Social and Fashions Committees Drive War Support
Social and Fashions committees and allied groups across the United Kingdom mobilize broad civic backing including schools, churches, trade unions, and co operatives to fund the war. A financial expert notes the Chancellor plans to raise 500 million via taxation with 1.3 billion needed from savings and export gains. An average girl prefers a man who turns off the gas.
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Lncal
United Kingdom
Ase’. du
They Are Not Wearing Them Yet I Say
A reader recalls shopping for linen versus straw hats and discovers people resist nonconformity in fashion. The writer notes hats not in style and reflects on choosing items that suit one’s appearance over following every trend. The piece extols individuality within tasteful limits and the value of wearing what becomes you.
Simple white or gandy embroidered blouse trends
Daily Fashion Hints notes the season's eight shirtwaists and the rise of frills jabots and soft collars. It highlights pale colors, stripes, and fabrics like organdy and voile with fine tucking, hand embroidery, and lace. The small white organdy blouse shown features pale blue embroidery, quaker folds, and colored buttonholes, signaling ongoing blouse simplification with sleeve-silhouette driven sleeves.
Independence Day Golf And Fireworks At Country Club
Quincy Society OLY led in a varied Indépendence day celebration at the Country Club with golf music dancing and a fireworks display. Blues beat Reds by 26 points in the afternoon team event. later a Fifth Infantry band concert and a children friendly fireworks show capped the gala day.
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Oly
Blues
Reds
W. H. Sinnock
Charles Lee Weems
Sinnock
Weems
Fifth Infantry
Newcomb Stillwell
Joe Emery
William Pfeiffer
Fred Wilms
Dr. H. Whipple
A. L. Best
E. B. Hillman
C. W. Leffingwell
Jack” Cruttenden
M. Kendall
Chester Wilcox
Robert Hailbach
E. Halbach
F. W. Crane
Carl Steinwedel
Dewey Woodruff
George Govert
Captain Weems
Robert Switzer
John Guinan
George Reeves
W.I Mckee
A. B. Bowers
A. M. Botsford
Dr. T. D. Gardner
Bennett Bartlett
Burr Irwin
Fred Scudder
Russell Williams
Henry Brant
J. Frank
St Marys Parish Picnic Is Successful
The annual Independence Day picnic on the St. Marys parish lawn at Seventh and Adams streets drew a large crowd. A chicken dinner was served by the women while varied stands, decorations, and amusements attracted steady patronage all day.
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St. Mary’s
Adams
L. Depenbrock
A. Dunker
Florence Menke
Lady Forester
Visitors and locals mark Fourth of July with travel notes
O J Fischer formerly of Quincy Gas and Electric visits through the week from Pittsburgh where he works for Westinghouse Electric. Abe Hirsch of Chicago visits, Carl Curfman hosts with 435 1 2 Spring street, H Hannah Gundy hosts Ruby Gundy from Memphis, Harry Lenane from Brookfield joins Fourth celebrations in Quincy. Mrs H W Trueblood attends two conventions in Freeport and is later bound for Oregon Newfoundland with Bessie Brinkley.
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O. J. Fischer
Quincy Gas and Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Company
Abe Hirsch
Chicago
George Colgrove
Charles Edwards
Hull
Harve Dunham
Kinderhook
Carl Curfman
Spring Street
A. G. Eldin
Perry
Ruby Gundy
Memphis
Hannah Gundy
Harry Lenane
Brookfield
Sloan's Liniment Endorsed for All Aches Abroad
A vacationadvertisement extols Sloan's liniment as ideal after hard work and for sudden pains like toothache stiff neck backache and stings. A vacationer claims it covers cramps and toothache, advising readers to carry a bottle and be prepared for trips and camps.
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Sloan
England's war thrift drives broad civic sacrifice
England under wartime strain shows working classes driving thrift while prices rise and wages vary. Government bonds and war savings certificates attract diverse earners from munition workers to shopgirls. London shops thrive on surplus incomes as the nation funds a vast war bill through savings and loans.
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London
England
Treasury
Post Office
Trustee Savings Banks
Diamond
Hatton Gardens
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Quincy Society
Maida Lee Folgate
Grace Whipple
Russell Willams
E. F. Hollister
UINCY
Gertrude Lampel
St. Louis
John R. Storith
Miss Lampel
Frank Dick
Jersey Street
Manan Crane
Charles Pfeiffer
Peter Dietz
Mrs. E. B. Hillman
California
Mrs. Emil Halbach
R. E. Hackman
Earl Smith
St. Paul
Mrs. J. T. Dahlstrom
Miss Winifred Loot
Wausau
Willey
Frances Eldred
S. W. Eldred
Hampshire Street
Julia Caruthers
Miss Eldred
Quincy
Alps
Marian Wall
Eliza McNeil
Mildred Irish
Dorothy Allard
Clausen Snyder
Ralph Schaberg
William Baker
Homer Swope
Mathilda
Leah
Amanda
Petrograd
Park Place
F. W. Brinkoetter
ST. Mary’s Parish
G. Kroner
C. Upschutte
George Timme
George Schmidt
H. Arning
New Poast
New Post Toasties
Angier
Rure Gho
Angier B. Duke
Great Britain
United States
Britain
National War Savings Committee
G. N. Bates
Cuthurs
Dept
Boston
Tiffany
la Valliers
A. Basse
Maine Street
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