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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
3
A Birmingham Age Herald extract shows a wife chiding her husband John Henry Duthwaite for endless acquiescence. She challenges him to show passion by anger rather than choking silence, aiming to prove he is not a spineless jellyfish.
A bright ad touts a lemon juice and orchard white mix as a cheap, harmless freckle sunburn and tan remedy. It promises quick skin whitening and includes a boastful, humorous aside about a character named Gus Peterson and his social mishaps.
The piece describes Miss Skreecher performing alone when a man with a bald head staggers toward the exit. A friend greets him as he exits, and he jokes that he will be fine once out of hearing distance, calling it an attack of high-O sickness.
The quip notes the world moves at a rapid pace, likening current life to a motor cycle and hinting at a brisk, modern tempo. The exchange weighs on speed and progress with a wry, tea-time cadence.
A fashion column notes wartime attire shifts influencing women across society. It highlights affordable sewing, inside-out garments, Paris imports, and early autumn trends, with Parisian influence shaping American dress through slimmer silhouettes and army styled sashes.
A well known woman who drives her car for the government extols cold cream and powder as the secret to a smooth complexion. She advises applying a foundation of cold cream then powder, rubbing lightly with a cloth, repeating if grease shows, and removing with borax or alcohol after outdoor activity.
Instructions describe turning pillow slips to place worn fabric along the sides and sewing up the end seam. By ripping one seam and resewing, the pillow case lasts longer with minimal effort.
The piece notes periodic talk on making clothes in few colors, but such plans rarely become real. It expresses irritation at buying a suit and finding no blouse to match.
In an Indianapolis school a student wrote sentences with singing and singeing. The boy asked if correct. the teacher praised the use but noted the Kaiser lacks a beard, only a mustache. He admitted he could not spell mustache to gain a perfect score.
Extremes Meeting notes Maude’s firm refusal to Will’s demand. Englishwomen numbers show 617000 women in business roles with 198000 in government, 62000 in transport, 50000 in banking, 307000 in selling and clerical work. Sumarians claim two vegetable crops yearly.
A judge presiding over a case where a dealer sued a steamship line for pig losses on a cross channel voyage began his charge by noting the deck load and remarking that putting pigs on deck was rash and frying them was rasher. The courtroom heard the quip as the trial addressed liability for the fire damage.
Beautiful clear whites described as delighting a laundress who uses Red Cross Ball Blue sold by all grocers in Ady.
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