Ankles Tabooed By Late Ascot Styles
Ascot outfits favor long skirts to hide ankles while arms run free with sleeveless or wide slashed sleeves. Queen Mary and Princess Mary set trends with blue sun shades and cape-like gowns in organdie, georgette, and lace. Fresh flowers, boutonnieres, and dainty bags accompany outfits as England’s women display polished, colorful racing fashions.
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Edna Huber Church
ASCOT
Mary
Queen
Princess Mary
King
Duke of York
England
New Castle Clubhouse Contract Let Fifteen Years Ago
The contract for building the New Castle Country Clubhouse was awarded 15 years ago on June 22, 1907 to George Strodecker and Son. Plans call for a clubhouse modern in every detail, nearly an exact replica of the one destroyed by fire.
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New Castle
George Strodecker
Primary Ballots Printed In Color For Five Parties
New York officials announce June to September primary ballots by party color. Democrats receive green, Republicans cherry, Socialists canary yellow, Prohibitionists cedar brown, and Farmer Labor gray. The colorful election aims to distinguish parties clearly.
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New York
John J. Lyons
Farmer-Labor Party
All in the Family Gum Incident at School
A Washington Star note describes Mary being scolded by a teacher for chewing gum. Mary refuses to dispose of the gum saying it is her sister's and she must return it at noon, prompting tears.
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Mary
Washington Star
Russian oil deal hoax, says English official
Leslie Urquhart, oil adviser to Lloyd George, declares at Genoa that the world has been misled about Russia supplying oil. He notes Baku as Russia's largest field, production falling from 7,000,000 to 3,000,000 tons and warns Russia faces years of drilling and imports before resuming exports.
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International News Service
London
Leslie Urquhart
Lloyd George
Genoa
Moscow
British Oil Fields Consolidated Company
Urquhart
Russia
Baku
Sound May Replace Ether For Operations
Philadelphia doctors discuss using sound to aid anesthesia. Dr. John H. Frick tested a radio concert with the anesthetic butyn to calm a patient during appendicitis and gall stone surgery. He notes sound may affect the auditory centers and could reduce reliance on ether, with further animal and human studies planned.
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Philadelphia
John H. Frick
Germantown
Dr. Frick
Belief in Poles and Tiny Indian Bullocks
A Dublin visitor laughs at a barber's red and white pole and learns the pole once signified barber surgeons. In Southern India, small trotting bullocks, often no larger than a dog, are used to pull light carts, noted for remarkable speed.
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India
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Queen Mary
Pace
Kirk
Es Kirk
James 5S
Kirk & Company
Chicago
U.S.A
Fred D. March
Shaw St
Water St
Bell
M. City
Milady
Kennedy
E.L. Young
Puritan Brand
Wilder & Curry
Citizens Phone
Kota KO
Ee: Ae. Silver
Adv
Mai Kotalko G Co
BK-46
Sta. X
Newark
Percy B. Walls
Highland Avenue
Wodrenss
Anh
Boston
Donald’s
Gingham
Georgia
Harry Gross CO
Knit Union Suits
R. M. C. Cotton
Richardson
Dublin
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