Winds of Control Over Women's Dress Across Ages and Lands
In Hupeh China authorities regulate women's attire, banning extravagant outfits to curb female emancipation amid modern influences. The piece traces past European bans on women's dress, recalling a Papal bull of 1800 and framers like Cardinal O Connell, plus Franciscans decrying elegance as moral danger, while noting enduring tensions over female fashion.
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Hupeh
Chana
Wormtun
Adam
Garden of Sea
Land of Nod
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Isaiah
Antoine Estienne Mineur
Remon Strance
Tyrance
St. Atefastineg
Frere Antoine
France
Plumpest Ladies Enlist in City Weight Loss Club
Twenty five of Chicago's fattest women join Dr John Dill Robertson's weight loss class as part of a citywide effort to curb living costs. The health commissioner leads the program with plans for similar clubs in other cities if successful.
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Chicago
John Dill Robertson
Modesty in Fashion Through Histories and Critics
A reflective text traces hostile views on women's dress from Clement of Alexandria to 19th century critics. It contrasts male judgments with dainty yet revealing styles, cites Dr Beales on weather exposure, Darwin’s Tale of Eskimo dress, and Frere Antoine urging holy garments, ending that modesty remains in the eye of the beholder.
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Beales
Philadelhpia
Terra del Fuego
Charles Darwin
Frere Antoine
France
Wyoming Weekly Industrial Review highlights oil and infrastructure growth
The report lists Casper Wyoming National Bank plans a $500,000 building, two new oil wells in Mule Creek at 130 barrels each, a rising hot springs patronage in Thermopolis, Laramie ready-made houses trial, and major projects from rail upgrades Casper to Lander to school funding, plus refinery and highway work across the state.
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Ooyhiy
Weil
Casper
Wyoming National Bank
Burns Merchant
Hillsdale
Thermopolis
Lusk
Yellowstone Park
Laramie Watches
Mule Greek
Osage
McWhorter
Sheridan
South Dakota
Custer
Hot Springs
Rock Greek
Big Muddy
Lander
Chicago & Northwestern
Black Hills
Slate
Jackson Hole
Newcastle
Hudson Light Plant
Riverton
Greybull
Shoshoni
Monte Christo Oil Go
Muskrat Field
Casper Realty
Basin
Torchlight Field
Afton
Coleville Star Valley
Hamilton
Laramie
Standard Oil Co
Manville
Grant Highway
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St. Augustine
St. Gregory
Medea
Friar Antoine
Poppea
Nero
Juno
Poppéa
Italy
Tire Service
Auto Tires
Auto Accessories
Kingham Tire & Repair
Florence Peters
Nellie Leonard
Clement of Alexandria
Soa
Nash
Pricee F O. B
Kenosha
Mentz-Carson Motor Company
One
Capitol Avenue
Wyoming
Weekly Industrial Review
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Sherman CO
Exide” Battery
Exide’’ Service
Cheyenne Battery
17Th St
Aprtin
Plains Automobile Company
Central Avenue
R Hie
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