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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
3
The article spotlights Alice blue silk muslin fashion adapting to party gowns and afternoon wear. It describes waistless hipless lines, straight silhouette, and coats echoing Chinese outer garments. Embroidered lace details and rhinestone buttons decorate the bodice and drapery, finishing with an embroidered medallion at the skirt front.
The article notes easier bedroom color schemes now with store aids such as shams table covers and cushion tops all in matching materials. Cretonne is paired with plain sateen or fabric and trimmed edges finished flat. Center designs feature voile or scrim with filet lace bands and colorful centers. Small chests of drawers covered in cretonne or chintz offer convenient storage for trinkets.
Crepe de chine lingerie dominates the vogue while long waistlines gain traction. Plumes are shaded with no colors used. Hats appear youthful and walking costumes feature cerise mummy cloth. Parisennes slippers and Indian silk crepe trend, with fabrics urged to look limp and clingy and avoid stiffness.
A column argues against facial powder and rouge on women noting many women apply poorly and look older with visible lines. It contends blending cosmetically is an art, and few achieve it, urging restraint in makeup and self awareness about beauty.
A fashion note describes spring jackets becoming shorter with rounded or square fronts. It cites a Russian blouse option and a long plaited lower panel, favoring crepe silk mousseline for fluid draping. Poiret styles feature flies embroidered in silk and color accents like red, yellow, violet on rich tailor-made costumes.
A prune colored straw toque featured maline plaitings and a tall marines fan. It complemented a prune satin brocade gown with lansdowne underdrapery, slashed center front, and a swathed skirt. Javent feather boots with prune cloth buttons completed the ensemble, accented by a deep red velvet rose at the girdle.
The piece describes two simple devices for lighting a cake. One uses a 12 by 14 inch board with evenly spaced candle sockets around the edge and a central cake on a paper liner. The other employs nested wooden rings with holes as sockets to hold ten to forty candles around the cake.
In London Answers a police tale recounts an officer chasing a stolen banknote after an informer names a noted fence. He raids a the old woman’s house without a warrant, roams from cellar to roof, and fails to find the notes until she reveals the cash wrapped around a candle.
Morning aboard Adeline reveals the captain’s missing facial hair as a joke about a near disaster. The mate explains the skipper lit a match to check for gasoline and moments later there was none.
The London Chronicle notes the army’s 1823 shift from breeches leggings and shoes to blue gray cloth trousers and half boots. Clothing colonels lose waistcoat duties, while Tommy must supply the waistcoat from his shilling daily, justified by comfort and savings on gaiters.
A professor humorously discusses how English words were milder through slight form changes, citing numerous from numerus as an example. The digression compares the removed syllable to an appendix, suggesting the change occurred without anesthesia and was a complete success.
The Papyrus Ebers dating to 3000 B C found in Memphis is cited as Egypts oldest medical manuscript. It attributes disease to divine anger and the victory of evil over good, a view echoed in Africa and Asia and once common in many races.
A humorous exchange between a wife and husband about a dream of a shop full of bonnets. The wife reveals the dream’s charm, while the husband concedes he already bought a bonnet, teasing how reality outdoes dreams in style.
A courtroom quip from a Floriculture judge comments on Souk and his fondness for bouquet. The remark notes the subject’s liking for his own nose and humorously plays on scent and appearance. The line reflects playful courtroom banter rather than a formal ruling.
Celestial couple Louise asks Louise Will you love me forever The Swain answers Yea darling and I will vote the way you do as long as Chicago News notes in a light society column
A new sash for hot beds or cold frames uses two glass layers with a five eighths inch air cushion. The two panes are lapped and adjusted to sit close together to improve efficiency.
Warm weather ventilates beds while cold seals cracks with hidden moisture making the bed dry and a poor conductor of heat. Solar heat through glass raises temperatures in zero weather permitting crops like cabbage and lettuce to thrive under double glass. The double sash saves labor and coal, reduces leaf drop, and promotes stronger plant growth.
The average dairy cow in the United States costs about 21 dollars to feed for a year according to statistics from a major dairy cattle society. Some cows may not earn their keep, and the Babcock tester will identify them.
An experiment shows feeding alfalfa hay with corn cuts pig fattening costs by nearly half. The finding highlights a cheaper diet option for swine producers seeking efficiency.
Rye is sown early in spring for grazing. It grows quickly on good soil with spring rains and sun, providing rapid pasture for livestock.
John Surpie of Sanbury Pa reports quick relief from constipation and improved bowel health using Dr Kings New Life Pills. The ad touts a 25 cent price and recommends the product for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. Irvin & Willard endorse the remedy as well.
Grant Border of Baltimore told the International Shippers' Association in Chicago that apples will replace cosmetics as the national beauty aid. He predicted apple orchards will yield over 100,000,000 barrels in five years, making complexion care cheap and plentiful for American women.
Fountain Circuit Court April Term 1915. John H. Stephenson as Executor has filed final account and vouchers for Jennie Price deceased. Final settlement to be examined June 3, 1914. Heirs and creditors must appear and show cause why approval should not be granted. Heirs must prove heirship.
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