The World’s Fashion Across Europe Reveals Quiet Beauty
Hundreds of European women lack fashion books while American women, avid readers of magazines, marvel at rural dress. In Spreewald near Berlin peasant costumes persist with many petticoats, embroidered aprons, and caps. Holland and Brittany showcase distinct coifs and wooden shoes, while Spanish and southern Italian outfits fuse practicality with ornate gold trims and long coral chains.
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Europe
Leipe
Burg
Berlin
Holland
Miss Dresswell
Brittany
Syeara
Goes
Volendam
Marken
Zeeland
South
Spain
New Use for Thermometers in Dams and Orchards
Long distance thermometers are being adopted for remote temperature readings at Kensico dam, vast orchards, and cold storage warehouses. By wiring coils in concrete or storage chambers to central offices, officials monitor temperatures year round, enabling stress checks in the dam and frost protection decisions in orchards without frequent site visits.
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Kensico
New York
Saturday Evening Post
TESTER FOR ELECTRIC LAMP
A simple modification to a porcelain lamp socket eliminates threading and speeds lamp testing. The inner shell is removed and the threads hammered out on a pipe, creating a larger opening for the lamp base to slip in. This allows rapid insertion for filament tests with minimal risk of a short.
Electrification planned for Havana terminal railroad
Reports indicate Havana's principal terminal railroad will be electrified. Wisconsin installs Merrill's first trackless trolley line. The smallest commercial electric motor weighs under two pounds. Honolulu and Manila linked by wireless across 6000 miles. A Chicago telephone company handles over 600 million calls yearly.
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Havana
Honolulu
Manila
Heats Water for the Bath Invents Portable Heater
An Ohio inventor unveils an electrical bath heater to heat 15 gallons of water in 15 minutes. The nickel plated device sits in the tub, has six horizontal tubes with 18 perforations, and circulates water to deliver boiling water quickly even when tap supply is low.
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Ohio
Magnets for Eye Hospital Aid Patients with Iron Extraction
English hospitals use a powerful electro magnet to remove iron and steel fragments from the eye. A three foot long core, six inch diameter, Swedish soft iron, with two coils of insulated wire and adjustable field strength via a rheostat. The device mounts on ball bearings and can be moved. a reclining apparatus tilts the magnet with a hand crank.
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England
Electric heated garments for observatories proposed
Observatories may use electrically heated garments to keep observers warm during long winter nights. The concept features clothing similar to an electric heating bag with wires woven into the fabric to maintain comfort while the observer remains in a heated compartment near the telescope.
Handy Warmer for Dentist Showcases Electric Heat
An example of electricity in dental service is shown by the Shoenberg spray bottle warmer. The neat case encloses electric lamps that provide the heat. Besides the two spray bottles there is room for a water glass.
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Shoenberg
Watch Carefully the Child's Diet
Mothers are often unconsciously careless about child diet forcing all to eat same foods. Avoid constipating items and opt for easily digested foods. For constipation give a mild laxative not a physic. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is endorsed by many and sold by druggists. Free sample offered by Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois via postcard request.
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America
M. B. Patten
Valley Junction
Iowa
Patten
Ralph
W. B. Caldwell
Wash
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
Gate of Tears Straits Known for Dangers and Shipwrecks
The Babelmandeb straits, called the Gate of Tears by Arabs, lie twenty miles wide and are perilous in rough weather due to rocky channels and frequent shipwrecks.
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Gate of Tears
Babelmandeb
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Face Breakout Repaired by Cuticura Soaps
Judd Knowles of Falls City Nebraska recounts years of facial pimples and irritation. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with hot water nightly, he notes rapid improvement in two days and complete cure in three weeks. Cuticura ads claim worldwide sale with free samples via Boston.
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Falls City
Neb
Judd Knowles
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Overburdened With Love in Sunday Lesson
Emma teaches her son the Second Commandment while he confesses a first love for Lucy Johnson. The boy argues loving family leaves no room for God, prompting a tender clash between faith and affection in a neighborly home.
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God
Papa
Emma
Lucy Johnson
Charley
You
Patient Eyes Return To Hearty Meal In The Ward
In a hospital a patient, kept on a light diet for weeks, shows improvement. The doctor asks if he can eat a small chicken and Tim, a fellow patient, eagerly agrees saying he would feed the stuffed chicken to please the doctor.
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Tim
Pearson's Weekly
Underdog Sympathy in Nome City Dialogue
A fragment from a Nome piece, contrasting city life with frontier sentiment. An exchange hints at urban familiarity and the common likening of the underdog to a sympathetic figure, reflecting regional storytelling tone.
Pioneer dancer Sweeney faced raids and scandal in early New York
Sweeney, an early improver of the turkey trot, recalls his era of hostile raids and underground routes. He boasted of avoiding licenses and police graft while influential visitors browsed his dance hall. He defended gritty dancing amid moral backlash and promised that anyone using his stage tricks would hear his warning from Ellis Island.
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Sweeney
New York
Sweeney's
Sweeney’s
Ellis Island
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