Lace Frocks in Favor in Paris and Monte Carlo
Paris fashion notes show lace dresses gaining prominence at Monte Carlo and Deauville with Chantilly and black lace in focus. Tunics stay prominent, drapery and plaiting evolve, and organdie with black net signals a shift away from silk dominated gowns.
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Paris
Deauville
Aix-les Bains
Monte Carlo
France
New York
Callot
Cheruit
Pierre Bullot
Jace
Crosse
Paradise
Jenny
Chantilly
Beer
Franco American Treaty Sent to Senate for Ratification
President Wilson transmitted to the Senate the Franco American pact pledging U S aid to France in case of unprovoked German attack, to be in force under League of Nations terms. The treaty closely mirrors Britain's with France, differing in U S immediate aid commitment rather than mere consent.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
France
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Council of the League of Nations
League of Nations
The
Council of the League
the League
America
Paris Fashions Show Jenny’s Bright Rose Bure Suits
Paris fashion notes Jenny shifts from navy blue to bright rose and citron in duvetyn or Bure fabrics. She favors a longer line with shorter coats, warm weather suits in rose with blouse edges showing, white edging and collar details. Varis claims shoe laurels in the mix.
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Jenny
Fuit
Varis
Style notes on American footwear and fashion changes
The piece critiques high-heeled extreme designs and the unattractor appearance of short toe shoes with multiple ankle straps. It suggests American women might welcome more comfortable low shoes and questions the acceptance of French styles, noting a possible shift in taste over time.
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United States
Atlantic
Union Strike Chokes Aurora Elgin Interurban Line
Workers of the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago interurban road voted to strike at 2 am yesterday causing a full shutdown of the third rail line. Elgin and nearby towns including West Chicago Wheaton Glen Ellyn Villa Park and Lombard will lose power as interurban dynamos go dark, affecting major plants reliant on electricity.
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Chicago
Aurora
Elgin
Strike Thows 100000 Out in Scranton Valley
The Lackawanna valley strike has nearly halted the Scranton Electric Company and forced multiple industries to stop operation. More than 100,000 workers are reported idle as of July 31 in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Valley
Scranton Flectric Company
Pair tragedy in Pontine as man kills wife then suicide
George Near twenty two of London Ontario shot and killed his young wife near the state hospital for the insane at Pontine Michigan then killed himself in a field. Mrs Near had left her husband three weeks earlier.
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Pontine
Mich
George Near
London
Ont
State Hospital
Good Excuse and a Tangled Exchange of Cash and Belief
A brief dialogue shows a speaker asking for loose change while another cites tight finances. The exchange shifts to a quirky question about metempsycho sis, met with unfamiliarity and a suggestion of a mind cure.
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U.S
Interurban
Scranton, Pa
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Swift & Company
Swift
Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Il
U.S.A
FT & Company
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