Stocking history and fashion notes from an early period
The article traces stocking origins from knee breeches to upper and nether stockings, notes Italy as the source of knit stockings brought to England, credits William Lee with weaving innovations in 1500, and references fashion and horticultural topics alongside brief ads and aphorisms. It also mentions a soap advertisement and a remark on rising early as taste over principle.
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Italy
England
Whmam
William Lee
St. John's College, Cambridge
Turkiye Gendarmerie Evacuation Plea Amid Thrace Crisis
A dispatch from Constantinople reports Hamid Bey urging Allied aid to evacuate women and children as 8 000 Turkish gendarmes would parade Thrace. Greece resists evacuation orders while Adrianople and the Fourth Greek Army Corps prepare to begin withdrawal as tensions mount.
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Constantinople
Hamid Bey
Mudania
Thrace
Miteston
Adrianoplé
Tondon
Times
Ensiorn
Refugee Aid Efforts Grow In Athens With U S Support
Athens reports extraordinary progress in aiding Asia Minor refugees. Dr Eridtjof Nan Fen joins private and League of Nations efforts, with American delegates organizing future work from a headquarters in a palace, coordinating clothing drives and radio reporting to help refugees, especially women and children.
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Athens
Asie Minor
Eridtjof Nan Fen
League of Nations
Legation
Constate
MOCAL
Oows GA
Cornerstone Laying for New Statehouse Announced
Governor McKelvie announces after a conference with veteran officers that the cornerstone ceremony for the new statehouse will follow Armistice Day parade on November 11. The event will be a state affair with broad representation and ex service men in charge of the parade.
Ten thousand join New York safety parade on Fifth Avenue
A safety week parade in New York drew about ten thousand children and families marching up Fifth Avenue with banners like Dont Get Hurt. Scouts and mothers led the event in Central Park with leaders including Elbert H. Gary and Baseball Commissioner Landis in attendance.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Elbert HL Gary
Cimmissioner
Landis
Patat
Hind Hent
Martial law proclaimed in Athens amid political turmoil
Dispatches report martial law declared in Athens to quell clashes over government concessions amid a systemic political crisis. Separate United States notes describe a nationwide freight bottleneck and ongoing railroad talks as agencies seek to avert a transportation breakdown.
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Washington
Periclea
Phe
Trraneli
Apd
White
Indus
Direceian
Serj Transportation Alton
Washington embraces Crees aid for refugees
A conv ention in Washington proposes steps to relieve refugees in the near term. The Americanized Crees organize support and seek relief measures from local and national authorities.
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Washington
Enat
Nashville Snowstorm Report Records Unusual Freeze
A garbled Nashville dispatch notes an unusual snowfall in Tennessee with brief flurries and a temperature reading miscopied as 96 degrees, indicating a weather anomaly and confusion in the report.
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Nashville
Tenn
oNesthville
Local Crop Notes Highlight September Prospects
A fragment notes Washlovtin and Coopa facing typical September yields with corn buck wheat sugar beets and peanuts showing potential bigger than expected. It mentions general hardships and a brighter outlook for certain crops.
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Washlovtin
Coopa
Forest Station Established at Asheville North Carolina
The Department of Agriculture creates a forest experiment station in Asheville to study conservation and control methods for timber land in the southern Appalachians. It aims to gather information on handling southern forests and to support eastern state forestry initiatives.
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Department of Agriculture
Asheville
N. C
Scientific American
Escaped Operations Aboard in St Joseph and White Plains
Readable text recalls two testimonial letters about Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound aiding women with surgical risk. Mrs Lockman from St Joseph says health improved after bottles. Mrs Mark of White Plains reports regained work ability and weight gain. Also includes a humorous clipping about discordant notes and a brief column of comic snippets.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Lydia E. Pinkham
WM. Lockman
4Th St
St. Joseph, Mo
White Plains
N. Y
Lydia E
Lydia B. Pinkhamh
Pinkam
Consider Use of Airships Across the Himalayas
The article weighs aerial observation options in the Himalayas noting six peaks above 27 000 feet and potential crossing altitudes for aircraft at 24 000 to 28 000 feet while avoiding high summits. It warns mountain sickness from oxygen deficiency and stresses the need for an adequate oxygen supply and a proper inhaler for pilots and observers.
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Himalayas
Passport Fees Rise During War Create Travel Hurdles
Before war, passport rules were simple and fees were low. When war began, regulations tightened, fees rose to ten dollars by the United States and European nations followed suit, making travel costly and burdensome with increased red tape.
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United States
Europe
A Good Word for Him and A Transatlantic Vessel Note
An obituary anecdote recalls Isanc Schmidt as the neighborhood’s meanest man with a Pennsylvan ia custom of hearing a last compliment before burial. Gustave Schulze offered one jesting praise. The Savannah sailed from Savannah to Liverpool in 1819, partly by steam, while the Royal William, 120 tons, from Canada, made the first entirely steam powered transatlantic voyage. An unrelated slogan on beauty appears in the fragment.
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Isanc Schmidt
Gustave Schulze
Joost
Hana
Savannah
Atlantic
Liverpool
Tawa
Royal William
Canada
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Radio
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Daugherty
Eighteenth Amendment League
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Woman's Eighteenth Amendment League
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Powers
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Great Britain
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Miitaita
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Jackson
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Lincoln
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the State University
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Detroit
Mich
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Hae Tenn
Nanan
Michael Fako
Eest Palmer Avenue
Michigan
Mr. Fake’s
Lydia Fef. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Discorde
Mr. Spinks
Spinks
Nimetetan
Orchesttra
Mustélan
Milwaukee Sentinel
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Mirjorie Daniels
Jimmy
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London
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Fast Usreal Company, Inc
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