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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
2
A one piece dainty frock in silk or cotton offers comfort and fashion with full Spanish flounces. Delft blue dress features front shirted trimmings, dark blue sash, and a lining. variations in linen, silk, or cotton fabrics with quillings, scallops, ruchings, or cordings. Lace or embroidery may edge the garment. easy washing is a plus.
Beautify hands with regular nightly care and proper washing. Use tepid water and stable soap, dry completely, and consider monthly professional manicuring to maintain nail shape. Gather tools like a nail file, emery boards, cuticle scissors, nail bleach, orange stick, polish, and pumice powder.
The article warns that heavy powder can clog pores and blot skin, urging moderation. It criticizes the appearance of white chalky faces and describes the so called headlight system as unflattering, noting color choices should match hair and skin tone for day and evening looks.
A description of a dark brown silk bag lined in pale pink silk with a hidden seam and tasselled cord, plus a key ring attachable loop. It notes butterfly silk embroidery on the bag and praises ribbons used as trims on afternoon and dance frocks, including panels, brocade effects, tulle ceilings, and bow knots.
A plain gathered skirt features four bands of plain yellow in graduating widths to trim. A simple waist with puff sleeves set in the low shoulder is caught into star-pointed cuffs of yellow to match a deep star-pointed yoke and softly plaited ruche above.
Gayly colored Vella lace veils capture fashion interest with large and small hexagon mesh patterns. Heavy silk threads in coordinated tones enhance the design in purple mauve green blue gray and brown.
A portrait of John Mary Augustiniani the Hermit of Old Baldy. The Italian nobleman wandered Europe and the Americas as priest and healer then settled near Las Vegas New Mexico. He built fourteen crosses on Old Baldy and formed the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross before dying in 1867 after Navajo arrows felled him.
Victor Murdock argues that authentic applause is a spontaneous eruption from the people, not a contrived cue or prearranged reaction. He criticizes staged claqueurs and political conventions for trying to manufacture it, insisting true praise arises from subterranean fervor.
A lawyer tells a rag picker arrested for stealing fruit to answer every question with Spoona. The man complies, the judge frees him, and the lawyer chases him for the ten dollars he says he paid with Bpoons. This odd courtroom anecdote is attributed to R. H. Martin of Ohio.
A compact reflection on aiming above the mark. The text compares the pull of earth to the push of ambition and necessity, suggesting progress comes from rising beyond immediate aims. It reads as a philosophical musing rather than a news item.
Provides recipe-style instructions for Apple Fluff Prune Puff and Pork Cake plus a Cabbage With Cream dish. Includes steps, ingredients, baking notes and serving suggestions along with a closing moral about personal experience and life choices.
A historic article lists varied poultry and pork dressings and desserts. chicken, duck, or turkey can be stuffed with rice and ham, cornbread and nuts, or prunes with apples. Cranberry jelly with whipped cream forms a mold. A fine cake uses yeast, flour, shortening, sugar, citron peel, raisins and almonds.
In England maggot farms breed maggots for market sale as fishing bait. An advertisement touts “Maggots of unsurpassable size and quality” while a rural scene hints at labor and enterprise underpinning a local craft and trade.
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