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The Mobile News Item in Mobile, Alabama

14 Aug 1925

Page 8

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The Mobile News Item

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Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1925

Page

8

Empire Laundry Legends of a Kansas Town

In Arkansas City a tower of stories grows from the Empire Laundry. A forewoman in the 1890s earns 15 dollars weekly while women from the town rise to fame as stage stars prize fighters and more. The Endicott family finds wealth with a 8000 barrel oil gusher and Sara Sothern, a future London star, links to laundry roots.

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Altom Alcom Calcott Endicott California Tonkawa Tey Comar Oil Commy Castoms Bendicotts Cas Endicott Sara Sothern Sothern Stag Her Majesty's Theatre London Channing Pollock Charlies NI Hunt Empire Laundry Fily Los Angeles Sara New York Little Sara Frankie Adams Bearcat Frankie Aft Fen Pacific Coast E Tr Tip Layne Old Mexico Porfirio Diaz Arkansas City Kansas
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Velvet hats rise with summer heat in Paris fashion

Paris dispatch notes velvet hats return in hot weather and straw styles gain as winter approaches. pastel velvets feature curved brims and ostrich feather trim in models from Caroline Reboux with seamed crowns and decorative plumes.

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Alice Langelier International News Service Paris Rose de Barry Perere Caroline Reboux
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Trade talk resurfaces over Gibraltar Ceuta swap idea

Aug 14 London report says air force study on Gibraltar defense renews discussion of exchanging the Rock for Ceuta. Analysts argue Ceuta could offer stronger wartime defense, while Gibraltar’s fortress value is questioned and Spain’s possible demand for Ceuta remains unexplained.

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1500 Scientists to Meet in Los Angeles

Scientists from around the world gathered in Los Angeles on August 3 for the American Ethical Society's seventieth convention. More than 1,500 scientists and chemists attended, with representation from every state and many foreign countries. Delegations joined from New York, Chicago, Kansas City, and other cities en route to California. The article notes New Zealand's first minimum wage laws enacted in 1894.

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Mudd Center Folks Mock Aunt Fanny Over Hairdo

A humorous item from the Mudd Center notes Aunt Fanny spent forty cents to bob her hair. She learns her bonnet and headwear now seem ill suited as the crowd jokes about the upkeep and fashion misfit.

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Fanny Buzz
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