Indian Stone Hoax and The Great Goofy Laws
A long-remembered hoax tale recounts the Indian stone tablet found in the Grave Creek mound near Moundsville West Virginia and the clash of scholars over its meaning. A printer Andrew Price deciphered it as Bill Stump’s stone dated October 24 1835, exposing the hoax. The piece also notes Rhode Island’s private eyeO W Twesbe joke and a California earthquake rumor from 1903. It ends with a veteran journalist’s claim that many hoaxes spread by imaginative reporters.
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Grave Creek
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Andrew Price
Bill Stume
Mr. Pickwick
Cheries Dickens
Pickwick
Goofy
Rhode Island
Rhody
World War Services
O. W. Twesbe
Tselfith Machine Gun Company
Senate
Tnesbe
Senators
W. O
California
Long Beach
Calif
Tomer
Nas Wa
Tennessee
Nashville
Forest Lithuanian Crosses A Report From The Woods
A group of five men photographed numerous votive crosses in a Lithuanian forest and found no two aligned. The crosses vary in design and height, usually around several feet tall, yet share ornate Christian motifs.
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Lithuania
All White Wraps Dominate Winter Fashion
Cherie Nicholas Erb advises all white ensembles for winter social events. From wraps and gowns to fur accents and white duchess fabrics, the piece extols elegant, money-smart white outfits including ermin rush props, white headpieces, and coordinated accessories for dining and dancing.
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Max
Cosi
BIGH-STYLE SUEDE Bry CHERDE NicigoLAs
Fashion notes describe colorful suede suits with rain proof winter wear. Suede jackets feature padded shoulders and feathered buttons.
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Bry
Cherde Nicigolas
Tribetary
Milady
Black Dominates Daytime Wear in SEaSO Collection
Black is favored for daytime wear in the SEaSO collection with black pieces paired with white and light colors. A black two piece daytime ensemble in lightweight wool features a straight cut skirt and waist length blouse jacket, belt, and satin blouse with long fitted sleeves. Rhinestone clips trim the jacket neck while a wine grosgrain ribbon forms a corset belt.
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Seaso
Sumptuously Furred Tweed Suits Gain Favor in Fashion
An article notes a rising trend in lavish tweed suits made with zarse0ns fur trims and bold coloring. The opulent outfits contrast with the all black vogue, offering variety and a display of rich textures and knotty surfaces.
Covert Slacks in Demand at Eastern Universities
Wool covert cloth long favored for top seats now used by well dressed undergraduates at Eastern universities as a trend in campus fashion.
Accent Your Dress Clips Add Glitter to Dark Frocks
Large rhinestone baguette and jewel-tone clips decorate high necklines of dark afternoon dresses, offering bold sparkle and vintage flair for formal wear.
Magazine Solicitors and a Nation's Press Theme
A cobbled column laments magazine solicitors fading amid aging volunteers, humorously contrasts educated aims with market declines, and muses on freedom of the press. It threads in historic notes on women’s roles, wartime figures, and the reach of publicity from newspapers to radio, ending with a quip about Ervin S. Cobb.
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Berkeley
Virginia
WNU
How to Make a Chintz Bedspread for Curtains
Ruth Wyeth Spears guides readers in sewing a 36 inch fabric bedspread with seams for a 34 inch bed. Directions cover cutting, corded edges, cording foot use, and assembling a coordinated pillow cover, with prices and ordering details for Spears book from Chicago.
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Sears
Nation
Speers
Calm Tempers From Fortunate People Moderation Cited
Fragmentary aphorism about temper and fortune attributed to Rochefou. The readable text notes moderation growing from good fortune and the influence of lucky circumstances on character. The source presents a brief historical quotation without fuller context.
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Rochefou
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By Cherie Nicholas
Ouston
Telas
Tve
Bushwah
Tey
Ine
P.S
Northwestern
Ervin S. Cobb
Henry the Eighth
England
Elizabeth
Victoria
Florence Nightingale
Clare Barton
Drs
New Hampshire
Florida
Utah
Oregon
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Vermont
Dakotas
Carolinas
How
Seway
Ruth Wyeth Spears
The
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BarRelaforend
TL Cable Company
7 Company
Poixis
American Chain & Casle Company, Inc
Bridgeport Connectic
Seture and
S Recones Americag Chale
Pyrepe Manuigeust
Asasel Chala
Fyre
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