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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
14
Fragmentary travel prose urges abandoning conventionality for holiday tramping. It extols unstructured wandering, personal appetite guiding pace, and walking companions chosen for kindness. It contrasts solitary walkers with social norms, citing Sterne Hazlitt and Stevenson on companionship and perception of nature.
Cleo Mayfield, a self taught cobbler, learned by apprenticeship after hiring an Italian to teach her to make shoes. She originates styles, including back-laced boots, riding footwear, and leather baby boots from old gloves. She spends about 11 days per pair and fabricates roughly a dozen pairs yearly for herself and friends, at half shop cost. She also wallpaperes her billiard room with postage stamps, mounting stamps on cardboard squares for display.
In Paris on November 30 the Chamber of Deputies rejected Deputy Diagne's bid to cut 300,000 francs for boxing education, citing that funds target amateur groups. Diagne argued boxing politics matter, citing Siki and Carpentier as national interests, while opponents warned against mixing sports with federation disputes. The debate referenced national pride, Franco boxing figures, and political maneuvering within the boxing federation.
A November report from FPALIS notes a scientist introducing a new local anesthetic called paratorme salt. The compound, derived from paramlao-bengzole, cannot dissolve in water and shows potential for nerve block and gastric pathway use. Further study is urged by the Academy of Medicine due to possible patient injury risks.
London dispatch reports no confirmation of Wednesday night Turkish revolt in Western Thrace. Turkish forces were said to be marching toward Bedenghatch on the Agrean Sea. The text then shifts to fashion notes on leopard fur coats and short schoolgirl outfits with straight-line skirts.
The tradition of bridesmaids and groomsmen wearing matching dress dates to ancient times. It was believed evil spirits attended weddings and could target the couple, so surrounding the bride and groom with equally dressed companions helped conceal them from mischief and harm.
A fragmentary fashion page notes a jewel belt with sherki sealskin jacket, large semi precious stones, and ermine trim. Velvet pleated pieces, moire costumes with fur and collars, an elegant Paris gown in purple velvet with cerise trim, and black panne velvet hat with steel gray wings are described in stylish, period tone.
London wires a famous British writer Maude Meagher argues fashion enslaves men more than women, mocking male vanity and urging readers to see women’s clothing as freedom. She cites absurdities from colored handkerchiefs to bold hats while praising women’s cosmopolitan flair and criticizing rigid dress codes.
Paris reports a special license allows Prince Albert de Broglie to remarry in the church. The prince, once wed civilly to Madeline Deslindes, then Estelle Alexander, now seeks a church ceremony amid royal family disputes and papal nullification debates.
A fragmentary letter describes Natalie's trip to New York for a holiday visit, arranging for overnight stays and dinner with friends. It chronicles fashion observations from a Christmas shopping trip, detailing garments, fabrics, colors, and accessories, including velvet gowns and decorative edgings, with mentions of specific shops and people in a social scene.
Paris reports a European royal succession crisis as King Alexandra of Jumo-Slavia faces his elder brother Georg en in a contested line of succession. Georg en renounced rights before their father’s death amid radical views. Alexandra denounces him as revolutionary.
Brig. Gen. James Nicholas Wheelus United States Army retired died in a New York hotel today in his 85th year. A Civil War veteran he also served in the Indian War of 1877 and worked as a military teacher for courts in the Netherlands Belgium and other places.
The copy touts a bread product sliced to perfection made from quality materials and baked under scientifically controlled conditions in an ay ra-duce model bakery. Six neighboring city bakers combined their skill to create the Master Loaf, available today with a new package and a checked tea-towel pattern.
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