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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1919
Page
7
The piece muses on postwar changes in New York life. Marry Leon Wilson returns to town and notes shifts from traditional bars to coffee houses run by women waiters. The author imagines reforming conductorettes, gunmen reformation, and the decline of the saloon, with a plan for a continental style cafe.
Minna Hall Simmons writes from New York on April 26 about sports apparel trends. Sweaters feature filet rochet designs in pale blue and purple blends with decorative cuffs and shoulders. Coats and jackets appear in black jersey silk and leather color wool, with navy blue, rose, and blue silk-tricolette fabrics dominating. One color sports skirts replace striped patterns, and sailor hats with wider brims gain popularity. The letter notes fashionable satin wear, silk tricolette, and velvet velours in varied jackets, with a lively eye on summer breezes and youthful as well as mature tastes.
Washington May 3. Chairman Hurley says shipyards will not be forced to suspend work nor will any men be thrown out of employment in the contemplated readjustment of the building program of the Shipping Board. He explained that cancelling 2,000,000 tons of shipbuilding contracts would be followed by contracts for building more desirable types of vessels.
Washington May 4 The Shipping Board awarded the Ninth District Great Lakes first honors in wartime shipbuilding. The district surpassed others in new tonnage, delivering 163 new freight carriers in 1918, with rapid launches of up to 3,500 tons and single voyages completed in 17 days.
Christiania reports the Bolshevik government has granted in principle a concession for a 2000 mile railway. Eduard Hannevig leads a Norwegian financial group to build from the Obi river in Tobolsk to Kotlass Petrograd Murmansk and Archangel. The project would include 33 000 square miles of forest land and mining rights along the route.
CHICAGO May 4 Plans are under way by owners of more than 20 drink cure facilities to quit business with national prohibition. Many branches will close within a year though a few may stay as drug cure sanitariums. Officials cite declining demand since Harrison anti drug law and wartime and influenza effects.
A young American sailor, stripped to his underwear apart from half-laced shoes, was found semi-conscious on a West End sidewalk. He cannot recall his name or address and is being treated at a United States naval hospital. He vaguely recalls home but details are unclear.
An afternoon discovery near Lord Lansdowne's Berkeley Square estate unearthed a pair of naval trousers and a hat cast over the wall. A young woman around 20 is described, while the man is tall with fair features. His first words upon awakening were “Black Jack” and “it won't stun it,” unclear in meaning.
In Washington DC special report Charles Deane a 22 year old Alexandria clerk fled to Baltimore to buy 31 quarts of whiskey wine and cordials for a wedding feast He was held on violating the dry law The wedding of Deane to a Smiths Wharf Md bride was spoiled as whiskey was confiscated He telephoned his fiancé who waited in police court for hours seeking a bondsman to free him.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is presented as a reconstructive tonic that stimulates appetite aids digestion and improves nutrient absorption. It claims to enrich and renew the blood and strength, aiding recovery from war fatigue influenza and seasonal malaise, recommending a bottle now and adding Hood's Pills as a gentle cathartic.
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