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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1942
Page
9
This feature notes affordable luxury in stay at home attire using rayon fabrics. It highlights hostess gowns, robes, negligees, and house coats in velvet, satin, rayon jersey, crepe, and taffeta. Emphasis on double duty dressing gowns, quilted coats, and coordinated sets with lace trim.
Leisure article showcases a short skrited brunch coat in bright plaided rayon taffeta. The shirt features dirndl lines a back zip waist tie and promises a striking look for the wearer.
Despite silk shortages and nylon delays due to priorities, hosiery futures look bright with cotton, rayon, and lisle blends. Consumers are advised to expect four pairs of tweed rayon hose to pair with spring suits, ribbed cottons, dainty white cotton hose, navy sheets, and lace weave nylons planned for summer.
The bolero is rising as a spring specialty and favorite. It pairs with new round-pleated skirts and looks best with long torso and slim princess dresses, creating a notably short silhouette.
Peele displays new spring jewelry counters laden with shells, beads, and wooden pieces. Pale beige shell necklaces and bracelets, shell brooches, sunlit sand colored beads, and giddy wooden cylinders wrapped in cellophane attractively arranged for the season.
A brief note notes colorful sequins adding glamour to evening prints. It mentions dressy afternoon prints reflecting sequins sparkle and references unique fashion poses for a likely obit feature.
A demure customer asks for coffee in a store, but the clerk insists on offering ground coffee as the best. The man objects, explaining he wants sugar with no sand and jokes that he does not want coffee with earth in it, highlighting a humorous miscommunication.
In a classroom anecdote a Penny and a Dollar argue inside a man’s pocket. The Dollar boasts it is worth a hundred of the Penny, while the Penny replies that going to church and Sunday school makes it better overall. The tale teaches humility and value beyond wealth.
A terse exchange reveals a man, unable to talk due to hoarseness, is summoned by telephone for a presumed reason involving his wife. The brief dialogue implies a domestic matter requires his presence or action but provides no further context.
Good Ears Mrs. Bicks recounts hearing a noise at night and finding legs under the bed. Laughter follows as the group realizes the legs belong to her husband who heard the commotion as well. No break in.
A city boy visits a farmer with his father and encounters a large barking dog on the steps. The farmer assures him a barking dog never bites, while the boy notes uncertainty about when the dog will stop barking.
A soubrette vents dislike for the stage manager accusing him of forcing them to learn new popular songs. The first comedian dismisses the complaint while the soubrette laments the manager's airs.
A brief exchange notes a little book titled What to Do in Case of Fire as potentially useful. The line of dialogue suggests caution about possessions after death.
A reader quotes a line about spending a weekend with a spouse. The remark contrasts masculine excuses with financial timing, noting that such plans follow payday. The exchange hints at social expectations and budgeting in domestic life.
The visiting professor notes the college is decorated for an event while the athletic association announces a new fullback who makes his first appearance at the college today.
A dialogue notes a coal wagon overloaded and a demand for the dealer’s address. The speaker chooses to buy coal from the same dealer rather than prosecute for animal cruelty, highlighting a conflict between potential accountability and ongoing commerce.
A light quarrel unfolds as a husband plans to stay home while Jane preps to go out, both expressing firm decisions about their plans for the evening. The domestic moment captures differing desires and the social drama of everyday life.
A witty column asks if a highly educated wife offers an advantage, replying with humor that no one will strive to take her away. The exchange underscores social attitudes toward education and marriage in a playful tone.
A brief, playful interaction unfolds as Smobile asks for a name and Iona Carr identifies herself, sparking a light exchange about dignity and purpose in a small social moment.
A dialogue snippet contrasts trust and language. It notes a person keeps promises but speaks with shocking profanity, highlighting tension between reliability and speech. The exchange centers on credibility and public perception of communication.
A humorous line is captured: a character muses that a good name surpasses fiches yet remains less available than the local torner grocery. The remark reflects era slang and social humor in a small community setting.
Extension dairy expert H R Searles advises on summer cooling for milk and cream. Using well water in a cooling tank improves efficiency, with sun and dust protection, insulation, and proper jar cooling for home use. Even with refrigeration, pre cooling in water reduces load on the fridge.
Florence C. Weed notes potatoes move beyond meals into starch for textiles and higher uses. Maine yields 3 to 5 million bushels yearly for starch with future formats like plastic compounds and fuel alcohol in laboratories. Regions include Aroostook Maine Long Island New York and the Red River Valley.
The article states that poultry rations can use any of several grains as long as at least three grains are included. It notes oats are essential for chickens of all ages and explains extra vitamin A is needed if yellow corn is not used, suggesting alfalfa or cod liver oil as sources.
Rural briefs emphasize proper grazing and phosphate use as pasture basics. They note soil on typical farms may hold about 0.01 ton of weed seeds per acre. The report also mentions cull dairy cows being sold year round at various packing markets.
Jack Woods and Mrs Myers hosted relatives Sunday. Norman Myers and wife hosted several guests including Budd Stotler and Luella Hartman. Fuiday dinner guests were F Myers and Miser with Norman Myers. Supper included J C Marotzke and son John Clare. Bert McCrandle family and Rose Athey joined Georges Winns for dinner. Mrs Goodell from Grand Rapids visited last week and joined Friday.
Harvard researchers Dr. R. Sherr and Dr. K. T. Bainbridge subjected liquid mercury to high speed neutrons producing ten isotopes across three metals. The experiment yielded three gold isotopes plus four platinum isotopes and remaining mercury isotopes, all radioactive with varying short half lives.
Notice to residents describes an ordinance granting Consumers Power Company and successors the right to construct maintain and use electric lines along public ways in Grant Township Clare County Michigan for thirty years. Grantee must comply with conditions pay fees and keep streets safe. Acceptance required by voters and township complies. Voodooism note follows about Haiti.
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