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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
2
The article discusses navy serge dresses as a timeless, versatile choice for women, noting no shortage of serge but high prices for top grades. It highlights simple, elegant designs with surplice bodices, platinum gray trim, and restrained embroidery, plus practical tips on trims and fabrics for early fall fashion.
The article advises housewives to keep dishwater and washing water at moderate warmth, avoid strong coarse soaps, and observe which soaps harm hands. Do not let soapy water dry on skin. rinse thoroughly and wipe dry. Plain white soap is best for toilet use, and rinsing is essential.
A fashion notice from a period source discusses new fabrics reducing Jersey cloth’s popularity while still offering rough and embroidered textures. It notes Jersey’s continued use in economical wardrobes, with women adapting existing woolen pieces.
The Retail Millinery Association bulletin notes high class modistes embrace shirred velvets satin grosgrain and velvet ribbons in broad and narrow widths for fall hats. Edges of brims and under brims receive one or two rows of shirred ribbon for a soft ruffled effect. Turbans may be fully shirred and a white velvet sailor with a jet pin is highlighted.
Paris reports describe velour de laine as the chosen fabric for winter suits coats and dresses with gaberdine satin and velvet blends popular. A new henna shade appears alongside dark browns blues and greens. Skirts stay lightly draped with feet-tightening lines. coats feature simple lines and oversized cuffs and collars, with fur remains highly desired.
Paris-Tom Barber, a former Saleman now works at a front line canteen, delivering chocolate cigarettes and Paris papers to soldiers. He keeps a tidy hut near the trench line, facing gas alerts, shells, and ruins, and returns to meals and Sunday services for the men.
Dr. J. W. McGregor of Wilkinsburg writes from France that the only good Boche is a mean one with a bayonet, arguing prisoners should not be spared and praising mowing them down with machine guns as sport. He states his two legs were lost in battle.
The Red Cross mobile hospital in France reassembles overnight with full medical gear and circuses style efficiency. Large field tents, X ray units, sterilizing gear, operating tables, and a 200 plus bed capacity are moved by three main trucks. ambulances evacuate patients first, then staff strike and relocate the camp as a self contained mobile hospital unit.
Allied aviation experts note the rapid progress of weapons for pilots in France. Early war planes served for observation then armed with single and double machine guns. Accuracy, weight limits, and reliable ammunition are critical for pilots who must use the aircraft as a gun mount and jam-free gear is essential for success.
Hutchinson Kansas oral manager Frea Burns of Consolidated Flour Mills must pay 1000 dollars to the Red Cross for violating food laws. The fine, the largest thus far in Kansas, was announced by Food Administrator Walter P Innes.
A brief local notice states policewomen in Balthners receive one dollar in annual pay. It lacks detail on dates or official guidance.
The article portrays Mandalay as a historic capital founded in 1856 by King Mindon now a British garrison town. It sits 800 feet above sea level on a Shan plateau, with a five square mile city and a larger military district. In winter temperatures hover near 50 degrees while sanitarians say fevers are eradicated, and officers enjoy river views of the Irrawaddy and Kipling's imagined scenes of ruby mountains and temple bells.
The New York Times recalls old freestanding fire bells used to signal districts in Civil War days. The Marion street bell tower inventory from 1865 lists one 11 000 pound bell, striking apparatus, stove and clock, plus spyglass and field glass. The largest bell weighed 28 000 pounds in City hall tower.
An amusing fireworks trick lights a pellet that bursts into a snake like form. The reaction is mercury sulpho-cyanid burning, producing ash that expands and moves away, creating the writhing snake illusion for onlookers.
The excerpt describes women enduring hardship and discomfort to uphold a social system they deem unimportant yet essential. It notes physical discomfort, ennui, cold drafts, damp prices, long hours, and moments of annoyance endured for societal expectations. It also conveys a sense that some women feel the system might perish but still remain steadfast.
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