Jum-Jum Reborn Aboard Georgie’s Toy Elephant
Marbeth the seamstress secretly renovates an old toy elephant Jum-Jum for Georgie, while tensions swirl with his mother Claire Pendell. After a night of protests, Marbeth crafts a new coat and howdah, returning Jum-Jum to Georgie with a tender surprise that alters their quiet, troubled household.
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Marbeth
Pendells
Georgie
Mr. Pendell
Claire Pendell
Pen
Georgie the Adorable
The
Bon Ton
Jum-Jum
London Club The Morgue Dances In Eerie Night Spot
United Press reports London’s The Morgue night club presents a gothic lounge scene with coffins tombstones and skulls as decor. Guests dance until dawn amid mural graves and rattling brass coffin tables while a dim stair leads to a mausoleum level and eerie music from Seventh Heaven.
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London
United Press
Fig Tree Adorns Murshidabad Park With Ancient Cannon
A fig tree in a jungle grown military park near Murshidabad India hosts a giant cannon embedded in its trunk. The gun measures 17 feet long 5 feet in circumference and weighs eight tons. Grace Hatfield notes in Collier's Weekly that the tree grew around the cannon and kept it.
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Murshidabed
India
Grace Hatfield
Santa Barbara
Calif
Collier’s Weekly
Young Quail Show Early Activity and Growth
Quail chicks run shortly after hatching and can fly briefly by one week. Downy plumage fades around twelve weeks making sex hard to tell until then. From birth they display independence, helping make quail a highly sought-after game bird nationwide.
Silk Silks and Puce Silk Dominate Paris Fall Styles
Silk fabrics parade in autumn shows from Concours d Elegance to Prix des Drags with silk serge, crinkled silk taffeta, satin-faced silk gabardine and puce silk. Heavier silks tailor smart autumn suits, while lush furs and jewelry hint at elegant dress, including long lined gowns, wide sashes, and Greek influenced white with gold accents.
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Paris
International Silk Guild
Western Newspaper Union
Taffeta Fashion Revival Debuts in Paris Evening Ensemble
Fall taffeta returns as a roguish silk, led by a steel gray Paris ensemble. A richly stitched skirt trains into an imposing cape with green silk ruffles at the neckline, belt, and cape edge. Matching capes rise in popularity for the new season.
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Paris
America
Wool-Like Silks Rise in Fall Fashion
Wool like silks popular for fall join the season with a woolen hand yet silk lightness. Designers showcase high twist novelty fabrics both sides dull and some heavy sheer textures. They suit tailored suits jackets dresses and evening gowns and may comfort in steam heated rooms.
Silk and Alpaca Return in First Autumn Collections
Silk alpaca, an old fabric revived, features in early autumn collections. It suits two piece dresses, jackets or skirts, ideal for travel and going away gowns. Showrooms hint at a contrastless costume, signaling a shift away from recent monotone color schemes.
U S RENEWS FIGHT ON LOTTERY SALES
The Post Office tightens actions against foreign lottery operators with fraud orders targeting 450 foreign residents. It stresses a blanket ban on mail sales, notes the high value of ticket traffic, and details procedures for confiscation and enforcement including stamps on suspected letters and blocking delivery to foreign addresses.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
United States
Blame Henpecked Mates Trigger Hysterical Women
Berlin psychiatrist Dr. Giehm reports that hysterical women are blamed on henpecked husbands. He asserts the afflicted wives suffer while the husbands remain passive, and urges treating and curing husbands first to address the problem.
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Berlin
G. Giehm
Zepernick
Doctor Giehm
Giehm
Best Pen Ever Found in Post Office in Newark
A Newark woman entered the post office, dipped a pen in ink, and began writing. After finishing, she showed the pen to the clerk at the inquiry window and asked the clerk to identify its make, declaring it the best she has ever used. Postmaster Sinnott comments on future pen critics.
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Newark
N. J
Sinnott
Post Office
Monument Marks Grave of Friendly Sioux Chief
The first monument over a Sioux chief in South Dakota stands on Medicine Creek near Chamberlain across the Missouri. It marks Iron Nation, head of the Lower Brule, a prominent figure for 60 years, once a war chief, later a friend of whites.
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Chamberlain
South Dakota
Medicine Creek
Missouri River
Iron Nation
Fim
Care and drying of brooms for longevity
A compact household tip from The Housewife advising that brooms last longer if kept dry after use. Do not store with the handle up if damp. water travels down the handle to the wire where rust forms and the handle may detach. Public Ledger, Inc. WNU Service.
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Public Ledger, Inc
WNU Servica
Doan
Worry as a disease and fashion sense compared
A remark playfully equates worry with a disease, suggesting there is no logic to quarrel with either worry or fashion. The line implies that worrying mirrors fashion trends in its grip and futility.
Stop Chills and Fever Malaria Tonic Ad
An old style ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a cure for malaria and a general tonic. It touts quinine to kill infection and iron to build blood, claiming relief from chills and fever, safety for children, and two sizes 50c and 1.00 with the larger offering 25 percent more for the same price.
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Grove
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