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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
7
French peasants increasingly wear silk stockings and other fineries as thrift norms shift with falling currency values. Economists fear a move from bas de laine to bas de soie marking a cultural change from thrift to spendthrift across provinces as milkmaids don silk hats and low cut blouses while milking cows.
In Peking on November 6 Mrs Feng Yu hsiang formerly a YWCA worker named Miss Lee Tei chuan has bobbed her hair to an Occidental style. General Feng reportedly opposes the change and rumors say he may have even acted as barber amid family tensions.
Legionnaires of Marion County will observe Armistice Day with a dinner dance at the Columbia Club. H. B. Pike, entertainment chairman, says invitations have gone to all active Marion County Legion posts. Guests of honor include Governor Jackson, Senator Arthur Robinson, Brig. Gen. Dwight E. Aultman, Clarence Jackson and Thomas McConnell.
London readers note a change in style as horn rimmed glasses replace monocles among the elite. Owl like lenses, once seen as American pretension, now rest on the noses of exclusive club members while English wearers still show diffidence.
London report of an elderly man discovered dead on the grave of his wife, buried forty years earlier, prompting investigation.
A motorist found a woman's purse on the Blackburn road and opened it to seek an address. Inside were 1 live frog, 1 set of false teeth, 3 stuffed cats, 1 powder puff, 18 cigarettes, 1 mascot dog, 3 Japanese rings, 7 lace handkerchiefs and 1 French copper coin.
O'Conner of Huntington West Virginia searches for her son John James O'Conner age 24 who she believes may be in Indianapolis. She has not heard from him for some time and appeals for a letter to his mother. O'Conner works as a candy maker.
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