Social News From Stratford Area Bridge Parties and Trips
Mrs. Charles Whitten hosts a bridge party with guests including Mrs. Nathan Whipple and Harold Clark at her Laurel avenue home with garden flowers and refreshments. Mrs. W. L. Belknap Sr entertains at whist on Hazelwood avenue. Several residents travel, visit, or return from weekends in Danbury New Haven and Atlantic City. Engagement announced for Miss Anna Lambert and Milton Davies Blank at a Stratford party. numerous passes for summer outings and trips to Catskills, Lake George, and Delaware Water Gap.
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Charles Whitten
Laurel Avenue
Nathan Whipple
Harold Clark
T. Rice Davia
E. Waite
A. K. Black
Ollie Righter
Mark Pinkham
W. L. Belknap, SR
Hazelwood Avenue
Tedlee
Anna Lambert
Huntington Road
Milton Davies Blank
Fremont Street
Prescott T. Nichols
Euclid Avenue
Stratford
Anna Cormack
Hanover Street
Alice Mcid
North Avenue
Morrow
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Agnes Gulain
Fremond Street
Litchfield House
Bantam Lake
H. M'Mann
Edith Maann
Barnum Avenue
Lake George
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French Veil Styles Shape Autumn Fashion
French women set veiling trends with crown drapes and curtain edges in lace patterns. New ecable and tortoise shell shades join navy and black as fall staples. Chantilly veils dominate at races with mesh grounds and lace borders, featuring tinsel embroideries and black white dot effects.
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Chantilly
Miss Richardson to Become Bride of B L Fisher
A wide interest wedding will unite Miss Betty Richardson daughter of Mr and Mrs John Richardson of Park avenue and Robert Lee Fisher a former Danbury resident on Saturday Aug 14 The romance began on a Shriner trip to the Coast in June Miss Richardson a graduate of Miss Fannie A Smiths Normal Training school Mr Fisher residing at the Prince George hotel in New York City. Only immediate families and a few relatives will attend the ceremony. Both are receiving many congratulations from friends.
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Betty Richardson
John Richardson
Park Avenue
Robert Lee Fisher
Danbury
Shriner
Stichardson
Fannie A. Smith
Mr. Fisher
Prince George Hotel
New York City
Blouse Revival With Suspender Style Declares Comeback
A vintage inspired blouse revives the suspender look, pairing well with a silk sports skirt. It features scorgette fabric, xi mono sleeves, and neck detailing. Hemstitching, pivot edges, and dark blue crepe de chine girdle with white silk embroidery complete the dainty motif of leaves and flowers.
Rose weighted drapes make it chic fashion feature
Fashion notes describe negligees with rose weighted panels and veiled pleating in dove gray georgette with blue ribbon girdle. Two tone orchid over pink, or jade over brown, are suggested. Also notes lemon lore and health uses, with a final item on a black dentilly draped pastels gown at the races.
Flamingos Saved From Extinction in Bahamas Order
The flamingo known as the Bird of Beauty and Mystery will receive complete protection under a Bahamas government Order of Council, following an expedition that filmed its marsh habitat. Reports say numbers dropped from 20,000 in 1901 to about 7,000 due to sponge fisher practices.
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Washington
Bahama Islands
National Geophic Society
Paris Restaurants Agree To Close One Day A Week
Paris August 7 moderate price restaurant owners have agreed to close one day in seven. Restaurants in each city quarter will rotate closing so the hungry man with a flat purse will not have to walk far for his food.
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Paris
Woman Health Promise From Vegetable Compound Ady
An advertisement urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to combat female ailments. It claims the remedy addresses backache headaches nervousness and irritability, promising stronger healthier lives whether at home or in business.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ady
Demand for grape products gains in post prohibition era
Washington reports show demand for grape products exceeds supply as unfermented juice jams and jellies use more grapes each year. College of Washington data note home demonstrations spurred hat making lessons with 98 women and 26 hats made at 1.57 dollars each, saving about 5.81 dollars per woman, reflecting broader shifts toward home craft and self sufficiency.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
College of Washington
Vegetable Medicines and Home Health Cooking Advice
Dr Burmaster discusses edible medicines from common vegetables and the chemistry of cooking plus a letter from readers. He recommends onions for coughs, cabbage for skin, spinach for laxative and iron, and cautions on meat preparation to preserve juices and flavor. The letter asks about curing a child without surgery and advocates diet change, outdoor living, and avoiding candy and sugar.
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Burmaster
Home Health Club
la Porte
Indiana
Lady Elizabeth Craven and Harvard College Milestones
Lady Elizabeth Craven, famed for living at many European courts, later produced poems and memoirs. Harvard College held its first commencement on August 9, 1642, honoring Rev. John Harvard whose will endowed the fledgling school. The college began with Nathaniel Eaton as instructor and Henry Dunster as its first president, with nine graduates at the inaugural ceremony.
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Earl of Craven
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Lisbon
Vienna
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Florence
Naples
Anspach
Harvard College
North America
Newetowne
John Harvard
Newtown
Sambridge
Harvard
Nathaniel Eaton
Henry Dunster
Widow Walks Free After Admitting Long-ago Murder
In Bayeux France Madame Huchez, who admitted killing her husband years ago, left the courthouse a free woman as French law bars action after ten years. The case unfolded from a 1905 marriage at the Inn of the Golden Lion to a buried trunk containing a skeleton and a later confession. She now resumes life as a boarding house keeper in Grenoble.
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France
Aus
Madame Huches
Madame Huchez
Madame
America
Golden Lion
Grenoble
Montrory
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