Americans Leaf for Soviet Labor Push to Riga
A group of 57 men and 11 women leaving America for Soviet concessions in Siberia reached Riga Latvia headed by Dr William Mahler of Newark The delegation includes engineers and miners from multiple states and plans to settle in Russia for two years with return options The group aims to address Russia s skilled labor and machinery shortages by importing workers to coal mines and steel plants in the Ural region
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Mm Riga
America
Russia
Riga
Vanhoffen
United States
Kuznets
Nadejdenski Steel
Ural Mountains
Sophie Lyons Burke Beat the Game and Rose to Wealth
The Detroit tale of Sophie Lyons Burke chronicles a life from criminal beginnings to success as a real estate operator. Once linked to Ned Lyons and Billy Burke, she built a fortune of about one million dollars in assessed value, owning 40 rental homes and running her own business. She started as a clerk earning ten dollars weekly, rose to three hundred dollars, and now manages rents, repairs, and property details herself.
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Etroit
Sophie Lyons
Sophie Lyons Burke
Detroit
Success
Burke
Ned Lyons
Billy Burke
Beards Rule At Sutter Day Celebration In 1849
At the seventy fifth anniversary celebration of Capt. John A. Sutter the town imposed a beard decree through a Kangaroo Court. Men without whiskers were rounded up by police and volunteers and punished for cheekiness. Some beards remain growing, others show the influence of the mock court.
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Acramento
Calif
John A. Sutter
William D. Stephens
Kangaroo Court
Injunction Fends Off Step Mother in Family Feud
Edward F. Kaul, wealthy glue maker, wins injunction against his 75 year old stepmother Minnie Kaul of 2524 North Francisco Avenue. The order bars her from shrieking hurling furniture and harassing him or his wife, who is in poor health. The case stems from a disputed estate once valued over 1 million dollars with the will admitted to probate after a bitter contest.
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Hicago
Minnie Kaul
North Francisco Avenue
Edward F. Kaul
East
Delaware Place
Ira Ryner
Kaul
Kaw
Cape-Back Frock Dominates This Season’s Styles
Fashion notes highlight cape-back frocks as a key trend with navy crepe marocain and intricate handwork. Lace and self-material plaits create cape-like backs and long sleeves, while georgette and chiffon use delicate plaits. White silk looks feature chalk beads and iridescent bubble trims. Linen tape lacework appears as collars and sleeve trims on dark silks.
Simple lines for dresses reveal novelty fabrics
The youthful frock emphasizes simplicity with fabrics that attract both mother and child. It highlights wearable materials that balance wearability with visual appeal, showcasing how novelty fabrics can define current styles.
Square shape sleeves frock with smocked waist and yoke
A fashion note describes a square shape sleeve dress with smocked waist and yoke forming the full silhouette. It highlights imported voile fabrics, bright colorings in orange rose and green, and suggests textures like georgette and silk floss stitching. It also mentions Marvel silk from the pongee family, ratine turnover frocks, gingham prints, and tissue gingham options.
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New York
Marvel
Pongee
Storing Furs and Moth Prevention Tips
The guide advises brushing furs to remove dust, beating them, and combing with a long-toothed comb if moths are present. Let furs warm in a bright place, wrap in newspaper, and dust with jack pepper, camphor, or tobacco, preferably tobacco. Store in a cedar chest or a cool dark closet away from moths.
Paris Adopts Salvation Army Hat Style
Paris adopts the Salvation Army bonnet as a new chapeau. The design features a wide side-swept brim narrowing at the back, creating a poke bonnet look with a bright red variant. The Parisienne exaggerates contours, flattening the brim while preserving the overall shape. The look pairs with bobbed hair and remains strikingly modern.
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Paris
Salvation Army
Salvation Lassie
Parisienne
Salvation Bonnet
Numerous Clever Linen Frocks for Girls and Young Women
Linen frocks for children and teens feature green, henna, and multicolor embroidery. Descriptions praise handmade detail and simple, elegant designs, with straight amock-like forms, tailored panels, and pale blue or brown chambray variations.
Hat Trimmings and Wool Embroidery Trend
Wool embroidery remains in vogue with a life size parrot design on a black hat. The parrot decorates the crown and brim, while simple tassels appear on many sport hats. A white tassel falls from a red or green straw brim. White wool grapes adorn tam style hats in silk or straw.
Window shade and lamp pulls in crocheted and knitted styles
For window shades pulls and lamp pulls both knitted and crocheted are popular. Crochet cotton dresses shade tassels while bright squinche braids may decorate electric pulls. Finishes include a ring and a tassel with beads and gilt braid as trim.
Linen and Gingham Frock Combines Practical Style
Linen and gingham frocks are favored this season as linen alone is prone to rumpling and requires careful pressing. A combined linen and gingham frock offers a practical alternative that stays neat with less effort.
Weaker Vessel Sayings By Mrs Norman Whitehouse In New York
Mrs Norman Whitehouse an ex suffragist now in leather business told in New York that women can succeed in business as she recounted a gypsy tent fortune telling tale about a generous man and a trap of raffle tickets ending with a simple one apiece offer.
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Norman Whitehouse
New York
Palmist
Quick Brake Sparks Bridal Car Moment
In a lighthearted road moment Mrs. Junebride stops the car to urge her husband to kiss her after a long mile. The exchange, playful and affectionate, captures a humorous domestic vignette.
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Soviet
Siberia
Fisher
John Doe Harvey
Harvey
Seavey
Eddie
Lyon
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Dept
N-dl-t
Fresno
Salvation Amy
Chambray
Brown Chambray
Morsell & Keeney Solicitors
Majestic Bidg
Milwaukee
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Texas
John Marshall
Sherman
Chicago
George Stewart
S. la Salle
Messig-Ellis
Tetts
Memphis
Tena
Amos Gadd
Willersville
Riley Rezzidew
Petunia
Kansas City Star
Western
Canada
Western Canada
George A. Hall
Second St
Milwaukee, Wis
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