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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
3
A fall feature highlights practical schoolgirl attire with simple yet bold designs. Skirts stay short and cool for youth, while dresses favor modest cuts and peppy details. Sportswear favors sturdy fits suitable for hiking and active days.
The piece describes Knickerbocker outfits as standard for schoolgirls and elders, with tan gray or brown wool suits, sleeveless coats, and capes. It notes tweed versions, felt hats, and varied for dance wear with frocks in crepe and taffeta, including close and slim silhouettes.
A newspaper fashion note invites women to visit shops for trimmed winter hats. It highlights velvet and duvetyn options, including small turbans, ostrich plume crests, and autumn color palettes. The piece emphasizes coordinated outfits and the chic trend of matching hats with shoes and gloves.
A collection of old time recipes and food lore includes custard variation with coffee, caramel sauce, potato timbale, and croquettes with tomato sauce. Also offered are popovers, a seashell of verse by Wheeler Wilcox, and multiple salad ideas using melon balls, ginger syrup, marshmallows, and fruit combinations with marinating guidance.
An old advertisement urges taking genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin only as labeled. It claims the Bayer Cross guarantees safety and outlines uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. It notes small tin boxes and larger packages available at druggists.
A church social remark shows a girl unable to choose a fifth penny candy. The saleslady offers white fudge, but the child replies with a comically garbled phrase indicating her mother would not approve the choice.
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder medicine as a physician’s prescription and strengthening remedy. It urges testing with a ten cent sample and notes wide pharmacist support and national distribution.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap and hot water. It advises daily use to keep skin clear and adds Cuticura Talcum for daily toilet use.
A terse dialogue unfolds on a street corner where Black asks an elder for a ten spot while White interrupts. The exchange touches on failed writing ambitions and a vanished 85 000 inheritance once left by an uncle.
Two tramps quarrel over a meal outside a house. The second warns of a black eye if refused. The first then asks to approach the old lady in the house for a piece of raw meat to apply to the wound.
Pennsylvania forestry officials report two groves of primeval trees discovered in Huntington County near Centre County and Logan State Forest. The area spans about 200 stores with a great variety of very large pines and hemlocks, including a hemlock measuring twelve feet in circumference.
Floods greatly swell the Potomac river as it flows past Washington, with water volume in flood stages reaching far beyond normal levels, while ordinary flow remains comparatively small.
Tables chairs and other furniture now appear like fine wood but are crafted from compressed paper. The Reason notes a quip about bankruptcy and brains as a witty aside in Whayside Tales.
A pamphlet-like reflection contrasts cats and politicians noting that cats express clear judgments while a man with one sure belief feels able to advise on everything. The piece uses witty aphorisms to challenge public opinion and self certainty.
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