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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1919
Page
14
Autumn styles feature serge poplin broadcloth and tweed fabrics with convertible shawl collars and throat fastening. New coats offer a long 36 inch line with belt and vestee in warm duvetyn, plus wide simple skirts and clever tuck patterns with heavy black tones.
Fashion notes highlight fine silk lingerie with georgette lace tucks and ribbons. Describes square slashed sleeves, georgette yokes, round necks with lace and rosebuds, empire tailored pieces, hand embroidered gowns, and new fabrics like satin crepe de chine with lace trims.
A Washington society roundup lists HH President and Mrs Wilson with guests Margaret Wligon and Mina Marjorie Brown in a White House motor trip. Diplomats and officials including the Countess di Celleré, Dominican and Argentine envoys, and Mrs Daniels are noted traveling to Newport, New York, and Atlantic City. Mentioned are upcoming moves, Summer plans, and social visits from Massachusetts to Canada, with several couples and families spending the season at Newport Belcourt, Grand Rapids and the Berkshires.
The Pullman Trust and Savings Institution on Chicago's far South Side displays an armored pill box in the bank with two sharpshooters armed with riot guns. Cashier Donald R. Bryant, back from France, devised the system after a wave of five successful and two attempted robberies around his return, aiming to deter raiders and protect customers.
Boston residents spend time at Newport and Jamestown Bay Voyage with Rear Admiral and Mrs Yates Stirling and Misa Stirling. Dr and Mrs W S W Harban motor through the White Mountains en route to Poland Spring. Lieut H S S F Greene visits his mother Mrs Marshal King while recently back from overseas. Dr Daniel Webster Prentis is honorably discharged and returns home.
The Third Division of the American army is ordered home from the occupied Rhine area. It will begin entraining for Brest on August 6. The 75 and 195 millimeter guns that helped stop the Germans on the Marne a year ago will be shipped via barge down the Rhine to Rotterdam and then to the United States. About 40,000 troops remain on the Rhine after departure.
In Huntington West Virginia on July 28 engineer James Rephertson died from injuries after a derailment at Silver Grove where his engine overturned. Nine African American laborers were injured in the incident.
Merchants and Manufacturers Association presses Congress and the White House to raise police and firemen wages in the District. A petition to Vice President and President Wilson seeks support for dependents’ care and a Congress arrangement to aid families of fallen officers. Firemen’s pay reportedly sits about two dollars above the new minimum for women, with action urged promptly.
Special to the Washington Pose reports a large crowd in Council Bluffs for a motor transport transcontinental train's final Iowa stop. Lieut Col McClure and Mr Bement spoke for the tramn and Lincoln highway. Dennison hosted events including a dance, band concert, and movie, with a Sunday ball game between the convoy and Dennison. The train will move to Omaha Tuesday morning.
Cuban beauty Miss Maria Esther Etlez of Ohenta and Havana will marry noted tenor Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana on Monday. The engagement was first announced as the wedding date follows his divorce from his previous wife known on stage as Mme. Matzenauer, who obtained a divorce last April in New York State.
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