Last Battleship Colorado No. 44 Commissioned Under Arms Treaty
The Colorado, battleship No. 44, latest and most powerful, is described as a floating laboratory of marine engineering. It features 18 000 hp turbines, eight 16 inch guns, electric propulsion, air and anti aircraft defenses, and entry under the 1937 naval accord as a reminder of shifting naval strategy. Colorado’s crew and officers are noted, along with historical context of earlier Colorados and the evolution from wooden to steel warships.
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Colorado
Centennial
Pueblo
National Merchant Marine
Navy
West Virginia
United States
Westinghouse
Mutsu
Delaware
North Dakota
Maryland
Reginald Rowan Belknap
Belknap
Annapolis Naval Academy
Messina
Athaetic
North Sea
Naval War College
Wilson Brown
Colorado River
Norfolk Navy Yard
Colorado I
William Marvine
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Rio Grande
Farragut
New Orleans
Mississippi Bar
H. K. Thatcher
North Atlantic
Territory of
Louisiana Purchase
Texas
Mexico
Congress
Pacific Reserve Fleet
G. W. Williams
New York
Wechinery
M. A. Neeland
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
R R. Belknap
U. S.N
Rich Fur Trimmings for Coats and New Dress Accessories
Rich fur trimmings for coats and new dress accessories dominate current fashion offerings. Designers showcase fur decorated coats and suede and beaver calf handbags with ivory medallions, embossed gold leaf, and beaded embroidery. Sizes vary, with varied shapes in bags and vanities to match autumn styles.
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Tokyo
Mole
Beaver
Monkey
Marten
Kolinsky
Furs and Fashion Accessories Dominate Coat Styles and Gloves
The feature describes camel's hair and chinchilla coats with beaver and galalith trims, and a dressy chinchilla model with brown squirrel accents. It notes mandarin sleeve embroidery, fur trim trends including fox and squirrel, and ornate gloves with turnover cuffs, contrasting linings, and embroidered backs. Jewelry choices add finishing touches.
Boundary Line Between Alaska and Canada Described
Detroit News notes the Alaska Canada boundary runs 600 miles from coast to Arctic Ocean. It details a twenty foot wide surveyed strip with intervisible monuments every four miles including five foot aluminum bronze markers at major crossings and three foot markers at smaller points, plus a two mile wide mapped zone.
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Alaska
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Seed lodged in boot harefooted through Vespa sian's march
A fragmentary verse image recalls a seed traveling with a soldier in Vespa sian's legion. The seed lodges in a boot sole on a long northward tramp, reaches Dover, and after wear and decay in a ditch, a spring yields a new flower for Britain as a subtle image of renewal.
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Vespasian
Dover
Britain
Quillér-Couch
Coat With Cape Makes a Practical Fashion Return
A combined coat and cape remains a practical wrap this season, not new yet popular for its convenience. Women embrace the design in several smart interpretations that balance style with utility.
Velvet Hat Stars In Pale Crepe Costumes
A large black velvet hat anchors a smart ensemble featuring pale colored crepe dresses and matching accessories, creating a striking fashion look.
Aprons feature rubberized silk in shop display
In a shop window a green rubberized silk apron is highlighted for its delicate protection of gowns during tea service. A pocket edge bears an ivory butterfly charm, fashioned from rubberized silk.
Fall Trimmings Highlight Close Stitching and Braid
Fall fashion features very close stitching in wool and rows of soutache braid as trim on coat dresses and suits, signaling chic seasonal detailing.
Aspirin Bayer Ad Warns Buyers to Check Brand
A vintage Bayer advertisement cautions buyers to ensure the Bayer name appears on packages or tablets to receive genuine aspirin. It touts use for colds headaches toothaches and neuralgic pains and notes tablets sold in boxes of twelve for a few cents with bottles of 24 or 100 available.
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Bayer
Feed the Brute and Vanity as Keys to Hearts
A sharp exchange on manipulation through appetite and ego. The speaker notes two classic pathways to influence a man: through nourishment of his stomach or by stroking his vanity, implying strategic use of desire to gain power or favor.
California Fig Syrup Ad Reassures Parents and Children
Ad promoting California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative to cleanse liver and bowels of babies and children. Claims no narcotics, soothing drugs, and easy digestion with gentle action. Warns against counterfeits and urges asking for genuine product with directions. A separate line notes a social warning about a girl not telling her mother after a man’s attempt to kiss her.
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California
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin With Cuticura Ad
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap bath and hot water. Rinse dry and dust Cuticura Balm for fragrance, price 25c each.
Some Say Pursuit of Success Is Undignified
The quotation argues that striving for success can be undignified while failure remains more dignified, reflecting views on ambition and self worth without identifying a specific person or event.
Red Cross Ball Blue for Household Laundry Needs
Advertisement notes Red Cross Ball Blue is suitable for housekeeping use including kitchen towels table linens sheets and pillowcases. Emphasizes versatility across various fabric care tasks.
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Department of Housekeeping
Imagined Toy Round Sees No Real Reached Glory
The report notes the toy round of the lad der exists only in imagination as no one has succeeded in reaching it, reflecting speculation rather than a shared achievement.
Have You a Cough What This Woman Says is of Vital Interest
Mrs Eliza Teeter from Goshen Indiana credits Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery with ending a year of night cough and flesh loss after two sisters died of tuberculosis The ad claims renewed strength and health within a year and offers free confidential medical advice from Dr Pierce at the Invalids Hotel Buffalo NY.
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Goshen, Ind
Pierce
Eliza Teeter
Middlebury St
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo N. Y
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John Dickinson Sherman
Duke Simbey
Western Newspaper Union
Detroit News
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Spohn
Spohn Menical CO
Coshen.jnd
USA
Womias
London
Mrs. Eliza Teeter
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