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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
3
Ezra Cameron confronts Rodney Merriam over Helda while Carr and Leighton witness a tense morning in Knight Kittredge Carr. The scene reveals long simmering family ties, property disputes, and the social pressures of a lawyer’s circle amid October’s quiet routine.
The article describes white cloth coats resembling caracal fur for girls from two to ten, with plain fabrics like plain cloth corduroy and velvet used for practical wear. It notes cheapening coats this season, trim with satin edges or fur accents, and recommends simple stitching and bone buttons. Hats and decorative millinery for younger girls are highlighted, with various shapes and trims to complete the winter ensembles.
The piece notes a renewed fad for crochet bedspreads over two years, describing a 271 490 stitch work with embroidered linen inserts. It highlights scarce time and patience among women amid fast changing crazes, implying only hardy crafters persevere.
Mrs. Eleanor Vermillion of 919 Park Avenue created a woven spread using carpet warp in cream and white, with an optional bolster cover. Despite being seventy, she completed the piece in seven months, and a judge valued the set at one hundred dollars as it was exhibited.
Beading is popular and easy to do at home offering tunics and trimmings for evening wear. With little labor a stylish effect can be achieved, allowing women to create attractive beadwork for their wardrobes.
The piece questions why women keep their natural hair as fashions demand many coiffure styles. It notes many wear wigs or transformations to suit costumes and mentions a woman with mock heads used to display various hairstyles, like a private wardrobe in a dressing room.
To launder colored frocks avoid blue water and use reddish dye bath. Boil turkey red cheesecloth to color, then soak the dress until shade is right. Wring and dry, wash colored fabrics hot with a teaspoon of kitchen salt per gallon to set color, thin starch only if used, shake goods, dry overnight, iron on the wrong side without scorching.
A turquoise that has faded from blue to green can be restored by soaking in pure alcohol for two weeks and then drying carefully for a week. The color reappears as the turquoise regains its blue hue after treatment.
A brief humorous exchange about chivalry and aging. The elder daughter remarks that if Harry had lived in old days he would have made a good knight, while her father notes it now takes him a long time to say good night.
A harsh exchange reveals a father saying he endures more punishment than his son and asserts Tommy can bear more without complaint. The fragment captures a tense domestic moment with implied discipline and emotional strain.
A public exchange features Mrs A G Tator urging women to rise, assert rights, and march to the polls to demand suffrage, while Mr A G Tator quips that a mouse would stop them. The remarks reflect polling era tensions on voting rights.
A playful line from a 1920s humorous item notes that the concern is not the annual honey production but the bee intake. The fragment hints at quirky rural or agricultural humor with local character names. The piece emphasizes a witty worry rather than serious farming metrics.
The fragment shows a heated demand driven by vengeance seeking action against a hobo who placed a sign labeled timid valid lady on a gate post. The text hints at social tension and personal challenge rather than a formal event.
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