Winter fashions and wartime society notes in one London page
A miscellany on women workers and employment post influenza, fashion trends from long coats to sleeveless tunics with fringes and satin fabrics, plus beauty tips using lemon and lime baths. The writeup touches on the British Board of Trade hiring lady clerks, and describes a London milliner’s kitchen inspired toque with ornate detailing.
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British Board of Trade and Customs
Jolly Wight
Oxford
London
Manipal Town Officials Face Scrutiny Over Changes
Residents hear rumors of irregularities in council books as auditors’ reports prompt a call to refit town hall posts. The town clerk and engineer are to be replaced to join the Water Board, amid debate on economy, fairness, and public confidence.
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Water Board
Robinson
Carlessness
Kitchener’s Secret Love Named Caroline Hutchison
The note recalls Earl Kitchener’s romance with Scottish beauty Caroline Hutchison whom he met in London in 1868 as he prepared for the military academy. Mutual affection endured though she refused marriage over family illness and later high-society demands. Hutchison died in London on February 24, 1917.
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Lnte
Kitchener
Caroline Hutchison
London
Miss Hutchison
Frer
Marrage
Thia
Lord Kitchonor
Strand Cafe Reopens Near Oyster Baloon and Eating House
The Strand Cafe to serve every delicacy of the tea table with tea blends at moderate prices. Confectionery and fruit in season offered. The venue will operate exclusively near Oyster Balloon and Eating House.
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Strand Cafe
Oyster Baloon
The Man of the Hour Woodrow Wilson the World Leader
The piece lauds Dr Woodrow Wilson as a great leader and decisively credits him with guiding the United States through World War I. It highlights his role in mobilizing 10 000 000 troops, landing troops in France from June 27 1917, and shaping the League of Nations draft while portraying him as a modern Lincolnian figure who united the nation and impressed European powers.
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Woodrow Wilson
United Stattes of America
United States
Germany
America
Great Britain
Memphis
Det Wilson
Lincoln
France
Atlantic
Wilson
Europe
League of Nations
Porvee
United States Army
Demorat
Bowls Club Draw and Saturday Meeting Report
A bowls club section draw and committee meeting notes outline pairings for sections 18 3 and 4 with players such as Angove Dewar Naismith Scott Black McKenzie and others. Games begin Saturday next with each player having two lives and key players named for punctual 2 15 p.m. starts to maximize matches.
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Wim
Ghca Wan
Angove
V. Dewar
Naismith
Scott
Black
Newhitt
Hints to Umpires for Lawn Bowls Duties
The article outlines rules for umpires in lawn bowls to reduce disputes. It covers knowledge of game rules, proper jack placement and marking, recording scores only after players view a head, limiting directions to players, ditch rules for the jack, preferred measuring tools, and who may answer questions for players on the mat.
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Uime
Ela
Long coats and new fashions for women in era
Women resist bold new fashion changes as skirts grow longer and coats reach the knee with unbuttoned fronts and waistline fastenings. Ernest Alexanderson claims a device enabling 12,000 mile wireless telephony between New York and New Zealand. In Ballarat court, judges allow smoking to ease influenza tension, with two jurors partaking. A Paris to Croydon flight carried 14 passengers who played cards and ate aboard.
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Ernest Alexanderson
New York
New Zealand
Ballarat
Justice Hodges
Paris
Croydon
Eng
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