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Newspaper

Blue Island Sun

Location

Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1918

Page

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Sport Wear For Summer Outing Fashions Feature Coats And Skirts

The article outlines summer sport apparel including middies smocks and coats designed for outdoor recreation. It highlights washable skirts for tennis and golf, plain blouses, and swagger summer coats in summer flannel serge and satin and velvet sleeveless coats. It notes a simple cant coat in bright summer colors with white pearl buttons and a white pique skirt with pearl buttons. Accessories include various sport hats and tam hats in white corduroy coconut braids and Panama with bands. It also mentions khaki inspired colors bilge biscuit string with splashes of blue black and green to enliven summer wear.

Panama

Blood transfer aids brother in Keokuk case

Fort Madison businessman N J Bever, manager of Fort Madison Produce and Storage, returned from Augustana hospital in Chicago after donating blood to his ailing brother M C Bever of Keokuk. The operation succeeded and the Keokuk man is expected to live, though possibly needing more blood later. Other family members have offered to donate if needed. Bever suffers chronic anaemia and reports only arm soreness from the procedure.

Fort Madison N. J. Bever Bever

84 Letters From Home Sent To Dallas Soldier in France

Laird Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. L N Woods of Dallas Oregon, wrote from France that he had just received his first mail since joining the front. The package included 84 letters and six packages. Woods and several Company L companions were left in a New York hospital when the Oregon unit sailed, later joining a Montana National Guard company now serving near the fighting front.

Dallas Ore L N. Woods Laird Woods France Young Woods New York Oregon Montana National Guard

Sailors Deposit Large Sum at Brooklyn Navy Yard Bank

American sailors last year placed nearly one million dollars into the branch bank at the Brooklyn Navy Yard building, reflecting thrift and steady savings by service members connected to the yard and its associated activities.

Danger of Costiveness And Auto-Intoxication

Discussion of constipation risks and symptoms including headache and blues with warning of serious complications if neglected. Promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a gentle, non habit forming remedy available at Stables Pharmacy with Emil Schmitt.

Stable’s Emil Schmitt

Foley's Honey and Tar praised as reliable remedy

Mrs. Margaret Smale of Bishop California reports Foley's Honey and Tar helped her persistent cold. The ad notes no opiates and cites Stadle's Pharmacy Emil Schmitt as the supplier.

Foley Margaret Smale Bishop Calif Stadle Emil Schmitt

Arabian Bridal Presents Among Modern Arabians

Among modern Arabians the bridegroom presents the bride with gifts sent before the nuptials. After the wedding the bride delivers presents to the groom including household furniture a spear and a tent.

Scientist traces long water cycle evaporation path

A European scientist proposes a water molecule evaporates from the ocean, condenses, and returns in ten days, then remains in the cycle for about 8,460 years before evaporating again.

Europe

Try Again Lessons From Classic Writers On Revisions

A note on perseverance in writing shows Lord Pracon rewrote a work 12 times and Punseal revised letters several times with one 15th draft. Edmund Burke had his pieces printed two or three times on a private press before approaching a publisher.

Lord Pracon Edmund Burke

Lacquering Brass for Protection

It explains protecting polished brass by applying several coats of cold lacquer or celluloid varnish after thorough polishing. A brass camel hair brush should apply the lacquer and surfaces must be free of grease before finishing.

Optimistic Thought Turns Outcome Above Law

A short philosophical reflection contrasts favorable results with formal rules, suggesting practical success can supersede strict legal constraints. The emphasis rests on the value of positive outcomes over rigid legislative frameworks.

Guyon story of bravery and a wife’s peril in war

Paris reports Guyon a fearless front line fighter who has earned the croix de guerre and medaille d honneur. He single handedly captured a German mitrailleuse and hauled a wounded comrade from No Man s Land while his wife endured capture and abuse before escaping to return to Paris.

Paris Guyon No Man’s Land Foyer du Soldat Germany Holland France London Boches

Poverty Ain't Magrace Says Uncle Eben

In rural speech Uncle Eben comments that poverty is not magic, except when a man must tether his life to labor to survive, reflecting hardship and labor ethic in a folksy moral quip.

Uncle Eben

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