Mae West Debuts Paris Style Advice For Fall And Winter
Mae West returns from Paris with new clothes and fashion guidance to thrill milady this season. The article traces corset history, reversals in silhouettes, and bold style prophecies from Greek to modern days, praising daring lines and theatrical adornments.
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Mae West
Bowery
Diamond Lil
Paris
Milady
Venus de Milo
Elysian
Gibson
West
America
Evalyn Thaw
Mary Todd Lincoln
The
Angels
Grover Cleveland
Niagra Falls
Benton Harbor
Samantha
Saratoga
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
East Lyn
John Sullivan
Old Empire
Chevelier Bayard
Steel Riverteers Union
Ted Mack and orchestra open extended engagement at Indiana Roof
Ted Mack and his eighteen piece orchestra direct from twenty two weeks on Broadway open an extended engagement at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis. The act features the Andrews Sisters and the Three Bachelors with a repertoire from bedtime stories to burlesque parodies. Roof nights include four shows weekly with dancing and no price increase. regular admission remains fifty five cents.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ted Mack
Indiana Roof Ballroom
Mack
Andrews Sisters
Castle Farms
Cincinnatti
Brown Palace Hotel
Denver
Blackstone Hotel
Ft. Worth
Texas
Plantation Cafe
Minneapolis
Greenwich Village
Dayton
Irish designer Mulready of first postage stamp
Irishman William Mulready designed the first one penny envelope used by the crown government. Born in Ennis 1786, he moved to London, became an academician in 1815, and his envelope art featured a Meek-eyed mother listening to news from her son. The envelope went into use May 6, 1840. Mulready died in 1863.
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William Mulready
Ennis
County Clare
Ireland
London
Royal Academy School
Mulready
Detroit News
German Shepherd Dog Titled as Police Breed in U S
A historical note explains the German shepherd, called the police dog in the United States, is classified as a shepherd dog by the American Kennel Club. It outlines naming variations in England and Germany, contrasts with the farm shepherd, and notes the breed's mid nineteenth century emergence and nonwolf ancestry.
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American Kennel Club
Judy
America
England
Germany
Poison Ivy Description and Identification
Poison ivy, a member of the cashew family, is known for its touch toxicity. It features three sharply-cut leaflets with the middle leaflet on a longer stem, grows by attaching to supports with rootlets, and releases a poisonous resin from beneath leaves and stems. Small flowers have five sepals, five petals, and five stamens in inconspicuous clusters. fruit is a white or yellowish stone-like berry.
Latin’s growth shaped Romance tongues through ages
The text traces Latin as a growing language giving rise to Romance languages, noting literature from 200 B C to 500 A D and a Renaissance revival in the twelfth century. It explains how Latin changed, losing some stateliness, while Catholic scholars revived it to resemble its original style.
Tannin Sources in Wood and Bark Highlight Leather Making
The extract tannin or tannic acid from wood and bark is used by leather manufacturers to convert rawhide into durable pliable leather. Bark yields more tannin than wood, with oak and hemlock as primary sources. chestnut trees once supplied large amounts before blight reduced them.
Largest Indian Reservation in New York State
The Alleghany reservation covers fifty square miles in Cattaraugus county as the state’s largest. It is followed by the next largest in Cattaraugus in Erie and Cattaraugus counties. The Onondaga reservation on Syracuse’s edge employs several hundred Indians in the city.
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New York State
Alleghany
Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus
Erie
Onondaga Reservation
Syracuse
American Trees in German Park Reach Historic Status
In Weinheim's Count von Berckheim park Germany a collection includes black walnut hickory nut and sugar maples. Similar American trees planted in 1765 stand in Harbke Bruns wick near Helmstedt and are oldest of their kind in Germany.
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Count von Berckheim
Weinheim
Germany
Harbke
Brunswick
Helmstedt
Testing Scales in Indiana Stockyards Misdirected
Indianapolis Oct 6 Less than a quarter of scales tested by the Indiana stockyards licensing division meet state standards Director F M Davis said 76 scales were inaccurate half favored sellers 23 accurate of 99 tested 38 favored buyers 38 favored stockyards. The law requires testing all sales points and bonds for licensed dealers to protect the public.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Stockyards Licensing Division
F. M. Davis
Davis
War Mothers leader visits Lander guests in Wyoming
Mrs Joseph Marrett and her daughter Mrs Frances Sinix of Indianapolis join Mrs Virgil Stone national president of the War Mothers at Lander Wyoming for a Tuesday visit with Mr and Mrs Ed Retherford. The Young Quakers Class held a skating party at the Gwynnville rink Friday night.
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Joseph Marrett
Frances Sinix
Indianapolis
Virgil Stone
The
War Mothers
Lander, Wy
Ed Retherford
Young Quakers
Gwynnville
Job Printing Visitors Call On Local Family
Mr and Mrs Charles Pearson and son Claude visited Mr and Mrs Fred Jessup and daughter Maxine Tuesday evening. J R Wilkinson of Cincinnati, inspector, spent several days reviewing machinery at the local mill.
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Charles Pearson
Claude
Fred Jessup
Maxine
J. R. Wilkinson
Cincinnatti
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Bayard Baker
Laudias
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Hamlet
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Jane
Ovier
Champaign
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Carthage
Cram’s. New Geographical Globe
South Polar
Europe
Asia
United States Geographic Board
Dublin
Baile Atha Cliath
Moscow
Russia
Moskva
U.S.S.R
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Austria
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Constantinople
Turkey
Istanbul
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Odd Fellows Building
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