Bargain Sale Turns Language Into Foreign Fashion
A sweltering August day at a crowded department store gives rise to a humorous scene as a country couple navigates a gigantic sale. Hiram’s wife embraces the rush, uttering a flood of unfamiliar fabric terms while he realizes the bargains are spoken in dress goods jargon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram
Bridget
Flocome
Jacquad
Ratine
Vigoureux
Tussah
Plisse
Ramie
Selvage
Pompadour
Sicilienne
Russia Iends Law Prohibiting Poppy Cultivation
Russia's agriculture department prepared a law banning poppy culture in the trans-Baikal Amur and Maritime provinces. Cultivation would be a criminal offense as would opium smoking storing purchasing opium and utensils for smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Department of Agriculture
trans-Baikal
Amur
Maritime
Youth and Age In Clash Bridges of Love and Understanding
A reflective note examines parent-child friction across generations. It urges sympathy over interference, contrasts youthful urge for change with elder desire for stability, and calls for mutual effort to build understanding and shared future goals. Gettysburg mentions a parent teachers association with many men.
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Gettysburg
Parent
The Manicure Lady and the Heat of July
The Manicure Lady complains July grows hotter each year while the Head Barber laments the heat and wishes for a cooler climate. They recall Brother Wilfred who moved to Los Angeles and wrote a poem Eternal Sunshine. The trio quips about weather, crops, and finding inspiration in a stifling day.
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George
Greenland
Wilfred
Los Angeles
America
California
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Dresden
Bolienne
Japan
Jacquard
Louis XV
Oxford
Greece
Winifred Worth
BASTE
World Color Printing Co
St Louis
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