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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
4
The piece surveys Los Angeles as a magnet for aspiring film workers, detailing glamorous images of actresses, fashion, and beauty trends. It notes the city's allure, the obsessive press coverage, and the hard reality of girls leaving home for movie dreams, plus police notes on job-seeking struggles.
A young woman in Los Angeles pursues film work amid dreams of stardom. She works odd jobs from cafe to department store while her appearance and ambition anchor her plans. The piece contrasts her humble meals with costly fashion as she envisions audiences admiring her lashes and dimples.
The article outlines jet as a woodlike lignite prized since prehistoric and Bronze Age Britain. It notes jet ornaments, buttons, rugs, and armaments in Roman relics, Whitby vestry brads, and the possible origin from drifted and buried wood, with occasional fossilized inclusions suggesting its wood origin.
Fragmented text describes seal hunting difficulties and brutal scenes at sea, then abruptly shifts to laundry marks and stamps in Europe. It notes varied practices in England France Germany Russia and Russia, with references to regulations and counterfeit or reused marks affecting honesty and crime.
New York readers learn how the Met Museum marks its 50th anniversary by highlighting the Lahun tomb treasure of Princess Sathathor Shinnt. Excavation in spring 1914 revealed a gold crown, beaded necklaces, and a pectoral inscribed with kings Senusert III and Amenemhat II, showing ancient jewelry buried with the princess.
A compact biographical sketch of Jefferson Davis, born in Kentucky, West Point graduate, early service in Illinois and Wisconsin, meeting Lincoln while enlisting volunteers, later Mississippi planter, political advocate of slavery, Mexican War veteran, elected president of the Confederacy, and death in New Orleans in 1839.
The Civil War era flagship Richmond is to be burned near Baysport Maine after auction sale. Built 1858 as a first class sloop of war it was once camouflaged and served at New Orleans. The vessel contains substantial iron copper and brass for salvage.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals runs a rest farm in Methuen where worn out work horses are cared for. The facility houses 26 horses and can expand in summer. some owners pay, others donate, and some horses are kept free of charge. Horses are weighed on entry and exit to monitor fitness. many gain weight, and some require longer care or humane disposal. Among residents are Nigger, a 15 year old former Lawrence delivery horse, and pensioners like Fritzie the 22 year old Shetland pony.
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