Nouvelles des ports

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Rafiots et compagnies

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Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


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les infos de La Bignole

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15  21 décembre 1924  11


Le Petit Journal illustré

vignette  Le Petit journal illustré 1924  Page ten - For music lovers: an ad for the Bobbyphone, for New Year's Eve, the success of the year. With an excerpt from the repertoire of 15 cm Bobbyphone records available. So you discover the family playlist from a century ago. No weekly recreations of La Bignole. It's the Christmas truce for neurons, a century ago. and Page eleven - Just a little illustrated Fable by La Fontaine, the Wolf and the Stork, sponsored by Pâte Regnauld


Le Petit Écho de la Mode

The housewife's weekly notebook with recipes... nothing! The Grillon du foyer has taken his vacation. On a diet before the festivities.


L'Éclaireur du Dimanche

  L'Éclaireur du dimanche 1924 12 21 On the front page - the photo of the Pigeon Charmer in Monte Carlo, details given by the Pigeon Charmer, A. Geoffroy, and two authentic anecdotes, one on the occasion of the concert "Les Deux Pigeons" by André Messager, the other concerns human stupidity.

 LÉclaireur du dimanche 1924 12 21 Page two - The Negresco, the most sumptuous of Palaces. After introducing you to the establishment's bar, La Bignole returned to Nice. This is the continuation of the series: the greatest European hotels.

  LÉclaireur du dimanche 1924 12 21 Page 04 Also page four - Golf on the Côte d'Azur with photos of US Admiral Philippe Andrew and Mr Higgins in action and in uniform

 LÉclaireur du dimanche baignade en décembre à NicePage twenty-one - On the Promenade des Anglais We swim in Nice in December. The proof in photos, it happens in front of the Ruhl hotel, which no longer exists. It's like the heatwave in August on the Normandy and Breton beaches. It's a change from the Nice tornado of 15 days ago


Le Grand Écho du Nord

  Le Grand écho du Nord 1924 12 21 Page 01 Page one - And still on the subject of pigeons: He had revealed his devotion and his courage during the battle of Verdun, the heroic pigeon with the registration number 183-14 A, died a natural death in the dovecote of the Montoire Pigeon Company.


Le Provençal de Paris

  Le Provençal de Paris 1924 12 21 Page 02  Page two - Provençal cuisine: the menu for the family Christmas dinner, suggested by Auguste Escoffier and a tip from him to finally prepare the traditional turkey well. This year, it's bourgeois style with chestnuts and 600 grams of truffles. Bon appetit, but be careful about digestion the next day, both literally and figuratively. The price of a kilo of truffles in December 1924 and the price per kilo of truffles a century later.


Le Cri de Marseille

 Le Cri de Marseille 1924 12 21 Page 01 Page one - Across the Sahara. An expedition planned for the end of the month in Citroën cars with well-known personalities from La Bignole, illustrated by a humorous and advertising drawing by A. Klein. To be continued...

Same page - At the Enghien casino, they want to reinstate the games. Why not? But let the law be equal for all.


Candide

  Candide 1924 12 21 Page 05  Page five - Alain Gerbault and the sirens. A cartoon by Sennep


La Dépêche de Brest

 La Dépêche de Brest 1924 12 21 Page 01 Page One - Paris in the fog, a snapshot of the Place de l'Opéra at 10 o'clock in the morning, this is not a fable by La Bignole. Could the photo have been sponsored by Dentol?


L'Avenir d'Arcachon

 LAvenir dArcachon 1924 12 21 Page 01  Page une - "Ponpon's" troubles are not over. Will Lady Justice once again look into the case of poor Dacharry, the candy seller?

  LAvenir dArcachon 1924 12 21 Page 02 Page two - Pierre Frondaie and his fall from a horse. A brief news item concerning this playwright, novelist and poet.

Excelsior

 Excelsior 1924 12 21 Page 04 la ville de Reims détruite et reconstruite en photo Page four - The city of Reims rebuilt, an informative visit, with photographs taken in 1918 at the time of the Armistice and in 1924 during the reconstruction.

  Excelsior 1924 12 21 Page 05  Page Five - A Men's Residence, Built in New York.

Same page - Chess problem #212 posed by George James Slater and the game played between Yates and Réti at the 1924 New York tournament

Paris-Soir

  Paris Soir Page 01   Paris Soir Page 02 Page one and two - An interview with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a controversial figure whose writings should be put into context


15 décembre 1924 January 11, 1925