Fall gowns seen through a Paris fashion expert in Biarritz
A Paris fashion insider visiting Biarritz reports early fall styles to resemble late summer. He notes gowns for September will mirror August designs with minor material changes, citing cream silk net evening gowns and sky blue crepon day dresses with guipure lace, tucked skirts, and yellow velvet accents.
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Moet
Biarritz
Paris
France
Dieppe
Trouville
Avranches
Cman
French Peasant Girls In Early Canadian Settlement
The article traces 17th century French Canada's peasant women whose emigration to New France supplied wives for pioneers. It describes a mother of about 40 surrounded by 10 to 12 children and lists her varied self made skills from spinner to dyer, highlighting self sufficiency in colonial life.
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French Canada
France
Canadian
America
Rochester Union and Advertiser
Quebec
Ida Hafner Leads Owensboro Brick Plant A Woman Builder
Miss Ida Hafner runs a large brick factory in Owensboro Kentucky alongside her mother and sister. She digs clay and processes thousands of bricks daily and has built a home and wealth after her husband’s death left the business to her family.
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Owensboro, Ky
Miss
Misa Ida
Travelers' thermometers and their clever cases
A New York Sun report surveys the variety of travelers thermometers, from nickel-pill metal cases with a protected mercury tube to rosewood box designs and hinged rosewood holders. Prices noted at two dollars, with summer demand rising as outdoor use increases.
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Yosk Sun
Home buyers cautious after flawed house tour
A Chicago Daly News brief notes a home showing where the buyer confirmed representation but raised concerns about the roof leaking and water on the top floor, indicating disputes over property condition.
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Daly News
Untitled fragment with unclear local notes
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and phrases without a clear event or context. The readable parts do not form a coherent report, leaving the core item indiscernible for a reliable summary.
Fragmentary note hints at a marriage fortune plan
A garbled Chicago Post fragment suggests a woman is described as clever and set to invest a fortune left by a man into a future husband. The text names a Mrs Dewrome and mentions a household plan linked to marriage and money.
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Dewrome
Dali
Chicago Post
New Fuel Puzzles Finder Near Asotin Lewiston
In Washington a new fuel deposit near Asotin and Lewiston is described as having a woody fiber and bright flame like dry wood. Scientists cannot yet classify it, with reports of oil-like sputtering and a four foot ledge six feet deep. A piece shows decayed worm and vegetable formation hints. A six foot diameter yellow iron globe with a manufacturing ad stands outside a Twentieth street Philadelphia establishment, once part of an industrial piece.
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Washington
Asotin
Lewiston
Assaver Bassett
Fronsotin
Twentieth Street
Philadelphia
Quotes on rest, lightning myths, and charity humor
The excerpt blends casual guidance on rest and energy use with anecdotal humor about lightning incidents and charitable irony. It contrasts practical sleep with faulty furniture advice and cites a barber shop lightning tale as a wry caution about sensational reporting.
Compound Profits in Suburban House Selloff
In a sharp exchange, Skinner boasts selling the last suburban houses and plans to invest proceeds in quinine to profit from malaria purchases. Weaver questions how the money will be used as Skinner outlines a risky scheme highlighted in Leslie's Weekly.
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Skinner
Weaver
Leslie's Weekly
Compromise Offer From Tramp to Lady Sparks Quip
In a wry Philadelphia Record exchange, a tramp offers to shave his beard to appease a concerned woman. The dialogue plays on blunt wit as the tramp proposes trading his whiskers for a pin cushion.
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Philadelphia Record
True Musical Instinct Shines Through Fireman Tale
A brief note from Leslie's Weekly highlights a fireman known for a true musical instinct. The piece mentions McCarthy and Reilly in dialogue about talent, with a music store fire referenced and remarks on Sega lings and six ab once tying to the scene.
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Reilly
McCarthy
Leslie’s
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