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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
6
A 1920s-style feature describes the overette as a new efficiency garment for modern women. Made in khaki and linen look fabrics, it is light yet sturdy, with adjustable shoulder straps and side fastenings. It envisions women marching into domestic tasks and garden chores in improved, practical attire.
The piece reviews motor hats emphasizing comfort, fit, and stay-on ability. It describes three designs with elastic bands to secure the brim, including braids, fabrics, silk crowns, and button vents. One model lacks the elastic band yet serves well for both motor wear and street use.
The cherry blossom veil pattern is described as new and stylish for younger women. Delicate blossoms trail over mesh converging at the chin with a black velvet dot, two long sprays form the border, and two more angle toward the ears and eyes. It’s presented as flattering on a youthful face.
Pontine gains vogue in New York Herald style notes. The fabric resembles soft lusterless kid on one side and satin on the other, ideal for sport coats and hats. Coats use sports lines with leather outside, collar and cuffs turned to expose the reversible satin side. New hats feature satin outside with leather under brim.
An Arizona Hopi shop at Grand Canyon displays crafts for visitors while recounting a tale from Anatole le Braz about a Hopi family. A framed photo of a French soldier in a wall frame symbolizes connections across worlds as the narrator, also French, greets the vendors and learns of ancestral ties.
The piece warns that neglecting bird life harms agriculture as birds eat insects that destroy crops. It cites ornithologists and crop experts noting birds like phoebes kingbirds catbirds swallows thrushes grosbeaks wrens vireos sparrows cuckoos orioles warblers shrikes larks as helpful to farmers and even crows and crow blackbirds provide net benefits.
The article notes India’s population is highly diverse with about 150 languages and 43 distinct nationalities. It cites 2,587 main castes plus many subcastes and estimates 200,000,000 Hindus and 60,000,000 Muslims, including 50,000,000 of degraded caste status deemed polluting by touch or shadow.
A humorous dialogue about thrift in marriage. A wife saves scraps to reuse for breakfast, prompting a playful exchange on domestic economy and frugality.
Dr Stephen Langdon deciphers ancient Sumerian tablets at the University of Pennsylvania museum dating before Abraham. The Find reveals a Messianic hope tied to earthly kings, gods, and a God man who would redeem humankind from paradise loss, foundational to Jewish and Christian belief.
A quirky reminiscence notes Mark Twain’s mock antipathy for chambermaids who disrupt bachelor life. It cites light, bed placement, book storage, matchbox location, and mislaid scraps of printed matter as constant annoyances. The piece lampoons tidiness clashes with solitary study customs.
The piano, built from wood cloth skin and felt, is highly sensitive to moisture, sun, and drafts. Damp rooms dull tone, rust wires, and rusting irreversibly weakens tone. keeping room temperatures between 50 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit minimizes deterioration.
The burro is a small compact horse of the nime variety with a high forehead and a thoughtful face though not very brainy. It has soulful eyes but a soul smaller than a blind kitten, valued mainly for the load it carries.
A brief cartoonish dialogue captures a man named Jack Young reflecting on life’s twists. He jokes about turning up at a girl’s house, being turned down, and now heading home to turn in for the night.
A dialogue noting that large sums do not guarantee success while complete lack of money signals likely failure, reflecting on wealth as a gauge of achievement. The exchange contrasts fortune with outcomes and hints at measurement by financial means.
Dialogue hints at Mrs Woodby Swell man’s disdain for everyone in trade while another observer shrugs at creditors’ tension, suggesting common hostility as a social norm. The fragment captures character dynamics without broader context.
A nation wide call for more economy and production argues farming as a business. High grain prices and Western Canada yields are cited with examples from Wright, Smith & Sons, and others, showing strong profits through systematic farming and investment in land in Alberta and adjacent regions.
A playful dialogue explains that discretion can signify prudence rather than cowardice, noting that choosing not to marry may reflect careful judgment. The exchange ends with domestic nudges to bathe and sleep.
Mrs Rost of Washington Park Illinois describes relief from female troubles backache and nervous spells after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills She notes better health youthful looks and urges others to contact the company in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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