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The Modern Barber Shop Reimagined as Woman’s Domain
Thomas Arkle Clark recalls the barber shop as a male bastion of gossip and easy camaraderie. He laments a shift to a female dominated space with perfumes talcum powder and mirror chatter, calling it emasculation and a new kind of beauty parlor in 1925.
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Polce Gazette
Western Newspaper Union
What’s In a Name and the Language of Fabrics
The article lists textile terms and their origins from various languages. Cretonne from Cre ton in Normandy cambrie from Cambrai, poplin from an Italian papal word, velvet and velveteen from Latin shaggy, linen from flax, crepe from curled, Ince from noose, Cal e from Persian roots, taffeta noted for its shine, gingham from Malaysia, fhan nel and Welsh wool, gab ardine from Spanish.
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Cretonne
Creton
Normandy
Cambrie
Cambrai
Flanders
Poplin
Papal
Autos Dominate U S Expenditure Across 25 Million Cars
Thrift Magazine estimates the United States built about 25 million motor vehicles over the past 25 years. Purchases maintenance and operation reportedly cost around 40 billion dollars, about double the federal government's total spending from Washington to Wilson.
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United States
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Hornets Use Wood and Paper in Nest Construction
Hornets gather dried wood from dead trees and occasionally old paper. They mix wood or paper with a salivary secretion by their mandibles to form a pulp that molds easily when moist and dries into a strong papery substance.
Hazard of Hospitality in Newport Gossips Over the Swellberghs
In Newport society, Mrs. Arbour and Mrs. Delevere discuss the rise of the Swellberghs and their glamorous circle. Baron Dumdum, jewels, and Felice the maid thread through a tale of wealth, status, and vanished servants amid a high society backdrop.
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Wiseacres
Baron Dumdum
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Mrs. Swellbergh
Fine Junior Achievement Hall Dedicated in Springfield
The Junior Achievement hall in Springfield Massachusetts was dedicated recently with a $100000 gift from Horace A Moses a wealthy paper manufacturer present along with six New England governors and many business leaders. The facility trains leaders in self help programs across industrial and homemaking sites.
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Springfield
Mass
Horace A. Moses
New England
Won Way to Harvard
Irving Colpack, a Dorchester district Boston newsboy, won this year's Harvard scholarship. Established in 1906 by the Boston Newsboys' Protective Union, the scholarship covers first year tuition for the boy with the highest Harvard admission exam score. Coltonack is a Boston Latin School graduate.
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Dorchester
Boston
Harvard University
Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union
Harvard
Coltonack
Boston Latin School
Wood's Son Bankruptcy Filing by Broadway Producer
Leohard Wood Jr. filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Federal court Brooklyn. He lists liabilities of 1485 and assets of 842. General Wood, governor of the Philippine Islands, is noted as the subject. He is known for spectacular theatrical enterprises on Broadway.
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Wattor General Wood
Philippine Islands
Brooklyn
Wood
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