The Favorite Model and Palma Mother Tribute in Cuba
A fragmentary compilation covers fashion lines like The Favorite Model with a seven-gored skirt, a tribute to Palma's mother recalling her grave in Cuba and a dialogue on nationalism. It also includes columns on shawls and lace usage, plus Margarett Deland's Harper's Bazar quip condemning waste and urging destruction of unneeded items as a path to freedom.
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Palma
Cuba
Guacmayo
Cauto
Angela Santana
Senor Palma
Bayamo
Candelaria Palma
Canto
Margaret Deland
Harper's Bazar
Green parasols trend noted in plain fabrics and trims
The piece surveys parasol fashion with green ta f taf, grass linen, and similar fabrics. Lined sunshades shift from rare to common, plain two tone ta ff ta parasols with hemstitched edges and silk knots are stylish and durable. Hand painted parasols and floral black designs appear, tiny buttons and lace medallions noted as smart details.
Novel parasol styles and advice on leisure for housewives
The Philadelphia Record notes new fashion trends like long bamboo handled parasols and white moire antique designs versus compact plain coaching parasols for travel. It then urges wives to carve daily leisure time, arguing that true order and courage, not haste, define good housekeeping and a restful home life.
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Philadelphia Record
Fashionable Summer Silks and Lace Styles Preview
A long fashion note describes oar shaped sash ends, crepe lisse replacing crepe de chine, sheer yokes on waists, black guipure lace on gowns, braided corsage bows, moire velour dominance, and fichus for bridesmaids. It highlights white ground with black figures, midsummer coats for girls, and Parisian coastal coats with green trims, plus updates on black muslin gowns and Brussels net roches. It forecasts Colonial footwear fade by fall and lists shoe details like extension edges and Klondike eyelets.
Record Temperatures and Tales From Far and Wide
Reported low temperature records in a balloon flight show minus seventy two degrees Celsius. An Austrian dust suppression test favors cottonseed oil for dust reduced rooms. Experiments suggest certain feeds may influence goat milk towards human milk composition. A durable protective coating for iron uses Portland cement red lead and linseed oil. Indians in Mendocino County dig up plants for food and medicine. Dresden builds a central station heat plant with multi-layer insulation and large public buildings served. Trans Siberian passengers endure Baikal ice as ice-breakers fail and travel by sleigh and horse in twenty seven degrees below zero.
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Dresden
Iheaiwe
Reral
Pole
Lake Baikal
Watch Worth More Than Its Face Value
A watch holds value beyond its nominal price as collectors and buyers recognize hidden worth. The timepiece commands premiums for craftsmanship, rarity, and brand prestige, surpassing its printed face value in market demand.
Lamp-Post Dignity Graces Edinburgh Officials
The local government shows odd pomp as two lamp posts with city arms stand outside the lord provosts residence. Bailies dean of guild convener and treasurer also receive one lamp post each, lighting their precincts and signaling status.
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Edinburgh
An Expensive Drug Adrenalin Costs 7000 A Pound
The article notes adrenalin as a costly but vital drug priced at $1 per grain or about $7000 per pound. It claims its use allows minor surgical operations to proceed with no blood loss to the patient, according to the discoverer of adrenalin.
Automobile crank lacks horse sense in proverb
A compact saying notes that the automobile crank cannot be expected to possess horse sense, using a humorous analogy to contrast mechanical reliability with animal wisdom.
Embarrassed Clergyman Wears Petticoat For Cassock
A distinguished Episcopal clergyman at a fashionable summer resort church faced a missing cassock and donned his wife’s black petticoat to disguise the absence. The improvised habit looked like a proper cassock to onlookers, pleasing many. a hotel maid’s raucous remark ended the farce as she shouted the wife claimed the garment.
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New York Tribune
Whip Crackers of France Earn Livelihood
Paris police investigate a fraternity of whip crackers who claim a recognized profession. They hire out to frighten birds to deter sportsmen and to drive diseased cattle toward traffic through cracking whips. The tactic endangers animals and pedestrians, with whips used to provoke accidents on busy roads and enrage rivals.
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France
Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte Wealth and Will Compared
Napoleon Bonaparte's will at St Helena bequeathed 320000000 to relatives and friends, making him the richest exile in history. The article notes his vast fortune and power, estimating exactions around 375000000 and his life as a perpetual millionaire. It also mentions high English study rates in Egyptian upper schools.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Cecil Rhodes
St. Helena
Austerlitz
Hancvear ST
New Oxford
Ecar
Baltimore
Jan Ber
A. Sheely
Pitt St
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C. J. Benner
Attornex-At-Law
Baltimore Street
Dr. Srenneman
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Frank Fleshman
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