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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
7
Mr Pett Ridge spoke at the Mansion House guiding readers to enjoy books and skip pages. He shared jokes about reading challenges in a military hospital and a traveling salesman who listed curable ailments from Asthma to Zymoid diseases as proof of his pills.
A Petrograd news note reports abolition of class titles and privileges in Russia. A passport request leads to wordplay as officials erase Monsieurs De, Saints, and Sires, leaving names simplified to Cyr. The anecdote highlights sweeping social reforms and the new absence of traditional honorifics.
A Carnegie Institute of Washington report details rapid progress in understanding nature’s secrets of rocks and minerals. It notes experiments at the Carnegie Geo Physical Laboratory show rocks can be replicated artificially with greater polish than natural samples.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a citizen protests government war policy while arguing for free expression. The piece frames a thoughtful individual defending speech despite criticism from authorities.
A fragment discusses self reform as a path to broader reform for society. It contrasts individual improvement with crowd activism and questions the impact of enthusiastic but ineffective patriots.
The American Library Association War Service channels books to soldiers and sailors at training camps and on transports. With Carnegie funds and volunteer staff, it has built 84 camp libraries, dispatched books to France, and plans an expanded gift-book drive while maintaining low overhead.
A graceful tailored spring frock features a plain back, tunic pointing to the center, and a matching fabric girdle. Navy faille, soutache, and serge are favored, with a detachable organdie vest and decorative center buttons. A two piece coat dress in wool or silk fabrics completes the spring look.
Government engineers while boring for bridge piers from Boulac to Ghezirch uncovered an old building with a large number of giant oysters. They are identified as Aetheria Nilotica, common in ancient Egypt, aiding studies of the Nile's historical courses. The find also mentions a Nile crab and a reverse-spiral snail, with edible potential of the oysters undetermined.
The sugar shortage pushes planters to use pure cane syrup made from cane juice without refining. Juice is boiled to near crystallization and used for griddle cakes candy coffee and tea. Two pounds of granulated sugar worth about five cents per pound could be saved by substituting syrup priced four and a half to five cents per pound.
A fragment notes the discovery of pearl bearing oysters as part of experiments by the Soudan government in the Red Sea region with curiosity about potential results.
The article notes a brilliant black paint from coal tar and benzine or coal-oil that dries well and surpasses mineral varnish. It describes spreading a thin layer with a hard brush to penetrate and preserve wood from decay.
A New York fashion correspondent notes fur trim and sets elevate simple coats this season. Shoppers benefit from unusually low prices and a wide, nearly uninterrupted display of imported pieces, including fox varieties in white taupe brown and gray. Fox furs remain available year round and pair well with heavier pelts as winter approaches.
Reader shares a method to make warm sleeveless sweaters from discarded garments. Rip apart old sweaters and knit with double yarn from two to three different colors. Finish by washing and dyeing the completed piece in a preferred color.
A fragment describes a pretty coat for a little girl with a cape and bright lining. It mentions plain or checked materials and a suggested tailoring approach, noting a petite design emphasis.
The article describes under suitcoat sleeveless jackets in wool jerrey cloth and lightweight wool velours, with options in corduroy and satin. Styles include simple center-front buttoning belts, double breasted versions, and a trench vest with a panels front and back. Semi fitted jackets are noted as smarter and in better taste.
Women embrace separate skirts for spring and summer wear with silk dominating over wool. Designers favor crepe and striped taffeta silhouettes with plaits shirring and hip yokes to slim fullness while maintaining tasteful, crisp lines.
Women gather in oriental departments seeking Chinese embroidery trim. Prices vary. some pieces boast rich color and repeatable patterns for gowns, while many worn strips are shabby and not worth purchasing despite pattern appeal.
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