Bare-Backed Gown For London Dancers
Chicago dispatch notes a humorous ad seeking a married couple to cook and clean, born from Northwestern University fraternity dinners. It mocks food shortages and a cook leaving, with a digressive second item about a bare back fashion trend in London's West End and mixed opinions on backless gowns amid a coal strike.
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International News Service
Chicago
Northwestern University
Wranglers
International
London
West End
Viola Tree
Paris
Brokers Use Sign Language Returns To Grain Pit
Chicago grain traders reclaim sign language on the Chicago Board of Trade for futures deals after a three year pause. Israel P. Rumsey explains the signaling system where a raised fist signals sell at a price, a finger indicates fractions, and inward palm shows buy, with each finger denoting 5,000 bushels.
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International News Service
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Israel P. Rumsey
Conflicting Views as Market Reporters Track Trading
A trade floor scene is described as chaotic with many arms and traders in the air, yet reporters and traders insist there is no doubt or misinterpretation in the recorded transactions. The passage underscores tension between perception of activity and the clarity of market records.
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Ion
Fort Vaux Closed to Tourists Over Souvenir Plunder
The French Ministry of War ordered the Fort Vaux near Verdun closed to visitors after tourists removed items as mementos. The latest missing object was an electrical lighting bulb from the inner casements.
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Paris
Vaux
Verdun
Ministry of War
Twins born three times in eight years at Aurora
In Aurora Nebraska on October 8, Mr. and Mrs. B Deal welcomed their third set of twins, making three multiple births for the couple in the past eight years. The parents, both of whom are thirty, already have no other children.
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International News Service
Aurora, Neb
B. Deal
Aurora
Women First Smoked in Russian Court Claim
Edouard Pontie, quoted by an IIS dispatch from Paris, says women in the former czar’s court introduced smoking to civilized countries. Wives of European diplomats in Petrograd allegedly carried the habit to Berlin and London, and soon American women publicly smoked.
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Paris
Edouard Pontie
Petrograd
Berlin
London
United States
Cigarette Habit Hurts Fan Manufacturers and Women
The note observes that cigarette smoking undermines fan makers as women struggle to use a fan and smoke simultaneously, highlighting social habits as economic impact on the industry.
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