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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
6
The article describes thrifty habit of outfits passed down from father or uncles, with efforts to imitate running mates’ clothes. It notes aging shirtwaists and cuffs from laundering damage, frayed cuffs, and how thrift mothers repurpose soft-bosomed shirts into waistlines for boys and girls, while woolen materials endure washing.
The article advises ripping up worn woolens for remaking into child suits, washing woolens, pressing, and using two pants with one coat for durability. It notes turning fabric inside out if shiny, and outlines simple coat lining patterns and easy pants sewing. It also describes repurposing shirts into aprons and suggests practical multi-section apron patterns for home sewing.
The article praises sheer cottons and fine white fabrics for children's party dresses. It highlights batiste, organdie, swiss, and insertion lace detailing, narrow laces, and careful hand stitching. It notes simple elegance with Swiss embroidery panels, tucks, frills, and sashes, suggesting models to copy for spring frocks.
Waist fashions in shades to match winter suits grow popular. Designers favor contrasting colors through narrow vestees embroidery and beadwork or delicate ruffled collars to create coordinated ensembles.
February lesson summary notes the church after Saul's conversion, emphasizing growth in grace and edification. It recounts two miracles in Lydda and Joppa, Peter healing Eneas and raising Dorcas, underscoring faith power, gospel spread, and practical charity as central themes.
The Church Family Newspaper urges a rapid once through a Bible book in a shaded garden or along a sea cliff then to pause and reflect on the text. The suggestion emphasizes contemplative takeaway after swift reading.
Power belongs to God not to man and true strength comes from obedience to Him. Moses, Peter, Samson, David, Gideon show human skill fails without divine backing, while Zechariah and Jesus affirm that God empowers what humans cannot. The poem-like sermon urges surrender and faith to access divine power.
The text compares spiritual renewal to iron heated red hot and cleaned of rust. It asserts that a person who fully seeks God sheds slothfulness and becomes a new man, citing Thomas a Keinpis.
A compact reflection on a man who does his best under harsh circumstances and acts nobly, with the ideal of angelic effort referenced by the author.
A reflective aphorism notes that self knowledge grows through pain and hardship as an apprentice learns from its master, asserting that personal understanding deepens only after enduring suffering.
A light exchange notes that two individuals belong together. One has a stitch in his side while the other hems in his speech, a pairing seen as complementary and sympathetic.
Advertising copy touts Diamond Dyes as a guarantee of a new rich color on wool silk linen cotton and blends. The Direction Book explains how to diamond dye over any color and a Diamond Dye Color Card helps match fabrics.
Dialog suggests Mrs Newrich proposes a coat of arms as they enter society and Mr Newrich plans to consult his tailor, reflecting social ambitions in a Boston Transcript fragment.
This home remedy blends Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the shade matches preference. Drugstores can prepare it or you can mix it at low cost. It softens hair and adds gloss without sticky residue.
A brief cartoon caption exchange notes "Cold embers" and recalls the months November and December in a light year end gag.
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