Party Frocks and Skirt Styles For Girls and Women
Fashion notes describe party frocks for girls ages ten to twelve with shorter skirts and lower hemlines, Georgette and crepe de chine fabrics, white over pink or yellow color schemes, and extensive velvet and embroidery. Elbow sleeves return, hats shift from floppy felts to trimmed, crowning pieces with wide bandeau bands. Novel notes mention white china silk, sheer blouses with embroidered squares, rabbit fur trims, veils, and ribbon borders.
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Georgette
War Tax Measure Passed by Senate Faces Conference
The war revenue bill cleared the Senate without a record vote, proposing about six billion dollars in 1919 and four billion in 1920. It moves to conference, with hearings set to begin January 2, and includes changes on rates, exemptions for trucks and tractors, and an inheritance tax plan with graduated rates from 1 to 25 percent.
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Washington
Senate
Hogde Utes
Sidhlay
la Bite Mitte
Seattle
Attorney General Eases German Enemy Alien Restrictions
The Attorney General ordered the removal of restrictions on German enemy aliens except those entering or departing the United States and those tied to internment powers. The action, effective Christmas, follows President Wilson's cabling, and affects about 500,000 Germans. The Justice Department will still intern dangerous German aliens and the order does not touch those cases.
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Washington
United States
Gregory
Wilson
Department of Justice
Bomb Suspect Arrested in Wisconsin and Lancaster Case
A bomb suspect linked to a deadly attack that killed ten detectives and police officers was arrested in Lancaster Pennsylvania after an operations chain from Muveankex Wis. The report also notes the death of Dr. Donald L. Currie of the U S Public Health Service, and mentions the U S transport Geer Washington returning to New York with 25 servicemen for Christmas. In Spain, crowds in Balboa clash as a pistol fire kills a participant, amid nationalist protests.
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Muveankex
Wis
Dominick Casters
Elim
Brookline
Musa
Donald IL. Currie
United States Public Health Service
Toetom
America
George Washington
New York
United States
Geers Washington
President Wilson
Cedric
Balboa
Spain
Jellicoe to Visit Australia for base program review
Admiral Sir Jobe Joe heoe, former sea lord of the British Admiralty, plans a February visit to Australia to review the Commonwealth naval base program and related facilities in Melbourne.
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Jellicoe
Australia
Melbourne
Jobe Joe Heoe
Fitat
British Admiralty
Wweaith
Do You Mean Our Own Civil War
A fragmentary exchange jokes about past conflicts and inconveniences in a satirical tone. A tan eyed speaker notes families struggle with travel and housing costs during a noisy period. The dialogue references the Late Unpleasantness and clarifies it as a Civil War allusion.
Senator Garcla Views Amgen Population Split
A New York Post excerpt reports Senator Garcla praising a foreign residents share in Twente Aires at 58 percent and muses on a 70 percent figure as preferable, while a British paper responds with warnings about internal unrest and the impracticality of interning such a population.
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Garcla
Amgen
Twente Aires
London
New York
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Kidney trouble not easily recognized in insurers interview
An examining physician for a major insurance company warns that kidney disease can be elusive in applicants. He cites reports from druggists and herbal preparations like Swamp-Koot, claiming some products are marketed as safe remedies.
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Are Ani
Recruit Demands Quick Discharge After Armistice News
A rookie in an army camp, learning armistice news on a Monday morning, asks his commander for early discharge so he can catch the evening train to Cincinnati. The setting reflects the immediate wartime mood as soldiers hope to go home.
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Cincinnati
Fragmentary note on medicine and breed claims in Sabba area
A partial, garbled OCR fragment mentions medicine and a breed called Sabba with unclear reference to sires, areas, and cohorts. The text is too corrupted to identify a coherent event, date, or participants.
Bells Return to France from Wellington Church
Three large bells once housed at Christ Church Wellington New Zealand have been presented by the New Zealand government to France. Cast from cannons captured by Germans from the French in 1870 the bells were originally donated to Christ Church by German residents.
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Christ Church
Wellington
New Zealand
France
Cannes
Cuticura for Sore Hands Ad Offers Free Samples
Soak hands in Cuticura Sosp, dry and rub in Cuticura Ointment. Remove surplus with soft tissue. Free samples available by mail from Cuticura Dept X Boston. Boap 25, Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Adv.
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Dept. X
Boston
Of Course Ber Friend What Is Your Favorite Part of the Bible
A quirky exchange features Ber Friend asking about a favorite Bible part while Telephone Girth replies with a joke about the book of Numbers. W H Pascoe, aged seventy one, is noted about carrying a load in a Dutch Fiat, Cal.
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W. H. Pascoe
Matt
Fiat
Cal
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