Elements and inventions spark wide world of science
A summary of scientific notes includes 82 known elements, a device to stabilize falling planes, ink secrecy at the Bank of England, fish age via scales, and Berglium a costly airplane material. It mentions Stanford zoologist Gilbert, Gandhi? No, Herschel pondering sun life, and a Cuban?
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Bank of England
France
Charles H. Gilbert
Stanford University
China
Manchuria
Gunton
United States
India
The Paris Mystery Man Held on Hundreds of Crimes
Police say the Paris alleged tourderer known as the Mystery Man has been taken into custody. He faces charges for hundreds of crimes under many assumed names, with his true identity still unknown to officers.
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Paris
Tourderer
Heir Claims Fake Will After Father's Death in Atlanta Prison
Alice Worthington daughter of the "Wolf of LaSalle Street" disputes a will she calls a fake. She asserts the estate is worth no more than 25000 dollars and that all assets belong to her.
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Alice Worthington
Seasoned Knowledge on Subjects and Lessons from Others
A reflective note discussing how long studied subjects gain value with time and experience. It contrasts mature knowledge with overuse of familiar terms like knowledge and timber, urging restraint until ideas are properly seasoned.
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Oliver Wendel
Holmer
A Great Man Definition Says Travel Speaks Volumes
Quote from Daytona Beach Journal describing a great man as one who travels without boasting about his experiences, framing travel as silent wisdom. The line reflects a reflective, literary tone on character and observation.
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Daytona Beach Journal
Mohammedan Salaam Salutation Explained
Mohammedan greetings use the phrase Peace be unto you and the response And unto you peace describing the common salaam among followers of Islam and its traditional courteous exchange.
Math and Heaven Odds in Uncle Eben Says
Uncle Eben asserts weekday virtue is as vital as Sunday piety, warning that hope for heaven is a six-to-one shot without consistent goodness. Washington Star quotation reflects a folk wisdom tone.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Cloche Hat Fashion Marks Return of Coiffure Focus
A New York Times fashion note says cloche hats will stay popular as hairstyles change. Designers in Paris favor soft crowned, small brims with various treatments and upturned edges, offering a fresh but restrained silhouette for the season.
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New York Times
Paris
Parisiennes
Chile
Straw Hats Introduce New Weaves and Textures
The article highlights new straw hats with varied weaves and textures. It notes extremely wide brims may affect wearers who pursue that style, and mentions open coarse straws with high polish and novel mesh designs.
Fullness Dominates Fashionable Women’s Skirts
The article notes fullness becoming standard in daytime and evening frocks. Techniques include waist-to-skirt plaits, irregular hems, raised front waists, and flounces. Flounces, often in front or back, and four circular flounces create a deep back flare for the latest styles.
Night Into Day Society Adopts Daytime Pajama Fashion
The Night Into Day Society transforms pajamas into afternoon wear with ten gowns and longer, voluminous jackets heavily embroidered in gold and silver. Nether garments remain close fitting, midcalf length, and sparsely ornamented.
White and dark taffeta coats praised at Southern resorts
White taffeta coats with intricate quilted patterns echo grandmother days and are called the smartest resort wear. Black or navy blue taffeta coats offer a more formal street option.
Spring Colors in New Wearables for Women
The spring fashion palette shifts from bright colors to pastel tones with subtle brightness. Expect fox plove and air force blues, tawny oak apple sands, sahara greens, and new grays like Cloud. Bold pinks dawn and Biskra appear as delicate pastel red rose mu- accents.
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Air Force
Royal Air Force
Sahara
Riviera
Plain bodice dress with front girdle tie
A thin cool Britten green georgette dress designed for young women features a plain front bodice with a girdle tie. Tiny flounces flare the skirt and the sleeves are stitched in gold.
Blouse Styles Highlight Ensemble Fashion Trends
Fashion notes emphasize blouses as a key feature of ensembles with one tone outfits and accessories. Designers showcase varied models in white crepe and silk, featuring straight tailored cuts, flat pleats, and embroidered accents.
