Gingham influences in fashion adornments of 1927
A 1927 fashion column notes gingham jackets and collar sets as popular dress embellishments for summer frocks, with violet and blue patterns favored. It highlights shoulder bouquets, corsages, and new crystal flowers, plus wear with organdie, linen-look ginghams, and gingham handbags.
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Ingham
Hated Woman No More in Snowbound Meeting
Ellen Cass drives home in a snowstorm after knocking down Amy Lester's mailbox. Stranded, she meets Amy, who invites her inside, breaking years of enmity. Amy and her husband Tom welcome Ellen, and Ellen leaves with a new friendship and a lighter heart.
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Dan
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Helen
Tom
Dan Cass
Elena
Watson Urges Shocking Change to Stimulate Minds
John B. Watson argues in Harper's Magazine that society wastes human potential by limiting vocabulary and expression. He advocates environmental shocks to push individuals to develop the full capabilities of the human infant, reviving a craftsmanlike zeal in all fields.
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America
John B. Watson
Harper’s Magazine
Hidden Pictures Revealed in Prague Building Renovation
Workmen uncover long concealed plaster artworks in a historic Prague building. The wall decorations imitate bas relief by layering white over black and selectively removing the top layer to reveal the black design. The discovered pictures are being preserved as curiosities.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mother-Yes, stops growing, my son, and begins swelling.
The brief line appears as a compact report fragment from New Bedford Standard noting a dramatic change in a child’s growth, described in terse, early 20th century phrasing.
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New Bedford Standard
Only One Explanation Hank My Brother Ain't Arrested
Dialogue shows Tony pressing Hank about his brother’s past, asking if a long-ago arrest could lead to a life sentence. The slang dialogue implies unresolved tension and speculation about legal jeopardy.
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Hank
Tony
Keep Away From Calomel Avoids Mercury Drug Dangers
Consumer ad warns against calomel as a mercurial poison and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative for constipation biliousness and vague sickness. It promises a single nightly dose clears the system by morning without salivation and lets you eat anything.
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Dodson
Kerensky Lectures On Bolsheviks At Philadelphia Dinner
Alexander Kerensky, former Russian leader, warned that Bolsheviks conspire and will bomb if angered while a Philadelphia dinner attendee praised possible Bolshevik “good points.” Kerensky retorted sharply comparing them to a porcupine.
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Alexander Kerensky
Philadelphia
M. Kerensky
They seem to be a savage set at Ten Degrees
A Kansas City Star excerpt recalls a guest describing a violent mob at a place called Ten Degrees. They attacked a man as he stepped off a train and nearly killed him for wearing golf knickers, prompting astonished reactions from bystanders and the tavern keeper.
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Pruntytown
Kansas City Star
Correct First Knot
A witty remark contrasts gender and national vitality through two lines. It quips that a nation without women would stagnate, then pivots to a moral quip about restraint in appetite as a serious facet of character.
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