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Man proves it in thread and needle in dressmaking tale
Everette Smart the Joplin News Herald telegraph editor proves a man can do anything a woman can by learning sewing to make shirts and outfits for family. He studied a 20 cent pattern, used a newspaper pattern for his daughter, and created shirts coats and a formal dress, gaining local admiration and cutting the clothes budget. In the same column a legal notice appears for the appointment of executor Milo zakek of Dora Tvrdik estate in Linn County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Joplin
Everette Smart
Joel
Smart
Telegraph
Joplin News Herald
Empire State Building
Jean Ann
Fike
State of Iowa
Linn County
Dora Tvrdik
Iowa
Cler
Milozacek
Kubicek
Novak & Kubicek
State of
John F. Mec-Laughlin
Mabel A. McLaughlin
Thos. L. Woods
Rna Ae