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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
10
Fashion notes describe accordion and side plaits across fabrics from sheer silks to heavy wool. Designers showcase horizontal and vertical pleating in skirts, capes, and suits, with pockets resembling saddle bags, intricate belts, and silk ornamented sashes. The look blends bold stripes, clever pockets, and Egyptian inspired belt details.
Smacks and blouses adopt tricolette as a promising summer fabric. Designers showcase sleeveless jackets and girdle extensions, with georgette and silk embroidery for dressier models. Gray remains popular, vibrant flower embroidery and satin trim enhance waistlines. Turquoise and emerald tones appear in evening wear with rich embellishments.
The article argues gloves are costly, lasting longer with proper care. It warns against wearing best gloves at night or in wet weather to avoid moisture and rain damage. It notes heat from gas can spoil gloves and emphasizes proper maintenance.
A unique trimming for children's frocks uses striped material with stripes joined or separated by a chain stitch in red worsted. The trimming can form a band around sleeves and run down each side of the frock, both back and front.
A distinctive millinery novelty features a large poke bonnet entirely crocheted from wool with wiring for shape. It is trimmed with matching crocheted flowers, offering a playful recreation wear accessory with a handcrafted look.
The text recounts a claim that no method can reliably beat the bank at roulette. An old lady supposedly learned that certain numbers followed others, winning 800,000 francs and breaking the bank three times. Blanc allegedly paid 70,000 francs for her secret, which was that the wheel, heated, was not perfectly round and would stick to a fixed point.
A railway coach converted to serve as a mosque car travels with 90 seats for long distance ex presses in America. Built in Constantinople, it features a small minaret, Quran verses on the walls, and a compass pointing to Mecca for pilgrims journeying from Damascus.
Electricity techniques claim to locate crude oil in the earth without drilling. A battery series uses a wire dropped into a dry hole and a land wire on the surface, with higher oil resistance causing reduced deflection in a sensitive instrument. Tests are reported near Corsicana Texas and Burkburnett as the method advances.
West Coast Lumbermen's association in Portland shows twenty products from fir, spruce, and hemlock pulp. Prepared in the United States forests producers laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, the display travels nationwide for inspection and includes silk cloth, stockings, sun powder, paper absorbent, bagging, tape, linoleum, shingles, reed fiber articles, paper cloth, rag yarn, pauper webbing and phonograph records.
About 12 000 of roughly 50 000 French war brides have returned to France as cultural differences with American husbands persist. Mrs Reginald FH Johnson heads the Kisipor France American club in Pittsburgh, formed on Mile Bouglon’s suggestion. The group aims to aid brides adjusting to life in the United States and help them find contentment in new homes. A tire company uses slow motion cinema to study how heavy blows affect tires, trucks, and roads.
A four year old Mary Ellen imitates her brother and friends to become a “good fellow.” She enjoys outside games and ball play, often chasing stray balls, and she recently demonstrated a budding pitching skill, proudly declaring she throws like the man at the ball park even as her throws go wide.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a motorist asking the time and a farmer offering a homemade answer. The dialogue pokes fun at urban cleverness and rural practicality, hinting at matchmaking notions among mothers.
Advertisement notes a rep wringer for home use by Handylite Co in Tarentum. The device is described as easily operated with guaranteed satisfaction and price listed at $1.75.
The anecdote recalls sport writer and humorist King Lardner at a Philadelphia club. A gentleman vowed to leave for home but Lardner whispered his wife would permit him to stay, claiming the man was roaring drunk. The crowd buzzed as the clever ruse unfolded, revealing Lardner’s sly charm.
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