Paris Fashion Focus on Summer Shirts and Gowns
Paris reports a brisk opening of summer dress, with shirts rising in price and luxury pieces dominating rue de la Paix. The feature describes wash fabrics, chambray shirts, velvet belts, embroidered caps, dotted mull gowns, and blue tones, highlighting tucks as the season’s rule and a chic plumage fashion for fans.
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Paris
Rue de la Paix
Fifth Avenue
Paris Coutouriere
Collette
Chambray
Summer fashion advises pastel blue and coral taffeta outfits
An article discusses spending strategies on women’s summer wardrobes. It describes pastel blue suits with ground-length skirts for golf and boating, coral taffeta ensembles with dual waists, multiple white silk dresses, and chambray decorations. It notes durable wash fabrics and new detachable bodice features.
Duplex Telegraphy Explained in 19th Century Terms
Lewiston Maine Journal explains duplex telegraphy with simple contrasts of sending and receiving at each end. It covers differential wound relays polar relays and the quadruplex, plus Wheatstone machine transmission, speeds up to 200 to over 1000 words per minute, and notes automatic perforated tape like a music box as a drawback.
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Lewiston
Maine
Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
England
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Chicago
Pioneer Nurse Dr Anita Newcomb McGee Commissioned
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes Dr Anita Newcomb McGee as the sole woman to receive a commission in the U S Army during the Spanish American War. Daughter of Professor Newcomb and wife of ethnologist Professor McGee, she led a Daughters of the Revolution executive committee aiding the war department in nursing and wounded care, earning official recognition and a commission.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
United States
Spain
Anita Newcomb McGee
Newcomb
McGee
Daughters of the Revolution
War Department
Fhe
Pajamas Mystery Delays War Relief Unit Inquiry
Acting Assistant Surgeon McGee faces a surprise question when a relief order mentions pajamas for invalid soldiers. A division hospital officer sends supplies for sick soldiers and Temons, but the term pajamas confounds the medical team. The scene highlights improvisation and the rapid demands of wartime relief operations.
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McGee
Tampa
Temons
Ages Of French Brides Do Not Predict Marital Fate
The Hachette Almanac reports French brides by age, showing few marry early. From 20 to 22 only sixty in 100 wed, while closer to 25 rises. Even 60 to 65 yields one in 365. widows often compete and marry as readily as single women.
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Hachette Almanac
France
Kipling's Method of Absorbing Detail Noted by Bentley
New Orleans Times-Democrat reports Lyman D. Bentley, ex Baldwin Locomotive official, praises Kipling's absorbing detail. He recalls meeting mechanic Cressy in New Haven, when Kipling began questioning him about engine building, leading to a thorough tour of a large eight wheel express flyer.
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New Orleans
Kipling Learns Break-Gear Mechanism From a Builder
The passage recalls Kipling seeking practical engineer's insight after reading on the subject. He visits New Haven to meet a mechanician named Cressy and studies a rough sketch of a break-gear valve. Cressy explains the function, and Kipling expresses delight at finally grasping the technical details.
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Kipling
New Haven
Lok
Cressy
Red glass remedy claims seasickness cure from Germany
A New York Sun report says a German discoverer fixes seasickness by red glasses to flood the brain with blood. He ties relief to brain congestion from faster blood flow, likening it to champagne and lying down, but asserts red glass works quicker and more efficiently.
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New York Sun
Germany
Whipping Lesson Sparks Daughter and Son Exchange
A terse exchange reveals a disciplinary scene as a mother scolds Bobby for not answering and Bobby cites a prior rule that children should be seen and not heard. The dialogue highlights strict parental expectations and a clash over obedience.
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Bobby
Mamma
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