Fashions and Styles Seen in New York
In New York fashions, stripes in linen and cotton fabrics dominate summer wear. Ground colors are white or waterleaf tones with vivid or soft stripes, paired with plain fabrics. Blouse models and Norfolk coats use silk or linen trims, and striped materials often feature contrasting pockets and belts. Home furnishings use crash linen and striped homespun fabrics for durable summer wear, with black and white pairings and bright sports colors like green, purple, and orange. Lingerie and frocks mix figured and plain fabrics, including floral dimities and voiles, with small girls’ dresses showcasing ruffly Valenciennes lace. Handkerchief linen blouses favor striped and floral patterns, emphasizing white grounds with colored stripes.
Costume Blouse Fashions Highlight Georgette and Linen Mix
The general favorite is the costume blouse Georgette crepe available in white and pastel shades. Linen and Georgette combine well for smart afternoon wear. Trimmings include Valenciennes filet lace edging and embroidery on muslin and voile dresses with novelty buttons and crystal accents.
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Georgette
Medicinal paste and tablets offered by New South Drug Store
An advertisement for a medicated paste packaged in tubes and tablets for internal use, sold by New South Drug Store in Monroe Louisiana, priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar. The notice also lists a Monroe City bid call for a combined pumper chemical hose motor car of at least 00 gallons capacity, due July 6, 1916, with bids to Mayor H. D. Apgar. city reserves right to reject.
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Stearns
Ask Us
New South Drug Store
Monroe
H. D. Apgar
Greatly Benefited by Chamberlain's Liniment
Mrs Florence Slife of Wabash Indiana reports using Chamberlains Liniment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains with great relief. The ad states the product provides prompt relief for rheumatic pains and is readily available everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Florence Slife
Wabash
Ind
Rheumatism Powders Sold in Monroe LA
New South Drug Store in Monroe Louisiana advertises MMT Rheumatism Powders with a guarantee of relief or money back. Product priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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New South Drug Store
Monroe
Berlin Debates Dress Reform Distracting Wartime Mood
Berlin reports backlash from police officials generals and thirty five women clubs against fashionable women dress in wartime. An artillery officer in France condemns puritan mood urging readers to value beauty and life, asking furloughed soldiers if Germany should be filled with mere spectacles from the clubs.
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Berlin
Munich
France
Germany
News-Star Classified Ad Seeks Room Rentals
In the News-Star this week a classified notice offers to find renters for spare rooms. It markets quick placement, contact details, and a local service promise to match tenants with available spaces.
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News-Star
Cardui touted as a remedy for women’s troubles in NC notice
Mrs Sarah M Chapil of Mt Airy NC reports suffering two years with stomach and other ailments and credits Cardui with a near cure after six bottles. The ad urges readers to try Cardui for headaches backaches sleeplessness and fatigue and offers further instructions and a 64 page book from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Readers are invited to write for details.
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Mt. Airy
N.C
Sarah M. Chapil
Thus
Tvo
Cardui
Lady Reader
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
News Items of Interest 10 Women
A compact roundup highlights Mrs Josiah Evans Cowles of Los Angeles elected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs for two years. Other items note legal contests in New York, Duchess of Manchester’s family news in Cincinnati, Miss Frances Burnham’s bank election in Boston, Miss Stell Stead’s editorship, and scholarships in Winona. Includes Chicago and Washington notes on women achievers, Catholic college scholarships, and local civic anecdotes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Josiah Evans Cowles
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Indiana
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
California
General Federation
Cowles
Far West
New York
Lambert Suydam
Knickerbocker
Esther Alice Bertine
V. T. Hurxthal
el Paso
Tex
van Leer
Samuel W. van Leer
Fort McKeogh
Mont
Cincinnati
Duchess of Manchester
Helen Zimmerman
Lord Mandeville
Royal Naval College
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Boston
Mass
Frances R Burnham
Workingmens Co-operative Bank of Boston
Massachusetts
Workingmen's Bank
Miss Burnham
London
Miss Nstell Stead
William T. Stead
Review of Reviews
Winona
Minn
United States
College of St. Theresa
Baltimore
Chicago
Dubuque
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Oregon City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Paul
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Orange Peco Tea and assorted goods promotion
A fragment advertises Chese and Santorn’s Orange Po co Tea as finest for iveg tea sold exclusively in Monroe at Walker Bros. Gro. Co. It mentions a full line of tea, caps fresh from the factory, and references Chase & Col ens Co and Allen’s Little Liver Pills with Allen’s Pharmacy, Ltd.
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Chese & Santorn
Monroe
Walker Bros. Gro. Co
Lea
Chase & Colens Co
Allen's
Allen’s Pharmacy, Ltd
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Norfolk
Tuo
McCaLe
Bertie
Seuraigie
Itative
McCall
Velpment
McCall Patterns
Atlanta
the McCall Company
Francisco
Rosten Toronto
Brazil
the Red Cross
Pharmacy
Toa
J. J. King
Optician
Canal St
Phoenix
Phoenix Drug Store
The
Pensia
Bruce Smith
Lake Forest
Washington
Forest Service
Colorado
Wyoming
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Ney
Monroe Furniture Co
North Second Street
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