Woman’s World Advice for Amateur Sewers Choosing Fabrics
Beginner sewers should pick simple straight patterns and medium weight fabrics like gabardine broadcloth and rayon shantung. Avoid sheer heavy or slippery fabrics and ensure well finished stitching while matching patterns. choose textiles that hide stitching and practice on easier designs.
Selecting Suitable Materials for Home Sewing Projects
The article reviews fabrics ideal for various items from broadcloth for slips and blouses to gabardine or twill for suits and cushions. It highlights rayon options for linens and sportswear, flat crepe for dresses and lingerie, rayon shanting for children's wear and home items, and rayon faille for two piece dresses and accessories.
National Election Set for Tuesday November 2 1948
The 1948 national election is scheduled for Tuesday November 2. It will be the 24th contest between Democrats and Republicans since the party's 1854 formation. Republicans have won fourteen times and Democrats nine times.
Smallest French Colony Around St Pierre and Miquelon
France’s oldest and smallest colony is the island group of St Pierre and Miquelon located 15 miles off the southern coast of Newfoundland.
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Andes Mount Aconcagua First Ascent Reported
The Andes mountains boast the long and spectacular range with Mount Aconcagua recently scaled by climbers using short wave radio and weather reports to aid the ascent.
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Prize Contests Grow Into Three Million Dollar Year Industry
Prize contests have grown into a three million dollar yearly industry with about ten million people participating. Contestants chase glittering rewards for best last line or clever 25 words or less slogans.
Madison Square Garden’s storied 1920s boxing era recalled
The article notes Madison Square Garden in New York was built in 1924 and became famous for boxing icons Tex Rickard and Jack Dempsey, shaping the arena’s sports legacy.
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Fishing with Nylon Line On Ice
Ice fishermen pivoted from enameled silk to nylon mono filament due to water absorption in traditional lines. Nylon line slides over ice whether wet or dry and does not freeze to ice or gloves unlike uncoated silk cotton or linen lines.
Egyptian shoe-bill heron joins San Diego Zoo exhibit
An Egyptian shoe-bill heron, a stork family member with a massive armored beak over a foot long and five inches wide, has been added to the San Diego Zoo. The bird, hard to capture, dwells in swampy upper White Nile regions.
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Orange and Grapefruit Trees on Rough-Lemon Rootstock
Rough lemon rootstock yields larger trees that bear earlier and produce bigger crops. Fruits on rough lemon average larger with coarser thicker rinds and less juice by weight. Eating quality is lower than fruits grown on sour orange rootstock which have higher total solids and total acid.
Bermuda Islands Discovery and Governance Overview
The Bermudas are a British island group 580 miles east of North Carolina and 77 miles from New York. Twenty of the 360 islands are inhabited. They were discovered by Juan de Bermudez in the early 16th century and were named for him. They were uninhabited until Sir George Somers was shipwrecked there in 1609. A company formed to settle the Somers Islands, later the crown assumed governance in 1684.
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Baha i Faith Emphasizes Unity and Education
The Baha i Faith teaches the unity of God and prophets and calls for a world commonwealth. It upholds humanity’s oneness and promotes unfettered truth seeking and compulsory education while condemning prejudice.
Easter Island Statues Backdrop of a Lost Craft
The isolated South Seas isle hosts only a handful of visiting ships yearly and is renowned for its colossal statues carved from compressed volcanic ash. Between 400 and 500 figures range from 3 to 36 feet tall, all cut from a quarry before the enigmatic work halted.
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