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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
7
Instructions describe crafting pearl boutonnières for wear on fur, coats, and bracelets with silk tinsel stems and green leaf accents. The piece also praises lace and velvet ensembles, notes rayon in fabrics, and credits Julia Bottomley writing in 1928. The tone reflects Parisian and American fashion trends of the era.
The Detroit News notes the split of the church into Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox following the Roman Empire division. It explains the term orthodox as true opinion, traced to Clement of Alexandria in the second century, and links the split to the empire's two capitals, Rome and Constantinople, around AD 313.
A young man bought faulty upside down stamps from the Swedish post office error sheets. He promised to write daily to his sweetheart and sent 30 letters, each with the rare stamps. A philatelist valued the stamps at 200 crowns each. the girl sold all 30 for 6 000 crowns.
A French veteran who escaped death at Douaumont fort in 1916 finally reached the site by bicycle but fell upon arrival and broke his neck. He had long hoped to revisit the place but was too poor to attempt the journey until recently.
A Grindelwald guide told the London Daily Chronicle that a seventy two year old English woman will climb the Eiger tomorrow after previously conquering the Schreckhorn. The report notes astonishing feats by young girls and twelve year old boys alongside the elder climber.
A humorous line from the Montreal Star quips that a husband is “in the dumps” due to being a garbage and junk collector. The joke plays on words about his profession and gloom.
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