Carnival Sideshow Star Fends Off Pursuing Past and Love
Sally Ford, runaway ward of the state, hides with a Capital City carnival while she and David Nash, a university student and farm hand, flee a dangerous secret. Amid disguises and showgirls, Sally wrestles with longing for David and fear of discovery as Pop Bybee guards their safety and the carnival teems with color and danger.
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Rally Ford
Clem Carson
David Nash
Carson
David
Sally
Cook
Lalla
Nita
Capital City
Mrs. Bybee
Stanton
Steve
Buck
Pop Bybee
Mrs. Stone
Palace of Wonders
Midol promises relief for painful periods
An old advertisement claims Midol ends menstrual pain for thousands of women. It states Midol is non narcotic and does not interfere with menstruation, easing affected organs in five to seven minutes. A preventive tablet offers no pain at all, sold in aluminum cases for fifty cents.
Princess Laila Confronted by Former Playmates at Orphanage
In the next chapter Princess Laila faces a group of former playmates at the orphanage. The encounter tests loyalties and hints at the princesses past connections and potential shifting alliances.
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Laila
Cattle and Cotton Boost Yields on One Mississippi Farm
Ransom Aldrich owner of a 00 acre farm reports his herd of 119 beef cattle improved soil fertility and doubled cotton yield from 70 to 130 bales on the same acreage, linking pasture management to harvest gains.
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Jackson
Miss
Ransom Aldrich
Academy of Style Suggested in Paris Report
Paris Midi warns Paris risks losing fashion leadership if America dominates design. It fears foreign buyers will push American styles, prompting Paris to create an academy of style to preserve French tradition and fashion authority.
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Academy OF Style
Paris
America
Paris-Midi
Atlantic
Academie Francaise
Nebraska forage crops advance despite winter losses
Lincoln Nebraska reports state agricultural college figures show sweet clover acreage has increased twelvefold in six years while alfalfa acreage has doubled over two decades despite significant winter damage.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
State Agricultural College
Tennis frocks made of washable silk
Paris reports a new simple tennis dress in heavy washable silk or Rodier fabric that resembles coarse linen but is pure silk. The frocks are sleeveless, one piece with pleated skirts, narrow belts, and low necks to prevent sunburn marks when worn as a modest evening dress.
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Paris
Contest for Composers Opens by Pen Women League
The League of American Pen Women launches a contest for the best musical composition by a woman published or produced for public audiences or sold for publication in the past year.
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Washington
League of American Pen Women
Jewelry Season Jewels Spark Colorful Costumes
Coral opals lapis laurel amethyst aquamarine jade and mother of pearl are among popular jewelry types this season. The list highlights varied gems used to accessorize outfits.
London Bride Hosts Hag Party For Friends
Mayfair society circle notes a Hag party to mark the end of the bride's bachelor days. Honorable Ruby Hardinge invites women friends to celebrate her forthcoming marriage to Major Beaumont Beschitt of the Grenadier Guards at a London social event.
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London
Mayfair
Ruby Hardinge
Viscount Hardinge
Canada
Beaumont Beschitt
Grenadier Guards
Alaska Woman's Club Fosters Local Trades and Relief
The Woman's club of Anchorage the north’s farthest GFWC member sponsors local trades exhibits home grown foods and helps neighborhood Indians sell basket weaving and needle work. Seward's club with 760 residents has 20 members and recently donated 500 to New East Relief and similar sums to Red Cross and Girl Scout movement.
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Anchorage
Alaska
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman's Club
Seward
New East Relief
Red Cross
Girl Scout Movement
Tuberculosis reactors in cattle drop after decade of testing
Washington report from the Department of Agriculture says ten years of cattle TB testing reduced reactors from 2.4 percent of slaughtered animals under federal inspection to 1.1 percent.
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Washington (P
Department of Agriculture
Paris paper in hands of Madame Dupuy controls large press
A American woman, Madame Paul Dupuy, runs the Petit Parisian the second largest circulation paper in the world. She has steered the Petit Parisien and Exelsior plus magazines since her husband Senator Dupuy’s death. She visits daily and trains her sons and daughter for newspaper work while a hostess and prominent American Women’s club member in Paris.
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Paris
Madame Paul Dupuy
Petit Parisian
Madame Dupuy
Petit Parisien
Excelsior
Senator Dupuy
Special delivery service linked Guatemala and U S inaugurated
A new mail route between Guatemala and the United States began operations on November 17 1927 inaugurating a special delivery service.
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Guatemala
United States
Airliner Sealed Boxes of Gold Hidden Under Seats
Boxes containing gold bars valued at 2.5 million dollars were stowed under seats on a Croydon to Brussels flight. Passengers used the boxes as footstools while the armed pilot kept watch, unaware of the hidden treasure by many aboard.
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London
Croydon
Brussels
Maria Theresa of Austria Ruler in War of Austrian Succession
Maria Theresa led Austria through the War of the Austrian Succession as its sovereign ruler. Her reign shaped Habsburg strategy and European diplomacy during the mid 18th century.
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Maria Teresa
Austria
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Anne Austin
St Mo
the Kidder
Pop
Billie
Pop‘ Bybee
Bybee
Ziegfeld
New York
Lally
Constantinople
Eddie Cobb
Eloise Durant
Betsy
Thelma
Clara
Camel City Coach Co
High Point, Geamonade and
Winston
High Point
Greensboro
Union Station
Arerul
Coleprous
SAR
Hobe
Utah
Salt Lake City
Alice Jensen
Lula Mitchell
Laurece Snyder
CLA
Moore’s
North Wrenn
R. Ward
E. Commerce
Coats
Belk-Stevens CO
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