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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
15
A fashion column notes a rivalry between long American style shoes and short French slippers as skirts trend short. It highlights high prices and elaborate foot coverings, with French and American shoemaking blending to create dainty, low-cut designs with buckles and straps.
The passage notes that ankle straps and a highly decorated tongue effect offer designers three distinct methods to vary their models. It highlights how these elements enable diverse styles within a single line of footwear.
Talk centers on quantities of flowers for this season’s hats. Wide-brimmed hats gain favor, and masses of flowers are expected as the popular trim.
A Retail Millinery Association bulletin notes a rise in sport hats featuring large Japanese weave straw and raffia bodies, with soft facings and crowns. Gedda straw appears prominent in large beach hats and tailored types, and new sport silks and vivid colors boost the season. Porcupine straw and visca wool braids offer varied textures for both tailored and sport models.
A columnist argues that waiting to buy clothes at the last minute leads to waste and high costs. By planning wardrobes in advance women can purchase economical materials and garments that offer stylish, lasting use. Reading and budgeting ahead helps repurpose leftovers and achieve satisfactory, affordable dress.
Leghorn hats gain popularity with a larger summer display in wholesale houses. The favored large shady model features wider sides than the front and back, creating an irregular brim. Tops are covered with Chantilly veil, ribbon rows, or celophane, while silk upper facings and crowns hide the frame.
A brief note discusses the semi fitted bodice style, noting it as a recurring feature in period apparel. The text emphasizes its semi tailored silhouette and frequent appearance in historical garments.
An editorial urging self assessment and decisive action to improve personal and financial outcomes. It contrasts stagnation with initiative, cites a Brazil Indiana example and a Saskatchewan opportunity, noting Western Canada offers affordable land, lower overhead, and favorable social conditions for a better future.
A fragment noting a watchmaker described as obsequious and accused of serving time, with a prompt to consider whether such trade is a timeserver occupation.
An advertisement claims Cas carets sold 25 million boxes last year for relief from constipation biliousness indigestion gases colds and sick headache. The product works overnight by detoxifying waste and strengthening bowel muscles without harming the liver or causing griping.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript notes light snow flake imagery and playful comments about practicing for a snow hall, capturing a simple winter mood without concrete events or names.
The Bayer name identifies genuine Aspirin approved by physicians for nineteen years. Each package of Bayer Tablets of Aspirin advises safe use for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia lumbago rheumatism neuritis and general pain. Buy only with Bayer Cross on box and tablets. handy twelve tablets cost only a few cents. larger packages also available.
A light quip from the Boston Transcript where a child asks if Mr. Fulhouse is very old and the mother explains, noting the boy heard the father say Fulhouse raised his ante last night. The joke hinges on wordplay about age and gambling stakes.
Drugstore reports show many Americans suffer kidney trouble without realizing it. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root is promoted as a mild healing remedy with notable success. Insurance examiners note many rejections stem from undiagnosed kidney issues, and the ad offers a sample bottle for ten cents.
In a stageroom exchange the young author asks if the play connected with the audience and the manager replies that it did this time but fears it may never again.
The Louisville Courier Journal highlights an actress described as a dynamo of energy and perpetual motion in a vivid reader caption.
A suitor faces parental opposition as the father reveals the barrier to marriage is his daughter’s lack of affection. The dialogue showcases a comic clash of expectations and filial permission in a brief piece from London Tit-Bits.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears an oath in Toledo Ohio that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The notice describes the medicine as acting through the blood on mucous surfaces.
A lighthearted gag from a Boys' Life issue features a Tenderfoot asking about a scout who swallowed a teaspoon and a First-Class Scout explaining he can’t stir. The joke plays on scout lingo and kitchen mishap humor.
One third of draft age men in the United States are employed in agriculture and allied fields while another third work in manufacturing and mechanical industries. The figures highlight the distribution of labor among home front sectors during the period.
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