Page Boy Outfits and Smoking Jackets Shape Spring Fashion
The Kansas City Star notes that page boy outfits return as a best selling look with navy blue and brass buttons or red and green shot taffeta ensembles. Martial and Armand present modernized silhouettes with flares, jumpsuits, and artful embroidery, plus smoking jackets paired with crepe skirts and gold lame accents.
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Kansas City Star
Mar‘dlay
Armand
Martial
Henry II
Hut
Elizabeth
Duchess of York
Paris
Motor Vehicle Registrations Jump 13 Percent in 1925
United States studies show more than 20 million motor vehicles in use in 1925 with 19,954,347 registered and 96,929 government cars not counted. New York tops registrations at 1,625,483, California over a million, and average one vehicle per 5.8 people nationwide. Oregon and Kansas report low persons per vehicle while Alabama shows high vehicle demand. Revenue from registrations totals $260.6 million with spending split among state highways, road bonds, and local roads.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Public Roads
Florida
Utah
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
North Dakota
Texas
New York
California
Osio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Iowa
Nevada
Kansas
Oregon
Arizona
Arkansan
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
North Carolina
North
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Penton
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Spark plugs drive speedway gains and losses
Noted race driver Earl Cooper argues the driver is the key variable in speedway racing as engines are nearly identical. He notes tiny differences in spark plugs can alter lap times and that racers replace plugs every race or after limited miles to maintain peak performance.
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Earl Cooper
Gery
Propeller Shaft Removal Method Described in Trade Note
A Popwar Science Monthly note explains a hand heavy task of removing and replacing propeller shafts after rear end repairs. It describes a rolling jack on a wooden base with casters, a special yoke to cradle the shaft, and a screw rack to lift the unit freeing the splined end from dirt. A loose fit allows turning in multiple directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popwar Science Monthly
Poem excerpt echoes themes of growth and fellowship
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union fragment presents a poetic line contrasting no light with a call to energy in human fellowship. It mentions a growing herb 'tage as a metaphor for completing manhood and maturity.
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Elliot
Feeding the Convalescent A Guide to Kitchen Craft
This piece promotes cookery as vital for illness recovery and offers practical recipes for broth gruels lemon gelatin baked custard and various salads. It emphasizes appealing presentation and frugality with notes on egg jelly dressing and farm-fresh ingredients.
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Joe
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Page Boy
Page ‘Boy
Navy Building
Jay
Western Newspaper Union
Toledo
Ohio
Kent Ignition
Atwater Kent
America
Atwater Kent Mfg. CO
A. Atwater Kent
Wissahickon Ave
Philadelphia, Pa
Bellans
Gaale
Gose
Olatson M
Malden
Maas
Winslow
Kansas City
Ino
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