Odd Negligees Win Much Favor In Evening Attire
A fashion note describes international influences on negligees, highlighting Chinese inspired boudoir coats made in American fabrics with black satin and brocade ribbon, plus Japanese style kimonos and breakfast coats as practical, adaptable options for home wear.
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Far East
Egypt
Japan
China
America
Summer Fashions in Colored Veils and Silks
Summer fashion notes discuss colored veils and new color combinations aimed at improving complexion across hair types. Patterns shown feature henna and tangerine tones with white or border embroidery. Quiet colors like black beige gray navy and brown are favored, with navy rising in late summer and classic black with white or navy with white remaining strong.
Handicraft for Boys by A Neely Hall
Instructions describe constructing a toy cannon from blocks A and B with pivoting turntable support and straight bore holes. Step by step shaping and trimming of blocks A and B, drilling alignment holes, and forming the muzzle flange are outlined to ensure momentum and straight alignment.
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A. Neely Hall
FOR A SANE FOURTH Toy cannons and lantern kites explained
A fragmented instruction filled with steps to build a fireless cracker launcher a toy cannon a parachute paper kite lanterns and a pinwheel rattle. It details cardboard and paper portions springs spooled parts carriages and a sailboat style breech mechanism with instructions for assembly testing painting and operation. The piece also describes lanterns attached to kite strings and a decorative pinwheel rattle construction.
Questioning Marys Lamb Authorship Sparks Debate
A fragmentary note discusses who wrote Marys Little Lamb claiming Horace Hale said the poem first appeared in 1630, referencing his mother. The terse item hints at authorship dispute without full context or confirmation.
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Horath Hale
Bouck White and Wife Seek Annulment After Abusive Claim
Mrs. Mile. Andree Emilie Simon of Paris seeks annulment from Bouck White once head of the Church of the Social Revolution. She accuses him of abuse and says he drove her from Marlboro home. Neighbors supposedly whipped him and tarred and feathered him after hearing her testimony.
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Bouck White
Church of the Social Revolution
Mile
Andree Emilie Simon
Paris
White
Marlboro
Princess Goes Abroad on Olympic Bound Flight
A uniquely dressed passenger attracts attention on the 8.3 Olympic bound flight from New York to England. Identified as Princess Woh-Letka of Yanite, Oklahoma, she travels in vivid attire with beaded gowns and fashionable footwear as she heads toward international travel.
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England
New York
Woh-Letka
Yanite
Okla
Mortland cement and reinforced concrete origins noted
The text attributes Portland cement to English engineer Joseph Aspdin and reinforced concrete to a French contributor, while asserting that America has utilized both most extensively. It reflects early patent and development claims in cement technology.
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Aspdin
America
Mortland Cement
Ae ‘Tate
Fragmented Readings From an Early 20th Century Scrap
Scattered facts include weddings in Scotland favoring Fridays, ancient Greek co education, herring eggs produced yearly, Frances building a radio machine near Meton, Esperanto periodicals, Modesto high school girls voting for uniforms, and an incomplete inventory of Buckingham Palace.
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Scotland
Massachusetts
France
Meton
Modesto
Cal
Tegontenty
Buckbigham Palace
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