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House of Martins Et Armand
Chile
Spring hats blend straw felt and ribbon anew
The piece highlights straw straw and felt combinations and ribbon hats as an established spring fashion at Southern resorts. Blanche offers a versatile black grosgrain ribbon hat with a high crown and slight drapery. Straw cloth brims, including turban styles, are shown in extreme half turban headdress shapes from Paris houses Reboux Martha Regnier Agnes and Guy.
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Blanche
Paris
Reboux
Martha Regnier
Agnes
Guy
Swagger Sports Scarf Described With Bright Blue Red Design
A scarf described as the most swaggering sports accessory features a bright blue design with a just right red shade. It mimics old print style and is produced in crepes shantungs tussah weaves and pongees in varied materials.
Short Scarves Style Shows Sharp Neckline Contrast
The article notes that the smartest scarves are short and narrow and worn tied at one side of the neck with ends hanging over the shoulder. They are often styled to contrast with the accompanying frock.
Striped Jumpers With Silk Skirts Featured
The article notes jumpers in silk or knitted fabrics with crosswise stripes paired with plaited silk skirts in a plain color matching the main stripe, highlighting a coordinated smart ensemble.
Color Blend Framing Described For Flexible Combinations
A briefing notes that the chosen colors will blend with any combination. The statement implies versatile design options and compatibility across uses.
Crochet Straw Hats Put To Regional Style
Northern crocheters once made straw hats and tams but many find it tougher in the South. Oriental straw workers craft charming results with narrow brims. Hats are colored to match silk and shantung two piece outfits.
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South
Fashion notes describe new collars and necklines
Semi high collars and cascade jabote to be worn with bolero frocks. Net foundations feature various lace insertions convertible collars Peter Pan collars and V shape neck.
Return of Young Stars Revives Scottish Cricket
A D Stuart in the Cricketer Annual notes renewed interest in cricket across Scotland after a revival triggered by test matches in Australia and favorable weather in June to August. He observes many young players in elevens, sees potential for improvement with continued support, and urges better coaching to raise Scotland's cricket standard.
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Scotland
A. D. Stuart
England
Australia
Golf Steadiest Sport Across Regions
The piece argues golf will remain the steadiest sport in coming years with players from the South freely changing yet staying in the game. It notes the North can quickly adapt its tricks and return to form while the West faces more ground to travel and slower adjustment.
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West
North
Various Sports Short Notes From Early 20th Century News
University of Virginia opens baseball against Penn in Charlottesville on March 31. Notables include Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker turning pro as hitters, and pole vault record holder Charley Hoff. Waseda opens a U S tour with Washington State. averages and records span polo to horse racing. Colgate considers Pick Hanley as head coach.
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University of Virginia
Penn
Charlottesville
Pick" Hanley
Washington State College
Lone Star Deitz
Carlisle Indian
Colgate
Trimmed With Fur Marks Spring Wraps This Season
Fur trim appears on many spring wraps but is used more sparingly than last spring, signaling a restrained update in outerwear style.
Red Sox Add Depth In Infield And Catching
Boston reshapes its roster with infield and catching upgrades. Prospects Emmett McCann Ramon Herrera and Fred Haney compete for keystone and third base while Chet Fowler challenges for third. Alex Gaston arrives to backstop alongside Picinich Bischoff Stokes and Bill Moore. Pitching veterans Ehmke Ruffing Wingfield Zahniser anchor the staff. Outfield strengthens with Flagstead Carlyle Rosenthal Jenkins Langford and D W Shaner.
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Red Sox
Emmett McCann
Portland
Ramon Herrera
Fred Haney
Detroit
Phil Todt
Dudley Lee
Herrera
Keystone
McCann
Bill Rogell
Haney
Chet Fowler
Minneapolis
Alex Gaston
Giants
Toledo
Picinich
Bischoff
Stokes
Bill Moore
Kansas City
Ehmke
Ruffing
Wingfield
Zahniser
Delmar Lundgren
Birmingham
Southern Association
Flagstead
Carlyle
Rosenthal
Jenkins
Elton Langford
Des Moines
D. W. Shaner
Lincoln
Indoor golf course opens near Capitol for Congress members
A new indoor golf facility has just opened inside the Capitol complex to help members stay in trim during severe weather. Representative Halph E. B. Updyke of Indiana is pictured demonstrating a swing in the photography accompanying the release.
