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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
4
The article discusses fashion for a slender summer silhouette with a striped cotton dress and matching blouse, noting how stripes sculpt illusions. It covers several hat styles including a tricorn center hat with silk and straw, a drooping brim hat with lace hair braid, and a round turban, praising craftsmanship and period details.
A white wool jersey coat features a deep purple collar cuffs and belt. White and purple wool balls decorate the sports suit fabric and the outfit includes a purple accented akirtle.
A Washington letter reports a patriotic woman offering to serve the Red Cross civilian relief committee despite caring for an eleven month old child. She cites two sons in the Third regiment and a third ready to go if needed, pledging to march with flag on Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs Harvey notes many similar letters and urges organized effort to ease child suffering and meet war needs.
Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri, then 23 and president of Bethany College, turned down an investor friend’s plea to buy coal lands at 80 cents an acre. He recalled a walnut from Daniel Boone’s log cabin and a teddy stick used by Colonel Benton. The walnut will be split into pen holders for his son Bennett and daughter Mrs Thomson.
The Washington navy yard becomes the first U S service station to employ girl telephone operators replacing marines. Six young women now staff the switchboard, coming from city exchanges and sharing two on duty at all times. They are enlisted in the Naval Reserve and will be uniformed once uniforms arrive.
Washington shuffles hours as Cabinet officials stay on duty around the clock. Capitol lights flood the dome at night, with searchlights atop wings guiding a patrol of guards and a vigilant police force keeping watch on buildings and the White House amid rising war tensions.
Nervousness is mockingly illustrated by Mr Chuggins who admits he would be anxious in combat and imagines a tire bursting whenever he hears a cannon. The quip underscores wartime fear with light satire.
An advertisement touts Pierce's Favorite en Sganita as a remedy for weak or sick women with no alcohol, sold in tablets or liquid. It laments a yellow streak in human nature that shifts responsibility.
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup as preventing pneumonia by timely use. It promises a good night's sleep and easy morning sputum, noting fifty years of usage and availability from druggists in bottles priced 25 and 75 cents. It includes unrelated ad snippets and maxims about honesty and social prudence.
A morning scene from Indianapolis News shows a conductor calling for passengers to move up as the door remains shut. A powerful reply from the crowd echoes the closed door moment, illustrating the rush and impatience of the 5 to 6 a.m. commute.
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