Fashion in Decline of Evening Dress Across Cities
The piece notes a collapse of formal attire in London’s theaters and dining rooms, with evening dress fading to rarity before the war and sparingly persisting only at formal events. It contrasts Berlin’s sharper social breakdown with Paris and New York still more conventional, while warning the tailor shop suffers as fashion is smashed by modern upheaval.
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London
Paris
New York
Berlin
Psychology Tests Shake New Jersey Civil Service Hiring
In New Jersey a 5,500 dollar director position drew 700 applicants but when a psychology based evaluation was added the pool shrank to 14. The 188 minute exam included intelligence, technical, foresight, and fatigue tests. The winner is a 31 year old Edison plant supervisor. Politicians deny psychology as definitive. they say it must be tested in practice.
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New Jersey
Edison
Mars
Neptune
Uranus
Europe
Orient
United States
McClure
The Vanishing Swallowtail and London Fashion Decline
A London fashion critique laments deteriorating men's attire postwar, blaming riding in automobiles for casual dress and loss of elegance. It notes London’s past reputation as best dressed and Paris’ women’s style, cites widespread sartorial decay, and blames motorists for skipping dinner attire.
Public health should enter politics, says Rockefeller head
Dr George E Vincent argues health agencies must create public sentiment for better hygienic conditions while officials implement plans. The piece notes progress since serious health focus began, cites Rockefeller Foundation, and pauses to comment on politics and society with several unrelated items.
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Rockefeller Foundation
George E. Vincent
Vincent
Venus as a possible home to intelligent life says Smithsonian report
Dr. C. G. Abbott, in the Smithsonian Institution annual report, argues Venus may have conditions compatible with human life and moisture. He rejects Mars as an intelligent world and doubts wireless signals prove contact with aliens, noting solar and terrestrial disturbances as likely causes.
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C. G. Abbott
Smithsonian Institution
Abbott
Venus
Earth
H. G. Wells
Mars
Dr. Abbott
Bryan
Sacrifice love and theft entwined in Messina tale
Georges Claude sacrifices for his twin Ludovic and saves hidden heirs Mile and Tine in Messina. Zizi's love turns to heartbreak as Georges meets Mile and Tine aboard the Mouette, while a mystery about Saint Cast's will and a dangerous past unfolds. A horoscope closes the piece with celestial forecasts for December 28 1922.
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Georges-Claude Blancafort
Zizi
Ludovic Blancafort
Saint-Cast
Gasparone
Messina
Joanny
Milo
Tine
Ludovic
Chilren
Kermadelle
Marie Anne
Georges
Sauvoyer
Rouscouban
Georges-Claude
On Zizi's Yacht in Messina Harbor
Georges-Claude follows Beppo onto the Sainta Theresa where Domenico, the boatman, welcomes him with polite secrecy. He learns he has orders to stay quiet and cannot be paid to reveal what they know. Georges accepts the situation, puzzled by the mystery aboard.
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Beppo
Santa Teresa
Georges
Ambroise
Mile and
Tine
Mile
Zizi
Georges-Claude
Messina
Saint-Cast
Biancafort Brothers
Mala Vita
Sauvoyer
Rouscouban
Mae — Onoes Speen
Georges- Claude
Milo
Monsieur
Gamin
Georges-Claude H
Massive 940-Pound Hog Shipped From Kansas Farm
A three year old hog weighing 940 pounds was shipped from Kansas by W. J. Darst of Dexter. The unusually large animal required a specially constructed stall upon arrival in an Arkansas city, illustrating the scale of farming yields in the era.
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Arkansas City
Wan
W. J. Darst
Dexter
Kansas
Tax on bootleggers eyed as county seeks nearly $1 million
County Treasurer Ralph McBride plans to collect almost 1,000,000 in taxes assessed against convicted bootleggers in Cuyahoga County since dry laws began. Ohio law imposes a 1,000 dollar annual tax on all places selling intoxicating liquor, a statute deemed still in effect by state supreme court decisions.
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Cleveland
Ralph
McBride
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Supreme Court of
Inglewood Hero Loses Job After Dallas Medal
Frank Woerner of Inglewood California received a Dallas Texas community medal for single handedly routing a band of Inglewood Ku Klux Klansmen in a pistol battle. The Inglewood board of trustees then fired him from his assistant city marshal post.
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Frank Woerner
Inglewood
Cal
Dallas
Texas
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