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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
6
The article outlines spring fashion ideas emphasizing coordinated outfits. It highlights coats in broadcloth satin gabardine and crepe de chine, favoring crepe meteor and crepe de chine for elegance. It discusses long capes, matched frocks, and the shift from strictly tailored suits to softer draped silhouettes for day and social events.
Description of a dress in cashmere mole shade with panel front and wrapped seams. Skirt features side buttons and top foot trim. Bodice opens to reveal a cross over vest and hem stitched collar in white lawn. Materials listed include fabric yardage buttons and lawn.
A historical health bulletin outlines the dangers posed by the common house fly and its role in spreading diseases such as typhoid and dysentery. It details the life cycle of the fly, methods to kill larvae with hellebore and borax, fly traps, and the need for community cooperation and sanitation to reduce breeding sites.
The article notes fashion shifts toward narrower skirts and straight plaited designs, reducing demand for petticoats. French skirts under two yards wide push waists toward shorter undergarments, while barrel and straight-plaited skirts diminish the market for underskirts, prompting merchants to discount stock as a broader fashion upheaval unfolds.
The newest parasols distinguish themselves with vivid inner silks and lace frills. Soft outer shades of gray blue tan and rose reveal two toned and patterned interiors with Valenciennes lace and hand made flowerets. Chiffon linings and ribbon trims create two toned effects and Chinese Japan inspired designs appear in hand painted silk paper parasols. Gold cords tassels and reverse sided prints broaden the range for resort sets.
The article explains how arranging pattern pieces toward one side of the silk breadth can yield a long straight strip suitable for a Windsor tie or bag, maximizing usable material and avoiding waste. It emphasizes forethought in placement to avoid small, unusable cut fragments.
The text notes green and jade as highly favored colors in China, linked to spring and cultural esteem. It suggests jade’s popularity stems from admiration in the land of Confucius and among the Chingsa people, making green a popular hue.
Women with affected hands should avoid extreme temperatures and tight gloves. When doing housework wear gloves and bathe hands in moderately warm water.
The North American harp maker reports sales of Irish harps in the past year more than double 1915 and distributed to 85 states plus Hawaii. People in Hawaii, though fond of their own ukulele, welcome the harp as a distinct instrument.
Camphor production in Formosa remains a Japanese monopoly with 10 650 acres currently under forest, containing trees aged between 500 and 1000 years. Authorities forecast expansion of the area in the coming years as the monopoly plans to enlarge production.
Albany residents celebrate a Burns statue in Washington Park funded by Mary McPherson a wealthy eccentric who mocked in life for her gaudy dress. Her two Scottish friends persuaded her to endow a memorial to the poet born in Scotland and linked to Albany.
Vienna reports that 13.0 million German Austrian subjects received 1,154 kronen each in war loans totaling 18 billion kronen. German subjects accounted for about 15 billion, while 6 million subdivided 1.25 million and the remaining 18 million inhabitants including Galicia and Bukovina subscribed 1.75 million.
Reported as the largest oil well, in the Tampico field of Mexico, the gusher flowed about 260,000 barrels over two days. Early pressure was 1,200 pounds per square inch, and the blast hurled a two ton grill 150 feet into the air while oil spouted 600 feet high. An estimated million barrels were lost before control.
A fragment recounts Bismarck's reputed love of a fine Havana cigar and a wartime anecdote from Koeniggratz. In a tale cited by the Yorkshire Post, he offers a cherished cigar to a wounded comrade, showing a humane moment amid brutal conflict.
The text mocks individuals who take pride in their ailments and use nervous disorders as social traction. It notes how such people are welcomed, brighten rooms, and dominate conversations with lists of health woes, while their joy lies in sympathetic attention rather than care.
A history note highlights Caroline Lucre as a notable woman scientist. Daughter of Hanoverian musician, she shifted from music to astronomy after accompanying her brother William Herschel to England. In 1798 she published original investigations focusing on comets and claimed priority in at least five discoveries.
A couple shares a playful moment over a wishbone in a restaurant. He urges the tradition of making a wish after pulling the bone, while she hesitates to think of a wish. He offers to wish for her, prompting a shy, intimate exchange as they dine.
A reflective piece urges making the best of current conditions. It cautions against overreaching schemes and mockery, emphasizing steady progress and practical attitude. The narrator champions resilience amid change and social pressure.
A student faces an exam problem asking how long 15 men would reap a field in eight hours if 20 men did it. The examiner prints the student’s reply noting the field had already been reaped by the 20 men and cannot be reaped a second time by the 15.
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