Home Canning as War Service Encouraged for All
United States agriculture outlines simple canning methods, urging households to preserve fruits and vegetables for winter. Household directors, including housewives and grandparents, can organize or join clubs to produce food for national needs and support war effort.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
United States
Prafessios
Dendies
CHOI
Weathen
Practical Cannergrams and Home Canning Tips
Practical guidance on home canning highlights sterilizing jars, using rubber rings, and storing preserved foods. Advocates canning from any living space, including apartments, promotes a canned garden and a cheerful kitchen with beans and berries. Also notes quick treatment for minor skin discoloration using cold water.
War Clothes Standards Mock Fashion War Talk
A fashion column rebuts wartime pressure for uniform women’s wear. It argues standardization may arise from radicals but will be resisted by busy women who value ease of clothing and personal style. It discusses gendered clothing habits, temperature perceptions, and fabric trends amid war.
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New York
Indy
Judy O'Grady
Nime
Doily
Napoleon
History of
Fabrica
Net
Foulard
Organdle
Ita
McClure Newaspnmr Syndicate
Making Lace as Guns Roar in Nancy During War Time
Nancy, famed lace capital, resumes Lorraine lace and embroidery work amid German shelling. Mayor Simon notes a city workroom with top artisans producing original designs. A municipal project formed a company with 180000 francs capital to run a store selling embroideries and laces.
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Nancy
France
Lorraine
Simon
Parle
Pretty table centerpiece from cretonne war craft
A writer notes pretty table decor using large cretonne flower motifs as dollys and central pieces. Cutouts create cross shapes that sit on the table with ends toward table corners. The handmade flowers offer a summery, lasting decoration without need for a tabbing, suited to wartime busy housewives.
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Cretonne
Short Coats Replace Zounve Jacket For Women
Short coats are worn as a substitute for the Zounve jacket, which every woman cannot wear. The trend highlights practical outerwear choices amid evolving dress codes and seasonal changes.
Fading Fragments Highlight Notable Purchases
A fragmented OCR item notes a claim of command and admiration from connoisseurs. It mentions Mime Polnenre, wife of our president, buying lace in a store, indicating a social detail amid unclear context.
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Polnenre
Sumptuous Weaves in French Importations
French fashion leaders show lavish fabrics in imports with cloth of gold hidden beneath chiffon or tulle. The opulent weaves, used in evening and dressy daytime garments, appear more luxurious than in prior seasons yet are not overtly flaunted.
Table for Sugar Conversion Table
A compact sugar measurement guide equates two cupfuls to one pint and one pound eight ounces to one cupful. Four ounces equal one gill, and one gill equals half a cupful or one eighth of a quart. A gill is a measure, not a weight, and remains constant.
Annual Cost Of Highways Reported By Agriculture Dept
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the report details vast highway costs and rapid growth in road use. It notes outlays over 8.3 billion dollars annually and compares 1906 vehicle totals with 1917 figures while highlighting shifts from local utility to national infrastructure. It cites the July 11 2016 federal aid road act approved by President Wilson securing 75 million dollars for rural post roads and 10 million for forest roads.
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United Ff Department of Agriculture
United States
Wilson
Building Roads in Alaska Since 1005
Alaska has built 920 miles of wagon roads 620 miles of winter sled routes and 2210 miles of trails. A motorcar road supported over 250 trucks and cars by year end. Heavy narrow tires damaged roads and maintenance is a constant issue. A five mile hillside road was built with willow corduroy and gravel due to deep gravel bed rock ice moss and tundra.
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Alaska
Board of Road Commissioners
Permanent road advances urged as payback system
A writer argues for permanent highways noting savings on rebuilding costs would recoup quickly and then yield valuable returns. The plan compares road funding to paying an annuity and urges that wherever funding is available permanent highways should be built as the premier good roads policy.
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