Fashions and Society Snippets From Paris to Nome
A Paris fashion chat features Mrs Charles B Dillingham discussing the revival of the tight walking skirt and a blonde joke about Nome Alaska. Light social gossip spans outfits, gaffes, and the era’s flirtatious notes across high society scenes.
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Charles B. Dillingham
Paris
Mencken on Criticism and a Baltimore Movie Entrance
An exchange from Mencken reflects on unfair criticism and bias. He recounts asking a colored doorman if a Baltimore movie is good, receiving a blunt response that the show is rotten and a warning about speaking. the doorman ends with the remark that he is fired.
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H. L. Mencken
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Mencken
Baltimore
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Nobel Fund Rolls Past Ten Million Increases
The Nobel Foundation now reports a fund exceeding 10 million dollars, up from the original bequest of about 8.75 million. Natural growth and twelve prize years without awards have driven the total higher since 1901.
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Youthful Statesmen and the Rise of Younger MPs
A look at the shrinking average age in the British house of commons from fifty-one in 1914 to forty now, with reflections on how age and youth can unite in public service despite longer lives. An anecdote contrasts youth ties and old campaigners in common humanity. A teacher's fleeting encounter with a student reveals shared empathy across ages. A Nebraska woman finds a lost signet ring after five years, later identified by its initials.
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London Times
James Crory
Syracuse
Neb
Judge Crory
Wyoming Line
Mystery Christmas Package Clears Up at Lemons Home
A package addressed to K. Lemons in Bloomsburg, Pa, was received at Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lemons home. Six children Kenneth Keith Karl Kathryn Kelma and Klair claimed it and the puzzle was solved after the package was opened.
Imagined Lark Voiced Slum Childrens Aid Address
A secretary of the Chil dren's Aid society recounted a New York address noting slum children enjoy a country holiday for the first time. A girl from the slums watched a lark above and told the matron there is a sparrow unable to move, crying out about it.
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C. J. Brace
Children’s Aid Society
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Miss May
Hapsburgs Visit Vienna to Settle Property Affairs
Three members of the Hapsburg family came to Vienna to settle matters concerning their property. Former Archduke Karl Albrecht his wife Alice and his mother Archduchess Maria Theresa are Polish citizens. Karl Albrecht serves as an officer in the Polish army and has renounced all Hapsburg rights in Poland and plans to relinquish them in Austria as well.
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Vienna
Hapsburg
Archduke Karl Albrecht
Alice
Maria Theresa
Karl Albrecht
Archdduke Karl Stephan
Saybusch
Poland
Austria
Peanut Industry Flourishes In Petersburg Virginia
In Petersburg Virginia the peanut trade has grown into a sizable industry with several factories focused on peanut butter oil and related products. The businesses arose when a local entrepreneur found that residents preferred larger kernels but demand now centers on smaller nuts valued for their flavor and higher prices.
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Petersburg
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