Wedding Gift Etiquette and Flower Rules by Mrs. Post
The column answers reader questions on who pays for wedding items including boutonnieres rings and flowers, whether couples should pool funds for gifts, and if a second wedding ring is appropriate. It notes that the groom buys the bride’s ring and the bride buys the groom’s, advises discussing budgets, and suggests practical alternatives like bridesmaids carrying muff bouquets. It also touches on a simple country wedding and the origin of the compass with a brief history.
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New York
Mrs. Post
Country Club
Tragedy in New York Art Quarter Case Ties Edna Leavitt to Morse
A Greenwich Village murder scene unfolds in MacDougal alley as Edna Field Leavitt, a society debutante and artist, is found dying after a late night struggle with Arthur W. Morse a Wall Street broker. Morse, once her childhood sweetheart, is held as investigation focuses on the fatal incident and intertwined pasts with multiple marriages and high society.
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New York
Greenwich Village
MacDougal Alley
Wall Street
Edna Field Leavitt
Arthur W. Morse
Morse
Harvard
Vienna
London
Paris
Edna
William Atkinson
Brookline
Mass
Boston Art Museum
Mount Ida School For
Hotel Albert
Unlucky House Number 13 in Tilbury Replaced by 115
In Tilbury England the house once numbered 13 changed to 115 after 18 years of misfortune. The occupant Mrs H Kane endured tragedy including her husband’s death and her son’s shell shock while surviving on pension and relief. A note on the old plate claimed the curse and the plate returned after disposal.
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Tilbury
England
H. Kane
Woman Prisoner Escapes Michigan State Reformatory
The only female prisoner at the Michigan State Reformatory escapes the grounds. She was last seen heading north toward timber near Tonia, believed to be Ann, a deer inmate of the prison zoo, after leaping an eight foot fence to liberty.
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Reformatory
Sonia
Mich
Michigan State Reformatory
Tall Timbers
Tonia
Ann
Cat frozen to counter as fire ravages deli. kittens perish
A $250,000 blaze at Charles Hoehl's delicatessen in Port Chester traps a cat to the counter. Firemen save the cat but it is frozen in place. four kittens perish in the flames.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Charles Hoehl
Relics Found From Braddock Expedition Near Uniontown
Numerous relics of the Braddock expedition destroyed by Indians near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, have been uncovered using a magnetic balancer that detects buried metal.
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Uniontown
Here
Dressy Frock for House or Street Wear Pattern 9937
Attractive home and street dress idea using a trim frock pattern suitable for morning housework and afternoon outings. Pattern 9937 offered in sizes 14 through 44, requires 3% yards of 36 inch fabric for size 16, includes diagrammed sew chart, order details to The Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth St
New York
Fragmented Comic Dialogue From Newspaper Snippet
A collage of witty exchanges from a Toronto Globe style page shows a building foreman and a singer discussing noon whistles and car horns while stray snippets hint at quirky requests and marriage queries. The playful banter evokes a 20th century urban humor vibe with brief exchanges and punchlines.
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Emily Post
WIN Service
Eounter
ART Quarter
Beauty
OUR Comic
Little
Finney
Begonia
Are
Stameena
Dearstam-In
Toronto Globe
Jimmy
Willie
Wallie
Wrigley S
Ibia
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