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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
9
Velvet dominates the season with coats, suits, and accessories in black, forest, pine, and rust hues. Designers showcase velvet gowns, nightwear washable like muslin, and luxury pieces such as a silver mesh bag and triangle scarf set.
Paris fashion expert Marjorie Howard reports leading women are hatless or favor high crown hats as flowers and shallow hats fade. American buyers snapped up high crowned hats at midsummer openings. The season highlights include split skirts with close fitting day dresses and knee length or higher evening slits.
Scarfs for winter are described as brazen with bright colors and varied patterns. Popular hues include bright red, rust, wine, greens, navy, black and white. Materials range from sheer woolens to cashmere and silk. Shapes noted are square, triangle, ascot, and the new Jockey style. pastels appear in wool.
Velveteen jackets blend with dark tweed suits for fall wardrobes. Velvet pieces appear in high shades like peacock blue cahita red and wood brown, creating bold contrasting looks.
Printed velveteen dresses return with straight cut lingerie and tawny russet browns set to be popular. Velvet with tunic jackets and capes in various lengths profile the new chic, while wooden bead bags and Paisley cashmere shawls shape striking blouses and collars for the fall season.
A green gaberdine pew suit features a double breasted jacket with large patch pockets and inverted plaits. A white mannish blouse pairs with brown accessories and a silver fox scarf, completing a distinctive ensemble.
The League of Nations year book shows the Soviet Union with 65 warships totaling 104 615 tons, mostly prewar ships, while Japan has 216 modern warships and plans more. The report notes limited official data and lists four battleships and a mix of cruisers destroyers and submarines, with six submarines under construction.
A surgeon at the Leningrad Surgical Institute removed a tumor the size of a pigeon egg from a young girl's brain. The malignant growth threatened blindness and lay just millimeters from the brain's life centers. The surgeon carefully sifted a brain portion to excise the tumor, an operation performed successfully only a few times in medical history.
Dr William Dacre Walker of Andover Massachusetts, aged fifty five, inherits a perpetual annuity from the British crown. The payment honors Elizabeth Pendrell who aided King Charles II after Worcester in 1651. The annual sum is about 60 dollars and passes to Dr Walker following his elder brother’s death in Italy.
Equary or nnolwe on campus or in the office presents a smart youthful frock in red and brown checked rayon. The mannish tailored look carries through with patch pockets a high club collar brown tie and linked turn back cuffs. The rayon tie fabric resembles silk and wears like iron.
New York journal reports 250000 murderers at large in the United States with estimates that about 300000 Americans may commit murder and up to one million could be involved as murderers or victims. J H Wallis, a New York author and former Hoover aide, cites motives and cases including Anna Antonio's execution and Eva Coe’s conviction.
Belleville Ontario report tells of Frank Alkens a Sidney farmer winning a local fish story prize after hauling a 38 pound muskellunge in the Moira river. The fish towed his boat for over an hour and struck his chin with its tail as he tried to land it. He called it the worst battle with a fish and showed a swollen face.
Ira Mahon of San Francisco recalls a mule sold by Jim Mahon of Harney County 31 years ago on a California road. The elder breeder, famed for selling about 300 mules annually in Stockton, branded the animal with the number 5.
Ellis Purlee register of the United States land office in West Sacramento says California still has 9 208 275 acres available for homesteaders. Over the last year 2 200 homesteads were entered involving 622 771 acres.
Game Warden A. O. Pendergraft and Fred Deyo counted more than 1 210 mountain sheep during a high mountain trip including 200 rams, supporting a decision on whether to close the season in the county this year.
Seventy-year-old Thomas Dresser filed proceedings to be restored to life after a bank in Victoria refused his withdrawal because he was legally dead. Declared dead last December by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, his estate had already been distributed to relatives abroad, with succession duties paid.
Roy Milligan strolls with a small white pig as a pet, using a leash. He got the idea from a traveling salesman who owned the porker before him.
Engineers drilling a test well for a Muskingum Watershed conservation project uncovered a log buried 14 feet beneath the surface, shown by Bell washed down from the hills. The find underscores erosion effects on the site and its geological context.
A nostalgic look at cranberries noting their vitamin C content and long Cape Cod heritage. The article offers several recipes including Cranberry Tapioca, Cranberry Conserve, and Stewed Cranberries, highlighting practical uses from sauces to pies and relishes.
Dr Ernest L Talbert of the University of Cincinnati says the flapper era is finished as periodicals shift back to conventional, strict codes. Studies of American Life since 1890 show rising acceptance of modern habits from 1922 to 1929 then a decline to a more conservative tone.
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