Longer Skirts and Military Cut Dominate Fall Fashions
Paris sent an advance of the season's fall gowns with longer skirts and military lines, mixing Moyen Age and Louis XV influences. Beav er and velvet gowns with train and overdrapery appear, while new coats and wraps feature bell sleeves, dolman shapes, and a belted back cape. Beige and tornadow blue tones are noted, with Belgian hare fur making a recent return.
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Xixola
Greeley-Smita
Paris
Chaucer
Maurice Howlett
New York
The
Chicken “Am Ty
Broiler
Better
Callot
Mae
Dolman
Eugenie
Louis XV
Russia
Woman aids bandits U S Soldier Boys at Columbus thrive on camp fare
By Webb Miller Columbus Mex Aug 5 American soldiers at Columbus are well fed in quantity, variety and quality. Regulars are fed with beans provoking mutinous demand. Food is cooked in open tents amid dust storms and sand. Bread is baked in a large mud oven and shipped to Mezco. The provisioning chief Lieut Henry L Hoyle oversees a 40 item menu with zones for soft bread near the border and hardtack at advanced bases.
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Washington Post
Fort Hancock
Tex
Texas Rangers
Pas Sepulver
James D Bean
U. S
Columbus
Webb Miller
Columbus Mex
Massachusetts
el Paso
Henry L. Hoyle
Worcester
Hoyle
Istreet
Mezco
California Girl Dragged From Ranch House by a Night Prowler
A San Jose girl, Alva Berry, aged 1, was seized through a screen door at 1 am by a night prowler who dragged her half a mile through an orchard to Coyote Creek and back to the ranch. Antone Romano, a Buck ranch employee, was arrested after being identified by the girl. Deputies guarded him as a hunt for the suspect continued. Romano bore a cut hand from entering the Peppin home. The case stirred a wide search and medical aid for the girl.
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Washington Post
San Jose
Coyote
Alva Berry
John Austin
Oakland
Coyote Creek
Efe F Peppin
Vossea
Antone Romano
Buck Ranch
Peppin
Ha Waa
Finch
Romano
Peppin Ranch
Langford
Hasn't Been Kissed Yet Must Marry by Deadline for $25000
Edward L Hutchinson, 78, of Syracuse, a farm worker, is bound by the will of his late uncle James W Mason to marry within two years to inherit a $25 000 real estate legacy. He says he has never been kissed except perhaps by a relative and seeks a suitable wife to claim the fortune. The note ties the sum to Hutchinson marrying soon, otherwise forfeiting the inheritance.
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Syracuse
Edward L Hutchinson
Edward
Benedict
James W Mason
Mason
Hutchinson
Clementry
Fostoria
Cleveland
Ohio
McHuron
Baldwinsville
John ‘Jacob
Astor
California
Europe
Mr Dick
Manufacturers’ Trust Company of
New York
Millionaire Bridegroom Gives First Interview in Sun
William K Dick, husband to Mrs Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick, grants his first interview in Pasadena after arriving with his bride. He notes he dislikes publicity but will answer questions if not misquoted, discusses travel plans, and says he supports industrial preparedness and wartime mobilization.
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Madeleine Astor
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
William K Dick
Madeleine Talmage Force
Aator Dick
California
Pasadena
Maryland
Santa Barbara
Ten Years Married Have Nineteen Sons in Corning Ark
Mr and Mrs Frank Scott celebrate ten years of marriage in Corning Arkansas with a remarkable brood of nineteen boys. The family includes three sets of triplets and four sets of twins, a record that drew local attention and birthday wishes from neighbors and relatives.
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Arkansas
Corning
Ark
Frank Scott
Left Handed Balance of Genius Debate at Study Club
A Methodist clergyman revives the idea that left handed people are gifted, founding the Order of Eliud to honor famed southpaws from Julius Caesar to Babe Marquard. The piece cites Dr Frye, Dr Stier, and Dr Regnault, noting mixed evidence on genius versus infirmity among left handed individuals and referencing notable left handed figures and athletes.
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Knights and Ladies
Order of Kud
Willam P Frye
Ehud
Frye
King Davids
Jef
Julius Caesar
Alfonso
Spain
Germany
Order of Eliud
Howard Chandler Christy
Lustrator
Robert Henri
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisk
Beng
Sama
Regnault
Parhans
Brown
al McCoy
Charlie White
Beck
Fear of Law Drives Anton to Courtroom after House Fire
In Chicago August 6 Anton Scher meng Iivas, anxious over an attempted naturalization, leaves his burning home to face Commissioner Lewis Mason in a federal building. He explains his fear as flames damage his house while his family escapes, and admits neighbors warned of consequences if he failed at the stated time.
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Anton
Washington Post
Chicago
Anton Schermeng Iivas
Jacob Reff
Jacob
Tme
Lewis Mason
Federal
Mason
Commissioner Mason
Man Ross
Arc
Fire Department
Schermeng
Snake Prophet Says Copperhead Bite Won't Harm Him
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland recounts Nash near Elk Garden claiming immunity after allowing a copperhead bite during a debate with Rev B Y S Teter. Nash, barefoot in white garb, styled as Jacob the prophet, appeared with his 17-year-old son after days of fasting.
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Washington Post
Sumberland
Johm Nash
Elk Garden
Fiintatons
Y S Teter
Nash
Flinstone
Jacob the Prophet
Hash
Cumberland
United States
Dozing Fisherman Catches Sea Monster That Walks
A Buffalo man, Abraham H Jackies, summering at Hotel Pemberton, hooks a creature that flies swims and walks. The monster emerged, flew briefly, then walked off the wharf about six miles per hour before being sent to a taxidermist for mounting.
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Washington Post
Boston
Pemberton
Abraham H Jackies
Edmwood Avenue
Buffalo
Hotel Pemberton
Flaherman
Walter O Cobb
Jacklee
Pigeon from York Aboard Hurricane Reaches Bourbon Street
A carrier pigeon flown south by a northeast hurricane ended up in a Bourbon Street pigeon house in New Orleans. Captured after several days, it bore a metal leg band reading PEB 32 677 and the owner’s name Morton Ward Street York Pa stamped in red on the wings.
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New Orleans
York
Bourbon Street
Freshno
Morton
Ward Street
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San Francisco
Clergyman
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Stier
Stter
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