Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


La Bignole news

19  July 26,1925  ..


Excelsior

Page two - The deputies are in the fields. However, the Palais-Bourbon is far from deserted.

Same page - Deprivation has given rise to a curious system... people put money aside and when it's time for vacation...

Also - Chess Game No. 243 played between Chigorin and George Marco accompanied by the problem borrowed from Gullofars

Page three - The government must show courage by refusing employers' proposal to end the current wage scale

Same page - Forest fires in Germany appear to be under control, but several villages remain threatened

And also - The coaches passed by carrying loads of tourists, the old man who lived there was glad not to see them... A text by Léo Larguier.

And again - Storms in eastern France have caused casualties and extensive damage in Saint-Nabord, Vournenans, and near Reims...

Page Four - The floods that occurred in Korea last week claimed many lives.

Same page - Seabird hunting is permitted without a permit in July, from the mouth of the Somme to Honfleur...

Also - The Emperor's Willow at Versailles, the last descendant in France of the one that shaded Napoleon's tomb, died without leaving any children.


L'Intransigeant

Page One - Rose Chéri's centenary was sabotaged last year. The city of Etampes has not managed to fully redress this injustice. The newspapers barely mentioned it...


L'Écho de Paris

Page One - The Grand Prix de Vitesse de l'Automobile-Club de France is being held today starting at 8:00 a.m. at the Linas-Montlhéry circuit. The President of the Republic will be in attendance.


La Presse

Page Four - Citing an 1855 treaty, Native American tribes sue the United States government for land wrongfully taken from them.


Le Petit Écho de la mode

Page six - The weekly notebook from La Bignole and Grillon du foyer, with this week's recipes for: - 173 vol-au-vent with lean meat - 174 wild rabbit with mushrooms - 175 white beans, Breton style - 176 cucumbers in cream sauce - 177 mutton fillets, Périgueux style... with truffles - 178 Indian-style tomatoes. Also a bit of everything, with the ice cream! How to make ice cream in different flavors yourself, without any special equipment.


Le Funi

Page One - Earn money or steal it without anyone knowing... Live in maximum pleasure and well-being... Such is the mentality today... Nothing new under the sun. This is the "Love Letter" section.

Same page - Prizes to be won in the Funi competition "The Embarrassed Driver"

Page three - Élisabeth Fuss-Amoré, particularly passionate about children's circus. She's not really in the news a century later, unless you're interested in Modigliani and the circus.

Also - Small and big facts of the week. No comments


Le Petit Journal Illustré

Front cover - The accident of Madame Caillaux, wife of the Minister of Finance. A full-page, color illustration. On page two, details about the accident of Madame Caillaux, whose husband was elected senator for Sarthe on the very day of the accident.

Page two - The weekly recreations of La Bignole, this week featuring checkers and chess, mind games and curiosity puzzles with anagrams, logogriphs, and crosswords: "the Z"

Pages eight, nine, ten - The Five Detectives, Episode 4. The sequel to Gabriel Bernard's novel, serialized and relayed by La Bignole.

Back cover - Napoleon at Saint-Cyr in 1925, the annual celebration of the Triumph by the students of the military school, a ceremony that still exists, but without Napoleon! Also on page two are the comments on the illustration.


Le Petit Parisien

Page One - How France can honor its payments. The question of debt to the United States and England.


Le Pêle-Mêle

Page Two - After grenade fishing, music fishing. This is the latest invention of the Pêle-Mêle: how to combine music and worms to catch fish effortlessly.


Paris-Soir

Page One - The Luchon Floods. The disaster caused by the storm and flooding. A moving account of the events.

Page Two - We must try to understand, and understanding is the opposite of believing. But sometimes we misunderstand or end up believing it happened. Victor Méric's column "From Sirius's Point of View"

Same page - The other elite, the one that isn't wealthy, inevitably remains outside the debate; they're used to it.


July 19, 1925