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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
6
Early season guide to girls and grown women fashion detailing outfits with net frocks, organdie, satin, and taffeta. Highlights include two color schemes, embroidered nets, organdie collars, decorative ruffles, and silk slips worn under net gowns, plus evolving neckwear and white emphasis in the season’s styling.
The article highlights attractive lace blouses using filet, Irish crochet, and Bohemian laces. Silk thread patterns on soft lace create blouses with square collars, crocheted button rows, and outfits featuring white net and organdie in white and colors. Collars, cuffs, and shoulder yokes boost fall and winter frocks as warm essentials emerge later.
A miscellany on changes in women’s swimwear converting skirts into bloomers, Biblical vessels used for offerings, a patent for a parcel with TO and FROM marks, and Southern Pacific tramp traps in freight cars. It notes Mount Hood at 11,225 feet as Oregon’s highest peak, appearing tiny beside California’s Mount Whitney and Washington’s Mount Rainier.
The material surveys Daniel’s twofold role as dream interpreter and God’s mouthpiece, his home in Babylon at about fourteen, and his tested conscience. It notes his refusal of the king’s meat, his disciplined prayer life, and his mental advancement, arguing the era spans the times of the Gentiles prophesied in Luke 21:24.
President Wilson rejects the pope's peace terms as a dangerous delay and enacts a sweeping export embargo to starve the Kaiser's war machine. In Russia, Kerensky tightens grip as Don Cossacks and army leaders insist on continuing the war. Italian forces push toward Trieste, while Verdun and the Aisne fronts see heavy fighting and German counterattacks. Congress budgets surge to fund the war, with destroyers and naval programs authorized amid fears of German propaganda aimed at stirring unrest at home.
Austria's public works minister Extra Rations for Miners warned coal shortages threaten Austria-Hungary. He said 12,000 miners returned from the front but August production failed due to worker under nourishment and fatigue. A government coal monopoly bill followed, aiming to curb heating in public venues.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century item includes a murky discussion on borrowing money and a quote about removing pockets from men's clothing as a cure for idleness. It references a Mrs Soro Boan of Washington and an elixir advertisement by Iowa Kiccadant & Dey, with a tone of satirical social commentary.
An American ad promotes Caticurna free samples by mail with a healing ointment and soup, plus a tangential Carnegie Foundation quote and a humorous exchange about a rough youth in preparatory school. The pieces mix advertising, social commentary, and a light joke from an exchange column.
A reader notes all contributions are returned with regrets and suggests sending support to the Red Crows fund though a Pil warrant is unlikely. The brief reflects a frustrated appeal and a cautious financial sentiment.
A fragment notes Mental Hooverlein discussing reading and reflecting on substantial writings. The line mentions serving food and reflection as a theme, implying a thoughtful approach to literature and meals.
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