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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
3
A New York Herald Tribune fashion note argues summer favors feminine detail over masculine lines. Jabot remains key on coats and dresses, with lingerie variations and embroidered organdie yokes. Panels, plaits, and three tier flounces define the season, offsetting earlier mannish tweed styles.
Navy blue remains a strong choice in two piece outfits and ensembles. The shade is shown as a rival to neutral tones in major fashion shows with combinations like navy and castilian red and navy and gobelin blue proving striking. Used alone it reads youthful and flattering across designers.
The article surveys summer ensembles featuring soft fabrics like crepe and satin with outer wraps in contrasting hues. It highlights Lanvin designs using valle and plum, black and white chiffon with polka dots, and coordinated coats. It notes trends toward versatile coatings yet cautions coats are not truly economical for those with many outfits.
The article notes a shift in pearl fashion from oversized necklaces to smaller pearls. It reports ongoing interest in imitation pearls and a rising demand for small pearls that resemble real pearls, in single strings and at American graduations as summer arrives.
A popular lightweight waterproofed silk wrap comes in many colors. Garments are sourced from America Japan and England with West of England tailors offering additional rain garments.
A child named Allie Baa recalls a party hosted by Mrs Cucumber Green, real name Margaret. The make believe world on Number Four Green Lane features doll play and neighborly shopkeeping as Allie reflects on a perfect day and her loving mother’s praise.
A narrator recalls Marlon at the dinner table as her mother scolds her for using fingers. Marlon replies she knows "the swell people don't eat that way" but believes she is not old enough to be so swelled yet. This line captures a moment of social expectation in a domestic setting.
Joseph Sadler famed as a stylish rogue of the seventeenth century. He stole the beaver hat of a praying gentleman and the purse and mace of England’s lord high chancellor, parading with them through Lincoln's Inn fields. His confected caper ended with confession and death sentence, a harsh fate for a jester.
In Los Angeles, novelist and propagandist Upton Sinclair spoke at a banquet noting the World War helped the poor rise up. He contrasted slum conditions with a Boston lecturer describing a harsh metaphor about feeding the poor, as a gaunt audience member demanded accountability for who profits from such rhetoric.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt T M B recalls asking a colored man about time while in Savannah. The man asks if he means railroad or Mediterranean time, then clarifies the Mediterranean meaning meridian city time. The observer notes southern folk are described as quaint and cautious with phrases.
Dr W A Noyes of Illinois describes a new thermometer that measures temperatures as low as 380 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. In Philadelphia the device uses a bulb and a narrow air tube where mercury moves as air expands and contracts, acting as an index.
Two predatory kestrels have taken residence in an inaccessible corner of St Michael's tower in Cornhill England. They attract evening attention with their screaming. The bird is a small hawk with a thin beak and brown coloration. They dive noiselessly on mice and young pigeons. Bodies of such birds have been found in the garden below.
A trio of drill colored hens that lay purple eggs arrived in New York through the courtesy of Dr. Adolph Holmberg, director of Buenos Ayres zoological gardens, and are being shipped to Purdue University for examination.
Foreign buyers flood Kerman Persia as rug merchants report a surge in imports. Dealers say Persian weavers face rising demand while domestic supply struggles to keep pace with global buyers.
The piece argues for spring plowing and regular cultivation, using low rye cover to reduce erosion and conserve moisture for apple trees. It recommends turning under the rye in spring, disc harrow after rains, and maintaining soil organic matter to prevent fertility loss over 30 to 40 years without crops. It questions cropping during bearing and the need for fertilizers to replenish removed elements.
Dominion entomologists warn the grape berry moth is increasingly injurious each season in the Magara area. Caterpillars are dark green or purplish, three eighths of an inch long, tying berries with webs and chewing the fruit. Control recommended: arsenate of lead one and a half pounds, soap one pound, Bordeaux mixture forty gallons as a flat spray after blossoms fall and again when berries touch. Thorough coverage and proper spraying gear are essential.
A small orchard properly cared for is a valuable asset to the farm. Spraying a few trees three or four times a season is not laborious and costs are nominal. Sprayed trees commonly yield more fruit and higher quality, increasing family income.
Planting grapes depends on soil richness and land contour with eight to ten feet between vines as typical. Common varieties include Concord Brighton and Niagara, noted as worthwhile plantings for ease of cultivation and horse work.
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