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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
7
The newest season style centers on a bustle silhouette applied to dresses or suits. A navy blue serge or gaberdine suit with a white satin vest is shown in a small sketch, highlighting the vogue for bustle frocks and suits.
A fashion writer describes the bustle style of a 1917 18 navy serge dress. The ensemble uses drapery to create a bustle, with a fitted bodice and a detachable white satin vest, often in blue and white or tan and gray options. Material requirements: six yards of 86 inch serge and three quarters yard of satin.
Fashion note highlights a chiffon blouse slipover worn over white silk or net tops with a square shadow neckline and wide chiffon sleeves. Front sash ends tie into a large bow at the back, while colors like flowered white or black georgette create dressy appeal with a separate dark skirt.
In Paris a season novelty uses fox heads crafted from flat or angora braid in natural fur color. The braid heads trim hats and are often paired with a silk tassel mimicking the fox tail for decorative effect.
The article notes a generous range of colors despite wartime dye shortages. Gray and beige dominate, brightened by small embroidery and garnitures. Simple embroidery with lazy daisy and running stitches shapes wool and silk gowns, with care on color choice to preserve distinction.
A soft shaded ribbon cap with a bow on top and side and a continuous rosette string circling the cap. The cap is described as very soft and fluffy and highly desirable for women.
A fashion note describes the new toque with a high full crown of silk or dull gauze and leaves formed from tiny black and white feathers. It highlights ribbon cockades, a white beaver felt with black velvet straps, and upcoming schemes featuring geranium, prune, jade, Chinese green, and ochre yellow with velvet or brown accents.
A vintage bath lotion recipe suggests mixing hot water with sea salt camphor and ammonia then letting it stand for 24 hours. The solution is used in a sponge bath and claimed to open pores and beautify the skin, with guidance to apply morning and night and avoid harsh clear solutions.
If you own a yard of handsome brocade or Chinese embroidery velvet, make a matinee hat. A Parisian style brown velvet hat features dull gold embroidery, melorn shape, sloping back, and a narrow fur band around the brim.
The writer tours Verdun and surrounding areas with French officers and Red Cross guests, describing shattered valleys and ruined forts from the Somme to Passchendaele. He notes Alsace signs, German remnants, and a country hardened by loss yet grateful for American help as U.S. troops arrive.
The article reports Allied aviators shattering speed and distance marks as British and French air services reinforce the Italian front. New pilots including Americans flew on routes from England through France to the Alps, with many flights 400 to 600 miles at over 100 mph. Accidents remained rare amid rapid dispatch of fresh squadrons.
Patrick Holland reported a placer mine cleanup near Coffee Creek Cal worth 1155 in gold. The three large nuggets totaled 600 400 and 155 with the remaining 600 in small pieces valued at about 5 each. These are the county's largest nuggets found in years.
Washington plans to enlist the help of children in the coal conservation drive. The federal fuel administration conservation division notes boy scouts and schoolchildren can aid by converting waste products into usable fuel.
An 1903 Alldeutsche Blatter article argues the Monroe doctrine is unjustified and primarily an inspiration among Europeans. It claims Europeans seek to impose an impression on the world and warns against underestimating European power and claims to American soil.
Washington considers re educating maimed veterans to become useful citizens. Plans would start in hospitals with convalescent patients, aiming to place partially disabled men in new employments. Canada’s approach of prolonged military oversight until a board approves readiness informs the debate.
The text notes that appendicitis is considered a modern disease yet was described in records from ancient Egypt over 5,000 years ago, indicating early observations of the condition.
Careful selection, intelligent breeding and skillful management build a profitable dairy herd. Reject low producers, set a butterfat minimum of 150 pounds yearly, and base retention on production shown by the Babcock test. raise only the best heifer calves from the most productive cows.
The article warns that milk alone is unbalanced for calves and causes indigestion, bloating, and diarrhea. It suggests adding ground grain such as cornmeal or cottonseed meal, serving warm milk, preventing froth, and avoiding shared troughs. Emphasizes feeding care over cures for calf scours.
The article warns that milking in dirty unventilated stables with foul odors contaminates milk as air from the stable is drawn into the udder and pail. It notes separators spread odors under similar conditions and that dust and dirty vessels introduce germs, harming milk quality.
Calves should be introduced to silage early with small amounts alongside other roughage and gradually increased. This method promotes normal development and rapid gains while keeping costs low.
Dairymen can stretch feed by the same methods used to ease food shortages. If food economies feed more people with the same supply, the same feed can sustain more cows and extend available dairy output.
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