Guynemer the French Air Hero Gains National Fame
Paris celebrates George Guynemer, a 21 year old aviation prodigy, as France’s premier air hero. He rose from repeated army rejections to elite fighter, shooting down six German machines in seven months and earning the Legion of Honor and War Cross with four bars.
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Garros
Gilbert
Guynemer
Aittle
Fokker
Herbecourt
George Guynemer
George
Andi
Legion of Honor
France
Gerrot
Garrosia
Germany
Ollbert Om
Switzerland
Paris
Zurich
Paty
Geneva
Olten
London Hero Sacrifices in Tigris River Cable Action
Lieutenant Commander Edgar Christopher Cookson of the British gunboat Comet dies after single handedly cutting a steel cable obstruction across the Tigris river. He is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry as Turks fall back after a furious night battle.
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London
Edgar Christopher Cookson
Comet
Ali Gharbi
Cookson
Kut-el’Amara
Fashions This Year Favor Broad Necks and Ornamental Tricks
The article surveys 1916 fashion trends noting round necklines with low openings for blouses and wide rolling collars on coats. It warns of clashes between unfinished necklines and open-neck coats, critiques French ornamentation and Egyptian embroidery, and urges American dressmakers to favor simpler, characterful attire over excessive trimmings. It references Paris needlework, American skill limits, and the need to reflect contemporary psychology in dress.
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Paris
France
Orleans
America
Dolla
Thei
Hermione
Totblea
Mme. de Montespan
Girls Club to Live One Hundred Years Formed in LA
Miss Ethel Monnette and Miks- Kita La Beau organize a Girls' Club to Live One Hundred Years in Los Angeles. Seven members so far, required rules include dawn rise, brisk morning walks, light meat, careful eating, daily outdoor work, and cheerful habits.
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Los Angeles
Ethel
Monnette
Miks- Kita la Beau
Riese
Funeral sermons fixed in will for $2.50 each
William H. Moyer who died recently left a large estate and in his probate filing arranged for funeral sermons at $2.50 each. The provisions named a coffin, specified hymns including My Faith Looks Up to Thee, and two clergymen to preach if one is unavailable.
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Reading
William H
Moyer
Evening dresses show sleeves and new 1860 drop shoulder
Fashion notes describe evening gowns with sleeves covering shoulders and enhancing the veil. Sleeveless styles remain rare, while the 1860 drop shoulder gains attention and appears in a few extreme gowns.
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Milady
Bright Linings for Garments Highlight Delicate Color Play
A style note explains using bright lining colors and contrasting trims to brighten outfits. It suggests pairing plain gray gowns with bright red linings and gray silk braid trimming for a striking yet refined effect.
New Blouse Styles Shift From High Collars To Open Necks
Fashion notes trace blouse evolution from mandatory high collars to open neck designs. Text recalls last autumn’s high collar mandate, its decline as deserters appeared, and today’s preference for comfort and broad appeal.
Fashions of the Season Emphasize Aprons and Crinoline
New circular capes appear on each shoulder and aprons of stiff crinoline distend tailored suits. Large flat collars in sailor and Puritan styles lead the vogue as Fifth Avenue shops showcase crape outfits with dark vests. More women wear white lingerie waists with tailored suits, combining batiste fabrics with precise tailoring.
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Fifth’ Avenue
Setn
Batiste
Muff Holder From Cardboard Tube Hanger Idea
A simple muff hanger instructions describe using a long cardboard mailing tube wrapped in batting and cretonne or ribbon. End loops finished with a ribbon, a button to unfasten, and sachet bag clusters at each end to tuck into the muff when hung.
Pique shortage prompts substitute fabrics in imports
The article notes pique may be scarcer than linen due to wartime limits on the section of Francé from which imported piques come. Rodier offers a good substitute that resembles pique, with numerous effective corded cottons available as alternatives.
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Francé
Rodier
Uses for Tatting in Fashion and Trimming
Tatting grows in popularity as trimming for baby fineries and edging collars and cuffs. Women are adopting the technique to make summer linen frocks more usable and stylish.
Small Hog House Fits Average Farm Plans
An illustrated article describes a compact hog house 12 by 60 feet ideal for farms where hogs are a secondary venture. It stresses a good winter house to protect sensitive hogs, level concrete floors with removable partitions, straw platforms, and guard rails for piglets, noting flexible pen configurations and low construction cost.
Wonder of the Universe and the Hog House Illumination
A narrative links cosmic awe to practical farming. It describes hog housing with concrete walls, sunlit interiors, and draft protection as a profitable, well-constructed farm building. The text blends celestial imagery with the value of proper care and sanitation.
In This House You May Meet Those Not Of Your Sort
The Outlook notes a hotel blotter message urging courtesy and tolerance for all guests regardless of nationality birth or status. It questions whether the hotel is American and if the author is a New England man, reflecting on early 20th century ideas of democracy and inclusion.
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New England
Masefield Recounts Tennyson’s Mutton Moment
Visiting English poet John Masefield told a story about Alfred Lord Tennyson at a dinner. The tale shows the real poet as human when a lady talked brightly on art and literature and Tennyson finally quipped about the mutton needing to be cut in hunks.
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John Masefield
Tennyson
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