Parisian Frock Double Skirt Reflects Global Turmoil in Fashion
The Parisian frock with a double skirt is used to explore how war, economic shifts, and French style influence public taste. The piece links garment choices to broader hopes, fears, and the labor of designers and traders amid world events and postwar adjustments. It argues fashion mirrors national mood and individual courage in trade.
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Wilson
Congress
France
The Origin of Spring Fashion and Wartime Uproar
A vivid account links fashion to peril and enterprise from shipboard to Paris. It notes how garments for spring echo risk and supply lines, the return of French models, and bold American business methods behind the wardrobe. The illustration highlights a gown with a plain underskirt and a wired tunic, featuring a long sleeve and decorative buttons.
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States
Unclear Recipe Fragments Describe Brown Sugar Mix
Fragmentary kitchen notes show brown sugar and water with forty five minutes of processing. A vague instruction mentions ginger flavoring and a mysterious omni bottle, but key measurements and steps are missing.
Waste of Coal Says Use Coke for Heat and Steam
British engineers argue that burning whole coal wastes money by throwing away valuable byproducts. They say coal yields benzol, tar, ammonia, and more, making coke a more economical fuel for homes and industry.
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London Times
Henry Cunningham
A Mighty Gun Lathe for U S Navy Shop
A 186 foot long gun lathe built by Niles-Bement-Pond for the U S naval gunshop in Washington requires a tunnel under a highway for installation. The 800000 pound machine spans 186 feet overall with a 103 foot main bed and 75 foot boring bench, designed to turn and bore coast defense cannon. Also notes a British plan for a floating repair shop hull 450 by 90 feet with a full machine shop and accommodations for 186 officers and men.
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United States Naval
Washington
Niles-Bement-Pond Company
Bement Works
British Admiralty
Oil For the Springs Tool for rust removal and lubrication
A small device spreads leaves to insert oil between them and allows an emery strip to remove rust. Heavy rust calls for kerosene, then oil. Inject graphite to fill pores, keep out dirt and water, and provide lubrication.
Carbonic Acid Snow Treatment At West London Hospital
Carbonic acid snow now used at West London hospital by Dr Reginald Morton to treat various diseases. Moles and birthmarks including port wine stains respond after two or three applications. Chronic eczema patches heal, rodent ulcers improve, trachoma cures faster and with less pain and minimal risk.
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West London
Reginald Morton
Forge Clay Mixture Recipe for a Forge
A historical note describes combining ten pounds of fire clay ten pounds of cast iron turnings half a pound of house salt and one quarter pound of salammoniac in a dry state. The mixture is wetted to form a mortar and stirred continually until it dries hard capable of outperforming standard forge materials.
Notice to Lot Owners on Sidewalk Construction Bottineau
City council of Bottineau announces required rebuilding of side walls along the south line of lot 4, block 6, McBaine addition. Owners must build per ordinances by June 2, 1915 or city will hire work at cost to adjoining land with interest seven percent per year.
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City of
Bottineau
North Dako
Anton Lallum
Thoughtful quotes on ideas and genius across eras
A compact collection of famous reflections about thinking and ideas from Carlyle to Locke. The lines discuss the power of thoughts to shape the world, the surprise of insights, and the difficulty of arguing with firmly held ideas.
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