Paris Winter Styles Reflect the Fashions of Bygone Days
Paris reports a Grand Prix de l Elégance 1931 show revealing fall and winter trends. Dresses echoed 1760s to 1870s with black and white combinations, lace bodices, satin and chiffon skirts, high back gowns, fur trims, and era inspired hats such as the feminine bowler and tilted boat bonnet.
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Paris
Grand Palais
Champs-Elysees
Milo
Suzy Vernon
Inci
Amazon
Sun Marine
Mme
Mary Costes
Mile
Vernon
Crawfordsville Town Council to Meet July 27 1931
The Crawfordsville town council of Washington County Iowa will hold a meeting on Monday July 27 1931 at 8 pm in the council room Peoples Bank Building Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditure estimate presented by W. E. Anwyle.
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Crawfordsville
Washington County
Iowa
Peoples Bank
Great Novelist Goblet Attracts Historic Interest
A large silver goblet once used by Sir Walter Scott has drawn long interest in Glasias Vistle. The cup symbolizes the Jones Lyon family and the earls of Strathmore, and historically was enjoyed at the earl's hearth.
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Walter Scott
Jones Lyon
Strathmore
Greatest Temple Karnak Temple Size Compared to Rome
The Karnak temple in Egypt is described as the greatest temple ever built on earth. The ruin measures about 870 feet wide and 1,200 feet long, roughly twice the size of St. Peter's in Rome according to the Kansas City Times.
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Karnak
Egypt
St. Peter's
Rome
Kansas City Times
Missing Geraldine Foster Sparks Police Probe
In a New York City case, Geraldine Foster vanishes after a quarrel with Dr. Humphrey Maskell. Detective work uncovers a blackmail note, a torn letter to Harry Armstrong, and a path through Ephraim Foster letters as Commissioner Thatcher Colt presses clues. Betty Canfield provides missing note fragments leading to new leads.
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Geraldine Foster
Humphrey Maskell
Betty Canfield
Thatcher Colt
Harry Armstrong
Maskell
Geraldine
Foster
Colt
Betty
Bruce
Mrs. Morgan
Doris
Dr. Maskell
Henry
Burke
Harry
Captain Laird
Ephriam Foster
Willoughby
Kansas
Mr. Foster
New York
Ephraim Foster
Ee Foster
Dewyre
Tony
Casanova
Peddler’s Road
Colt Tome
Interoffice Telephone
City of New York
Hkrampton
Five Boroughs
Peddler's Road Clue Leads Thatcher Colt to Quiet New York Lane
Thatcher Colt questions the signal led night watch plan as Chief orders Precinct Captain to summon a patrol boat. A note mentions a house on Peddler's Road a short block long behind Riverside Drive near Dyckman Street ferry on Manhattan Island. Brampton and Captain Laird discuss the case over lunch.
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Peddler’s Road
Thatcher Colt
Peddler’s
Manhattan Island
Brampton
Riverside Drive
Dyckman Street Ferry
Rockefeller Property
Crying Baby Changed Mary's Mind
Mary Haynes is torn between fame and love as her baby’s crying incites tension with Bob Howard. After a dramatic moment with a doctor and nurse, she chooses to abandon Europe ambition for love and the chance to marry Bob.
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Nary Haynes
Miss Haynes
Marie
Bob Howard
Europe
Maury Haynes
Mary
Bob
Millk
Mary Haynes
MccClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service
Chinese divorce reform eases proceedings with two witnesses
In Peiping the new divorce law allows spouses to obtain a divorce by agreement and two witnesses without a judge, with courts invoked only if there is objection. It grants equal grounds for divorce, custody decisions by merit, and daughters inherit equally, signaling a revolution in Chinese family law.
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Peiping
China
Ile
America
Europe
Uoder
Wang Chong Hi
Judce
Court of International Justice
The
Hague
Whitch
It Was Overhauled by a Motorcycle Cop
A humorous exchange notes a car overhaul done by a motorcycle officer. The terse dialogue hints at bureaucratic frustration and unexpected vehicle attention. The snippet preserves a witty, period-voice flavor without graphic detail.
Tuberculosis and Heart Disease Highlight Public Health Fears
A general designation lists tuberculosis as a major foe of the white race while heart failure is noted as a frequent cause in statistics, reflecting broad concern over leading diseases.
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W. E. Anwyte
Salon Abbot
Sted
King Features Syndicate
By Ruby Gruber
United States
Cleero
Washington
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Mace Motor Company
Mace Motor Co
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