Desolated French Villages Visit From War Front
Edward H. Clark reports from Semmeilies and nearby sites on the shattered French villages along the Argonne front. He describes ruined churches, cemeteries, and shell scarred towns like Hurion Glennes Cour de Manges Frignicourt and Vaubecourt, noting mass destruction, returned villagers, unverifiable deaths, and the lingering thunder of guns.
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Edward 8
Clark
Western Newspaper Union
Semmeilies
France
St. Mihiel
Forest of Argonne
Rommeilles
Gerard de Ganay
Republic
Nature
Lilles
Cour-de-Manges
Glennes
Cour de-Manges
Cour-de Manges
Cour-de- Manges
Frignicourt
Desolation
Maurupt-le-Montoy
Veronica
Acre
God
Vaubecourt
Fife
Hell
Vaudecourt
Prigut
l'Abbe Perranot
America
Belgium
French Republic
Argonne Forest
Aisse
Meuse
Orne
Fashionable summer outerwear for the younger set
The article describes high class summer style featuring bright sweaters and sport coats worn with white hats and shoes for open cars. It highlights color, ease, and coordinated accessories like a Worumbo black and white sport coat with white silk braid, a white corduroy velvet hat, and matching gloves and shoes for a vibrant midsummer outfit.
Skirt Trimmings Detailed in Early Fashion Notes
Skirts now feature quaint trimmings along edges. Quillings of the material or a bias fold binding replace a plain hem in this early fashion description.
Lingerie Hat of Cotton Embroidery Styles Shown
A midsummer millinery trend features lingerie hats made from fine sheer cotton embroidery and lace. The garments, crafted for exclusive trade, emphasize delicate floral embroidery, shirring and outlined frames, with two example hats highlighted for their artistry and elegance.
Subservience Tied to Shoes in Various Wedding Customs
The article surveys historical wedding customs where footwear signified the bride’s subjection to her husband. It cites East folk traditions with shoes leading the bridal procession, shoe strikes in Jewish weddings, Nestorian practices of kicking the bride, Russian rites requiring the bride to pull off the groom’s boots, and Martin Luther’s act of placing the bridegroom’s shoe on the bride’s pillow as a sign of obedience.
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Russia
Martin Luther
Hands Like Velvet One Night Treatment Ad
A vintage ad promotes Cuticura hand care as a one night treatment for red rough chapped hands. Instructions include soaking in hot water, drying, applying ointment, and wearing gloves overnight. Sample by mail with 32 cents from Cuticura Boston. Sold widely.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Earmarks Revealed By War Correspondent Powell
War correspondent and lecturer Alexander Powell spoke in New York at a tea about English volunteer troops. He noted distinct ear marks by region such as miners, mill hands, and bookkeepers, humorously illustrating with a rifle behind the ear gag.
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Alexander Powell
New York
Midlands
Manchester
London
Mr. Powell
Too Sour Tea Lesson At Harvard Class
Harvard professor Copeland reproved late students saying the class was about English composition not tea. A girl arriving twenty minutes late responded politely when asked how she would take her tea, replying without the lemon.
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Copeland
Harvard
Liberal juries and liberal verdicts in Mississippi and Alabama
Law Notes argues Mississippi juries are generous to plaintiffs. Illinois Central railroad v Dacus yielded 3500 to a passenger after a ticket agent used a racial slur. In Alabama Railroad Co v Morrist a white woman received 15000, later cut to 2000 by a stingy court after a short ride with three black men.
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Mississippi
Illinois Central Railroad
Dacus
Alabama
Va. Morrist
Power From Food Claims Cure In Grape Nuts Testimony
A Western town woman details long stomach trouble with heartburn gas and weight loss. She credits Grape Nuts for quick digestion relief and gradual weight gain after starting the cereal. The testimonial frames food as power and urges careful selection to meet needs.
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Edward B. Clark
Hurion
St. Martin
Mary the Virgin
Armas
Jesson Boilleau
Jesson
Qgiennes
Bingle
Marne
Alane
Battle of the Marne
Frignuicourt
Faremont
Farresses
Bleame
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