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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
8
A feature on a new khaki garment called the overette designed for efficiency in home tasks and outdoor activities. Describes its tailored lines, adjustable shoulder straps, and fabric resembling linen, promising comfort and practicality for women balancing domestic duties and garden chores.
The article discusses motor hats tailored for comfort and secure fit during long drives. It highlights elastic-brim designs that stay on despite wind and speed, with three example hats showing fabric and braid crowns, button accents, and a removable veil for street use.
Gute Srumke describes a new cherry blossom veil pattern seen as dashy and different for younger women. Delicate blossoms trail over mesh converging at the chin with a black velvet dot, while velvet sprays frame the face and eyes, creating a coy, fetching look.
Pontine has gained vogue as a versatile material resembling soft kid on one side and satin on the other. It is praised for sport coats and hats with leather outer and reversible satin interior. Some hats display the satin side outside with leather under brim for contrast.
An Arizona Hopi shop at the Grand Canyon showcases goods in adobe dwellings. Anatole le Braz notes rough frame homes as visitors browse wares while a bronze sachem and a woman weave inside. A photo of a French soldier is in a frame for sale, sent by the dealer’s grandson living in France. The tale links a miner father, a Hopi squaw, and a son who crosses the watershed to defend his father’s people.
The piece laments wasteful neglect of bird life and cites insect control by birds. It notes crops lose 10 percent to pests and lists birds aiding farmers, from phoebes to meadow larks, with even crows doing more good than harm according to the federal agriculture department.
The article states India has about 150 languages and 43 distinct nationalities with 2,587 main castes plus many subcastes. It cites 200,000,000 Hindus including 60,000,000 Muslims, and 50,000,000 Dalits regarded as impure.
In a light exchange, a husband asks if his wife believes in thrift. She replies that she saves every scraps to turn into breakfast, illustrating a home economy mindset with practical frugality.
Dr Stephen Langdon deciphers ancient Sumerian tablets in the University of Pennsylvania museum showing a messianic hope dating to 2500 B C. The find links Sumerian belief in a deified earthly deliverer to Jewish and early Christian religion and suggests Gilgamesh as its antithesis.
In bachelor days Mark Twain lampooned chambermaids for tidiness, noting the pillow moved to hide light from the gas flame, books left out of reach, matches misplaced, and perishable items placed to tempt breakage, while scraps of printed rubbish are staged to fuel the fire.
Pianos suffer from moisture heat and drafts as wood cloth skin and felt react to temperature shifts. Moisture dulls tone and causes rusted strings that thinning the sound. keep rooms between 50 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid damage.
The burro is a small compact horse of the nue variety with a high forehead and reflective face though not as brainy as appearances suggest. It is valued mainly for its load carrying ability, being sure-footed and capable despite pejorative comparisons.
In a light exchange Jack Young jokes about a night of misadventure ending with a girl turning him down and him turning home to turn in. Mr. Oldun remarks that life is full of strange turns, underscoring the comic puncturing of expectations.
A quoted exchange contrasts money with success and failure. One speaker notes that much money does not guarantee achievement, while the other argues that its complete absence signals failure.
A short dialogue scene notes Mrs Woodby Swell man’s dislike for anyone in trade, followed by a reminder that one rarely loves creditors. The exchange captures a strained, cynical mood about commerce and debt in a fragmentary BRE ABER column.
A nationwide call for more economy and production dominates the piece, arguing high grain prices and Western Canada wheat yields show farming as a business. It cites C A Wright of Milo Iowa, S Joseph and Sons of Des Moines, and Smith & Sons of Vulcan Alberta, with returns and per acre figures., including 10 600 bushels from 240 acres and about 25 cents per bushel cost, alongside affidavits from Newell J. Noble and Nancy Coe confirming large yields in Alberta in 1916.
A child and caregiver discuss the proverb meaning that restraint can be wiser than bold action. The exchange pivots on caution, suggesting prudence over rash decisions in everyday life. The dialogue ends with a domestic bedtime scene.
Mrs Rost of Stopies Sage Avenue Washington Park Illinois cites four children and female trouble backache nervous spells and the blues. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her health and kept her youthful look despite worry. She thanks the company and invites others to write for free advice.
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