Salvage feats at Scapa Flow amaze Britons
Seventeenth destroyer of the German Grand Fleet has been salvaged at Scapa Flow as salvage operations near completion. The process uses a German dock to cradle wrecks, with divers sealing, pumping, and refloating, then breaking up steel for shipment to England. Future plans target the Hindenburg and Seydlitz, weighing 25 000 tons, and a 40 000 ton floating dock to lift them.
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Charles A. Smith
London
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Germany
North Sea
Mill Bay
Isle of Hoy
Lyness
Orkney
Diggest
Liperneleen Sans
Seana
Gottlieb Memorial Home Aids Baton Rouge Working Girls
In Baton Rouge the Gottlieb Memorial home stands as a major effort by local women to aid working girls with small salaries. A young woman in 1915 asked church leaders for help, sparking the aid network and social recreation opportunities for city workers.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Louisiana
I. H. Gottlieb
C. H. Stumbergz
Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs
North Dayton bank heist yields $18,000 arrest linked to stepfather
Helen Sammet unknowingly aided police by identifying her stepfather Fred Nickel, a manufacturer, as the blue masked robber of the North Dayton bank. Nickel confessed to the crime, while other items note diplomatic tensions and social club efforts.
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Lerrus
Helen Sammet
Fred Nickel
North Dayton
John H. Russell
United States
Haiti
Leonid Krassin
France
State and Local Taxation Gain Reported in Grange Survey
A National Grange survey from Washington reports that in the previous year state county and local taxes rose while federal taxes declined. The total paid under state and local assessments was about fifty percent greater than the federal tax bill, with state taxes alone highlighted in the findings.
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Census Bureau
Washington
A. P
The
National Grange
Satin dominates Paris Fall fashion chatter its soft sheen
Paris designers unveil satin as a top fall fabric with versatile lines and capes. Satin adorns Deauville frocks in black with a colored back and apple green trimmed with chinchilla. Brown and gray satins suit afternoon and mature wear, while ensembles from Lucile Julia Morand Amelina showcase black and white and embossed gold feathers.
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Alice Langelier
Paris
Deauville
Lucile’s
Amelina’s
Bois de Rose
Julia Morand
Collegiate Wardrobe Styles From The Palace Ad
The Palace presents original college girl outfits with distinct jackets dresses frocks and daytime satin frocks described as lively and youthful. They offer fashion guidance and suggestions to help readers select a collegiate wardrobe and save on a complete budget.
Betty buys velvet coats at The Palace department store
A brief item notes Betty purchased coats at The Palace. Velora and Velora Suede are priced from 45 dollars, with Needlepoint and Lourlustra starting at 69.50 dollars as travel wardrobe options.
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Betty
Satin Daytime Frocks Priced From $19.85 At Betty Shop
Smartly Simple Betty selects satin daytime frocks for classroom and campus wear. Frocks feature extremely full circular skirts and a nearly normal waist line with shades including black. Prices start at 19 dollars 85 cents.
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Betty
Have You a Pouch Shaped Hand Bag
To wear with afternoon frocks of silk there are black faille bags decorated with colorful embroideries. Pouch Bags are priced from 3.48 dollars up.
Beautiful Pullman Robes and Accessories for Modern Style
Pullman offers bright full fashioned chiffon robes in many colors with prices from 10.85, plus gunmetal black options and spliced heels. Also featured are chiffon hosiery as low as 1.75, I Miller style touches, sheets, drapes, wool blankets at 5.98, andGeorgette handkerchiefs from 0.59, with fancy kid gloves at 2.98 and up.
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Pullman
Phoenix
Windsor
Teas Offers Green Crepe Romain Frock with Fancy Front
A green crepe Romain Frock features a circular front panel with brocaded metal chiffon adding gaiety. Crepe Romain and Cut Velvet Frocks start at $39.50.
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Gottlieb Memorial
B. R
Madame Valeray
Telly
DeSiard Road
Mollie de France Tea Room
Thornhill
Tidwell-Larche CO. (Incorporated
West Monroe
Pera
Cen
C. C. Lindley Locksmith
New Star Hotel
Arkansas
Missouri
Adams Street
Putnam
Steinway
Lohmer
Chickering
Shoninger
L- Grunewald Co., Inc
Coca-Cola
Coca Cola
Bottling Company
Monroe, la
Blue Banc
I. Miller
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