Simple Frocks Parade Embroidery and Bizarre Sleeves
Fashion notes from the era describe the 1920s trend toward minimal frocks accented by bold embroidery and striking sleeves. May McAvoy models a straight-line chemise-inspired dress with peasant motifs, while other designs feature unusual sleeves and tuscan embroidery.
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May McAvoy
Paramount
Europe
Miss McAvoy
Diamond Dyes Promise Safe Home Dye for Any Fabric
A vintage advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple home dye solution that can renew worn garments. It claims guaranteed even color without streaks or fading and directs buyers to specify fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends to ensure correct results.
Desert that blossoms Patagonia legend row of prehistoric beings
Washington based National Geographic bulletin notes a Patagonia region in Argentina may harbor prehistoric monsters and an ancient desert myth. It describes Patagonia's geography from Argentina’s tip to near Denver with Nahuel Huapi lake and plans for national parks and irrigation.
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Argentina
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Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Lake Champlain
aUily Inter-Mountain Lake
Cap Hera
Lock Mountain National Park
Denver
Buenos Aires
Chicago
Cow Gives Birth to Five Husky Calves
Regina Sask a pure bred Jersey owned by Hollis Williams Estlin Sask has given birth to five calves weighing about 30 pounds each The cow last year bore three calves none of this years litter survived due to the mother cow being frightened by a train and running over a mile before birth
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Sask
Hollis Willams
Estlin
Williams
Typhoid Fever Mortality Declines Across States 1920
Department of Commerce census data show typhoid mortality fell from 13.8 per 100000 in 1916 to 7 in 1920. Massachusetts and Wisconsin share the lowest rate at 2.5 while South Carolina registers the highest at 22.4. White and colored rates vary by state with New York posting the lowest white 8.6 and colored 4.6. Kentucky white 19.1 and colored 80.2. Only nine states rise from 1919 to 1920.
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Colorado
Connecticut
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Vermont
Reds Ban Land Sales Enforced By New Policy
Moscow reports a new policy by a commission of the last all-Russian soviet congress banning land sales with confiscation as punishment. State ownership remains, land used by communes or peasants societies. Individuals may join communes or obtain farms, lease land, and hire labor with special permission.
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Moscow
Human Fly Epidemic Hits City Skyscrapers
An epidemic of boys attempting to imitate a US based professional climber has broken out in Mexico City. Several youngsters are injured and one boy has died after dangerous wall climbs. Police and firefighters respond to numerous rescue calls as the craze spreads.
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Mexico City
United States
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