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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press feature presents the Confessions of a German deserter. The article explores motivations, wartime pressures, and shifts in loyalties as the individual recounts experiences behind enemy lines and risks of capture.
An account of German forces crossing into Belgium with engineers’ corps, destroying fortifications, driving civilians from burning homes, and pressing toward Paris. Soldiers show cruelty under officers orders as Zeppelins and artillery devastate towns and French resistance mounts before the Marne.
The unit clashed near Vitry after a reckless bridge explosion by a sergeant on his own, triggering a deadly rout as French forces crossed the Marne. Reports describe ruined bridges, mass casualties, and widespread hardship in Vitry with wounded filling the cathedral area.
German troops withdraw in disorder as French attacks mount. The next installment reports the battle of the Marne ending, noting Paris was saved from Prussian invasion.
A Toledo plant uses a long overhead monorail with an electrically operated crane to move boxed automobiles from the plant to flat cars. One man can operate it, replacing a ten-man crew with trucks and gangways, a task previously needing highly trained workers that even a woman could perform.
The summer bride may select delicate white fabrics organdie batiste and georgette for gowns and hats with veils suitable for simple ceremonies. A Datiste gown with georgette crepe hat and embroidered silk trims epitomizes understated elegance for outdoor or church weddings, followed by a tailored suit for the reception. Luncheon favors feature silk hats with pincushions and ribbon roses to match the color scheme.
An American fashion trend adopts beadwork motifs from Indigenous art for high class sweaters. The feature describes oyster white silk garments with fringe, machine embroidery, and gathered waists, plus advice on moth protection and a quiet silk jersey coat.
Blest be the tongue that speaks kindness and the hands that help. This piece extols cherries and describes varieties Bing and Royal Ann grown in southern Idaho. It offers recipes for spiced cherries pickled cherries cherry olives and cherry canning methods with simple steps and storage tips.
Poetic exhortation urging every person to remove weeds in life to cultivate beauty and harmony, envisioning a garden that reflects the original paradise God created. A moral call to personal responsibility and communal improvement.
A fragmentary guide to preparing summer vegetables and salads. It promotes washing and boiling peas with their liquor, mint flavoring, and urges serving lettuce, cucumbers, Swiss chard, spinach, and fruit daily. It notes dangers of mustard and extols French dressing and nut potato salad with pecan meat and watercress.
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