Huge Picturesque Shanghai and Its International Settlement
A National Geographic report surveys Shanghai’s International Settlement, Bund commerce, and life along the Whangpoo. It notes British and American influence since 1842, the changing role of Chinese servants, nightlife, hotels, dance halls, and the shift of Chinese women toward public life while preserving tradition.
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Shanghai
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Shantung
China
Hongkew
Soochow Creek
Great Britain
Nanking
United States
France
Shanghhai
Yangtze River
Bund
London
Treaty Ports
Asia
Old Palace Hotel
Cathay
Cercle Sportif Francais
Cathay Hotel
Regiments Not Needed Four Mounted Men Resolve Wood Cree Standoff
A Canadian border incident shows four Men of the Mounted guiding 400 Wood Crees back to Canada without bloodshed. The chieftains praised the Mounted for keeping promises and avoiding a regimented confrontation, while American troops faced misperceived threats and poor coordination.
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Montana
Canada
Uncle Sam
United States
Assiniboine
Northwest Mounted Police
Mounted
Wood Crees
Northwest Mounted
Josephine Name Meaning and Historical Note
The name Josephine means he shall add children and recalls the mother of Joseph’s exclamation The Lord shall add to me another son. Empress Napoleon I, Josephine (1763 1814), bore no son causing Napoleon to divorce her, a historic irony reflected in the name’s meaning.
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Josephine
Joseph
France
Napoleon
Charming Midsummer Styles for Play Suit and Afternoon Dress
Fashion pattern pitch for a play suit with pleated shorts and a cape option, and a graceful summer afternoon dress with a soft jabot and V neck. Details include fabric choices, sizes 12 to 20 and 36 to 52, yardage for cape skirts and sleeves, plus a promotion for SUCCESS IN SEWING by The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept.
Odd Label of Utah Mount Between Bryce and Zion
A Utah peak along the Bryce Canyon to Zion route is named Timpanimo, a shortened Paiute phrase meaning two spirits to heaven and one to hell. The name derives from a Paiute Navajo love tale ending in the trio’s deaths in a fall from the summit.
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Utah Mount
Bryce Canyon
Zion National Park
Utah
Heaven
Hell
Chair Set in Filet Crochet Pattern 6091 by Jacy K-stitch
Distinctive crocheted chair set with a picturesque motif and scarf ends. Pattern 6091 includes charts and directions for the set and a 3 by 5 inch alphabet, stitches illustration, and materials. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for the pattern with your name address and pattern number.
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Jacy
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Provincetown Town Crier Keeps 200-Year Tradition Alive
Town Crier Amos Emanuel Kubik in Provincetown Mass serves the public on daily rounds. He wears a Pilgrim costume and calls out local news tides time weather and official notices prepared by the Town Criers of Provincetown civic group.
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Amos Emanuel Kubik
Provincetown
Mass
United States
Town Criers of
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Captain G. Elliott - Nightingale
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Paris Green
Ziegler Brokerage CO
Houston
Recamier
Ohio St
First Ave
WM. J. Fahnley
Sour Lake
Texas
Thos. Goggan & Bro
Avons
Sophocles
Una
Ina
Kates
Kate
Aunt Maude
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