Dartmouth Plans a Vast New Gymnasium at Hanover
Alumni push a cross-shaped campus gym at Dartmouth featuring an indoor dirt track larger than Madison Square Garden's bicycle track, extensive wings for baseball and track, a ground floor swimming pool, glass roofs, and a trophy room heart of athletic life with 1000 steel lockers, aiming to modernize training and equalize facilities with rivals.
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Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
United States
A. B. Shaws
Stephen
Madison Square Garden
New York
Mechanics’ Building
Tennig
Harvard
Hanover
Soldiers’ Field
Alpha Delta Phi
Bissell Hall
the Oval
Laborer's Invention for Tie Tampin Machine Patented
A railroad section laborer in New Carolina has patented a tie tamping machine. Practical tests show it can perform the work of 50 men on both old and new road beds, indicating significant production gains for track laying crews.
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New Carolina
Feet Betray Two Girls in Trousered Travel Plan
Chicago authorities arrested Mrs. Alice Boles and Miss Emma Gardner both 23 for traveling in male attire without paying fare while en route from Cleveland to Milwaukee. The pair, aided by Mr. Boles and Charles Ford, planned to beat the railroad system by wearing trousers, but their swellings feet and the station arrest halted the trip. They defended their actions as a bid for women’s rights and independence.
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Chicago
Alice Boles
Emma Gardner
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Attrill Street
Thomas Wetts
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Mayfair
Mrs. Boles
Capt. Harding
Miss Gardner
Prince of Beggars Hid in Palace Alarms of London Fraudster
London report profiles Clement Gregory Hugh Clifford also using Cecil Brown Smith and Frederick Archdale de Smith. A habitual con artist with seven Clapham junction addresses over two years, he posed as Mus Bac and professor while living in wealth, then jailed for alimony default. A city detective exposed his disguise, showing income from city schemes and a path from paralyzed beggar to villa resident before returning to jail.
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Broad Street
Throgmorton Street
Cambridge
Clapham Junction
Broomwood Road
Mus. Bac
the Albert Hall
Cambridge University
Terrier Hero Dies Saving Family in Newark Fire
A Newark family spared by their terrier Buster who woke them as a stable fire broke out at the Newark News Company. The dog alerted his master and family, guiding them to a narrow rear exit while he sacrificed himself, dashing through flames to the stalls where he perished with seven horses.
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Newark
N. J
Buster
Paul W. Obert
Salisbury Man Describes Ghosts Before Suicide Attempt
James Mackey a 25 year old mill worker declared he saw many specters and ghostly forms of dead people before slashing his throat and wrist with a razor near the railroad. He was found on the tracks bleeding and later jailed where he apologized though claiming nocturnal spirit apparitions drove him to distraction.
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Salisbury
Conn
James Mackey
Young Mackey
Mackey
Tobacco Kills Horse At Logan Township Barn
Hayden Davis, a famed Lawrenceburg trainer, loses Oster man, a tobacco chewing horse. The horse escaped to a tobacco raiser’s barn, ate large amounts of weed, and died. The body was found among several hundred pounds of ruined tobacco.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Hayden Davis
Osterman
Davis
Logan Township
Walking Costumes in prune and elephant gray fabrics
Description of two historical walking costumes with prune colored fine herringbone serge and elephant gray face cloth. Details include over-skirt cuts, side lacing with satin ribbons, waistcoat embroidery, coat trims, hat styles, and listed fabric requirements such as yards of cloth, ribbons, embroidery, buttons, and linings.
Mix of Black and Colored Cloth Embroidery Trimmings
A fashion note describes black cloth cut in bold designs applied to colored fabric for street suits and indoor gowns. Broadcloth embroidery uses a cutout pattern, raw edged, with bands and folds masking finishing. Some dressmakers use paste on embroidery for smoother results, with a pale violet on white meteor crepe example.
Lace is Being Dyed Fashion Trend Reignites
The revival of dyed lace is in full title with lace types such as Irish lace point applique and real filet all dyed. Dyers reap large rewards as fashion favors lace matching gowns this autumn.
When Stitching Taffeta Dressmaking Tip
A sewing note explains taffeta cuts from a blunted or rusted needle. Use a new fine needle for stitching. This needle can be renewed several times if extensive sewing is required.
Makes Pretty Coat for Girl from Satin and Lace
A charming coat for a small girl uses golden brown satin with straight side plaits, a low belt, wide Vandyke lace cuffs, and a matching collar. Other materials like broadcloth or serge are practical. Accessories include a directoire ruff and girds derived from ribbon, feasible to make at home with box-plaited ribbons and satin strips.
Neck Ruffles Dominate This Season's Fashion Scene
Neck ruffles gain prominence in women’s wear with outdoor styles heavy in multiple tulle layers and colors. Pierrot and double empire ruffles in silk draw attention, while Marie Antoinette fichus appear mixed with period-inspired silhouettes. Fashion blends past plates with present trends, pleasing enthusiasts.
Soft Silks and Modern Style Return to Everyday Wear
Silk fashion shifts from starched fabrics to wilted clinging looks. Demand rises, driving improved weavers. Rich liberty satins and dull silks appear in shops like grandmother's days. Silk costs more yet wears better and suits street and church attire alike.
Portable alcohol iron for small articles in nickel case
An alcohol iron designed for pregs in small articles such as handkerchiefs and ties, housed in a compact nickel case with lamp and stand. The polished nickel handle is straw wrapped so no holder is needed. Small and convenient when gas or electricity are unavailable, ideal for travel.
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Trons
Travning
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