Frock Fashion Emphasizes Sheer Cottons for Summer Formals
Fashion editors highlight how sheer cottons dominate this summer's formal wear with embroidered organdies dotted nets and voiles. Designers show versatile dresses for garden parties weddings and moonlight events, featuring wide picture hats bold sashes and butterfly sleeves in dotted Swiss inspired fabrics.
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Milady
Thrifty French Fashions Favor Simple, Practical Styles
French dressmakers show thrift as a key in Paris style shows. Simple clothes and practical lines dominate, with suits featuring a three quarter coat jacket blending jacket and topcoat benefits.
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Paris
Fashion Notes: Two Piece Sports Suit Leads New Styles
High colored buttons brighten white coats and dresses. Two piece sports suits return as ultra smart. Wideware pique and striped seersucker update beachwear and town wear. Daisy motifs appear in prints and embroideries with guimpe frocks in fashion for town wear.
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Seersucker
Belt with silver sliding fastener shapes like an arrow
A description highlights a belt fastener shaped as a sliding silver piece that closes neatly. When fastened it resembles an arrow and appears as straight as Cupid's. The note emphasizes the belt’s clever design and visual effect.
Shirred Chiffon Returns in Semi-Formal Gowns
Fashion notes describe new semi-formal gowns featuring fully shirred chiffon. Designs showcase shirred jackets and bodices, emphasizing texture and fit.
Sammy Is Saved by a Book on the Riverbank
Sammy, despondent after a failed romance and a lost job, reads a helpful book found along the river. The message sparks hope as he meets Mary Elwood, who recognizes her lost book and agrees to a daytime meeting to reclaim it, hinting that the page may save him.
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Trine
Low
Mary Elwood
Green Lane
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Death or slavery fate of children crusade tale
A chronicling of the 1212 children’s crusade movement led by two young prophets Stephen of Cloys and Nicholas of Cologne. The ill fated march saw about 70,600 children from Germany and France set toward the sea to reach Palestine. Most perished or were sold into slavery after failed voyages and brutal hunger.
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Germany
Vendome
France
Stephen of
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Nicholas
Stephen
Italy
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Brindisi
Palestine
Holy Land
Dry spell grips Lorca Spain with mass emigration
In Lorca on Spain’s Mediterranean coast no rain has fallen for seven years and over 20,000 residents have left for wetter regions. Weather experts cannot determine why this district remains so dry.
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Australia
South America
Lorca
Mediterranean
Spain
Diplomacy and Dinner Trick in a Playful Exchange
A witty quip describes how Miss Cayenne used a cordial invitation to dine with a persistent Walter. She recounts inviting him with her own hands, to which he reacted by being scared off, leaving a humorous impression of successful diplomacy through social grace.
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Walter
Gasoline-Saving Devices Highlighted by Helena Paper
A Helena Montana Record Herald item notes many gasoline-saving devices on the market. The piece emphasizes comfort and practicality, suggesting a pair of comfortable shoes as a simple, effective contrast to gadgets promoted for fuel efficiency.
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Helena
Mont
Predicted Hurricanes By Forecaster Browne In 1932
Washington forecast expert Janvrin Browne says his long range outlook for 1932 being a notable hurricane year is unfolding as typhoons strike western Pacific areas and tropical storms appear in the Atlantic. He cites events in the Philippines Indo China Bengal and Mauritius and warns more may come as the season advances.
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Janvrin Browne
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Indo-China
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Safe Way to Lose 38 Pounds Says Boston Woman
Mrs Florence Loftus of Boston shares a testimonial after four months on Kruschen Salts claiming a drop from 165 to 127 pounds. She notes feeling lazy if she misses a dose and praises the daily half teaspoon in hot water as a healthful fat loss aid.
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Florence Loftus
Boston
Draugstera
Fisherman's Lucky Cast Nets Bear and Nail Proof
Chicago fisherman J. K. Lowndes boasts of a unique catch after his line flipped behind him and snagged a black bear. The bear vanished an hour later, leaving Lowndes with a broken rod and a thunth nail pattern of bearskin as proof of his feat.
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J. K. Lowndes
Chicago
Lowides
Humanitarian dog of Bajarg farm in Scotland
A black and white collie owned by a farmer in Ayreshire, Scotland, is described as humane after attempting to catch a rabbit. The dog diverted the rabbit from harm by tipping it into water, where it drowned. The farmer notes the dog has only drowned rabbits and avoids needless cruelty.
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Ayreshire
Scotland
Iyater
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