Limelight Couple's Romance Stirs Cities Across Nation
Allister McCormick and Mary Landon Baker spark a media frenzy since January 2 as plans to wed at Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church falter. McCormick delays in New York trigger a telegram bid, Mary travels from Chicago to Montecito while awaiting a spring sailing from New York.
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Allister McCormick
Mary Landon Baker
Fourfth Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Allister
Mary
New York
Montecito
Calif
Extravagant $825,000 Pearl Necklace tale unfolds
A Philadelphia widow Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell is linked to a famed $825,000 pearl necklace once owned by Catherine II of Russia. The saga tracks the piece from Benguiat Brothers in Paris to Pierre Cartier in New York, claims of a $1.5 million sale, duties paid, and the Downton Dodge family connections through 1920s transfers.
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James H. R. Cromwell
Detroit
Horace VT Dodge
Delphine
Cromwell
Mr. Dodge
Sam
Luxurious Demi Season Millinery and Underthings Feature
A fashion feature outlines silk and cotton fabrics for underthings and hats, highlighting orchid and pink color trends, delicate laces, ribbons, and flexible lines. It describes wide and narrow brim hats, crepe de chine trims, braid facings, applique silk flowers, and layered chemises with matching pants in sport hat style.
Paper flower pots aid early transplanting in gardens
An article touts durable paper pots for seedlings that unfold from around roots at transplant. They claim ease of handling and growth benefits for crops like peppers and eggplants under favorable soil conditions.
Plan for Fruit in Home Garden and Early Pot Planting
A guide to starting fruit and cucumbers with two seed per two inch paper pots, plus transplants. Emphasizes early-start strategy to resist early pests and to grow gladiolus, tuberoses, castor beans, and more. Details spacing, drainage, and orchard layouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Garden Bureau
Madden Sets Budget Watchdog Tone For Fiscal Year
M B Madden, chairman of the house appropriations committee, vows expenditures will not exceed income in the coming fiscal year. Initial estimates showed a $167.5 million gap as of July 1, with four bills cut by $53 million and eight more due. Budget director Dawes projected balance in two years, but the committee aims to balance next year by cutting appropriations.
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Martin B. Madden
Illneis
Good
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Treasury
Charles G. Dawes
Appropriations Committee
Fastmaster General Will Slays Applies to Film Career
Fastmaster General Will Slays enters cinema in a high profile move. His salary will be 150000 dollars yearly as he plans a March 4 cabinet fadeaway. The President approves, hoping his public service continues in the broader frame, while Mr Hays proceeds to a film career backed by the National Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Slays
Hays
National Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors
We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Her Miss Elsie Hill
Miss Elsie Hill the National Woman's Party chairwoman married Prof. Albert Levitt of the University of North Dakota in Chicago. The pair kept the ceremony secret, honeymooned a week, then she resumed touring the Midwest to support the constitutional equality amendment.
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Elsie Hill
National Council
The
National Woman’s Party
Elsie Hil
Albert Levitt
University of North Dakota
Chicago
Levitt
Middle West
Attractive frocks and cost saving sewing tips
The article describes lovely partially made frocks of paillette nets that are easy to assemble with a satin or georgette foundation and a few fasteners. It also notes affordable costume blouses, simple to match with satin slips, and tips to remove stains from cotton dresses using water and soap.
How to Grow Peppers for Home Gardens
The article explains sowing peppers about eight weeks before setting outdoors, using a hotbed or indoor box. Transplant only after frost danger passes and ground is warm. Space plants 15 to 18 inches apart in rows 2 to 2 1/2 feet apart, and cultivate like tomatoes and eggplants. It notes many varieties, both sweet and hot.
Immediate dining rush for fresh corn to preserve flavor
The article urges serving sweet corn within an hour of picking to capture its true flavor. It emphasizes the rapid deterioration of corn after harvest and the importance of hot, freshly cooked servings to enjoy the taste.
How to Prepare a Lawn for Rich Green Turf
The article outlines soil preparation for a good lawn. Use deep topsoil, pulverize the surface, remove stones and roots, firm with rain aid, and sow one pound of seed per 300 square feet. Roll seedbed, firm soil, then mow when grass reaches four inches and continue regular mowing weekly or every ten days.
Old Fashioned Garden Flowers Mentioned For Home Beds
The passage lists common garden varieties such as cornflowers zinnias asters snapdragons and poppies with Baby's Breath and other old fashioned plants like scabiosa gaillardia. It evokes a traditional floral selection familiar to grandmothers.
Right Again He Quips On Henpeck Atom Description
Dialog shows Jack and Bill joking about Henpeck the professor and a wife’s effect, aiming to describe an atom as the smallest thing in the world. Bill quips Henpeck is the smallest when rousted by his wife, planning to palm off the idea as the atom’s description to the professor.
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Jack
Bil
Henpeck
Bill
Toni
Diamond Dyes promise easy home dyeing for fabrics
Pandora opened her box and a pandora of home dyeing tips appears. Diamond Dyes offer simple instructions for wool silk linen cotton and mixed fabrics claiming no streaks or fading. Red Cross Ball Blue advertises a whitening aid for clothes available at grocers.
Plain Liction and the Senator’s Dinner Metaphor
In a terse exchange, Senator Sorz asserts he aims to run meetings for business, not to create a literary society. The dialogue highlights his preference for practical focus over erudite rhetoric during constituents’ gatherings.
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Sorzhum
Cuticura for Sore Hands Ad Advice
Soak hands in hot Cuticura Soap then dry and rub with Cuticura Ointment. Remove surplus with tissue. The ad claims Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum cover all toilet needs. A separate note adds a swan quip about vanity and diving.
Woman Debarks From Car Amid Dispute Sayings
A woman exits a vehicle after an argument, with witnesses noting the tense scene. Police were called but no injuries reported as bystanders separated the parties and documented the sequence.
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M. B. Madden
Doan
Nebraska
C. W. Folden
Farmer
Geneva
Nebr
Dean
Pandora
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Furniturs
Lloyd Manufacturing Company
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Michigan
Omaha
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