Geography party thrills young travelers with maps and games
A nine to ten year old geography party hosted by Miss Dorothy Brown invited Miss Mary Collins's company for an April 21 event at 34.5 Spring Street. Guests dressed as continents and nations, played Mail Bags, Paris and Washington ticket games, and toured a world map train journey with bonus bonbon favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Brown
Mary Collins
Spring Street
Cape Horn
Cape Hlatteras
Panama
G Onny
Ireland
Mexico
Europe
Pact
Dan
Blu
Paris
Foud
Father
France
Uncle Sam
Washington
Cork
A Surprise Party Plan From Madame Merri
A young correspondent is advised to host a surprise party with family confidence. Girls prepare dainty two-person luncheon baskets, collected in a central spot. After games, blindfolded boys pick baskets to claim, then three guesses identify the host girl before dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Merri
Yk Anne and In Vogue Fashion Notes
The article highlights the latest fashion trends with beaded sashes, Marqssette blouses in various styles and colors, returning side curls, and favored fabrics like henriettas and soft cashmeres. It emphasizes springtime colored blouses matching tailored suits as essential for a well dressed woman.
Dresses for Girls HG dress styles described with fabrics
The first illustration shows a simple smart dress suitable for fine woolen Schantung or linen with a reseda cashmere bodice and a trim piping edge. A second Princess dress for school wear in serge features panel backs and fronts, bishop sleeves, embroidered collar, and loopy ribbon bow.
Boston Expands Girls Trade and Practical Arts Schools
Boston operates two new advanced institutions for girls aiming at industrial work. The Girls' Trade school offers four courses Dressmaking millinery straw machine and clothing machine operating with supplementary study and a daily luncheon. The High School for Practical Arts seeks to prepare girls for home life and practical arts, with four years of study and significant industrial work, including a model house at 6 Perrin Street Roxbury.
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Boston
T.ke
High School
High School of Practical Arts
Lyceum Hall
Meetinghouse Hill
Sarah J. Baker
Roxbury
Perrin Street
Record Antiques Sellers Prepare For Coronation Rush
London dealers in antiques around St James are prepping for a record season as coronation excitement drives demand. Representatives scour the country for valuable artifacts to stock shop windows and cabinets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Worcester
Plymouth
Derby
Bristol
Dresden
Sevres
George
London
St. James
Biggest Sunday School in the World Reported at Brazil
The First Methodist church in Brazil Indiana reports a Sunday school enrollment of 3950, claimed as the largest in the world. Brooklyn New York’s school follows with 3500 students, per local statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oosevelt
Ariz
Roosevelt
Salt River
Ethel Roosevelt
Arizona River
New Croton
Wachusett
Ashokan
Brazil
Ind
First Methodist Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harriman Inheritance Tax Funds Utah Capitol
The Harriman estate pays 7900000 in inheritance tax to Utah with 3750000 allocated by the legislature for a state capitol building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Capitol
Salt Lake City
Utah
Zoo Curator Delights NY Banquet With Live Animal Exhibit
Raymond L. Ditmars, reptile curator at the Bronx zoo, entertained 100 Rocky Mountain club members at the Waldorf Astoria banquet by opening suitcases of live snakes lizards and monkeys. Animals roamed tables as Ditmars demonstrated traits and told stories including a 25 foot boa and a social Brazilian woolly monkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Lehr
Raymond L. Ditmars
Waldorf-Astoria
Bronx Zoo
Rocky Mountain Club
Ditmars
Brazil
Vienna Plans Agricultural Labor Bureau Amid Suspicion
The Austrian ministry of agriculture proposes an agricultural employment bureau with landowner cooperation to study the labor market and allocate farm workers, while watching labor laws. Organized labor distrusts the plan as a potential restriction on farm workers. The sector faces worker shortages due to urban migration and emigration to America and seasonal movement to Germany and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Ministry of Agriculture
Austria
America
Germany
France
Sprinster Loses Teeth Sent By Mail
A Jersey spinster misplaced her false teeth mailed from Camden on January 1 and asks Postmaster General Hitchcock for help. She paid $35 for them and cannot afford a replacement. an inspector is assigned to locate the missing dentures in the mails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Hitchcock
Camden
P. S
Paxton Tooth Paste Ad Promises Clean Teeth
An old advertisement touts Paxtine Toffet Antiseptic as a germicidal mouth rinse and tooth cleaner. It claims whitening tartar removal and dentist bill savings, and offers a free sample from The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston Mass.
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Paxton ‘Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Speech on guilt and wrongful sentencing ethics dialogue
A judge argues life sentences harm the innocent while a preacher questions the fee for such sentences. The exchange probes conscience and accountability in the justice system.
Senator Sorgum Proposes Practical Reform Suggestions
In a private exchange the senator agrees to engage in the reform effort but notes it hurts his allies. He pledges to offer ideas that will make the program difficult to implement.
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Senator Sorghum
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Vermont Woman
Mrs Barclay of Graniteville Vermont reports complete health restoration after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound through the change of life period. The letter promotes the medicine as a proven cure for inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts to sick women seeking help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville, Vt
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Dia
Ditmarses
Don San Paolo Y Champinas Y Mantequina Y Lagothris
Vienna Farm Labor Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture of
Hungary
Puta
Mean
Lydiia E. Pinkham
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