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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
7
The latest fashions celebrate gingham as practical and stylish, with gingham frocks shining in bright color combos and pastel shades. A pink and white gingham dress with white organdie sleeves showcases a sunny look suitable for morning wear, luncheons, and shopping outings, while accessories like a tidy parasol and narrow ribbon embellishments complete the look.
A nurse operates a new gauze bandage making machine by J A Butler of Boston installed in the New England surgical dressings committee work room. It folds bandages in two sizes four and three inches wide and can produce up to fifty yards of bandages per minute depending on the operator, vastly faster than existing methods.
A long letter asks about social propriety for a young widow dating after four months mourning and attending dinner and theater with a gentleman friend. Guidance says to balance social activity with mourning norms, and notes women’s expected restraint and the danger of gossip. It also covers hair care tips for dandruff and advice against young girls reading love stories, arguing sentimentality harms real understanding of love.
The article describes variations in surplice style on a white voile blouse with pale organdie trim and Valenciennes lace. It notes colors like lavender for season wardrobes and popular fabrics such as georgette crepe for evening wear. Also mentions sleeves and accessories for tailored suits and broader musings on time and human mood.
Reads like a dated household guide with menus and recipes for breakfast and dinner. Includes stewed prunes with lemon slices unpooked cereal baked stuffed potatoes coffee luncheon crab meat salad in green peppers brown bread sandwiches hot rice pudding dinner soups beef liver with brown gravy buttered beets cabbage salad Russian dressing fruit jelly breads muffins from soured milk and other kitchen tips. The text lists ingredients quantities and step by step methods for breads muffins and dishes like creamed eggs with peas lemon syllabub and parsnips with eggs, plus a poultice tip and ironholder cooling trick.
Allied victory hinges on timely food shipments from this country. The message urges increased wheat consumption and prioritizes corn rye and rice bread to support war effort and sustain shortages during June.
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