New Silhouette Promises Long Draped Skirts This Winter
A 1918 fashion column notes a shift to long draped skirts sweeping to the ankles with tight basques and altered waistlines. Hats favor the Anzac style with ostrich plumes as designers urge economy and reuse of revived elements amid wartime restrictions.
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New York
America
France
McClure
Deferred classification to aid war labor plan includes farmers and industry
War labor policies board and top defense officials agree on deferring certain workers in agriculture and industry. Each district draft board will have advisers on agriculture, industry, and other jobs to assess needs. Lieutenant Shirk honored for daring rescue at sea. funding and organization details on motor transport corps and anti construction orders also covered.
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Shirk
Committee On Public Information
Washington
War Labor Policies Board
General Crowder
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Labor
Department of Agriculture
What It Means to Be a Christian Lesson Summary
Seventeen lesson summaries outline practical Christian living. Faith in Christ, Bible reading, prayer, obedience, growth in grace, helpful service, worship attendance, confession of Christ, generous giving, resisting evil, holiness, and using talents. Each lesson links faith to daily conduct and future reward.
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Jesus Christ
Lydia
Peter
Andrew
James
John
Christ
Jesus
Ahab
National drive boosts enrollments for volunteer medical corps
Following a call by the national council of defense applications to join the volunteer medical service corps surge as 19,225 letters arrive in under a week. Information from nearly 20,000 physicians is being received in this rapid enrollment push.
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National Council of Defense
Medical -Service Corps
The Greatest Teachings Quote by Milton
A brief quotation stating there are no songs or orations equal to Zion or prophetic teachings and politics, attributed to Milton.
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Zion
Bible for Every Soldier Policy Endorsed by Major General Wood
Major General Wood writes to the American Bible Society urging success in placing a Bible in the hands of every soldier. He expresses strong belief in Godspeed and the work undertaken to spread scripture among service members.
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The
American Bible Society
Wood
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Deafness Cure Claim
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness is incurable by local remedies and requires a constitutional treatment. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures via the blood, targets the Eustachian tube, and offers one hundred dollars for uncured cases with Druggists selling for 75 cents and free circulars.
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Hall
HF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Mud and Fatigue Among Troops on Wet Country Road
Soldiers hike a waterlogged muddy road as an officer complains about alternating roles as a duck and a mud turtle during the march. The scene captures fatigue and rough conditions faced by the unit.
Murderous Bell How Did She Cut Him Dead
A fragment notes a dramatic confrontation with sharp phrases and daggers in a Chicago Daily News report. The brief hints at a domestic or interpersonal dispute with hostile exchange and a fatal outcome implied by the term murder.
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Bell
Stell
Chicago Daily News
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Promote Liver Tone
An old advertising notice touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills to improve liver function and aid digestion. It claims the product tones the liver gently and helps food assimilation.
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Dean
Indiana
Wright
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