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Congress
House
Capitol
Halph EB. Updyke
Indiana
Golf Was True to Form During the 1925 Season
The 1925 golf season favored the amateurs and pros alike with Jones winning the national amateur title for the second time, a feat not repeated since 1913. Walter Hagen added another title to his string, Glenna Collett won the women’s championship returning after two years, and McFarland and McDonald Smith claimed western honors while Barnes delivered steady predictable play.
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Jones
Mcfarlane
Glenna Collett
Walter Hagen
Sir Walter
McDonald Smith
Barnes
Georgia Tech builds dual football and baseball facility
Diamond and Gridiron note that Georgia Tech completed a top football facility last summer and began a new baseball park across from the Atlanta stadium. The field seats 4,000 and is designed for smooth crowd handling, aiming to rival league venues in the region.
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Georgia Tech
Atlanta Stadium
Dick Williams and Harvard tennis dominance in early 1900s
Dick Williams, former national tennis champion, won the Intercollegiate crown twice as a Harvard student in 1913 and 1915. He also captured the doubles title with Dick Harte in 1914 16. The Crimson boasted many Harvard boys shaping campus tennis reputations after graduation.
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Dick Williams
Harvard
Dick Harte
Williams
Crimson
Pitching Rarely Uniform Two-Year Big League Winners
Walter Johnson Ed Rommiel and Dazzy Vance joined Ray Kremer as the only pitchers to win as many as 1 percent of their games in both 1924 and 1925. Kremer improved in 1925 while helping Pittsburgh to the National League pennant with 17 wins. The quartet, two in each league, stood as nearly the sole big winners across consecutive seasons.
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Walter Johnson
Ed Rommiel
Dazzy Vance
Ray Kremer
Pittsburgh
Sports Echoes From An Odd Year In American Athletics
A scattered survey notes diverse athletic topics from 131 Chicago golf clubs and Red Grange to Toronto ice teams and UBC football plans. It mentions Pop Warner coaching Stanford nine, Massachusetts sports laws, Nellie Carroll’s discus mark, a Philadelphia amateur tourney tied to a Sesquicentennial expo, Helen Johnson rising in horse racing, George Whitted coaching Duke, aging stars predicting big years, Paul Johnson joining Columbus, and U.S. sporting goods value around 80 million. Yale swimming dominance, Willie Hoppe’s billiards prep, and Ohio county fair mile heats foreseen missing.
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Joseph Wilson Cochran
Quai D'Orsay
Rue
Jean Nicot
Navy
Byrd
Chantiers
Spitzbergen
Wiliam Stoller, Jr
Amon Horst
Fred Stoller
Mundan
N. C
Charles McDonald
Morton County
John D. Reardon
Roy ©. Hirtland
Army Air Service
Army College
John Herschel
Berzillus
Minera
Milan
Swagger
Illinois
Jessie
Jay) Purves
Des Plaines, II
University of Illinois
Beng
Jnay
S'T Forte
Golf
Steadiest Sport
Jimmy McLarnin
Ireland
W. G. George
Huber Houben
America
Johnny Farrell
Palma Ceola
American Trotting Association
Ealing Golf Club of
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Jesse Burkett
Anders Haugen
Grand Beach
Mich
Kid Gleason
White Sox
Willie Kamm
Charley Hoff
Maryland
Harold Wiltse
Mobile
Devereux Milburn
Thomas Hitchcock,Jr
Waseda University of Japan
University of Washington At
Seattle
Winland
Boston Sox
Sammy Mandell
Tex Rickard
Mandell
Pita-Pat
Whippet
Hollywood Heights
Cal
Polo Club
Ott Nores
Chicago
Red Grange
Toronto
University of British Columbia
Pop” Warner
Massachusetts
Nellie Carroll
Florida State College
Philadelphia
Helen Johnson
Spokane
Wash
Alfred Johnson
George Whitted
Boston Braves
Duke
Iowa
Jim Corbett
Father
Willy
Paul, Johnson
Columbus Club
American Association
Jh. G. Allen
Little Rock
Yale
Willie Hoppe
Ohio
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