Frock Styles Highlight Ornate Sleeves and Plaid Coats
Fashion notes underline new sleeve extravagance for dance and party frocks. Plaid coats feature capes and rich fur trims, with bold corsage-like details and broad cuffs. Colorful textures and geometric plaids, plus Georgette sleeves on black velvet gowns, showcase seasonal elegance.
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Marion Nixon
The Supreme Chance at the German Side Revealed
Captain Jean Janvier confronts his long lost brother Philippe a German spy in a World War I trench. To save Celeste Paquin and his father he swaps identities and takes the blame, dying for Germany while Philippe returns home to wed Celeste. The act secures the family’s fate and resolves the conflict between loyalty and love.
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Philippe
France
Jean Janvier
Alsace
Thann
Janvier
Celeste Paquin
Captain Janvier
Jean
Jean Jangier
Cehnay Road
Philippe Janvier
Germany
Celeste
God
Big Business Embraces Worker Ideas in Modern Industry
Liberty reports a shift as firms in mechanical industries reduce hostility to employee suggestions. The piece details how initiative is valued, citing a bench worker who proposed an improvement to the National Cash Register. John M. Patterson invited the idea and the inventor gained a radical cash register enhancement plus a good position and stock.
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Liberty
John M. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Purges and Physics Bad for Old Folks
Dr Caldwell of Monticello Illinois criticizes routine purges for seniors and promotes his Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative that regulates bowels, strengthens muscles, and avoids griping. A 60 cent bottle is advertised with a free sample offer by mail.
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W. B. Caldwel
Moncello
Ill
Monticello
Illinois
Good Works Doctrine Sparks New York Sermon
Alonzo Potter, president of the Big Brother movement, preached in New York a religion of good works as against a passive faith. He urged a strong distinction between being good and doing good, likening it to the difference between being a man and doing a man. The piece also alludes to a fable about the Serpent of Eden and a cook spoiling broth with excess.
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Alonzo Potter
New York
Minneapolis
End to Bones Grouch and the Perfect Driver
An old promotional fragment features Morgan Jones and a commentary on driving, followed by an advertisement for Cuticura Soap promising better razor efficiency and skin health. The piece closes with a quip about life taking a wrong turn at the lane's end.
High School Girls Quote on Queen Mary Weather
Two high school girls wait on a corner discussing a magazine piece about Queen Mary of England noting she never mentions the weather or gossips. One asks what she talks about and the other admits not knowing. The Portland Oregonian quotes the dialogue as a light aside on conversation topics.
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Queen Mary of England
Portland Oregonian
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Serpent of Eden
Grouch
Tones
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Hildren
Fletcher
Nome
Alaska
Canada
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Dearborn
Axspirin
Bayer Aspirin
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