Co
Oakland-Pontine
Cunningham
Pyeatt
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