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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
10
A guide to refreshing clothes with simple remodeling, trims, and color. Emphasizes fit, imagination, and practical sewing tips. Recommends checking store styles, pattern books, and materials worth updating rather than wasteful spending. Highlights proper fit for flattering appearance.
Readers learn to upgrade simple dresses with lace yokes or contrasting sheets, add scoop or plunging necklines with ruffles, bloom with jewelry, and finish with boleros. Tips include using plaid ruffles, trimming sleeves and pockets, and matching fabrics to dress material for a refreshed look.
Kathleen Norris advises Anne and Alan Wilson in a troubled marriage, noting both fault and path forward. Norris rejects psychoanalysis, urges shared effort for change, and recounts how the Sandersons improved life by moving to a country home, stressing the need for renewed activity and space for children.
A carpenter fights with a neighbor over a dog ownership and slaps him in court. The judge rejects temper as a defense and holds the carpenter liable for assault. Other brief notes include a widow's yearly visits to her daughter unpaid estate claims, a lost chest found by a beachcomber, and a barber fined for a Sunday shave deemed not a necessity.
Illinois agriculture expert H B Petty says spraying dairy cows with methoxychlor to cut blood sucking and horn flies could yield at least 75 dollars more profit this summer. Tests show 15 percent more milk through September, with a typical cow producing 1,700 pounds in the fly season. For a 15 cow herd that’s about 2,550 extra pounds, worth just under 75 dollars at 3 dollars per hundredweight, while spraying costs about 20 to 25 cents per head. Petty advises spraying barn interiors two to four times in summer using a methoxychlor formula and applying one quart per cow every two to four weeks.
Hollywood offspring of big names pursue acting, testing for screen roles as Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, John Barrymore Jr., Sydney Chaplin and others discuss early debuts. Barrymore Jr. earns 150 a week in first acting job.
Michigan State College researchers report that small additions of vitamin B12 to swine diets show growth stimulating properties. The findings indicate gains for dry-lot pigs when combined with other feeds, though they do not claim a revolution in feeding practices.
Fashion ad style pattern notice describes patterns No. 8413 and 8453 with sizes 12 to 42 and 32 to 44 respectively. Details include fabric yardage for 39 inch width, suggested finishes like soft crepe and lace, and instruction to send twenty five cents for Fall and Winter Fashion book. Name and address fields appear at end.
Household hints discuss varnish bubbles and how to avoid them by stirring gently, mirror streaks softened with oil-based polish, rug slippage fixed with jar rubbers or shellacking, shiny faucets cleaned with ammonia and rinsed, wax application buffed to prevent floor marks, and rust stains on tile treated with kerosene then washed with soap and hot water.
General rug brightening tips suggest sprinkling salt over the rug and letting it stand an hour or two before vacuum cleaning. The method aims to lift embedded grime and refresh fibers with a simple remedial treatment.
A practical tip notes that Paris plaster patches walls better when kept workable. It suggests mixing a tablespoon of ordinary flour with every cup of plaster of Paris to prevent the compound from drying and hardening before finishing the job.
A new feature at drive-in theaters offers electric milk bottle warmers for patrons with babies in back seats. The addition aims to provide comfort for infants and ease for parents attending showings.
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