Winter leisure sparks new beaded furniture trims
The article notes women turn to fancywork as days shorten, admiring cushion and lamp shade designs, beadwork on canvas cases, and beaded beadwork. It describes two beaded card cases, striped in two colors, and a palette of housewares and accessories inspiring creative homemaking. It also discusses fashion shifts toward shorter skirts and cantons crepe dresses with bead embroidery and decorative pockets, plus rubberized cloth aprons and fruit appliques for kitchen wear.
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Maye
Alpaca Fashion Returns With Silk Embroidery Revival
A revived interest in alpaca fabric highlights its glossy surface and soft feel though once it was rougher on skin. Early generations favored blue garments with green silk embroidery and white organide piping, contrasting with older demure styles.
Bancroft Library Uncovers Ancient Mexican Southwest Documents
Bancroft Library at the University of California adds thousands of age yellowed manuscripts. Prof. Herbert B. Bolton returns from field tours in Old Mexico and the Southwest to decipher texts on Spanish conquest Aztec and cliff dwellers. The collection, valued over 2 million, includes over 80 000 unread documents with deciphering challenges.
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Bancroft Library
University of California
Mexico
Southwest
Herbert B. Bolton
Bolton
Stevenson
Treasure Island
Old Mexico
Arizona
Spain
Mohave
The Silk Worm Miracle in Piedmont Italy
The Detroit News reports vast mulberry plantations in northern Italy supplying silkworms that thrive on mulberry leaves. Silkworms spin cocoons, then are unwound for skeins. Piedmont cottages welcome silkworms, with manufacturers paying high prices for cocoons and peasants able to produce thousands each.
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Italy
Detroit News
Skelna
Prize Fight at Coney Island Ends With Narrow Win
A spectator describes a prize fight in a building at Coney Island. A woman waiting outside asks about the score, learning Mike King has knocked the opponent down nine times while the other man has knocked Mike King down ten times and aimed for eleven. The exchange ends with the woman threatening to fetch a club if Mike does not win.
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Coney Island
Youlean
Mike
Glory
Glory Bel
Insurance Policy Refusal For Excessive Height
A humorous exchange in the American Legion Weekly shows an agent denying accident policy to a man deemed too tall. The applicant argues his father was insured before modern aviation hazards, while the agent notes the era’s different risks.
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American Legion Weekly
Perhaps It Cured Her
A neighbor recounts Mrs. Smith's constant borrowing in a humorous reminiscence. The narrator notes the pattern and discusses their daughter overhearing Mrs. Smith's latest request at the door.
Knickerbockers Debate Echoes in Old Commentary
An odd fragment shows Misa Cays enne defending knickerbockers for women while an experiment hints at gendered fashion debates, reflecting era tone and scattered phrases about attire and approval.
Mellon Declares Britain War Debt Separate From Allies Loans
Secretary Mellon says the 4.155 billion debt Britain owes the United States is not tied to US loans to other governments or reparations issues. He clarifies that Allied obligations originated from US purchases and advances covered each government’s own purchases, with Britain’s obligations to cover its own purchases.
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Britain
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Mellon
Central
Povwers
Treasury
Mr. Mellon
Colored Canvas Hidden in Agricultural Weather Proofing
The Department of Agriculture reports canvas coating methods to protect crops equipment and materials from grit moisture and dew. Earth pigments mixed with waterproofing formulas create lightproof durable coverings with color options and recipes using linseed oil petroleum wax and asphalt for different applications.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Bermudez
Post Office Denies Role in Mail Courtship Affairs
The Post Office disclaims responsibility for marriages arranged through newspaper matrimonial ads and mail, noting it handles only mail collection and delivery. Solicitor Edwards explains that courts address breaches of promise, while postal staff cannot regulate the content of personal letters.
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Post Office Department
Edwards
Postal Service
Post Office
Mall
Government clarifies treasury savings certificates sale policy
Secretary Mellon explains the Treasury plan to sell treasury savings certificates without competing with banks. The aim is to finance war debt maturities and spur savings, with cooperation from banks and savings institutions nationwide. The program expects banks to benefit and integrate customers into long term investments.
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The
Treasury
Medion
Kansas State
Associaton
Mellon
Hie Byunka
Tanlac restores Bristol man after long stomach trouble
William Hogsen of 16 Spring St Bristol Gonn describes fifteen years of stomach trouble ending after taking Tanlac. He notices improved appetite and health allowing him to eat steak and onions and feel well. Tanlac advertised as restoring digestion and building the body with claims of universal acclaim.
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William Hogsen
Spring St
Bristol
Gonn
Hogsen
All Good Druggista
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