Hats Shape Shifts and Velvet Leads in Paris Fashion
A Paris fashion view notes hats grow larger as winter nears with big shapes common in midwinter. Velvet dominates color trends, blue velvet rising after a period of dullness, while black hats gain color trims and ribbon bows. French milliners tailor hats to each customer, contrasting with American quick-shop methods, and matching hat ornaments to earrings remains in vogue.
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Paris
New York Tribune
Madeleine Et Madeleine
France
Orient
Spain
Paix
Patricia Love and the Flood Time Temptations
Patricia Love scenes reveal a spirited rich girl who flirts with wickedness while shaping lives during a flood emergency. Dorset, a thoughtful minister, supports her as Aunt Lucy faces loss, and Patricia’s schemes and affections collide with duty and romance amid family trials.
Strangest of Alpine Lakes: Marjelen-See in Switzerland
An Alpine lake lies 7700 feet up between the Great Aletsch and Fletcher glaciers. It drains via two outlets, one through the Aletsch wall and a tunnel to the Fiescher glacier, with a rare irregular emptying pattern and flood risks downstream in the Rhone valley. A cowherd once earned a new pair of shoes for news carried nine miles to the Rhone valley.
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Switzerland
Marjelen-See
Aletsch
Fletcher
Fiescher
Massa Torrent
Rhone Valley
Green Snake on Palm Root Surprises Field Readers
A Field letter describes many small birds hovering around a date palm base where a green snake lay coiled, seemingly dead with a severed tail. On touch the snake sprang, then shot into a stream and vanished among reeds.
Taming the Lightning Myth Versus Real Power Sources
The piece argues that true electricity use comes from controlled sources, not raw lightning. It compares the impractical idea of tapping a lightning flash to harnessing Niagara water or even a rifle bullet stream, noting Franklin's kite experiment sparked optimism but real energy requires tame sources.
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Franklin
Niagara
Treasure Hidden in Russia Gems Recovered From Soviet Reprisals
Treasures of gold and jewels remain hidden in Russia, spared from requisitions and robberies, valued in the hundreds of millions of gold rubles. Families report outsmarting Soviet agents by concealing diamonds and pearls in beds, conduits, pails, and paper weights. With freer trade, many hidden gems are entering markets to sustain owners through winter.
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Russia
Starlings Renew War Across New York Suburbs
The New York Sun notes starlings return from the frost line and Maine mountains. They perch on trees and wires, drive the English sparrow away, and raid insects. Starling, a northern Europe introduction, is a cold weather bird that departs northward in spring.
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Canada
Maine
New York
Europe
Talking Movies Move Toward Reality as Swedish Scientists Succeed
Two Swedish scientists reportedly combine talking and picture films for the first time using selenium controlled currents. The method taps the same shaft to run both recording and sound tracks and uses a selenium based loud-speaking telephone to reproduce the sound.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Gold Riches Reported Along Turnagain Arm Alaska
Alaska prospectors say Turnagain Arm is nearly paved with gold as railroad access opens the area. Miners report several rich finds at low tide near Anchorage with a vein near Girdwood assays at 160 dollars per ton, though tidal coverage remains.
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Alaska
Turnagain Arm
Sea
Anchorage
Girdwood
Disappointed Sim-Why I did every one ary
Disjointed readable fragment notes a sense of disappointment and scattered thoughts. The text hints at personal reflection and incomplete ideas without clear events or named persons.
Healthful vigor in strong blood
Weak blood leaves faces pale and drains strength while full red cells restore energy. A course of Gude's Pepto Mangan adds red cells and improves vigor, with tablets and liquid forms, prescribed for years.
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Gude
Woman's attack claim rattles magistrate in court
A southern magistrate hears a case where a colored woman testifies that a man slashed her face with scissors. She shows no marks, insisting she has witnesses and that the danger was real, while the judge questions the absence of injury.
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Jedge
Cuticura Ad Promotes Pimply Face Cure
Advertisement for Cuticura products claims to remove pimples and blackheads with Cuticura Ointment and Soap, wash in five minutes, then maintain clear skin with daily use of Cuticura Talcum.
Nightly curfew threat from stern father
At breakfast the father rebukes his son for returning late claiming he suspects the son believes they are in Norway the land of the midnight sun. He orders no later than ten tonight or he will hear from him.
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Father
Norway
Land of the
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Remedy
Purity and effectiveness emphasized for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root a herbal non stimulant medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. Each bottle carries a sworn purity statement and offers sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Blessings of Obscurity and the Idle Rich
A citizen earning $3000 a year says reading about movie stars earning $2000 a week provokes discontent yet offers contentment in not revealing personal details. The exchange contrasts public scrutiny with private restraint and satisfaction.
Marriage Struggles Highlighted in Sidelined Romance
Fragment from the New York Sun notes Marjorie and Madge Heads to a rocky union as he laments housing struggles and love, reflecting the era's marital tension and social pressure.
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Madge
Marjorie
York Sun
Dictionary Without Definitions Leaves a Lexicon Stub
A playful observation notes that when some people speak, the result resembles a dictionary with key definitions missing. The quip implies speech fills with words but lacks clear meanings.
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