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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
8
The article highlights a season of coats and hats for matron wear, noting long coats dominate with some shorter and three quarter lengths. It describes velvet and fur detailing, cape collars, embroidered cuffs, and distinct hats with beading, ostrich feathers, and wire ribbon sashes, all aimed at refined mature styling.
A large hat will be worn this winter and hatpins gain prominence. Many hats require little trimming making the pin both ornamental and practical. One pin features a tassel of colored beads dangling from a fancy ball bead.
A brief, fragmented text hints at a delicate moment and a fading sense of care in a quiet setting. The language suggests mood over clear events, with focus on ephemeral impression and gentle, elusive imagery.
A vintage fashion note highlights that dress design can embrace asymmetry in length drapery and ornamentation. The piece argues two sides need not mirror each other, encouraging creative forms in costume styling.
Winter fashion emphasizes slender lines with longer skirts and graceful panels. Soft draperies and extended hems elongate silhouettes, offering a refined, conservative style for varied figures.
A poem depicts a storm raging around a cabin as the speaker asserts mental resilience. The verses describe winds howling and walls shaking while the speaker proclaims steadfast, defiant calm. The piece frames the house as a symbol of thought impervious to earthly shocks.
The excerpt details candy making using fondant and fudge bases with sugar, corn syrup, milk, and butter cooked to soft ball. It explains chocolate additions, fondant preparation, and nut or fruit add ins. A closing poetic line by Longfellow is included.
Farmers and town women describe preserving freshly butchered pig parts by canning sausage in quart jars with hot lard. They detail cooking methods for boiled dinner and Spanish sausage dishes, including cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes, with instructions for reheating and serving.
A fragmentary verse fragment references cape escape and a quirky phrasing in an unclear quotation. The readable line shows a playful misrendering of an ex cappe expression and hints at a poetic or dialectal context without a full narrative.
Governor McCray signs a new law moving the Indiana Reformatory from Jeffersonville to a centrally located site. A four member commission will select and purchase the site, with plans approved by the state charities board. The act includes an emergency clause and $900000 for construction.
Malvina Turtledove weeps over two lovers and must choose between them. At eight, Jack arrives and demands a decision. In despair she chooses and hurls her Pomeranian Bob from the window, declaring herself the property of Jack.
World famed film villain Dareham Drake finishes a busy day at the studios after scenes for The Master Crook. He unlocks safes and a prison, then finds his own flat door locked and pays a locksmith $20 to open it.
A driver admits speeding in court. He blames a man in an old rattletrap who yelled to clear the street for someone with a more powerful one cylinder. The judge notes a frank admission and imposes the minimum fine.
Dr Sadovein of the University of Kiev reports a mountain village near Temir Khan Shura in Dagestan has 18 centenarians among 120 inhabitants. The diet consists of soured milk cheese from sheep and white bread, and investigations indicate this trio is the exclusive food of those long-lived residents.
A character proclaims ownership over his bride as they begin their wedding journey. She answers that she is happy and jokes about eating candy and having a charge account, highlighting their playful, affectionate exchange and plans for their life together.
A Birmingham Age Herald item recounts a jewel thief who stole a tray of diamonds by feigning interest in engagement rings. The robber acted the part convincingly, stammered, and reddened, disarming suspicion and escaping with the loot.
Rafferty bored ten feet into a mining claim then left it. Another miner continued drilling and at 11 feet struck gold. On hearing the news Rafferty vowed to never leave another claim until he had gone a foot farther.
A saying notes that about two thirds of a man's friends would fail to stand the test, hinting at fragile loyalties and the reliability of companionship in difficult times.
A vintage advertising blurb urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to sootheConstipation and clear a sick child's bowels. It promises a fruity taste that children like and notes directions on the bottle for babies and all ages. It warns to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitation.
An Alabama prosecuting attorney famed for winning cases retires to find criminals seek him as defense counsel. The first two defenses end in conviction, prompting a jubilant observer, Joe Clinton, to remark that the lawyer is a wonder since adversaries still end up in prison.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch item recounts an Atlanta Negro meeting where a collection was taken for charity. The chairman donated first, but no one’s dime remained in the hat by the end, prompting Mose Taylor to quip that the event offered a strong moral lesson about honesty and appearances.
Little John sits on the stairs in sadness as Cousin Isabel asks what’s wrong. He frets that despite daily baby weigh-ins he has gained only two pounds three ounces, fearing he’ll be an old man before the infant is useful on the team.
A Baltimore woman visiting Washington tells her friend she doubts the husband has fine eyes. The friend retorts she will judge after the milliner's girl delivers a new hat and bill.
An Indianapolis grandmother recalls visiting her three year old grandson who stared into a mirror and said yes, that’s me. He corrected adults with a grammar explanation then doubted his own claim until admitting it could be I or me.
A brief dialogue features Marjory and her mother discussing the narrator’s birth. Mother reveals she was at grandma's in the country, while Marjory recalls the moment and asks if Mother was surprised by the news.
A London Mail passage notes a shifting focus in a dressing room and jokes about a cigar being called a weed, reflecting playful sports or locker room banter with a wink at slang and camaraderie.
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