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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
14
The article details how pieces of silk, velvet, and ribbons become valued craft materials. It describes tiny sachet bags with scented powder, powder puff pouches, ribbon roses, and silk flowers used to decorate boxes, bouquets, and toilet items. It notes numerous fabric trimmings, lace, and gold braid enhancing personal and home furnishings.
Rumors of a spring revival in fine sheer cottons gain credibility as resort fashion and summer wardrobes trend toward organdy blouses dresses and hats. Stores showcase cotton goods while women plan homemade pieces for next summer and outdoor living.
Poke shaped data continues in high favor for little girls. They suit childish faces and offer an interesting surface for trimmings of flowers and ribbons.
Mary Roberts Rinehart writes in the Saturday Evening Post about air travel's social awkwardness. She recalls stripping goggles and gender revealing no welcome, noting pilots rarely chat midflight and ground crew ignore returning passengers.
The New York Evening Post notes St Michael, archangel and celestial military head, as patron saint of airmen. A London church windows feature a mosaic airplane honoring him, tying to Jeanne d Arc’s visions and the airborne battles he inspires.
The Horse evolves by shedding toes and increasing size to remain dominant. Fossil horse remains show tiny forms two million years ago, while modern horses are single-toed and larger. Evolutionary changes are described as key to its continued success as a working animal.
The article outlines Belgium’s two main languages Flemish and French and lists language use by population. It cites figures for 7.4 million residents with 3.22 million Flemish only 2.89 million French only 871 thousand bilingual Flemish and French 1,415 German speakers and small counts for combinations including French German Flemish German and all three languages.
In a tense scene Mrs. Burrows scolds Delia for a police officer’s kitchen visit last night. Delia shrugs off jealousy, insisting she has him safely under control and mocking the idea of losing him.
Thought Snake Was Round tells of Little John visiting grandparents on a farm and rushing in to report a sighting. He cannot be sure of the snake’s shape, guessing it was round, as his grandfather asks for details and Sunny humor arises from the uncertain memory.
In Hoopeston Illinois Mrs Mary Buhler found her mother Mrs Sabina Cummings dead in a bloodstained ransacked house. Police say about 10000 dollars stolen. Suspects include the victim's son in law who was last seen with the woman alive as several arrests follow.
At DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana sixty Mansfield Hall residents faced a dormitory siege by winged mice armed with ten nis racquets and brooms. After an hour they slept thirty two bats and aroused the neighborhood with towels on their heads to guard against further bites.
Detective Sergeant Steve Barry recovered evidence that ghouls dug up the grave of Clara Gunderberg in St. Boniface cemetery and removed an engagement ring and two other rings worth 1500 dollars. Police, the girl's mother, Rev George Eisenbacher, and graveyard superintendent Charles Bigelow assist in the search. The body had been buried in 1912 after an operation at Lakeside hospital.
Peter Meehan, a middle aged Hoboken plaintiff, won a $250 heart balm verdict against Miss Bridget Hangley for breach of promise of marriage. He testified that he would not have married if she had not proposed, marking the first such county judgment for heart balm.
Rev. James MacDonald, a Methodist minister in Eureka California, is named sole heir to Mrs. Ampella Smith Woodbury estate valued at $87,000. He also receives 83 canaries 81 dogs 18 cats and many rabbits with care duties. The minister expresses concern over rabbit population growth and space for them in the future.
Centralia Washington horticulturist Mrs Davis introduces a new aster variety praised by local floral enthusiasts for its beauty with earlier reports noting rivalries with Burbank and Luther.
Mrs Newedd and Mr Newedd discuss a speaking tube to connect dining room and kitchen to avoid dish throwing from the cook. The humorous exchange appears in the Boston Evening Transcript.
Ad claims a remedy named Chronic Catarri Medicine from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. It markets internally taken treatment that purportedly clears blood borne mucous surface catarrh for 75 cents with testimonials offering 100 dollars for any case. The text includes a user anecdote about voice projection in a hall.
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