Modesty Returns in 1917 Women’s Fashion Trends
Editorial notes at the Designners Association of Women’s Clothes convention in Chicago report a shift toward modest, practical street attire for 1917. Designers forecast less garish display, with new emphasis on lines, drapes, and colors, and explore the psychology of dress. Singing models will illustrate the idea that beauty styles inspire beautiful thoughts, possibly the first of their kind.
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Milady
Designers’ Association of Women
Chicago
Gems of Answers From Exam Papers
A London Globe collection of humorous exam gaffes and misstatements shows how students misinterpret history and current events. Entries include claims that Julius Caesar was murdered at a moving picture house and Napoleon rode to St Helena after Waterloo. The examples reveal playful twists on language and geography.
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Julius Caeser
Moving Picture House
Waterloo
Napoleon
St. Helena
Denmark
London Globe
Unusual burglary in Mt Moris NY leaves reader puzzled
A Mt Moris New York burglar gained entry by window, waited for occupants in a hush room, then slept until about 3 am. He changed into a new suit, stole money and valuables, attempted a bath in the dark, and wandered streets later with the loot and the suit, according to his account.
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Mt. Moris
N. Y
Comparative virtue quoted in cryptic wartime note
A fragmentary Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt hints at a comparative virtue and a cryptic remark about a woman and a death threat. The text appears as garbled OCR with misread letters and stray phrases. No clear names or dates are recoverable from the fragment.
Fragmentary OCR Verse Echoes Cold Teacup Irony
Fragmented text presents a quip about a cold toast and dejection, with garbled phrases near a name like Laie Vain and a reference to Ta tes. The legible portion suggests a poetic or satirical line on scorched tea and ruined warmth.
Before Marriage Confession Sparks Amused Recollection
A terse exchange captures a playful moment as Wuny Little recalls a fiancé saying he loved her a little before marriage. Tamdon answers with amused surprise and a wink at fate.
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Beb
Bob
Tamdon
The Right Key in The Proposal Song
A brief exchange on a new song titled The Proposal. The speaker asks about the key of the piece while another notes it as being in a pioneer tone. Published in a Boston transcript.
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Boston Cranscripet
Moor Your Bark with No Anchors Quote
A brief quirky line cites Publius Syrus advising it is wise to moor your bark without anchors, suggesting caution in commitment and attachment.
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Publius Syrus
Legend of the Haunted Spring in the Balsams of North Carolina
Folklore tells of a Cherokee beauty whose faithless lover spurred her to kill. She prayed to Manitou, and the rival’s face was cursed to hideousness, forcing those who gaze into the spring to flee. The spirit girl now haunts the spring from its depths.
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North Carolina
Manitou
A Bridge Party In Japan
Jean Price writes in World Outlook about Japanese women forced to heavy labor on a river bridge project. She notes heat and harsh overseers as about twenty women toil, paid ten cents a day, while aging women haul stone barrels to the road, illustrating rigid gender roles in old Japan.
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Japan
Old Japan
Nikko
Everence
Jean Price
Alaska the great prize of the Pacific in history and scope
Alaska once bought from Russia for 7 200 000 has loomed as a national joke yet hides vast potential. The territory spans over half a million square miles far larger than eastern states and hosts mountains valleys and great rivers. Klondike era sparked interest but development remains slow and fragile without proper protection and care.
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Alaska
Seward
Russia
Mississippi
Switzerland
Mount Medsinley
Klondike
Daska
Pacific Ocean
Scrap Book Scenes From Domestic Woes And Futurist Prize
A humorous collection of vignettes details a grieving widower remarrying a meek wife who irritates him with cookery and lack of balance as a rolling pin wounds him. A painter misplaces his work, thinking it lost, only to win a prize for an untitled canvas later renamed Jellied Eels In Torment.
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Allen
St. Louis Republic
Isle of Dogs
Steadfast and Cheerful and True Poem Recited
A four stanza poem lauds a persevering man who faces life’s rugged road with hope and courage. It praises the undaunted spirit, willingness to aid others, and steadfast character whether on soil or sea, urging perseverance and cheerful resilience.
Guessing Game With Names Smith Brown or Jones
A cartoon sketch shows a social trap where strangers guess each other’s names. The gag leans on Brown or Smith or Jones and ends with the amused reveal that the guesser has mistaken the identity, highlighting humor in social confrontations.
A Difference of Opinion About a Bishop’s Plans
A report describes Bishop G. of Atlanta considering leaving on a Saturday night train to reach Savannah by morning for a pulpit engagement, though his brother disagrees with the arrangement and timing.
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Bishop G
Atlanta
Savannah
New York Bridges Rival Panama Canal in Cost and Scale
New York hosts five giant steel spans over the East River linking Manhattan and Brooklyn at half the Panama Canal price. National Geographic notes three are cable-suspended with wires long enough to wrap the earth twice. If laid side by side the bridges would equal a roadway as wide as the Washington Monument is tall, and stretch over six miles end to end. Brooklyn Bridge carries 125,000 surface cars every 24 hours amid heavy traffic.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn
America
Panama Canal
National Geographic Magazine
Brooklyn Bridge
Proclamation of Hawaii Republic in 1894
The text recounts Hawaii becoming a republic on July 4, 1894 after Queen Liliuokalani was deposed by a public safety committee. Sanford B. Dole led the provisional government and later became president as efforts for annexation to the United States continued. The islands were annexed July 7, 1898, during the Spanish American War, made a U.S. territory on June 14, 1900, and Dole served as governor under McKinley.
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Hawaii
Liliuokalani
Committee of Public Safety
Sanford TB. Dole
United States
Spain
Eix
Dole
McKinley
Chautauqua Lake Dairy Farm Seeks Manager
Bemus Point district near the lake seeks an up-to-date dairy farmer to manage an improved winter dairy parlor 40 by 100 feet with a vitrified tile silo 12 by 40 feet. Term one to five years starting March 1. Bell phone Perry Brown Bemus Point N Y. Dec 28 6t.
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Bemus Point
Bell Phone No
Perry Brown
N. Y
New Equipment Brags Attractive Features for Our Readers
A new Prestoplate Caster installed at the office will allow plates to be produced from a papier mache mould. This enables receiving illustrated news and features by mail, reducing reliance on heavy metal form. The paper will publish top art from Underwood and Underwood and other American cartoonists and short stories from a recent contest, improving reader appeal.
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Underwood & Underwood
America
Prestoplate Co
New York
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Chautauqua Lake Dairy Farm
Eben
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AIM
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Yrou
Lester Shoe Company
W. L. Douglas
Union Made
Patrician Ideal
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Second Avenue
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