Federal push for unified national highway system
A stalled Washington to Baltimore road incident underscores traffic strain as trucks shift from short-haul rail to long-distance road freight. Advocates urge Congress to empower a federal office to unify and fund a national highway system, arguing military value and wartime mobility justify central planning and funding.
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Baltimore
Congress
Europe
France
Russia
Federal Office of Good Roads
Quality versus Style in War Time Fashions Debate
A leading fashion writer surveys the quality versus style argument shaping wartime apparel. Consumers split into two camps, with high price, durable gowns versus chic, cheaper garments. Paris influence and American ready to wear draw in shoppers. Medici collars and evolving silhouettes signal shifting prestige and demand across stores and designers.
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New York
America
Paris
Galeries Lafayette
Bright Colors in Neckwear At Local Shops
Neckwear departments display bright colors and patterns including pinks, blues, yellows, and gingham plaids. Fabrics such as organdie, wash satin, crepe de chine, georgette crepe, and lawn-like textures are offered in collars, vests, and neckwear shapes.
Cotton Hats Boost Summer Millinery Styles
A millinery expert notes fashion favors cotton hats for midsummer wear. Gingham hats in bright colors match gingham dresses, while organdie and quilted muslin hats offer garden party elegance. Sport hats crochet from heavy spool cotton provide practicality, and straw cotton blends with straw bands create versatile designs.
English Comfort: Revolving Breakfast Tray Praised
The revolving breakfast tray is a comfort which American women would do well to borrow from their English cousins. It makes it possible to do with less service.
How to judge fresh fish and prepare meals
A didactic guide explains selecting fresh fish by firm flesh bright eyes and returning skinned, scaled, and cleaned fish promptly. It covers scaling, boiling in cheesecloth with bay leaf and parsley, frying in seasoned cornmeal, soaking salt fish, preparing fish salad with lemon and watercress, and a salt cod dish in white sauce with sour cream.
Knowledge and Wisdom Worthy of Thought
A reflective line from William Cowper on knowledge and wisdom. The quote contrasts knowledge in many minds with wisdom found in self attentive thinking. It emphasizes inner reflection over imitation of others.
Summer Dishes From Fresh Vegetables In Season
A compact guide to creative vegetable dishes including Green Peas Cooked With Lettuce Rochester Soup Asparagus Salad Creamed Onions and simple serving tips For peas use lettuce and onion simmer with butter substitute For Rochester Soup blanch almonds grind with milk and stock then thicken with butter substitute and flour Includes serving suggestions with asparagus and onions as a paired dish.
Lemon Juice For Freckles
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle sunburn and complexion whitening lotion. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores offer three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this fragrant lotion on the face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn and tan and achieve clear soft white skin. Harmless.
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Great Britain
Catherine
Mary
Europe
Sumner
McClure
Syndicata
Under German Rule A Man Explains Liberty Bonds Buy
A Buffalo bond salesman recalls an elderly man describing life under German rule and why he bought Liberty Bonds. His blunt hierarchy places the Kaiser first and ends with common men beneath dogs. The speaker outlines a distrustful view of ruling classes and civic duty.
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Buffalo Bond
Cuticura Soothes Itching and Heals Skin
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for itching and burning skin. Bathe with hot water, dry gently, apply ointment, and request free samples from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Prices Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 60. A gag about castles in the air and a leisure gentleman.
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Dept. X
Boston
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