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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
9
A mother tigress attacked trainer Robert McPherson shortly after cubs were born during a circus show in Ardmore Oklahoma. McPherson sustained deep lacerations to his face arm and other areas as the animal leapt from its cage. He is pictured with one cub beside the scene.
Paris opens hunting season with twelve thousand French hunters taking to woods on opening Sunday in September. The piece notes low hare and rabbit counts, beer and wine after a day in the air, oyster market gains, and Exposition of Decorative Arts changes including removal of decorative elements and uniforms. It mentions Exposition visitors around eight and a half million, the fate of pavilions, and fashion shifts among Parisians including apaches on bicycles.
Paris fashion experts predict black and gold as the prominent winter trend. Black returns with refined trims in silver or gold, including broadcloth coat-frocks and velvet with metallic accents. Dressmakers favor silver and gold to trim sports and evening wear, with leather and Veronese velvet details noted.
London reports a fashion shift toward visible curves as the 1920s silhouette returns. Skirts loosen slightly with waist shaping and new details like frills and pockets reappear while evening wear emphasizes bodices and easier movement. Bobbed hair trends decline as curls and longer styles return to the era.
In Bombay on October 8 two stone idols of Pandurang and Rukmi, revered in the Central Provinces, shed tears for twelve hours. Eyewitnesses and worshipers saw water flowing from their faces and believed divine signs followed a long-anticipated event.
Prague report says a thief tried to raid a church treasury but was thwarted by the warden. A man asked to photograph the treasure and struck the warden with a hammer, leaving him seriously injured, yet the warden remained conscious and summoned help.
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