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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
10
New York fashion commentary from 1918 critiques the clash between weather and style, arguing sleeves dominate the season. It catalogs long sleeves and capes drawn from medieval to directoire influences, praising the cape as a unifying fashion feature that flatters all figures.
French glove making spans generations with quality designs and originality yet practical heavy gloves for universal wear are chiefly produced in England. The new pummer glove features heavy silk with subtle color touches and narrow top plaiting while white chambray remains the most practical general wear option.
A concise remark reflecting broad local praise for a figure or product that has rapidly increased female admiration, suggesting lasting influence and favorable public sentiment across households.
The article notes a revival of 25 year old fashion with navy blue and artillery red. Jenny, a French designer, brightens a blue serge with a red belt and cravat, finishing with a white linen vest. Che rub features a fat collar and red rovers paired with a navy blue coat suit. Designers also show Russian blouses over navy blue gabardine skirts with red accents. Red and blue dominate millinery displays.
Long narrow covers of coarse creamy thread are common with heavy silk embroidery in yellow and green floral designs outlined in black with red centers. The article notes their artistic quality and broad use in conventions.
A brief poetic fragment celebrating summer and joy. The speaker, L Mitchell, praises the season and the happiness it brings as robins sing and brooklets dance, expressing contentment with life under summer skies.
A kitchen guide describes multiple potato dishes using economical fats and common oils. It outlines Potato Pattlea shells fried to tender shells, Yellowstone Potatoes baked with butter and paprika, and Oak Hill Potatoes layered with eggs potatoes and a milk sauce topped with buttered crumbs, served hot.
A collection of practical kitchen ideas. Sour milk griddle cakes use soda corn flour and a beaten egg, with optional baking powder for lighter bites. Buttermilk drops mix eggs fat salt and corn flour with baking powder. Beet piquante combines beets butter flour water vinegar cream sugar and seasonings. Belgium baked bananas tops with citrus sugar bake until soft and serve, with junket tablets for dessert and whipped cream for extra richness.
A Calgary Herald analysis notes sharper demand for Western Canada farm lands driven by postwar price prospects. Wheat land, grazing and mixed properties have risen up to 40 percent in two years, with some parcels fetching 70 to 100 dollars an acre. Higher output prices for wheat, beef, pork, mutton and wool fuel this trend, attracting investors and farmers alike. Government support and import relief for farming tools further push land values higher as seasons improve and rainfall becomes steadier. The piece frames this as an unprecedented era for possible large returns from agriculture.
In a Royal Statistical Society address Sir Bernard Mallet estimates wartime birth loss totals: United Kingdom over 600,000 potential lives, Germany about 2,600,000, and Hungary around 1,500,000. He links central powers declines to poorer classes suffering health setbacks, while Britain benefited from better conditions.
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier medicine for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims rapid mild healing, notes its vegetable formula, and urges readers to buy or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York while mentioning the paper.
A brief note praises a soldier for his valor and restraint in not wearing a wrist watch or engaging in silly bandinage, highlighting his cheerful demeanor and dignified conduct.
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