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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
9
The article traces debated origins of the tank, noting Colonel Swinton’s contested role and an American tractor’s seed in the concept. It describes British secrecy, the use of caterpillar technology, and the evolution from trenches to armored warfare. It concludes that the tank’s name served as disguise as well as design.
An urban motorman teaches thrifty planting by mounting boxes on his street car. He grows lettuce onions spuds and beets atop the car while working from dawn to night, proving any man can raise a garden with ambition and care.
Colonel Wilkie’s gloomy views on feminism are challenged by Cora Harris in the March issue. She argues that women are increasingly using their minds, shaping social customs, and enforcing their rights through law, signaling a coming social shift led by calm, educated women.
A vintage advertisement touts Kowiton’s Danderine as a quick cost effective cure for dandruff itch scalp and hair loss claiming it thickens adds gloss and wave within minutes and that two weeks use reveals new fine downy hair. It urges women to purchase a small bottle at drugstores and try it to prove hair beauty potential.
The conference awards Kiao-chau and port rights to Japan after siege by Japanese forces, with fortifications to be demolished. Germany previously held the territory in China, ceded under duress, while China demanded its return and Japan sought it as payment for wartime service to the Allies.
In the Kansas City Journal a terse exchange between a doctor and patient unfolds as the line You cannot go to any ball tonight appears alongside the imperative I must go. The snippet hints at a medical warning affecting social plans.
A government committee report cites three main reasons English girls avoid domestic service: loss of social status long hours and isolation. It notes servants are viewed with lower status, highlights uniforms and addressing by first names as class symbols, and critiques media portrayals. It also mentions a proposed minimum wage scale for servants, with wages from a maid to a cook housekeeper alongside board and laundry.
A wartime garden bulletin notes cutworms and corn worms enjoy tender sweet corn, with advice to dig around plants and destroy the pests. It suggests using bran mash around the base to lure and kill cutworms before they spread.
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