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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
3
John Drew, veteran American actor, retires to private life at his East Hampton home on Long Island. Celebrating his 73rd birthday, he attended the annual dinner for the local volunteer fire department and said it would be his last public appearance.
A garbled 19th century list notes invented devices from a clatties wringer to an electric power shovel enabling rapid loading. It mentions copper and silver wealth from America, cotton seed planting tools, and arsenical pesticides in German vineyards, plus a Vienna child prodigy famed as Jackie Cougan II after a stage debut.
Miss Lena Madsden Phillips of New York was elected president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the Des Moines convention. A lawyer and founder, she has served as executive secretary.
The gas helium first observed in the sun in 1868. it took 87 years to be found on Earth. The element, nonflammable and used in airships, was not detected on Earth until later.
A Parisian man sues a municipal crematorium for losing his mother in law’s ashes. The case centers on retrieval and accountability for the cremation service.
A description of a rose window as a circular stained glass feature divided by mullions with radiating tracery. The piece notes these windows were prominent in the churches of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
In a Washington Star brief, Uncle Eben calls the stock exchange a gambling den for small investors, labeling it a new form of "crap shooting" and warning readers about risks to ordinary people.
The cool period pushes social activities indoors and inspires formal attire. New York fashion writers highlight summer velvets and satin with chiffon textures, light fabrics, and delicate drapery. Callot Spears introduce satin gowns with wide sashes and butterfly bows.
The article describes moire fabrics finishing necklines and skirts on sleeveless gowns, noting lightweight moire and new colors. It highlights taffeta gowns from Callot and Lanvin inspired evening wear, with plain bodices, silver passementerie, lace edges, and bouffant, ankle-length skirts.
New York offers summer hats for misses and children in glazed chintz. Models include a travel hat with wide color stripes and a rolling brim, collapsible and waterproof for summer sports. Other styles feature patchwork quilt patterns, large floral pastel designs, and linen bands matching children's dresses.
Smocka for Gardening Smocks have become a practical uniform for many kinds of work especially in gardening. Those made for this purpose use gay chintzes and hand blocked linens or washable pateen for easy care.
Hosiery makers debate tinting the intangible as they seek sheer stockings in colors such as mauve sunbeam grain moonlight French gray opal gray and wall flower.
Harry Payne Bingham, noted yachtsman and explorer, returns from a voyage of over 12000 miles to the Gulf of California aboard the Pawnee. The yacht, built for Bingham, carries an aquarium housing hundreds of marine specimens. The photo shows Bingham with a companion inspecting tropical fish.
Charles S. Whitman former governor of New York was elected president of the American Bar Association at the Denver convention.
A bridge official resides in a four room flat high above the River Thames in London within one of Tower Bridge arches. He must climb eight steps to reach his home. The feature highlights life inside a landmark structure and daily routines of its workers.
In San Francisco a man spent £600 for one hour of telephone conversation with his wife in New York. The rate equates to about $10 per minute of listening.
The article traces the origin of standing for national anthems to ancient military practice and notes that in the Middle Ages people stood during patriotic demonstrations or exchanges.
A line from the Pulitzer prize play Craig's Wife cited by the Boston Transcript declares that people who live to themselves are generally left to themselves.
The notes cover diverse topics from historical industry and technology to natural history and economics. Highlights include Argentina’s first wooden safety matches factory, U S navy coast defense guns with 60 mile range, Hawaii pineapple industry growth toward 100 million, and a dash board device for spark plug sparking.
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