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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1916
Page
17
The Anaconda news column surveys winter’s arrival and Thanksgiving tales. Social events unfold with dinners at 611 Chestnut Street, a senior and junior class outing to Gregson Springs, Elks gatherings, and multiple club meetings. Weddings and receptions in town mark festive moments as locals mingle with guests and relatives amid Holiday cheer.
A New Silhouette This Season describes autumn fashion with a late autumn dream, noting a shift from town to country clothes, simpler and more comfortable town attire, and improved millinery. It highlights thicker coats and skirts, velvet frocks, fur-trimmed wraps, and a refined silhouette with long straight lines, high waist, and flat hips reflecting a season of fashion evolution.
A long, decorous feature describes evolving fashion, coats, frocks, and the Moyenage silhouette with elongated backs. It also covers social events, weddings, club meetings, hostesses, and a Thanksgiving wedding in Spokane, plus upcoming dances and dress details from Milwaukee hall and local gatherings.
A historical fashion passage describes long and becoming lines in a frock, detailing design features such as knife pleated sides, straight back pieces, hem embellishments, and color tones like violet and skunk. It highlights elegance, tailored lines, and accessories including belts and ribbons as defining style elements.
The Anaconda club hosted a Thanksgiving eve dance at the Montana hotel with music, lights, and about 200 guests. Ladies wore striking costumes and punch was served as couples danced beneath shaded lamps. MATELICH ARAVETZ. Nov. 29. A quiet wedding followed at St. Pauls church as Miss Mary Aravetz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Aravetz, wed.
A historical advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for children and febrile illness. It promises easy bowel cleansing, claims no harm, and urges buyers to demand the California Fig Syrup Company product in a 50 cent bottle, warning against counterfeits.
In Deer Lodge December reports describe alternating mild and severe weather as skaters monitor conditions. Thanksgiving crowds enjoyed ideal conditions for football with College of Montana’s team posting four wins in six games. Mrs. Frank Conley left Friday for an Eastward trip expected to last weeks. St Margaret guild of St James Episcopal held a Milwaukee bazaar this afternoon.
In Missoula on December 2 the music department of the Missoula Woman's club met at 2:20 PM at the YWCA on Hast Cedar. University of Montana alumnae gathered at luncheon at Florence hotel with Miss Jeanette Rankin as guest of honor. Various social events, travel, and engagements were noted, including weddings in Butte and a surprise birthday party for Mrs. J. J. Garlington. Several residents planned Thanksgiving visits, with many families traveling to Asen or Helena and Portland. The As You Like It club met with Mrs. Allen G. Puller and a California-printed paper by Mrs. C. H. Grant was discussed. Mary Shull hosted teachers and rural school guests at her East Front Street home.
A fragmented excerpt outlines fashion notes on ostrientos on metal flower petals for millinery, silver laces for evening gowns, new skirt designs with side tunic openings, and the rising use of hobbit fur for trims. It mentions combining fur types and variations in material choices.
Notes discuss gown individuality for formal occasions mentioning moleskin fabrics and dainty shirring on coats. Describes Belge caberdine with black Astra Khan and Jet buttons as an excellent coat drama.
Two sailors debate a ration label and struggle with a garbled ledger. Bil tries Eight pounds of macronieb and winds up correcting to a nonsensical Eight pounds of hse before settling on a crude joke, illustrating sloppy record keeping aboard.
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