Granddaughter of President Polk Dies in France
Baroness Charette, granddaughter of President Polk and widow of General Charette, died at her chateau in Brittany. Born in Nashville, she moved to Europe and joined exclusive circles, later connected to the Bourbon house. Her son married Susanne Henning of Louisville and New York, uniting diverse lineages.
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Baroness Charette
President Polk
General Charette
Old South
Farrape
Yattoness Charette
Nashville
Tenn
Europe
de la Hause Motte
Brittany
House of Bourbon
Lke
America
Kentucky
Susanne Henning
James W. Henning
Louisville
New York
Charette
Mangeis de
Aowa
Ortenns
Montpensier
Papacy
Mas TX
Alijiast
Rome
Vitte Tiaty
Castel Plordo
Timlan Fetoned
Setting Fashion Rule in a Mild Winter Fur Coat Boom
A columnist notes an unusually bold fur coat trend during an exceptionally mild winter with women wearing coats daily despite warm weather. The piece mocks the fashion logic of wearing fur when conditions don’t demand heavy attire and comments on the social pressure of fashion.
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Rusala
Greenland
Grib
Hair Fashions Shift in France Amid Hair Shortage
In France peasant girls abandon close native headgear to show their hair, preferring the tawny style. With Chinese hair gone from the market, cheaper wigs vanish, making false hair very costly. A prominent scalp specialist notes natural hair is valued at $20 per ounce.
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France
Some Degree of Reticence in Devon Rum Tale
In a rustic exchange, a narrator voices fear of slipping into the Devon Rum’s grasp while Uncle Bill Bottletup recalls his lifelong pursuit of attention from the demon liquor, noting his lack of funds kept him from earning notice.
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Uncle Bill Bottletup
Progress at the Beach Prompts Rescue Lesson
Mort asks if you learned to swim at the beach last summer. Gert replies not quite but says I learned to be rescued very gracefully in that time.
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Mort
Gert
Reflections on a World Turned By Modern War
An imagined Victorian observer surveys a transformed postwar world. He would witness Britain’s tragedies, anger over Yankee airmen, and a frightening rise of tyranny in Australia. Germany’s former grandeur, the US role in peace, and the deadly new weapons reshape his sense of history.
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Aussia
Germany
Jaller
United States
Europe
Vietorkin
Duluth Merald
Refused to Be Childish Seventy-Three-Year-Old Lady
An Indianapolis News item profiles a seventy-three year old woman who proudly rejects childishness. She stays busy knitting for soldiers and embroidering dresses for a young girl’s baby, insists she is not childish, and credits thinking of others and helping them as the secret to happiness.
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Finnot
Quisitor
Indianapols News
Sunday Service Interrupted by Inspector Seeks Permit
In a village church a pastor addressed a quiet congregation of Guil-fearing Americans. Suddenly an government inspector in the last pew snatched for his notebook and cried out about establishing secret communication with the Almighty without a federal permit, threatening that Jarleson will hear of it.
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Jarleson
Osteopathy and metric themes in national grocery focus
The piece mentions Dr. R. D. Heydenburk osteopath and surgeon with a practice in women’s diseases and pediatrics, and notes a wholesale grocers’ metric committee favoring decimal grouping. It references American wholesale placers’ associations from New York to Nebraska and their adoption of resolutions on metric timing and industry standards.
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R. D
United States
New York
Poneylvania
New Jersey
Nelawnare
Ilineis
Towa
Nebraska
Census Controversy Over Dead Count In Sioux City
Sioux City debates census methods as enumerators count the living by birth and death dates. The issue centers on including people who died before enumeration and whether stillborn or recently born individuals should be counted, with officials noting the wider impact on city prospects.
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Sioux City
Sinus
Vpalo Alto Teworden
Perspead Ag
Inter church World Movement launched after Atlantic City meeting
Seventeen hundred delegates return from Atlantic City to promote a united movement to fund a five year program. The drive aims to mobilize thousands of young people as teachers missionaries and social workers and to support home and foreign missionary activities across denominations. Publicity includes newspapers movies billboards and statewide pastor and layman conventions to reach 110 million Americans.
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America
Atlantic City
Interchurch World Movement
Interchurch Movement
No police court for six successive days in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records an unusual stretch with no police court sessions for six days, drawing discussion on a drop in minor crime. The police judge has not sat since January 15, with speculation about factors like liquor scarcity, cold weather, or a broader reform movement. Minor thefts and cheks artistry have occurred but were quickly handled by Justice courts.
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Cedar Rapids
Lrepublican
Greatest financial drive in religious world set in America
A sweeping national fundraising campaign will run from April 21 to May 2 to raise 1.32 billion dollars for evangelical Christian outreach. The drive targets forty two leading Protestant denominations and billions of members as the budget covers five years of global evangelism efforts.
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America
Jncon
Oily Customer and the Wise Sausage Swapper
Eminent New York painter Robert Henri ruminates on buyers who flaunt wealth in art. He recalls a Chicago sausage maker quipping about Whistler and oil painting, noting a $10,000 price tag even if the oil is provided, as quoted by Success.
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Robert Henri
New York
Mr. Henri
Chicago
W. Whistler
Whistler
Willionaire
Doctor Touts Ball Game Busy Schedule
A Terre Haute physician bragged to a friend on Main Street about skipping work to attend a ball game. He claimed to have earned 25 dollars during the event, boasting of his enthusiasm for the players and the crowd.
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Terre Haute
Main Street
Interchurch Movement Gains Protestant Cooperation
Fragmentary OCR shows an Interchurch Movement framework uniting Protestant churches of America in cooperative arts to advance a major financial drive and national effort. The readable text hints at a collaborative push to extend Christian benefits and support across communities.
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Pondileta
Gerous
Furnished room for rent in modern setup
Modern furnished room for rent. Call Ralph Rosseau. Phone 88. Wanted to buy office desk either flat or roll top. Contact R. R. Allison at V. & R.
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Ralph Rosseau
Omice
R. R. Allison
FOR MAL 80-40-Hart-Pate Tractor and Farm Equipment
Auction-style listing from Estherville Iowa noting a six bottom satles plow and Altman Taylor separator by M Coon. Also lists household furniture for sale, iPhone contact 906, and a modern house with four lots for sale with possession March 1st if desired.
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Hart-Pate
Altman-Taylor
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