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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
7
A fashion feature describes a versatile coat-dress with a tested 3 inch ambiguity in its identity. The garment blends a coat and dress into one, with a bordered serge fabric, cable cord trim, turnover collar, and a square cape. It offers warmth with light travel, includes slit pockets, a matching scarf, and an ostrich pompon accent, showcasing the era’s “difficult simplicity.”
The article describes spring like millinery styles for women traveling south for winter, featuring northern tourist hats with black satin accents, and a variety of adaptable designs suitable for day and evening wear. It highlights a black stippled wing motif hat and a turquoise blue straw hat with orchid pink velour trim, lace mesh, and braided tassels, signaling new spring colorways and textures.
Lingerie blouses remain popular this season with Batiste and cotton voile fabrics. Fine tucking bemstitching and dainty lace edgings are favored trimmings, while tailored blousey looks inspired by men's wear are also in demand.
To restore a stretched sweater shape, wash in hot water with white soapsuds. Rinse in cool water and lay flat to dry on a covered table. When finished, fasten the bottom and position the garment so it dries stretched in width rather than length.
An aviation essay surveys WWI era bombing, reconnaissance and battleplanes, naming Caproni, Gotha, Pomilio, Albatross and Nieuport among distinctive types. It notes heavy loads, climb, speed and gun synchronization as core design goals, with comparisons to Italian, German and French machines and the limits of early aerial cameras and wireless gear.
An extended review describes German Gotha and Caproni bombers, their wingspan and power, two and three engine layouts, and how these designs influence flight performance. It notes the shift away from single wing planes, the armor and gun arrangements, and debates among pilots about which craft might reach America first, from Newfoundland to Ireland.
A 19th century piece notes new names for major vessels and the rebranding of famed ships. It lists battleships, cruisers and frigates including Constitution and Constellation as relics renamed Old Constitution and Old Constellation, and mentions Saratoga once the New York. It references Walter Searh Merbigether and shifts in naming reflecting congressional action.
The fragment recalls Socrates on wisdom and notes Alexander Cruden, famed for concordances, once offering moral guidance to Britain over 150 years ago. It compares such experts to wealthy business leaders who provided services to the government during varied histories.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses Montenegro and mentions people, dates, and places in uncertain terms. It references health, diet, and a birth scene tied to Christmas themes, but many words are unreadable or misordered, yielding no coherent event or names.
The tale recalls a London cab driver feud sparked by a string swinging joke retold by Charles Dickens era observers. Dr John Be Oliver recalls a second London visit where a string bit provoked a heated confrontation between rival drivers on a crowded street.
Philadelphia church members of St Sauverr support war orphans in France and Belgium. Women knit and sew, provide comforts and relief supplies to widows and wounded, fund relief for Armenians, and contribute to the larger war effort despite hardship. Many members serve with French and U S forces.
Sir Bernard Mullet reports suicide by own action fallen off since war began in Britain. He attributes increased national unity and shared sympathy, reducing personal despair. Self indulgence, immorality, insanity and malice decline as social discipline and wartime thrift improve minds.
Paul Gary of Anderson Indiana, an American with a glass eye, attempted to enlist in the U S Marine Corps at Louisville recruit station. Sergt G Wright declined him after discovering the infirmity. Gary believed the eye, made in Germany, could be mailed back to him.
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