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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
6
A 1916 McClure syndicate piece notes Parisian ideas filter into New York shops and towns, offering low priced copies of high end models. Satin replaces taffeta for day wear, light fabrics favor practicality, and charm is achieved with simple bodices and satin buttons amid chic, modified French silhouettes.
A new double belt design for sports skirts features a regulation waist belt and a second hip belt held by small straps. The hip belt can be tightened to prevent skirt fullness from flying out, adding both function and dash.
Mothers coordinate their little girls hats with eye color using Tuscan straw brown eyes Milan white with blue ribbons and gray blue shades Iris. Children's hats feature high crowns and large head sizes with graceful draping, plus plaid Milanes and Glengarry styles.
Jewelry designs emphasize matching pieces to summer frocks with affordable prices and distinct styles. The collection includes rings pins bracelets pendants and charms crafted to enhance various outfits while remaining economical for daily wear.
A North Carolina one room school of 60 pupils used a pure bred pig prize to spark student interest in practical agriculture. Pupils built a pig pen, learned rationing, cleared forest land for pasture, planted rye and wheat, grew cabbage for sale, and formed a county pig club that tripled in membership as taxpayers and the school board funded a demonstration farm with weekly county agent visits.
A reflective note cites Dickens on learning from failure and the value of hope. It asserts that no situation in life is beyond retrieval and that a joyful heart remains valuable even amid hardship.
A collection of old fashioned confections and desserts including Nesselrode Pudding Frozen Cheese and Preserved Figs Biscuit Glace Mexican Hash and several marshmallow preparations. The notes outline ingredients steps and serving ideas for each treat.
United States Department of Agriculture researchers report the 1915 cherry leaf beetle outbreak was the worst yet. They recommend nicotine sulphate for peaches and arsenate of lead for cherries, noting effectiveness and limits, plus guidance on spray timing, dilution, and how to cover leaf undersides.
A list of fault factors including neglect of dipping lack of green food failure to use serum overfeeding of grain filthy yards and pens absence of water and shade confinement crowding lack of exercise and infrequent changes of feeding and sleeping quarters.
Practical farming tips on diversified operations, crop rotation, animal care, livestock feeding, pest control, dairy cooperation, and improvements like water shade, coop upkeep, and avoiding overwork. Emphasizes gentleness with cows, creep feeding for lambs, nitrogen for sows, and vermin control.
Growers of tobacco and other crops battle soil sickness in propagating beds. They spend about one cent per square foot to steam the soil before sowing seed, using live steam to kill plant disease germs and weed seeds below the surface.
A college pair seeks work at a shipbuilding firm. One asks for clerical work, the other offers readiness for any task. The first is ignored, the second starts as a green hand, then leads a scrap-iron sorting crew, and rises to head a department within two years.
A brief overheard exchange shows Sapleigh and Cutting discussing a clever scheme read from a newspaper clipping. Sapleigh mentions reading it in a paper and asks Miss Cutting if it is possible.
A witty exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript notes a parent reacting to a baby’s tooth with humor about extra costs and a toothbrush. The quip highlights everyday domestic concerns and thrift in a light civic voice.
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