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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
6
Leslie C. Peltier, a Delphos Ohio garage employee and noted amateur astronomer, reports the discovery of the earliest new comet of the year. His find adds to a growing list of detections by hobbyists across the region.
The article outlines dual purpose graduation frocks for summer wear featuring Swiss organdie fabrics in eyelet embroidery and patterns like vines and florals. It highlights crinkled and matelasse textures, sheer organdies with delicate sleeves and high necks, slim taftta sheathes, bow sashes, and red grosgrain accents ideal for commencement and subsequent dances.
A new three quarter length coat in beige and brown wool accompanies a dress featuring green brown and red madris. The outfit includes a gray belt and a gray felt hat with a modish shoulder line, showcasing Creed color harmony.
Designers praise butterflies for inspiration as cocoons are labeled and assembled into handbags. The resulting material resembles gray brown tree bark with a rough woody texture, offering a nature inspired texture and look.
Designers explore novel closures including numeral plastic buttons from one to nine for front closures. Colors contrast with fabrics or imitate ivory, tortoise shell, or pale amber. Zodiac symbols and Chinese motifs appear on dressy blouses for summer styles.
Lingerie and deshabilles rise in popularity with mossy crepes and rayon sheets. Women request dull tones like maize and turquoise blue, pale pink and salmon, plus purple, Tishop and Parma violet to match dresses in new shades.
The article describes new small watches with colored leather backings worn on suit lapels. It notes variation with fob attachments and mentions men in business attire adopting the style. The piece quips that wearers may have more difficulty telling time than onlookers passing by.
A note compares violet color tones showing they appear very different between indoor and outdoor lighting. It highlights that perceived color shifts with lighting and emphasizes testing shades at different times of day.
A roundup of curious facts notes divers plants thriving in extreme waters 27 degrees below zero and near boiling points. It mentions Yellowstone flora in hot spring waters and polar organisms surviving freezing, plus bees producing honey from clover nectar and butterfat claims in dairy.
A. B. Leonard, son of Rev. A B Leonard, secretary of the Thor yth of Wor den Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, claims his invention restores hearing and allows full participation in ordinary conversation, theatre, and home life. Written by A O Leonard, Suite 207, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Two thousand year old Roman catapults were found in Czechoslovakia with evidence of a central heating system. The artifacts show heat circulated through hollow spaces in the walls.
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