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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1919
Page
7
A humorous segment recalling 1675 The Rules of Civility and a born fide telephone joke. The dialogue mocks manners with jokes about a friend Uriah Umson canvassing and a soldier hurt classed as con vass elling. The piece blends etiquette lore with a playful voice from the Youngstown Telegram.
A dialogue on price and profit quotes two figures debating value and salesmanship as one character defends higher charges while the other questions profiteering. The exchange centers on how the speaker justifies pricing as essential business strategy.
A terse exchange on shaping ambition. The speaker urges high aims for a boy while the other cites a maxim about teaching the young to fail to shoot for less. The dialogue frames ambition, guidance, and the value of high expectations.
An aged Birmingham Age Herald fragment shows a courtroom scene with a defendant pleading, a groaning juror described as a man about town, and a sobbing plain speaker amid odd dialogue about cocktails and rouge. The text ends with a surreal note about birds and feather beds.
Paris fashion notes describe 1919 style: black and white foulard gowns with round necks and short transparent sleeves, race day wear paired with big hats and gloves, and lavish wraps like the Manon cape. Talbot hats, directoire shapes, floating ribbons, and white chip hats set the season’s tone. Prices rise, affecting Paris restaurants and clothing alike as designers push lavish daytime gowns resembling evening wear.
The article debates pannier use versus simple tunics with a straight hang from shoulders. It notes panniers are fashionable but deemed too dressy for general wear, preferring a long tunic often belted. It mentions a new girdle trend using a chain of colored galalite with a plaque and tassel matching or contrasting with fabric.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson wore a cape gown of black satin char meuse and king's blue satin in the senate gallery, a first of its cape gown type seen in Washington. Black fluted caps complemented the fitted gown, richly embroidered in varicolored silk and lightened with royal blue accents.
A snippet of light comic chatter mocks air travel and dirigible talk. Exchanges reference wartime aviation, government plans to move money, and humorous banter about Mrs. Giwanus and Mrs. Bensonhurst in a playful, dated dialogue style.
A social exchange hints at perception and wit as a man’s charm shapes how others view him. The speaker notes uncertainty about cleverness yet acknowledges a knack for making people believe he is clever.
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