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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
2
The piece describes military tone in fall fashions with rows of buttons capes and bold outlines. Leading colors include bivouac red Italian gray Ber saglieri green and tornado blue with Belgian hare trimming. Capes drape from shoulders and windward drapery wraps the chest.
Wealthy summer folk launch a $30,000 drive to stock ponds in the North Shore marshes with fish to stop mosquito breeding. T Jefferson Coolidge cites goldfish success on his estate, and plans include deeper ponds and clearing shallow water to expose wigglers to fish. Oil in breeding spots may follow.
Manchester summer resident Wal ter Denegre launched an anti mosquito campaign explaining that ponds with fish will not breed mosquitoes. He advocated using wigglers as ideal bait to attract small fish and support the plan.
The article outlines changing styles with longer skirts and a shift from hip emphasis to slim athletic lines. It discusses Russian blouse effects with a princess back, a long coat cape influence, dolman capes, and colors like blvonac red and tornado blue, noting a belted red coat.
Dr F J Sullivan head of the Animal Rescue League cites Milford reports of pets dying from grief after being moved to hospitals. He notes moaning refusing to eat and melancholia harming the heart as a cause, echoed by Dr H F Dailey of the Massachusetts SPCA who adds starvation as a possible factor.
A South Boston family suffered injuries when a car was struck broadside on Prospect Street Cambridge. Three year old Guy Amrhein was thrown from his father's arms landing head first but escaped serious harm. Father Adam J Amrhein received a broken rib and elbow contusions from the force of the crash.
Midlboro Ky Aug 3 The flood waters from Blair's Creek near Tazewell Tenn swept through the district. Reports say 25 lives were lost in the cloudburst and rescue work is hindered as waters have yet to recede.
The State Board of Labor and Industries will begin a thorough investigation of summer hotel workers, per a legislative resolve. A Swampscott hearing is set for Tuesday, followed a week later by a Hyannis session inviting Cape hotel men and employees to testify.
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