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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
9
A guide to resolving small hall furnishing issues with space and light constraints. It argues against outdated hat racks and mirrors, promotes compact yet stylish pieces, and recommends a small hall table with a clock, drawer, and writing materials for efficient at-door tasks.
A homemaking feature explains how a Filipino embroidered blouse can be crafted in about half a day. It outlines materials, costs, and steps to assemble lace and batiste panels, with hand finishing to extend wear and value for busy women.
I describe fashioning a child’s dress from an old coat and remaining fabrics. The coat is cut and reassembled with center back seams, front side gores, a gathered belt, and a sailor collar. Sleeves reuse fur, neck gains a sailor finish, and smoked pearl buttons complete the look. Baltimore American.
The article details a dark gray taffeta dress in alate teal with a water and tull finish, a glone fitting silhouette, and a draped collar. It notes facing of Maing at the hem, cord-disted skirt fullness, and tunic and culotte embroidered with gold threads plus feather boned lining for a trim waist.
British forces attacked a German defense in the St Eloi sector, triggering a brutal engagement with heavy fighting that followed. Reports describe intense combat as troops pressed the line amid smoke and shelling.
World production estimates show 70 percent used in electronics under normal times. Uruguay plans to seize control of telegraph and telephone services. A claimed synthetic diamond method is presented by Byles adventist researchers. A new lighting headlamp vaporised by air is reported, with bronze hose and no rubber or leather in Great Britain.
Des Moines reports detail written arguments by Iowa Assistant Attorney General C. A. Robbins to the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago. Robbins argues that outside brewing firms cannot ship beer into Iowa and that liquor other than beer requires a permit holder. He notes the lower court enjoined railroads from refusing liquor shipments to individuals, and the state appeals for reversal on eighteen points. The piece also covers census reporting errors, parole board actions on life prisoners including Charles Thomas, and potential parole for Henry Furry. It notes compensation issues for a guard killed during maneuvers, broom factory defense at Fort Madison, and the ongoing Iowa epileptic colony construction at Woodward with thirteen buildings nearing completion.
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