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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1926
Page
8
The article recalls an ancient custom of breaking the wedding cake over the bride’s head as she enters her new home. It notes 2 000 year old Toman origins and mentions a similar practice in parts of Scotland where bannock is broken above the head of the young wife.
An advertisement urges consumers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuine, physician endorsed Bayer Aspirin, warning that imitations may be dangerous and noting the product has been trusted for 26 years.
A Japanese patrolman found a man who seemed dead and requested a coffin. The coffin carried the supposed corpse to the village office where the body awoke, sang, and danced. The man, twenty three, had become intoxicated by viewing cherry blossoms.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to buy Cuticura talcum along with the soap and ointment duo. The copy markets the trio as essential toilet requisites for an exquisite face and lasting fragrance, claiming other perfumes become superfluous.
A quoted exchange shows tension as one speaker asserts correctness while another retorts that their opponent cannot claim wrong. The dialogue hints at a dispute over truth and certainty in a brief, informal confrontation.
Kansas City Star fashion writer notes minimal but clever updates in fall style. Puff skirt hems widen the velvet and crepe satin trend, draped skirts gain ground, and waistlines reaccentuate with belts or sashes. Coats dominate, featuring bloused backs, kimono lines, fur panels, and shorter dresses where the hem becomes part of the outfit.
The season presents lingerie decorated with plaits and lace. Crepe de chine remains favored, with crepe-back satin and radium silk also used. Colors include light pink, peach, orchid, yellow, and light green with many pieces showing a back-to-normal waterline.
Velvet dominates fashion displays in Paris with coats dresses and trims praised for softness and versatility. Supple new velvets including apparent velvet gain attention for day and evening wear with black favored and velvet brocade grounds and plaids in demand.
Paris fashion houses emphasize black in fall and winter collections. Black appears across day, afternoon, and evening gowns, though reds and pastels dominate specific daytime and evening looks. Jean Patou touts shades like Virginia creeper and Patou purple, with explanations tying autumn leaves to color choices.
At the Paris Exposition a notable display of prize shawls drew keen notice. An American woman secured the items when the exposition closed, with designs and colors praised as among France’s finest recent work. The shawls feature varied schemes from rich Venetian blue to peony reds, black backgrounds, and white embroidery, offering a vivid mix of Oriental and European motifs.
The article describes a fashionable evening gown by Hedfern using pink moire on gold lame base with wide pink stripes. The fitted bodice forms a deep point at a very low waist, the straight skirt features looped panniers, a golden grape garniture marks the waistband, and a square floor-length train appears at the back.
Snakes describe their skin shedding as the keeper provides a large dish of water and warms it to comfort them. They note the water is cold at first but becomes pleasant after the keeper adjusts it. They praise the keeper as watchful and helpful in ensuring safe shedding.
A mother reproaches Willie as he asks for butter, and she challenges him to reach it himself, highlighting a domestic scene of impatience and customer impatience with household tasks.
A compact note describes a teacher named Johnny collecting trifles and a mention of a vacuum cleaner as part of the odd collection. The fragment hints at a playful or quirky collection theme without a full narrative.
M. B. Philip, Chicago property owner and President of Carpenters Union No. 62, says Tanlac cured his nervous indigestion, insomnia, and fatigue. He reports renewed strength and sleep after starting Tanlac, praising its reputation and urging friends and union members to try it. He notes Tanlac is nature’s remedy made from roots, barks and herbs and that over 40 million bottles have been sold.
A satirical family grocery page line skewers romance talk about engagement. A character asks for devotion while the other cites film stardom. A pun about a vegetarian husband appears as light humor. The piece reflects playful newspaper banter and wordplay.
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