Fur Embellished Costumes Dominate Fall Fashion
A Chicago Style Creators showcase highlights fur trimmed coats and suits for fall and winter. Persian lamb and skunk fur dominate, with boxy hip length jackets and dolman sleeves signaling new trends. Short day skirts, quilted fabrics, and Louis XIV inspired formal wear round out the season preview.
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Burmel introduces embroidered filmy point Hanky trend
The vogue for decorative head kerchiefs continues as Burmel releases a newly designed filmy petit point embroidered flower hanky. Available in pastel colorways, the scarf helps set curls during cool autumn evenings.
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New Hats Feature Bright Feathers and Feisty Folds
Fashion note outlines upcoming millinery trends with bright quills and tall crowns on suede fedoras and quaker hats. Feathers and ostrich tips dominate trim a la Louis XIV tricornes. Ribbons embellish dainty, feminine confections set to dress winter social wear.
Elasticized fabrics trend in sportswear across outfits
A vogue for elasticized fabrics appears in play clothes. Wool and cotton swim suits are elasticized for a smooth fit. Casual sports frocks and elasticized waistlines appear in outfits. Elasticized panty girdles are worn under tennis frocks.
Fashion note: smaller collars trend in fall fur coats
Tailored mink and dyed fur coats show noticeably smaller collars this season. Japanese weasel coats display the trend with minimal swaggers, while tuxedo front panels remain popular for daytime wear.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police a versatile, mission-minded force
The tradition of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police highlights their wide role beyond policing. They deliver babies, perform funerals, aid at weddings, and provide crime prevention, first aid, and community service while maintaining the Right. Their motto Maintain the Right guides their conduct and dedication.
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Tornado Strikes Chicago Family As Mother Fights for Kids
Amy Castaldi of Chicago faced a night of terror when a freak tornado tore through her home on a Friday in July 1933. Her eight year old son suffered a serious eye injury, a funeral for an uncle was missed, and amid shattering windows, flying debris, and a broken gate she fled with her three children to a factory for safety. The house later stood wrecked with water damage, but she praised the factory night watchman who helped.
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Chicago
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Strangest Portrait Reveals Bonnie Prince Charlie
In Ft William Scotland the West Highland museum displays a painting that appears abstract until a metal cylinder is placed at a specific spot. The reflected image on the cylinder reveals a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the eighteenth century claimant to the British throne.
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China’s First Railway Linking Shanghai and Wusong
A report notes a 10 mile long railway between Shanghai and Wusong, built with foreign involvement as a pioneering project for China. The fragment mentions a farmer and partial details of construction, reflecting early industrial efforts.
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Shanghai
Woosung
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A Cheerful Word for a Brighter Day
A short uplifting note urges readers to brighten others lives with small acts. It asks readers to imagine kindness and consider what they can do today to make somebody happy, emphasizing simple steps and time to help.
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Maltbie D. Babcock
Brush Turkeys Covers Its Eggs in Earth Mound
A brush turkeys mound over its eggs with earth salt and dead vegetation forming a circular nest over 100 feet in circumference and two feet high The young hatch and dig out afterward from the nest indicating a distinctive nesting behavior.
Harvest Time in Zigticulture Thinks About Fruit Picking
M B Hoffman outlines New York State guidance for harvest planning. He stresses estimating crop size, securing dependable pickers, and stocking baskets, boxes, liners, and nails. Repair orchard roads to prevent fruit bruising and choose ladders and containers to minimize damage.
Selecting Breeding Cockerels Early for Next Season
A Missouri Farmer writer advises early selection of breeding cockerels. Top performing males reveal vigor, growth, and feathering advantages, guiding which birds to keep for next year. Anticipate losses and keep extra birds, since vigor determines offspring value.
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Weedy milk prevention through pasture and feed
The article outlines two methods to prevent weedy flavored cream. First, keep cows off weedy pasture for three to five hours before milking. Second, provide ample good feed so cows avoid weeds, supplementing short pasture with hay grain silage or green feed. A combined approach is recommended, turning cows onto weedy pasture after milking then moving them to better feed three to four hours before milking.
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Cross Breeding Yields Sex Differences in Chicks
Longstanding practice by American poultrymen uses cross breeding to create sex differences in chick color and wing feathering. Rhode Island Red males crossed with Barred Rock hens yield black female chicks and black males with yellow shanks, while rapid feathering Leghorns crossed with slow feathering lines show males with small primary wing feathers and females with larger ones. Cross breeding requires maintaining two breeding lines, though most poultrymen prefer one breed.
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Rhode Island
United States Leads in Global Agricultural Extension
Agricultural extension efforts position the United States ahead of most countries in advancing farming knowledge and practices. Government programs, universities, and agribusiness collaborate to disseminate research, improve yields, and support rural communities.
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