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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
11
The article describes an oak colored cashmere dress with a brown satin band and satin trim, plus a Magyar bodice cut with a front satin band and button trimming. It then gives a productivity tip about systematizing daily tasks, focusing on weekly letter writing on a set day, using envelope notes to prepare replies.
Sleeve trimmings are brown and cream striped satin with a lace yoke and coarse 26 net under-sleeves over cream ninon. A brown stretched velvet hat is lined with cream satin. Required materials include 6 yards 46 inch wide satin and 1 yard each of satin 232 1in wide 1 yard face 18 inches wide one half yard striped silk half yard net 38 inches wide and half yard fringe.
Reversible hats join coats as a new novelty in millinery. Each straw hat has a fine weather side and a rain proof side, ideal for travel or country walks. The pliable straw turns easily and features a large buckle and a rosette trim.
A renowned French dressmaker introduces gowns designed to require no corset. Critics fear looseness, but advocates claim the silhouettes are elegant and modern. The designer studied natural figure lines to create shoulder-hanging gowns with graceful, uncluttered lines.
The New York Herald reports Paris designers offer extremely wide frills in net or tulle worn with collarless frocks. They extend beyond the shoulder line and are unlikely to flatter many figures except very slender young girls, suggesting limited popularity.
Lowcut tailored coats of linen feature buttonholes on both fronts and are fastened with linked buttons of bright hued leathers, detailing a stylish closure and vibrant contrast.
Edmund Roberts of Salvation Nell recalls a one day miscue in a Pennsylvania shop. A customer bought four hats priced at 25 cents each for her four small boys, but the hats were actually horse headgear. The salesman earned a dollar before learning the ruse and shared a laugh with his friend.
The author reflects on evolving views of parenting and the role of grandparents. He laments rising individualism that delays marriage and suggests a stable economic base of twenty dollars weekly as a social phase offering full domestic support and accessible education.
Two New Jersey mosquitoes converse about their safety as humans emerge with plans to protect insects. They speculate on collective action and eventual winter to spring, counting on warm shelter and a future chance to lay hundreds of eggs in a flowerpot.
A four year old girl uses a 230 pound pumpkin as a cradle raised by C. C. Teague of Blanchard ranch. The same vine bore twelve other pumpkins averaging 180 pounds each, totaling 2,330 pounds. No fertilizer or special cultivation used. The pumpkin is seven feet eight inches around the waist, six feet nine inches high, and ten feet eight inches long. London Strand.
One detective asks about the promoter. The other confirms discovery but notes arrest is not yet. the target is skilled and convincing, yet the speaker avoided purchasing any stock from the con man.
Fetish travelers note African worship patterns including smallpox rites. Natives revere juju and witchcraft, with ceremonies for death and funeral rites. A chief is suspended for encouraging it and processions feature drums and flights of a wooden idol.
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