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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
6
A fashion writer notes parasols in multiple forms from Victorian ruched chiffon to flat spoke designs. Descriptions include a black stick with carved ivory handle and red tassel, moodier camp style, metal fabrics, patterned crètonies, and pale pink organdie options.
Fashion notes reveal cotton blouses now lead the market across all grades from low-cost machine made to high end hand crafted pieces. Designers focus on novelty styles in cotton rivaling silk garments in appeal and versatility for all seasons.
Colored hose return as popular accents to dresses, with King’s blue and jade paired with white sport oxfords. Wool sport skirts showcase varied designs including dots, abstract figures in orange jade and red on dark grounds, and plaids with large blocks in mixed browns and tans.
To cut thin silk lay it between two sheets of tissue paper and slice with very sharp scissors. This method helps prevent fraying and ensures clean edges for delicate fabrics.
A New York fashion write describes gingham and calico bathing dresses as modern, fully dressed swimsuits with basque bodices, sashes, tunic skirts and pockets. Ratine fabrics appear in green and blue patterns with tulip skirts, capes, and surf shoes, while some two piece suits and velvet options fetch high prices.
Bead and novelty necklets rise with tailored street suits and one piece costumes this season. Jade amber and varied beads ranging from painted wood to enamel finishes and oxidized silver add color. Earrings often match necklets for coordinated wear.
Instructions suggest a scallop crochet edge suitable for embroidery work. The piece can be finished with scallops along the edge, enhancing the overall appearance even for non embroiderers.
The article describes common house area flies including the biting stable fly, cluster fly, stable fly, and metallic greenish or bluish species. It notes these resemble the true house fly, breed in decaying matter and excrement, and that the true house fly dominates in numbers with 98.8 percent in a 1900 survey. mentions vinegar fly and lesser house fly as smaller, paler variants.
The article surveys eggs from hens and other poultry, noting guinea, turkey, duck, goose, and ostrich eggs as regional staples. It covers wild eggs like plovers and sea birds, turtle and terrapin eggs, and highlights fish eggs such as caviar and shad roe as enjoyed foods.
A honey cake recipe notes honey keeps longer freshness than other cakes and provides steps using butter, cinnamon, gin, sour milk, eggs and flour. Mix butter with honey, beat in egg, add sour milk and sifted flour with soda and spices, then bake in a shallow pan.
The United States Department of Agriculture states bread is the stuff of life and should be light and spongy with a crisp golden crust and a nutty sweet flavor. People differ on taste and methods but agree on quality bread.
Simple home hints on using honey as a sweetener for custards and cake fillings. Advice covers grating burned surfaces, clarifying starch with a candle, cleaning flatirons, stewing figs and dried fruit with honey syrup, and rinsing black stockings in salt water for color enhancement.
Lesson outlines how David after unifying Israel inquiries for Saul’s house to show kindness Mephibosheth is found in Lo debar and brought to the king dining at his table restoring his grandfather’s estate. The study parallels salvation grace in Christ and stresses noble kingship and impartial judgment.
An ad proclaims Freezone removes hard and soft corns and toe corn without soreness. It urges applying a drop to the aching area, then lifting the corn with fingers. The tiny bottle is sold by druggists for a few cents and promises to remove calluses too.
A motivational quote attributed to G. S. Merriam encourages turning disaster into courage, mastering suffering through patience, and learning from sorrow by sympathy.
A biblical verse fragment from Colossians 2 8 urging believers to live in Christ and grow in faith with gratitude. The text echoes early church teaching about being rooted and established in faith.
Government representatives present motion pictures showing the construction of the United States Bureau of Standards Industrial Building. The film records ten months of daily progress in a ten minute sequence, dramatizing the rise of a large public structure.
A humorous exchange notes the United States is not a bank and asks why it would need many vice presidents. The quip highlights political satire about government leadership and succession.
Mrs Theresa Coventry of Newark New Jersey recounts eight years of illness with back and limb pain and mobility loss. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine with restoring strength enabling her to do housework and laundry. She offers her name for testimonials.
Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as uniquely effective for women's suffering. Claims readers can write for free advice and confidential replies from Women at the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lass.
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