World Flag Designer Seeks World Standard at Washington
Dr J W Van Kirk of Youngstown Ohio staged a parade on Pennsylvania Avenue Washington to showcase a flag he designed dubbed the world flag. His wife helped time the flag and he plans to offer it to the nations at a forthcoming conference in Washington. He presented a stall world flag to President Harding.
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J. W. van Kirk
Youngstown
Oho
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Harding
Minn Phobe Fairgrave Drops 15200 Feet World Record
Eighteen year old Minn Phobe Fairgrave of St Paul breaks a world free fall record in a 15200 foot parachute descent. Her plane crew includes V C Onilfe as pilot and Pon Goldahorough as official recorder. She fell five thousand feet before the parachute opened and called the experience terrible hoping no one else breaks the record to force a new ascent.
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Minn
Fairgrave
St. Paul
Mise Fairgrave
V. C. Onilfe
Goldahorough
Minneapolis Aero Club
Duet Like a Man and Other Oddities At The Burg
A fragmentary item from The Burg features a dialogue on statues clothing and timeless fashion, with misread lines and garbled phrases suggesting a satire on perception and propriety. Names, places, and clear actions are obscured, leaving a quirky, partial glimpse of a humor column.
Fragmented OCR tale of distant places and oddities
The text presents a garbled historical clipping listing diverse topics from trains in Persia to literary and academic notes. It mentions Wellesley College courses, gender in Christian colleges, and various disrupted items including railway tokens and antique artifacts amid scattered names and places. The fragmentary nature limits clarity but preserves entities like Wellesley College and Cantem.
Bead Embroidery Dominates Summer Evening Dresses
A Christian Science Monitor feature surveys top windows for afternoon dress trends noting extensive bead embroidery. Black thin dresses remain perennial, with designs ranging from full bodice beadwork to sparse motifs in bronze, jet, steel, or iridescent beads, often matching the garment color.
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Christian Science Monitor
Novelty ribbons and black dresses adorn 1920s fashion notes
Dull silver tissue gowns are trimmed with black mesh and Jet beads, with silver roses to secure drapery. A new crepe georgette black dress uses maire ribbon bands for the skirt, while white or gingle accents pair with black taffeta frocks. Elegant lingerie collars and cuffs echo late Victorian styling.
An Excellent Ironing Surface Idea for Summer Garb
A quaint recipe describes making a folding ironing board cover from cotton batting and unbleached muslin. It suggests spreading batting on a board, fastening a muslin cover, and trimming with ribbon, noting a Roman striped or plain muslin option as a versatile outer layer.
Fashion Shifts to Domestic Fabrics Replacing Silk Lingerie
A fashion note says gauzy pink silk nighties with lace and teddies give way to French handmade and domestic batistes lawns and mousselines. Domestic undergarments are praised as exquisite yet affordable, with silk still bought as gifts. Georgette weights retreat to plainer fabrics as sport suits gain popularity for outdoor wear. The season favors practical knickers and washable fabrics for summer styles. Plus a chutney sauce recipe and brown roux method.
Flowers Decorate and the Joy of Seasonal Bouquets
Flowers brighten any meal from breakfast to dinner with arranged roadside blooms. Mixed violets, arbutus, dogwood, mountain laurel, azalea, daisies, clover, buttercups, goldenrod, and asters create seasonal bouquets. Towers of blossoms offer a ready tale from spring through fall.
Of Interest to Women Fashion Fades and Fabrics in Vogue
A garbled fashion column notes Spanish shawls, colored lacquers, draped dresses, and summer frocks. It mentions hats, skirts, and wraps in varied shades including White Peach. The piece references styling tips, fabrics, and accessories for women, with scattered brand-like terms and uncertain names.
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Paris
Coriantus Capenin
Gaberhonda Siler
Dave Tiges
Ty Uriahel Ur
Greece
Gael Ieee Fom
Pete Slaule
Matey
Teas and Dishes From A Happy Kitchen Cabinet
A rustic guide lists how to brew tea with a shared cup and then offers varied meat dishes. Lamb chops stuffed and baked, calf liver a la begue, sweetbreads Newburg, fricassee of veal, and almond salad are described with basic prep steps and seasonings. It adds canned fruit preserves and a dessert sherbet-style serving with cream cheese and walnuts.
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California
Vere Marweil Mending with Electrician’s Sticky Brick Tape
A fragmented instructional note explains using sticky brick tape by Vere Marweil for pipe repairs. It instructs wrapping tightly around weak spots or cracks, applying generous length to seal leaks.
Greek and Roman Churches and English Needle Industry
The article discusses Greek and Roman church doctrines, the Holy Ghost procession, and papal supremacy while noting differences in Eucharist practice and other rites. It also comments on the English needle industry, mentioning workers and industry conditions, with references to Wistem and Denen tie work and daily thought.
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Eters Westins Oon
Cabon
Cipey
Tanlac Demand Breaks All Records Across North America
Demand for Tanlac shatters records as over 20 million bottles sold in the United States and Canada. The medicine is credited with restoring weight, health, and strength to thousands, with international use spanning England, Japan, Mexico, Cuba, and more. Some letters to postmasters recount relief from indigestion, breathlessness, and other ailments, while others note frivolous complaints. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists nationwide.
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Tanlac
Canada
Ula
America
Howes Button Factory Chief Faces Childs Question
Mason Mount, superintendent at Howe button factory in Peters burg, reads as his six year old daughter Mary asks if the bad man takes all bad people. He evades, and she imagines the fate of burning them to ashes, then comments that the man must carry away the ashes. The brief exchange appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Mason Mount
Howe Button Factory
Petersburg
Mary
Indianapolis News
Critic’s Tease Turns To Teasing on Columbia Tea
Brander Matthews quipped at a Columbia tea that suggestion fuels vivid pictures while too much detail can spoil them. A widow recalling heaven jokes, a preacher, and a widow’s wry remark follow in a brief, humorous exchange about memory and loss.
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Brander Matthews
Columbia
Witow
Desert Isle in Big City Described by Novelist Katharine Haviland Taylor
Katharine Haviland Taylor, the novelist, claims to have found a desert island of peace amid Philadelphia. She moved into Hell's Half Acre district with little knowledge of Pulardel-Phin area, renting an apartment near two sides of a street. she notes one industrial site belongs to a rag and paper broker and another to a peanut vendor. She stays, saying isolation frees her for work, defying social obligations.
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Katharine Haviland Taylor
Philadelphia
Pulardel- Phin
Hell's Half Acre
Dia Glad
Sys Mise Taylor
Jwork
Tor Rect
Affixed Can to Car Pest Plot Teases Sweet Young Thing
A New York Sun excerpt describes a scene on a train where a Sweet Young Thing writes a note to another, claiming she cannot reveal why Dot broke off her engagement to Terry because a man beside her reads every word. The man averts his gaze in embarrassment and exits at the next station as she concludes the tease.
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Dot
Terry
Dearie
New York Sun
Not Very Serious Mary Garrett Hay Addressed NY Voters
Mary Garrett Hay of the National League of Women Voters told a New York audience women would combat the bosses. She contrasted the idea that women are not to be taken seriously with a joking anecdote about a young bride and her husband, illustrating women’s resolve.
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Mary Garrett Hay
National League of Women Voters
New York
Bragley Tales and Ties in a Local Tale
A fragmentary note recalls Bragley and a string of anecdotes as a lender and friend. The text hints at past gifts, a $25 loan, and cigars, with a fleeting mention of a wife and a birthday, leaving a murky impression of relationships and later estrangement.
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