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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
9
The article describes new clothing sizes for girls aged eleven to fifteen, noting that current garments suit younger or older ages. It details waist and hip measurements, two piece dresses with middy blouses, and skirts in serges, gabardines, and checks. Coats feature flounces and two section designs with lace collars, in colors such as tango, sage green, and mahogany.
The State Fair of Texas prepares for a grand edition beginning October 17 lasting sixteen days. Officials tout new park improvements, expanded exhibits, and record prize money totaling up to eighty thousand dollars with more than seventy five thousand in catalog prizes. Prominent Dallas and Texas leaders back a million dollar grounds expansion and a strong exhibition program across industrial arts fine arts livestock and machinery.
The article describes child fashion with low waist lines featuring sashes and folds. Sleeves end at the elbow to display a dimple, with a sheer white batiste sporty model. Necklines are square and pin tucked at the shoulders for fullness. A very low waist includes a deep ruffle, valenciennes lace, pink ribbon sash, and rosettes on sleeves and waist.
A lingerie design features a bodice and petticoat in white fabric, edged with a net ruffle and a tucked net flounce. Blue shoulder straps and a blue satin ribbon trim the bodice, with a blue ribbon bow under the net frill. The under bodice uses pale pink chiffon with pale blue scribboning and wide Madeira lace at the top.
The state fair schedule begins Saturday October 17 with an all star music program. Four bands including the Don Philippini Concert Band and Victor Filick's groupwill perform along with 169 musicians and soloists. Notable acts include Madam Susanna Lehman, the Wirth Family troupe, Baby Mine elephant act, the Four Castors, Tasmanian Van Die nix dancers, Rama Arno, and the Real Quartet. The Coliseum will host these attractions for fair visitors.
Mr. Yopp, longtime director in charge of the live stock department, directs the 1914 State Fair schedule beginning October 17. He is credited with reshaping policy toward a “Different Fair” with new exhibits and entertainment features.
By O. Sellers Moody Bible Institute Chicago presents a September 6 lesson on Mark 12 and Luke 10. The focus is loving God with all heart soul mind and strength and loving neighbor as oneself. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy and Leviticus to show the law’s essence as love expressed in wholehearted devotion and service.
The State Fair of Texas plans a large daily panorama parade to showcase amusement and entertainment features for the 1914 exposition. Opening festivities include a civic parade through Dallas on October 17, with Press Day October 19, and a formal park opening by Governor Colquitt and fair officials.
Dallas readers learn the Agricultural and Mechanical College will showcase its latest farm research at the State Fair of Texas Oct 17 to Nov 1. The display includes plant disease treatment samples adulterants prevention dairy practices dairy herd quality and fat production corn and oats varieties experimental agronomy pruning grafting and tree training. The exhibit is described as the college’s most important ever assembled for the fair.
Students at Texas A and M College will participate in a milk testing contest during the coming fair. Dairy products including butter will be judged for moisture salt and fat content with cash prizes totaling awarded to winners.
Dallas notes Julian Onderdonk visiting New York studios selecting paintings to be shown at the State Fair of Texas starting Saturday October 17. A collection of more than one hundred masterpieces valued at a quarter of a million dollars will be displayed in the fine arts hall. The exhibit aims to bring great art to Texas students and enthusiasts without traveling far.
The article notes Texas boys and girls preparing for the State Fair of Texas with prize money totals of 800 dollars for corn club contests and 600 dollars for fruit and vegetable canning. It highlights USDA and A and M College guidance, early seed selection, and strong yields. The fair runs October 17 to November 1 with prize winnings checks issued at the fair start.
The column notes rising demand for check and plaid cotton ratines and black and white china frocks in shops. It highlights current styles including varied coiffures, a revival of cross-stitch, flaming yellow pink tango beads, ribbed clothes with sheer cotton and multicolored striped yarns, and tulle scarfs and high hats featuring tulle.
The 1914 State Expositions in Texas feature miniature factory exhibits and thread manufacturing details. The event runs from September 12 for sixteen days, highlighting cotton handling from field to mill and related processes for visitors.
A Popular Mechanics invention describes a pasteboard egg box that folds to truss firmly for mail transport. Each egg sits in an individual flexible compartment with eight contact points to prevent roll and breakage. The design allows just laid soft boiled eggs to survive postal handling.
A discussion of returning to the oriental turban as a fashionable head covering. Describes the turban as a wide strip of tinsel net folded and secured with creacente to create a flat dressing. Notes supporting hair, decorative pins, and white gauze turbans. Mentions popular rose garniture in satin chiffon and net for outfits.
Small photograph frames made of picket or brass are set on two uprights in the oftietle easels so they can be tilted to any angle for convenient viewing.
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