Paris Fashion War: Straight Dresses Favored This Year
A Boston Globe fashion correspondent notes a struggle between length and breadth in Paris dress design. Straight, figure‑revealing dresses dominate for summer, while hoop skirts fade. designers like Lanvin and Molyneux test with ultra tight basques and dramatic flounces, signaling a shift back to ornate Second Empire style for select figures.
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Boston Globe
Paria
Dreas
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Lanvin
Alchouette
Molyneux
Brilliant Colors for Sweaters for Kiddies
Fashion notes praise vivid sweater colors for children and stylish country wear for men and women. Describes wool two tone jackets with buttons and pockets, slipovers with sailor collars, and woven designs popular for summers and casual use.
Choose Wall Paper for Your Home With Care
A Milwaukee Sentinel writer advises careful wallpaper selection for home decor. Many rentals have poorly chosen patterns, with five room setups including bath and sometimes a gun room. Even if some rooms are already papered, harsh patterns can ruin the at home feeling. visualize furniture arrangements and choose colors thoughtfully.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Ribbon on Printed Frocks by Smart Designer
A designer outlines colorful sports wear using coarsely woven fabrics and narrow belts to match with white sports costumes, highlighting a coordinated look for athletic outfits.
Embroidered Medallions Used as Belt Tabs and Edging
A description of medallions featuring colored embroidery used as belt tabs or edging. The item notes decorative pictures in color and explains their application on belts and trim.
Plain Tailor-Mades for Fall and Winter Wear
The 1028 fall and winter season sees continued production and distribution of plain and semi plain dress goods. Embroidered details give way to plain tailor-made outfits as the smart set seeks distinctively simple dressing in exclusive New York shopping districts.
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New ‘York
Cape description in tattered notes at sea voyage
Fragmentary OCR text describes a cape with finely platted crepe fabric and shoulder measurements, mentioning leavary and feal tone. The passage lacks clear names, dates, or events to establish a complete news item.
Refreshing Vegetables and Jelly Dishes For Warm Weather
An article on cooling vegetable preparations for hot days offers recipes like Pean In Aspic Jelly and Mousse of Peas. Peas are cooked with stock and gelatin then molded and served on cucumbers with French dressing or watercress. The mousse uses peas, white sauce, gelatin, eggs and whipped cream with parsley garnish. The tone urges appetizing cold dishes to balance heat and enhance meals.
Summer Tea Aids And Simple Backyard Bakehouse Treats
The piece offers portable tea options and light nourishment for hot weather. It prescribes edible tips such as tea bags for travelers and easy meals with gelatin ice cream and a yeasted sponge cake filled with apples and raisins. It notes simple Scotch Short Bread with basic ingredients and steps.
Plain signatures and forger fears in check fraud notes
A Lon don Tit-Bits observation notes that simple signatures are hard to forge yet flourishes lure forgers. A bank cashier spotted forgery by a customer’s habit of dating before the month and the danger of using blank paper. It advises using issued check forms, locking check books, and careful writing with crossed checks.
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London
Extreme Summer Advice From 19th Century Judge
An eccentric text urges to wear as little as possible in heat while cheering legally, avoid poison ivy, sleep afternoons, and seek cold water methods. It jokingly suggests telling a funny story to overheated individuals, socializing with cooler friends, and even sleeping in a freezer as a bizarre remedy.
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Robert
O’brier
See Peter Pan In Barrie Criticism Sparks Producer Warning
In a dramatic criticism excerpt, Sir Herbert Tree tells Charles Frohman Barrie’s tale is wildly incoherent. Tree predicts the completed four act play features fairies, children, Indians, and a final act set atop trees, prompting concern.
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Barrie
Peter Pan
Alexander Woolcott
Herbert Tree
Charles Frohman
Barre
Frohman
Death by lightning after boasting at kraal in South Africa
A man in a South African kraal boasted he could be unharmed by any danger. He blew two horn blasts and then a long blast at a doorway to prove his courage. A lightning bolt struck him dead as the echo faded, while the others remained uninjured.
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Beast
South Africa
London Soot Clouds Reach Seventy Tons In A Day
London suffers extreme pollution as experts declare the capital’s air the dirtiest. A recent day saw about seventy tons of soot drifting over the city with June typically averaging twenty tons. The smokiness is blamed on coal fires in homes offices and factories and the public’s preference for open hearths over modern heating.
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London
Green Apples Ripe Are They Yet
Two boys cross paths in the street as one clutches green apples and the other asks if they are ripe. The wartime note mentions table enen value and a Red Cross Ball Blue advertisement touting its wear quality and grocery availability.
Why He Didn't Like It
A Tulsa physician helps three ragged children on a city street dressed in borrowed clothing. The two older children smile at the new outfits while the youngest, named Alice by his brother, cries and resists the change, prompting questions about the child’s distress.
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Tulsa
Okla
Alice
Moon effect on the tide teased in science note
A quirky science note quotes a pun about the moon and tide with a reply about being untied. The piece shifts to a reflection on a young man with deep self faith, noted by Michigan Gargoyle.
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Michigan
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