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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
9
A survey of women in 1920s society notes a Manila based Philippine university for women, 300 women lawyers in US government work, 11 million German women in the labor front, 300000 registered US nurses, 12000 US women reporters and editors, a Warsaw girl with the longest hair, and Sarah Bernhardt delaying retirement after a leg amputation at seventy.
An engineer in Germany invents a foldable bicycle for easy transport. A photo-electric controlled mechanical man will greet visitors at Philadelphia's Franklin Museum. An American UC scientist proposes a cross eye correcting device. A New York guarded by electric eye device from Staten Island protects foreign trade zone. A German seaplane copy likened to palm grain promises long distance flight. A radio robot with memory will detect distress signals and emit warnings from afar.
A 1907 image of Fifth Avenue contrasts with modern traffic as Consumers Information traces how advertising and research expanded auto production. The piece notes cars rose from a few thousand to 30 million on the road, prices fell from about $3,000 to under one-fifth, and half a million workers now rely on the industry.
A historic note recounts circus costume evolution from knee breeches to tights starting in 1848. An incident in the John Robinson show where a rider appeared in underwear helped popularize long drawers becoming tights, shaping performer freedom and fashion.
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