Women of Holland ready for instant mobilization for aid
The Netherlands plans a nationwide system to register and classify female labor for civil and Red Cross support in wartime. Local offices will collect volunteers, who may specify preferred roles and locations, with pay not exceeding male wages but no claim to jobs post-emergency. Ministers and military leaders back the scheme, with rail, post, and other authorities aiding labor planning. Preparations are under way in multiple centers, while the Democratic convention shows female delegates in attendance.
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Hacue
Netherlands
Holland
Red Cross
National Women's Council of the
Dinner Frock With New Neckline Style Described
The article outlines a summer dress design featuring a new neckline and waist shaping with front and back panels, under-arm openings, and decorative perforations. It notes cape accents for the shoulder, possible blouse cape attachment, and a jabot-like finish, plus options for fur lining and seasonal styling. It lists pattern sizes and prices for waist measurements and skirts as 4 to 42 inches and 22 to 30 inches respectively.
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DeGendt
Summer Boarders and a Harsh Rural Welcome
A wife's bid to escape city heat ends in a failed country boarding venture. The piece details shabby furnishings, ruined furniture, and a hefty hundred dollar cash payment forced by a farmer to access trunks. The husband remains in the city, unaware of escalating costs and miseries.
Look Before You Leap Boarding Place Advice
The prose advises caution before choosing a summer boarding place with phrases like Look before you leap and AIL is not gold that glitters, reflecting frugal wisdom about applying for rooms and avoiding hasty decisions. The fragment notes unspecified applicants and the need to consider suitability.
Miss Libbey Answers Your Letters
Miss Libbey named Laura Jean Libbey answers reader letters. She requests correct name and address for attention. Instructions specify writing personal letters on one side of paper, using ink, with address to Miss Laura Jean Libbey at 946 President Street Brooklyn New York.
The Roper Way G R and a Girl's Dilemma
G Ro offers rules for a young woman dating a man. Advice covers staying in the carriage when he visits kin, how to respond to gifts, and proper hospitality. Suggests introductions to kin, polite thanks, light conversation or music, and occasional parental parlor visits. Encourages church or social events if the man desires.
Next time he will take you to the picnic
S. A. L. asks what to expect of a young man who has kept her company a year. They belong to a club planning a picnic. He plans to go despite her absence, implying he may win her over by acting as if she is not concerned.
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Pop
Morris
Welth
Rockinfeller
Lillian Russell Bewty
Protest Over German Dress Reform Sparks Debate
Berlin reports a campaign backed by Munich police officials and thirty five women’s clubs to curb fashionable dress. Editorials and readers’ letters condemn the effort, with a French artillery officer arguing that suchPuritan mood risks erasing beauty and joy of life while soldiers at the front care about more than uniforms.
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Berlin
Munich
France
Germany
One Woman's Way
A friend showcases frugal styling secrets for elegant dressing on a tight clothes budget. She stores coats and skirts in brown paper bags, preserves furs and hats in boxes, dust-proofs shoes with shoe trees, and neatens a closet with organized, dust-free coverings.
Locating the Louisiana Agricultural College
A young man asks for the best route from New Orleans to the Louisiana Agricultural College. The writer notes uncertainty about its location and suggests sending an inquiry to Hampton Institute with a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply.
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J. W
Louisiana Agricultural College
New Orleans
Agricultural College
Hampton Institute
Creating a well groomed look from compact storage
A reader recalls using thin boards as partitions to quickly organize a house hold. The method lets a person leave home with the appearance of wearing freshly arranged personal items from a hand box. The author notes longer lasting belongings and personal grooming benefits.
Wealth Worship and Family Banter in Little Benny’s Notebook
In a humorous scene, Pop and Ma debate wealth and fame while smoke lingers from Moris, as Ma rejects money’s glare and praises character. Pop recalls a $50 gain, a pillow, and playful banter about riches versus personal worth. The exchange spotlights the era’s casual comic tone.
New Spanish Comb Adapts To Modern American Hair
The Washington Star notes a fashion shift as the Spanish comb, once worn with heavy hairdos, is adapted for lightweight American coiffures. Designers craft small one sided pieces to peek from the ear or place larger ones at the middle or side, preserving coquettish charm while fitting lighter styles.
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Washington Star
Women take forester post in Silesia estate
Berlin June 21 The latest masculine occupation invaded by women is forester. A young woman has taken the post on a count's estate in Silesia. She fulfills all duties and oversees spring planting on the estate.
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Berlin
Silesia
Trinity Confers 50 Bachelors Degrees at 90th Commencement
Hartford June 21 Fifty bachelor degrees were conferred at Trinity College for its ninetieth annual commencement along with two masters degrees and eight honorary degrees. Honorary MA went to Major Francis Cutler Marshall in absentia William Wratt Barber of Southboro Mass and Richard Allyn White of New York. Master of Laws honors were awarded to Henry Campbell Black of Washington and Morris Woodruff Seymour of Litchfield. The exercises at Alumni Hall drew students alumni and friends as the procession moved from Northam Towers.
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F. A. ‘Brown
Francis Cutler Marshall
United States
William Wratt Barber
Southboro
Mass
Richard Allyn White
New York
Henry Campbell Black
Washington, D. C
Morris Woodruff | Seymour
Litchfield
Standing On a Mountain Crest Poem by Richard Hovey
A rugged lyric in which the speaker declares love through storms and seas. The verse pairs love with wild weather and nature, praising strength and endurance as a comrade to the elements.
Eggs Baked With Cheese and Pineapple Pie
A vintage home cooking column offering recipes for Eggs Baked With Cheese, Pineapple Pie, and fruits like Ritbarb syrup. It includes methods for Bran Gems Pouovers and Tomato Carolina, plus notes on a Y W C A concert and a fund-raising parcel plan. Includes Horsford's Acid Phosphate promo.
Rubber in New Motor Caps Stuns in Showery Wear
An odd description notes rubber being used in new motor caps for automobiling in rain. The piece mentions Stram brim with purple rubber drape, a back held by two buttons, and a crown drawn forward in a knot with a Stucy end.
How to Prevent Bacterial Growth in Food
Article by M. A. Costello from the Dept. of Home Economics explains that bacteria are widespread in air water and on exposed foods. It urges thorough cooking cleansing protection from dust and air exposure and three steps to safeguard food: prevent growth avoid exposure and destroy via heat.
Mother Is Sought as Emerson Wilson Is Searched
Police search Bridgeport for Emerson Wilson of New Milford who came to work in a local factory. His mother at 9 Circular Avenue High Wood New Fin wen is critically ill and wishes to have him by her bedside.
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Bridgeport
Emerson Wilson
New Milford
Wilson
Circular Avenue
High Wood
New Finwen
Bronson Estate Inventory Details Assets and Mortgage
Probate records list Mary A. Bronson's estate valued at 2209.23 with a $1000 mortgage. Appraisers William H. Comiey and Victor Borg filed the inventory noting 759.23 cash in banks, a grandfather clock valued at 150, and 200 in furniture and jewelry.
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Mary A. Bronson
William H. Comiey
Victor Borg
Mrs May Letter Praises Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A reader from Chicago endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. The letter, signed Mrs J May of Lincoln Street, Chicago, claims the remedy cured nervousness digestion and general ill health. The advertisement invites others to write for confidential responses from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E.pinkhams
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Ees Lynn, Mer
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