Vanderbilt Heiress Muriel Vanderbilt Engaged to Frederic Church
Confirmation announced by Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr that Miss Muriel Vanderbilt will wed Frederic Cameron Church of Boston. The engagement was kept private to inform Miss Vanderbilt’s grandmother Mrs. Belmont abroad. Church, 27, hails from Lowell, Mass, and works with Fred Church & Co. Insurance brokers. The July wedding is planned at the Vanderbilt Newport home.
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Muriel Vanderbilt
Frederic Cameron Church
Boston
William K. Vanderbilt
James Falr
Sarazen
Mr. Church
Lowell
Mass
Fred ©. Church
Burrard
Vanderbilt
Newport
St. T
Europe
Trousseau
Culbertson Named Minister to Romania in Diplomatic Shuffle
Culbertson receives a difficult post as vice chairman of the Tariff Commission to serve as minister to Romania. The appointment announced at the White House places him amid relief debt talks and pending negotiations. Ambassador Jay to Argentina remains in Bucharest until his successor arrives. Washington presses Romania for a refunding agreement on relief debt, with notes urging early action.
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William 8. Culbertson
Tariff Commission
Romania
White House
Bucharest
Jay
Argentina
Afr
Washington
Daate
Rumania
United States
Say
Ofice
Dirigible Ready to Aid Arctic Flyers Mission
Lieutenant Commander BR Byrd leads the MacMillan Arctic expedition naval aviation unit with joint Navy National Geographic oversight. Plans include dispatch of the Los Angeles or Shenandoah from Lakehurst to Alaska, plus a radio operator Reinartz chosen from over 2000 applicants to broadcast daily progress on twenty meters.
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BR. E. Byrd
Bureau of Aeronautics
U.S. N
Naval Aviation
Navy
National Geographic Society
Byrd
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Utah
Alaska
North Pole
John L. Reinartz
Reinartz Syas
Reinartz
United States
Ensemble suits go strong for juniors in spring styles
Julia Bottomley reports in 1925 on junior fashions as ensemble suits gain traction with women and children. The piece details practical coats, double breasted wool, notched collars, patch pockets, and frocks in silk or crepe to pair with coordinated ensembles. It notes colors, fabrics, and design features echoing adult styles, with topcoats for youths and motherly styles reproduced for juniors.
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Fts
Prince of Wales
Gamel
Copenhagen
China
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Edith Nourse Rogers to Seek Husband's Congress Seat
Edith Nourse Rogers widow of Congressman John Jacob Rogers announces candidacy to represent Massachusetts Fifth District, saying she will continue her late husband’s World War I veterans work if elected. She notes local desire for continuity and becomes third woman to seek the seat after her husband’s death.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
Rogers
House of Representatives
Mae Nolan
San Francisco
John Nolan
Julius Kahn
Winnifred Mason Back
Mindrs
William Mason
Woman asks porter to play mahjong in Chelsee Record
A Chelsee Record item recounts a woman asking a colored porter if he plays mahjong. The porter questions what the game is, learning it involves ivory blocks, then agrees he plays. The exchange highlights cultural tone and curiosity in African golf circles.
Indignant Vows of Two Friends Over Marriage
Two men in a heated kitchen discussion share woes from domestic strife. One jokes that wives know everything while husbands know nothing. The other notes his wife admits only one thing she does not know, namely why she married him.
Telling Em Rastus and Ab Had the Influenza
A humorous exchange shows Ab's severe influenza causing a chill that froze pipes in the hospital. Sambo replies nonchalantly, noting Ab’s fever and a hot mouth, claiming the doctor’s thymometh melted and Ab wore asbestos pajamas to avoid burning the bed clothes.
Not Even Acquainted Dialogue Hits a Spark
A fragmentary quarrel line shows a witty exchange as a man feigns familiarity with a woman, prompting astonishment from another speaker. The brief scene hints at social wit and misread relationships. It reads like a sharp period exchange typical of early dramatic sketches.
Breeding Places The Skeetara And The Choir Mystery
A quirky verse dialogue contrasts absurd waste and strange creatures with a girl’s question about a mixed choir. The chorister explains the boys in the choir are both able and unable singers, revealing a playful paradox.
How He Knows How many wives he has joke
A quip explains a bashaw keeps count by taking stock at the year’s start. The humor rests on a playful misdirection about tallying personal affairs.
Not Al Together Preying Alimony Dialogue Snippet
A fragmented dialogue frame presents a jokey exchange about finances and custody, with a character joking about alimony. The lines imply personal tension and social humor rather than a full narrative.
Fell into Debt in a Restaurant Meeting
Frail fragments describe a scene where two lovers named Romeo and Juliet meet in a restaurant and someone incurs debt for Romeo. The lines mix reference and distortion, suggesting a dramatic but unclear incident without concrete details or a clear outcome.
Soaked Wife Mrs Tones Sent for Sugar Egg Flour
Mrs Tones sought sugar eggs and flour to bake a sponge cake, prompting curiosity about the mix up and the plan to make the cake.
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Mrs. Tones
Copenhagen Portrait Hurtsful Mirror Joke
A humorous dialogue set in a shop reveals a customer mistaking a mirror for a painting. The dealer clarifies the item by noting the unusual exchange and the mirror’s reflective trick.
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Copenhagen
Peruna praised in LaFollette letter on catarrh cure
A letter from A R Wilson of LaFollette Tennessee extols Panoma Peruna as a powerful treatment for catarrhal diseases. He recounts recovering after a cold during Billy Sunday’s Knoxville revival and notes Peruna as both a system builder and remedy. The letter urges readers to obtain Peruna from trusted dealers in tablet and liquid forms.
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A. R. Wilson
LaFollette
Tenn
Billy Sunday
Knoxville, Tenn
Svarest
Red Herring Across Trail Phrase Origins
A description traces the saying red herring across the track to hunting dogs, noting seventeenth century roots and a shift to figurative use. The piece cites Jean Newton of the Chicago Journal. An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for complexion and grooming.
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jJean Newton
Chicago Journal
New Thread Machine Features Flylike Insect Name
A new electric sewing device nicknamed an insect due to its flylike form welds piping and ship steel plates using a white hot steel wire fed from a bobbin. The innovation promises faster production for factories and shipyards.
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