Lace Frocks and Paris Fashion Backlash in 1920s Notes
A New York fashion writer reports on Paris fashion, noting lace frocks gain traction in Deauville Aix Monte Carlo and that prewar tunics return. Lace remains controversial with mixed reactions at races while designers like Callot and Bullon feature heavy Chantilly lace in Monte Carlo summer models. Black and white lace outfits with hats dominate, tunics stay prominent, and silk gowns trend toward lighter fabrics as American designers hint at changes with organdie and black net afternoons.
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Deauville
Aix-learning
Monte -Carlo
Paria
Paris
France
New York
Callot
Chernit
Pierré Bullon
Jace
Paradise
Ince
Monte Carlo
Jenny
Tony
Chantilly
Beer
Tigher Foundation
Paris Claims Shoe Laurels With American Fashions
Paris praises American shoe styles while Jenny shifts from navy blue to bold colors like indigo and rose. The article notes changes in coats and fabrics in duvetyn and bure, with attention to the evolving silhouette, high heels, and strap details influencing fit and appearance.
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Jenny
Jonny
Paris
Iparels
Back to town again farmer remark causes confusion
In a brief exchange two speakers debate a mistaken identity. Brown questions a return to town while Grean confesses a similar error, noting a prior misunderstanding about someone being a farmer. The exchange captures a small-town misperception moment.
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Brown
Grean
How Rheumatism Begins and Its Remedies
An old advertisement outlines early rheumatism symptoms and calls for relief by expelling toxins from the body. It urges kidney support to prevent recurrence and promises healing oils and herbs to restore inflamed tissues, while warning that imitations exist and urging readers to ask for the advertised remedy.
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Thisere
Merchandising Lab Tests Lift Store Sales
A New York retail chain installed an merchandise laboratory to test materials and workmanship. Buyers, sales staff, and the audience at accompanying lectures witness the tests, boosting understanding of the merchandise and raising salesmanship to a higher level.
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New York
August Flower Advertisement for Indigestion Relief
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER promotes a summer remedy for tired overworked stomachs and indigestion. It claims to relieve fermentation sour stomach sick headaches and constipation by stimulating the liver and cleansing the intestines. Sold everywhere Ady.
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Ady
John Shakespeare Works Offered By Gleaming Clerk
A Birmingham Age Herald fragment shows a clerk offering a set of John Shakespeare's works for 40 dollars. The sale promises a complete collection including a life of John Shakespeare and letters to a Stratford gasoline merchant, framed as a witty dialogue.
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John Shakespeare
Stratford
Birmingham Age-Herald
Pessimists Defined as People Looking for Torns to Ait On
A remark characterizing pessimists as those who roam seeking to find faults and dwell on negative points. The statement portrays pessimists as prone to nitpicking and gloomy assessments.
Handy Man to Have Around Cartoon Card
A humorous caption features Pastor Brown asking Rastus why he stopped going to church. Rastus explains that the church assigns collection duties to Brother Green, who recently returned from overseas, and suggests the real reason is Green lost a hand. The piece reflects old cartoons and satirical tone.
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Rastus
Pastor Brown
Green
Way of the Schoolboy Scene Remains A Riddle
A fragmented passage features playful dialogue among children and a teacher figure. Willie questions sharing an apple while a mate is urged to take the larger piece, prompting a brief exchange about fairness and necessity.
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Willie
Willlie
Useless Quest Mind Reader Exchange
A witty exchange features a man declaring plans to visit a mind reader tonight and a woman questioning what benefit that would bring. The brief dialogue plays on irony and skepticism of psychic abilities.
A Proposal. Gerald-Morriige is a failure.
In a terse quote from the San Francisco Argonaut the note frames a relationship dispute as a public failure. The piece mentions names Gerald and Geraldine and hints at a breakup or failed engagement within a dated urban context. No further details are provided.
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Gerald—Morriige
Geraldine
San Francisco Argonaut
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Peruna
Mistland
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Ireland
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Pone
Manitoba
F. H. Hewitt
Main Street
Kansas City
Vienne
Eatonic
Batonic
Lydia E.pinkham
Lea. Co
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Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Oakley
Logan County
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Logan
Thomas
A. L. Crist
Kans
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