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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
8
The article introduces the overette as a new efficient garment for women, suited for indoor and outdoor tasks. Made in khaki, linenlike fabric, or striped Galatia cloth, it fits over a blouse and fastens at the sides and shoulders. Shoulder straps adjust with buttons. pockets and tailored seams improve practicality for home work and garden chores.
The article describes specialized motor hats designed for comfort and staying power at speed. It contrasts plain tailored hats with purpose built designs featuring elastic bands, braids, and fabric crowns to stay in place, converting to street hats when veiled. It highlights three examples showing varied crowns, brims, and decorative details for motor wear and street use.
The cherry blossom veil pattern is popular with younger women for its dash and novelty. Delicate blossoms and stems trail over mesh, converge at a chin center with a small black velvet dot, and long sprays frame the face creating a coy, fetched look.
Pontine has gained a considerable vogue as a versatile material. It resembles soft, lusterless kid on one side and satin on the other, ideal for sport coats and hats. Coats are sport-line with the leather side out and reversible color contrasts on collars and cuffs.
An Arizona Hopi shop at the Grand Canyon showcases adobe dwellings and crafts as Anatole le Braz recounts the scene. A French soldier’s photograph in a frame, sent from France, symbolizes a lineage crossing oceans to defend his father’s people. The narrator, also French, greets the Indian traders and contemplates heritage and courage.
The Chicago News argues that neglecting bird life harms agriculture, noting birds destroy about one tenth of crop pests by eating insects. It cites experts and the U S Department of Agriculture naming Phoebes Kingbirds Catbirds Swallows Thrushes Grosbeaks Wrens Vireos Sparrows Cuckoos Orioles Warblers Larks Shrikes as beneficial.
The article notes India’s vast diversity with about 150 languages and 48 distinct nationalities. It cites 2,587 main castes plus many subcastes, 200,000,000 Hindus and 60,000,000 Muslims, and mentions 50,000,000 outcast groups considered polluted by touch or shadow.
A playful dialogue notes how a wife values thrift by saving scraps for breakfast. The exchange highlights frugal domestic economy and clever reuse, reflecting a lighthearted slice of home life.
Dr Stephen Langdon deciphers university tablets dating to 2500 B C showing Sumerian belief in a deliverer born of gods through earthly kings. The find links Semite epic Gilgamish as antithesis to restoration hope, suggesting Jewish and Christian concepts predate Abraham, with 4500 year old tablets detailing creation flood and man’s fall.
The excerpt recalls Mark Twain on bachelor days criticizing chambermaids for tidiness. It quotes his gripes about bed lighting, unreadable book placement, moving the pillow and lamp, hiding the matchbox, and burning manuscripts with scraps saved from the floor. The tone mocks restrictive domestic order during bachelor living.
The piano, built mainly of wood cloth skin and felt, suffers most from damp sun and drafts. Dampness dulls tone and causes rust on wires, which cannot fully restore tone. Keep temperatures within safe ranges and avoid extremes to preserve sound quality.
The piece argues the burro is small and compact with a thoughtful face yet limited intelligence. It notes soulful eyes but a tiny soul, and praises its strong load-carrying ability for sure-footed work, contrasting value with a wine agent's annual earnings.
Jack Young recalls a night of unexpected turns arriving at a girl's house, facing rejection, and deciding to head home to rest. The dialogue frames a witty, self deprecating reflection on misadventure and fate.
A brief dialogue contrasts wealth and success with poverty, as one says much money does not guarantee success and the other counters that zero money is a clear sign of failure. The exchange hints at economic narratives without names or places.
A clipped dialog snippet shows Mrs. Woodby Swell man expressing hatred for trade people, with a creditor remark countering the notion that such feelings are unusual. The exchange hints at social tensions between individuals of different economic classes within the community.
The nation seeks greater production and economy in farming as grain prices soar. Examples from C A Wright of Milo Iowa who bought 160 acres in Western Canada and earned a surplus. Smith & Sons of Vulcan Alberta report 200% returns on 1,200 to 1,400 acres. extensive yields and low costs cited with affidavits from Nobleford and Noble J. Noble and Mrs Nancy Coe backing high wheat and oats outputs in 1916 and optimistic notes on farming as a business rather than a mere living.
A playful exchange where Willie and Maw discuss the saying Discretion is the better part of valor. They interpret it as a man not being cowardly for avoiding marriage. The dialogue ends with Maw telling Willie to bathe and go to bed.
A Washington Park Illinois reader describes long suffering from female troubles backache and nervous spells. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with restoring her health and youthfulness and thanks the company for free advice offered by mail.
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