Velvet Bags Dominate Fashion in War-Torn Dispatches
New York December reports velvet bags as the luxe accessory with gold embroidery, jade bracelet handles, silver fringe, and bright linings. The piece notes bold bag designs and practical interiors while recounting a warfront anecdote about shellfire and impending battles in Europe.
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Milady
Serbia Front Diary From a Former Correspondent in Mackensen’s Army
A Belgrade dispatch from October reports brutal trench warfare with Serbian resistance, heavy machine gun fire, and mounting casualties as forces cross the Save river toward a formidable mountain barrier. The writer reflects on the emotional toll of war and the terror of open-field charges.
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Old Time Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Darkener Ad
Thousands endorse Sulpho Sage for darker natural hair color and dandruff removal. Moisten a sponge and draw through hair to hide gray and restore natural color. Get a 59 cent bottle from C. A. Begun at your druggist today.
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French Captain Describes Dunkirk Gun Mission
In Champagne on October 20 a French captain recounts how Allied photographers and gunners tracked and silenced a 380 millimeter German siege gun bombarding Dunkirk. He details spotting, range marking, and overflights that enabled direct wireless guidance to the gun.
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William Philip Simms
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Evils and a Dime Drive Bertie to Despair
A witty exchange has Bertie confessing that a woman's rejection or marriage drove him into troubling circumstances. A caller questions the motive as the dialogue moves through sharp social humor.
Germany weighs removal of foreign words in language
Berlin reports a cautious phase in a campaign to purge German of foreign words. A Düsseldorf meeting of the General German Language club and hotel keepers debated signs and retained the word hotel for foreign visitors, while vowing to continue the long effort to weed out non German terms.
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Carl W. Ackerman
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German Language Policy Note At Brues Meeting
Brues told attendees that signs labels and nameplates should be replaced with good German words as far as possible, referencing a goal to align language use with German identity and official policy. The statement tied to a larger discussion of linguistic purity and wartime messaging in the meeting.
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Brues
Retired Jack Johnson Sparring Still in the Spotlight
London reports say former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, though retired, still spars as his stage career continues. A stage manager, appearing with an eye bandaged, sought a summons for assault in Marylebone police court. The magistrate sent the matter to Preston for court action, with Johnson staying in the background.
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United Press
London
Jack Johnson
Marylebone
French Battery and Carbon plant to resume operations
Madison dispatch reports the French Battery and Carbon company, destroyed by fire last week, will be fully back in operation by the end of this week. The regular office staff only lost half a day. The plant was entirely destroyed by the blaze.
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Madison
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French Battery and Carbon Company
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