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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
2
In New York the war era boosts theater cafes and renewed trade as dressmakers stay open turning to hospital garments and knitting mufflers for soldiers. The season shifts toward straight lines, fur trim, and military cape styles with modern sleeves and restrained prints.
Fashionable women embrace military inspired gowns as designers respond to Parisian demand. A khaki toned broadcloth dress features a U shaped front slit, heavy lace guimpe, black braid accents, and a waist seam with back body-fitting silhouette. Sleeves show looped braid trimming and a high military collar, while the skirt displays a long bunic with velvet banding and a wide underskirt visible beneath. The overall look mirrors combatant uniforms influencing civilian fashion.
In the Law Court at Johnson City Tennessee John Pascal v Lou Anderson Pascal a sworn petition shows the defendant Lou Anderson Pascal is a nonresident and cannot be served. Publication is ordered requiring her to appear before the Judge at the Courthouse Johnson City by the third Monday in February to answer or the petition will be confessed. Publication to be in the Comet Johnson City News Tennessee for four consecutive weeks. This November 0 1914. J I Hilbert Clerk By Stanley Barlow D C
A V shaped neck and wide satin bands finish the tunic and lower skirt. The simple materials and smooth development create a striking, youthful look that is especially becoming to the wearer.
An invitation framed a cobweb theme as a spider and cupid duet, leading guests to a room dressed in pink twine cobwebs. Twenty four guests arrived for a three to five gathering with pineapple sherbet and iced cakes, each gift wrapped in tissue and labeled with a playful jingle.
A compact guide urges making gifts at home for time strapped friends. It suggests cross stitched towels personalized with initials, homemade candy in decorative boxes, candied nuts, gift baskets with brown paper, and wrapped candy canes as tree accents. It also proposes packing simple boxes with tube paste covered boxes for busy friends and notes kids enjoy edible treats and stockings.
A playful flower based courtship quiz delivers names like Marigold Sweet William and Jonquil while references to Can terbury bells London pride and a Baltimore belle appear. The piece also promotes Sloan's Liniment with quick relief claims for rheumatism and a 26 cent price at druggists.
Washington December 8 M H Dooley chief claim agent of Southern railway said he had not heard of a report that he would succeed Major Henry Ponde as general agent of the Southern at Knoxville and that he would not accept the position if offered.
An old advertisement warns that colds can bring serious complications and loss of sleep. It promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as scientifically analyzed relief and urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle today.
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