Paris Fashions Still Defy Pope's War on Scantiness
Parisian women ignore church threats and wear increasingly sheer evening gowns. Fabrics like silk and crepe de chine reveal most of the form with backs cut to the waist. Skirts shorten and air and light are praised for health reasons amid doctors’ claims of female immunity to colds.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Thousand Soap Bars Found in Slain Woman's Trunk
In San Antonio, investigators opened a trunk owned by Mrs. Ada Mendham McComb, killed with a hammer, and found over a thousand bars of guest soap in wrappers from the Martha Washington Hotel New York. Jewelry valued at $50,000 was found in trunks at her boarding house. narcotics were also seized for analysis.
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New York World News Service
San. Antonio
Tex
Martha Washington
New York
Ada Mendham McComb
San Francisco
Thomas Churchill
Building Union Heads Urge Peace After Feud
William Green of the AFL plans a joint meeting of Bricklayers and Plasterers executive boards to end a feud blocking 250 million in new construction. Green met separately with each side and progress toward a peace treaty was noted. Leaders agreed not to discuss the dispute at their convention to avoid reigniting tensions.
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John J. Leary
New York World News Service
Atlantic City
HN. J
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Tosth
Bricklayers’ and Plasterers
Green
Building Trade Department
Mane Duncan
Rickert
Wilson
Morrison
Tobin
Executive Council
Mantell Presents King Lear at Grand Opera House
Robert Mantell and his company reprise King Lear with Mantell as Lear and Genevieve Hamper as Cordelia at the Grand Opera House. The same cast as Monday performs again last night. Tonight Macbeth will be offered.
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Robert Mantell
Grand Opera House
King Lear
Mr. Mantell
Lear
Genevieve Hamper
Cordelia
American buys Warwick Priory in move to Virginia
Alexander W. Weddell American Consul General at Mexico City buys Warwick Priory dating from the twelfth century. The plan is to ship brick stone and oak beams to Richmond Virginia to reconstruct Sulgrave Manor near Washington’s ancestral home. The brick stone and beams will be given to the Virginia Historical Society.
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London
Warwick Priory
Scott
Kenilworth
United States
Richmond
Sulgrave Manor
George Washington
Northamptonshire
Alexander W. Weddell
Mexico City
Weddell
Washington
Virginia Historical Society
St. Sepulchre
Henry de Newburgh
Henry I
Elizabeth
Earl of Leicester
Warwick Castle
Ford Airplane Is First in Hop
Ford air tourists land at Lambert Field after 235 miles in 2 16 41 with Eddie Hamilton in Henry Ford’s all metal monoplane leading. Mercury Jr. piloted by H C Mummert second in 2 18 36. Fokker tri motor third at 2 26 35. Maiden Dearborn entry averages 100.1 mph. Casey Jones third among others.
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Columbus
Eddie Hamilton
Henry Ford
Kansas City
Mercury, Jr
H.C. Mummert
Hammondsport
N. Y
Fokker
Casey Jones
Dearborn
Ford
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Nxt
Omaha
The
Mercury
Lady Diana takes role of Megildis in The Miracle at Music Hall
In last night’s performance Elizabeth Schirmer is Madonna and Lady Diana Manners stands in for Iris Tree as the nun Megildigs. The changes in personality give Megildigs a poised mature nun while Madonna carries a maternal undertone, contrasting with Schirmer’s virginal white flame portrayal.
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Madonna
Megildis
Music Hall
Elizabeth Schirmer
Diana Manners
Iris Tree
Lady Diana
Megildigs
Miss Tree
Miss Schirmer
Les We
Fire Sweeps Four Buildings in Peebles Tonight
Fire destroyed four structures in Peebles Ohio and threatened several others. Neighboring towns were summoned for control. No lives were lost and damages remain undetermined.
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Peebles
Velveteen for School Fashion in 1925 Fall
The piece celebrates fall fashions for girls returning to school with velveteen outfits and bright accessories. It notes fabrics like woolens, tweeds, plaids, and kasha-like textiles, plus metallic belts and decorative touches. The author, Eleanor Gunn, reflects on color and practicality amid the season.
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Mother
Fairchild
Her Husband's Money A Love Story Of Social Pressure
Victor Walling, famed engineer, lavishes wealth on his wife Virginia until he discovers she misuses funds. He pushes welfare work and a secretary Miss Riggs into her life while pressing for motherhood. Virginia attends a duchess interview and contemplates adopting another woman's baby, delaying the plan as moral conflict grows.
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Victor Walling
Virginia
Miss Riggs
James
Ducchess
Train Kills Columbus Man At Grade Crossing
John Toops a 28 year old resident of Columbus was killed when his automobile was struck by a New York Central passenger train on a grade crossing west of the city late today.
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Columbus, CO
John Toops
Columbus
New York Central
City
Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble
The forecast is generally quiet with possible surprises and travel opportunities. Saturn's influence urges slow careful thought, suggesting change or new projects may come but not be eagerly embraced. birthdays bring a quiet year and potential for study or occult interests.
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Feat. Ser., Inc
Social and Personal Notes Highlight Tuttle Return and Local Events
Mrs. Frederick Tuttle or Margaretta Tuttle returns after three months at Old Field Point near Broadway with estate memories and work on two serial contracts to finish by December. The Unguarded Hour film due next month, Woman's City Club moves into new clubhouse, Eubank lecture resumes, and Miss Davenport's wedding postponed due to illness.
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Frederick Tuttle
Margaretta Tuttle
Old Field Point
Long Island
Broadway
Wallace Irwin
England
Woman's City Club
East Fourth Street
Earle E. Eubank
Color vision and safe driving warned at Atlantic City convention
A convention in Atlantic City highlighted color blindness as a major factor in automobile accidents. It warned that four percent of drivers are color blind and cannot distinguish red from green, urging color-sense testing in driving exams to prevent thousands of crashes. The piece also includes a health Q&A section on eczema height growth and exercise.
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Atlantic City
Four Size Pattern For Children’s Garment Offered
This pattern comes in four sizes ages 4 6 8 and 10 years. A six year old version needs 2 percent yards of agilner material with short sleeves or the same amount with long sleeves. Pattern mailed on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps.
A Wife's Confessional in a Locked Room Mystery
In a tense dialogue two protagonists plot to confront a patient in a hospital for the insane. They plan to weaken the patient’s guards by feigning fatigue and leaking access, while monitoring potential escape routes and a chained valise to uncover motive. The scene blends detective intuition with domestic tension as they brace for containment.
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Katherine
Fanny Poell
Norsi
Fanny Powell
Lillian
Lee Chow
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Beech Lane
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Thomas Miller
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Miller
University of Wisconsin
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Elmer Hess
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Adele Garrison
Junior
Bauer
Ture
All Good Grocers
Nunner and Ashton Co
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Call City
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