The Vacation at Home Fable of a Modern Couple
A wife eager to travel enjoys fantasies of a tropical escape staged at home by her husband. He outlines a fake South Seas retreat with palms, temperature, and hotel room touches, while social observers and neighbors, including a talking machine and a color guard, mock the plan. The wife rejects the stunt, noting his eccentricity, and the piece ends with a moral on sunstroke and radiator cooling.
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Tropics
Jacksonville
Panama
Wilgus
Wilgus Floral Company
Land of Sunshine
Abe
Detalia
North
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Porters Hats Built for Heavy Loads in London Market
A historic London market article describes heavy durable hats worn by fish porters in Billingsgate. Each hat weighs about ten pounds and is studded with brass rivets to endure loads of fish boxes carried on the head. Hats are custom made over two days at a Seattle-origin shop, using three layers of leather and half a pound of brass fittings.
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Billngsgate Fish
Oveattle
Lonien
Between Financiers on the Boulevard
A well dressed man tells Jack he once hid 25000 dollars four years ago and now has lost it all. Jack refuses to lend a nickel, noting a man who has that much and loses it cannot be trusted with money. Detriot News.
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Jack
Dwarf Camel Fossils Found in Early America
Paleontologist Dr. Charles W. Gilmore of the Smithsonian uncovered dwarf camels in the Rocky Mountains. He notes remains include two and a half to three foot tall camels along with saber tooth tigers and rhinoceroses from ancient times. The bones suggest camels once roamed parts of the country.
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Amerley
Charles W. Gilmore
Smithsoniap
Placortia
Tha
Rocky Mountains
Fur sleeved fashions appear in velvet and fur
The piece spotlights fur sleeved designs across evening wraps formal frocks and daytime coats. It notes the velvet emphasis in wraps a floor length silhouette and a high bustline cape effect with ermine sleeves, plus a blue hyacinth velvet combination and velvet jewelry accents.
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Chile
Paris
Western Newspaper Union
Fur Ensemble for the Fashionable Woman Unveiled
A fur ensemble is described as a stylish accessory for the woman of fashion. It can be worn over a collarless coat or over a wool dress and complements sealskin beaver or moleskin coats. The set includes a hat and muff, designed to draw envy from less fortunate neighbors. The piece highlights the season's rising popularity of separate fur pieces and autumn winter fashion.
Weighty winter look fades for lighter fabrics
Peoria fashion trend shifts away from heavy bulky styles as designers and French fabric makers push lighter woolen fabrics. Industry reports the new winter textiles blend warmth with reduced weight, offering feather light comfort and style. Ridgway Monk notes the change in warmth and drape.
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Dapiguere
Peoria
Monogrammed Kerchiefs and Printed Scarves Highlight Paris Shops
French kerchiefs showcase mammoth monograms occupying a quarter of the fabric with central letters shaded darker and lighter hues on sides. Another trend features white chiffon hankies printed with maps of France, Britain, Spain, Italy, or South America from major Grand Boulevards shops.
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Paria
France
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
South America
Paris hats this season spark bold Imagination
Becoming Hats offers a vast range of styles with inventive shapes and placements. Hats are worn straight on the head or tipped at sharp angles, with trims either in front or at the back, inviting wearers to choose a look that flatters their features and overall silhouette.
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Paris
New Costume Jewelry Sparks Copper Shine
Copper glows in the latest costume jewelry collections with handcuff bracelets necklaces and ornate pieces. The article touts copper as a standout trim and notes its success against other metals.
Donal Buckley Appointed Governor General of Ireland
Donal Buckley, Gaelic speaking shopkeeper and former Sinn Fein member, named governor-general of the Irish Free State by King George on the recommendation of close ally President Eaton de Valera. Buckley’s appointment follows decades of political involvement and public service in Ireland.
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Donal
Daniel) Buckley
Irish Free State
King George
England
Eaton de Valera
Ireland
Lindstrom Traded From Giants to Pirates in 1920s Baseball Shuffle
At the annual meetings in New York the National and American leagues approved a trade sending outfielder Fred Lindstrom from the New York Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lindstrom, a Chicago native, was discovered by John McGraw in 1924.
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New York
Fred Lindstrom
New York Glants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Fred
Chicago
McGraw
Foster Wrote Much Stephen
Reuter notes Aenea the greatest writer of American folk songs credited with 125 songs. About one quarter of works were not completed. The article mentions Veere-nid and the Washington Star in connection with the writer.
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Foster
Reuter
Aenea
Weiahington
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United States Navy
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