New Fall Colors From Textile Color Card
Eighty colors are shown in silk and twelve in wool on the new fall color card by the Textile Color Card Association of the United States. Oriental and Russian influences appear with blues and oranges in evening wear and a reddish purple. Street costumes of colored broadcloth and cashmere blends rise in popularity along with three piece outfits and bright velvets.
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Textile Color Card Association
United States
Chicago
Embroidered Edgings and Veils Define Summer Fashions
Fashions show bold Czech Slovak color work in organdie edgings for summer frocks and collars. Handkerchief motifs diversify with Chinese figures and roses. Veils gain popularity for sun and age protection while white bead chains and gold mesh bags dominate accessories in the all white ensemble.
Fancies in Fans Highlight Season Styles
The season showcases fans in varied forms from soft ostrich feather models to small black lace versions. The choice ranges with dress styles from slim dance frocks to bouffant silhouettes, reflecting whimsical and quaint tastes in accessories.
Millinery Color Trends Highlight Reds Rusts and Jade
Fashion color notes show reds remain strong with ruddy rusts and hennas popular while jade regains favor, illustrating seasonally bold millinery palettes.
Lace and Net Frocks for Young Girls at Party Time
A dainty cream net dress for a two to six year old features a straight yoke two wide net bands embroidered at the shoulders with bows and a gathered net edge. A pink taffeta frock with white georgette overdress uses three rows of French flowers for trim and back opening for easy wear. Smaller party dresses pair sheer lace with net foundations and ribbon sashes, while an age up sister wears a lace ruffled bodice over net with a petal skirt and a plain net backdrop. A silk white or pastel slip is suggested under each frock with a color coordinating sash.
Old Family Fruit Cake and Spinach Dish Featured
Recipe notes for a months-long fruit cake with dried fruits, nuts, and alcohol, plus a curry spinach dish with eggs. Provides step by step prep, soaking, blanching, and baking times. Concludes with a moral about a home built on simplicity and prudent hospitality.
Hermits and Molasses Cookies from an Old Time Oven
A vintage recipe note describes making hermits with sour cream and raisins baked on a sheet, soft molasses cookies with shortening and spices, and a plain cutout cookie. It advises baking times and oven temperatures, plus variations like a spicy cooky and a Poor Man's Cookie using drippings and brown sugar.
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New Orleans
Race of World Conquerors Saracens in medieval invasions described
The Saracens began as a wandering Arab tribe from the Syro Arabian desert and expanded across Egypt Persia Syria North Africa and Palestine. They pushed into Spain in 711 and threatened Italy and France before being checked at Tours where 300,000 were said to die. Charles Martel’s defense halted further European conquest. Gibbon notes a vast front from Gibraltar to the Loire.
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Syro Arabian
John William Draper
Muhomet
Asia
Africa
Egypt
Persia
Syria
North
Palestine
Spain
Varlk
Italy
France
Loire
Charles Martel
Tours
Europe
Gibbon
Rock of
Gibraltar
Poland
Scotland
Climate Shapes Civilization Finds Weather Key To Progress
Yale professor Ellsworth Huntington mapped climatic energy and civilization to show a strong link between favorable climate and healthy, productive societies. He compared world climate patterns with historical progress, noting that health and mental and physical work rise with favorable weather, while tropical or highly varied climates hinder high civilization.
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Ellsworth Huntington
Yale University
Huntington
Pittsburgh
West Point
Annapolis
Detroit News
The Great Unknown Origin of Sir Walter Scott
The phrase The Great Unknown traces to Sir Walter Scott who published the Waverly Novels anonymously while he was a clerk of sessions. His colleagues concealed the secret as authorship was deemed beneath his official rank until the authorship was finally guessed and revealed.
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Scott
Sir Walter Scott
England
Waverly
Ambiguous title teased as a flapper novel hidden reads
Felice shows interest in a book she hides from others. She worries about exposure and the social scrutiny of other girls in the same lifestyle. The dialogue hints the work could be a Dickensian or similar title.
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Felice
Woodenware Department Confused Buyer Seeks Ip Sticks
In a courtroom exchange a man unsure of his location asks about the woodenware department and explains his wife asked him to buy Ip sticks. The judge seeks clarity as the dialogue reveals a mix up in items and place.
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Woodenware
Woodenware Department
Income tax cut prompts a family budget clash
A judge quips about tax reductions as a father tells his son his salary is cut by 20 percent and his allowance must shrink. The humorous exchange highlights how tax policy can affect personal finances and family living costs.
Meat Dishes Rare in Greece Highlight Diet Customs
In Greece hundreds of families abstain from meat all year, eating meat only on New Year’s Day and Easter, reflecting religious and cultural dietary traditions.
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Greece
Tanlac credited with curing chronic dyspepsia in St Louis resident
H Mohr of 1128 Fourth St St Louis says three bottles of Tanlac relieved years of stomach trouble and heartburn. he gained weight and regained appetite and energy. He praises Tanlac and says druggists stock it.
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St. Louis
Tanlac
H. Mohr
Fourth St
Doyle Says Opportunity to Work In Heaven
Quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about doubling efforts and an opportunity to work in heaven cited by the Boston Transcript.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Boston Transcript
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs Miner of Churubusco New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from years of backache and female troubles after doctors failed. She urges other women to try the medicine, noting it supports carrying a child and contains no harmful drugs.
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Churubusco
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Free Miner
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