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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
8
A young bride creates a practical recipe binder by collecting dish categories on slips, gluing them into a manilla folder, and covering the folder with cretonne for a decorative, homey look. The project combines organization and charm.
Cape coats and topcoats emerge as essential wear for fall with practical design and fashionable appeal. The latest versions blend utility with style, offering versatile outerwear for varied weather and occasions.
Fashion notes discuss a shift toward simple daytime and country wear with suitability as the guiding factor. Washable fabrics in plain colors and plaids are common for sports dresses, while pale tones and crayon colors prevail. white serge coats with patchwork silk adornments feature blue violet and green trims. Navy blue returns as a key color for late summer and autumn modes.
The article highlights new cape coats and cape style wool coats in green and brown, praising fine materials and bold geometric or plaid designs. It notes travelers benefit from capes that work as topcoats later, with Scottish woolens and subdued or colorful effects shaping the season's fashions.
Velvet trims highlight the season with velvet flowers and appliques on chiffon and velvet collar cuffs on satin and tailored dresses. Velvet adds formality, especially in pastel shades, with Chinese blue on navy and pastel rose as notable color pairings. Futuristic appliques introduce bright geometric motifs as a single focal trim for frocks.
Tub silks are praised as leaders for durable gowns. Fashionable atripas in checks and plaids come in plain tailored styles, suited to young girls and young women with fresh patterns.
A Texas extension service report describes Grand Saline August 11 to 13 hosting a three day short course on farm and home problems with about a thousand attendees daily. Local business leaders financed prizes and organized lectures on home gardening poultry terracing and drainage while Mrs Maloney Wood Shepherd and other speakers presented demonstrations and contests highlighting girls club work and crafts.
A Pari company claims a new method to extract fuel alcohol from coal, yielding 40 to 80 pounds per ton. The process is described as more efficient than prior techniques, with industry observers awaiting full demonstration and validation.
An advertisement promotes Bond’s Liver Pill as a liver specific remedy inactive liver cure for headaches biliousness dizziness and liver troubles priced at 25 cents a bottle. A New York City block notes a property valuation drop from 17 million to 7 million between 1911 and 1917.
A brief exchange hints at affection and parental involvement as Milfred is discussed. The dialogue contrasts care from Milfred's parents with the speaker's own love.
The Soap cleanses and purifies the skin the Ointment soothes and heals and the Talcum powders and perfumes daily. No toilet table is complete without them. Adam’s humorous note about green apples appears after a line about salary discussions.
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