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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
3
Foulard fabrics and trimmings are shown for early spring clothing. The display highlights blue and white foulnrd with contrasting borders and linings, featuring trims on necklines sleeves and edges. Designers emphasize lightweight, stylish ensembles suitable for coats and dresses.
A vivid description outlines a handbag crafted from silk and velvet with a silver buckle and rose ribbon accents. It notes braided gros grain trim, small attached pieces at the top, and a brick chiffon velvet edge priced around 510, suggesting accessibility in new retail releases.
A fragmentary fashion note surveys handbag trends featuring fur, velour, and velveteen materials. It highlights octagonal top clamps with mirrors, silver frameworks, and claw settings, plus varied woods, tassels, and beading.]]>
Details a brown chiffon velvet gown with satin trimming and a brown velvet hat with a brown angora brim. A satin band and bow complete the trim. mentions possible additions like gimp collar or organdie to refresh the look.
Waistcoats and waistcoat blouses appear in Paris inspired fashions for men. Various fabrics including chiffons and crepe de chine are used, with front brocade sections or blouse-like backs. Worn with a waistcoat, these garments offer a substantial look when the coat is open and a cohesive outfit when worn alone, avoiding disharmony with the suit.
A fashion note laments ill fitting headgear upsetting a woman's look. The piece mocks a tired velvet hat with a ruffled trim in tricolor galloon and French edging, arguing comfort and appearance matter more than trend.
Velvet gowns feature contrasting canary yellow, gray, and blue touches with bold trims. Cloth of gold hats appear, satin rows and floss detailing decorate turbans and facings. Spring vest trends highlight contrasting colors and tailored closures, shaping the new season’s silhouette.
A Paris fashion dispatch notes American women abandoning the usual veil for novel veils and masks. Some styles resemble the influenza mask, others lift the veil to reveal the face, while designers add jeweled pins and wing motifs to adorn hats. The trend reflects wartime practicality and shifting elegance.
The piece notes that TH accessories have become more opulent and suited to personal taste than a decade ago. It describes varied bow placements and styles, including a backbow reminiscent of a Japanese maid’s obi, and loops positioned to the right of the lot side, imparting a jaunty look.
The article describes frock ensembles with sashes of satin or velvet, used as broad girdles ending in tassels or bows. It notes tailored serge dresses with waist bow sashes, velvet gowns with simple one piece design, and kolinsky trimmed necks, all reflecting sash fashion across fabrics and trims.
A long excerpt of home kitchen recipes and notes features instructions for desserts and savory dishes. It includes orange jelly, beef and oatmeal scrapple, maple sirup cake, dunket, ginger pudding, baked calves liver with spiced sauce, caramel pudding, and other fare. It also mixes in quotations about life and industry and ends with confections like pralines and coconut balls.
A compact essay notes concentration as love for work and a Georgia philosopher theme. It recalls Pizarro’s voyage and a 1530 Panama crossing, praising daring enterprise and dream persistence, then shifts to a note on speed in machines and a claim that only about five percent of lower animals are defective at birth.
A discussion on elevating a plain printed voile frock by adding hand embroidery. Using coin spots worked in silk creates richness, with flower motifs suggested for selective decorating. The piece encourages starting with small projects to inspire home milliners to explore printed silks and simple designs.
The article surveys hat, collarette, and muff sets in fur and silk, detailing turquoise and velvet combinations and a Kolinsky accent. It notes blue velvet trends, large velvet rosettes on hats, and varied hat shapes with bow loops. It also mentions new nightwear necklines like square and oval shapes in gowns and robes.
Fashion notes show Georgette blouses remaining dominant with new midseason tones in Peking blue henna and sealskin brown. New shades Foch blue and artillery red mirror Allied victory colors. Old dresses become curtains blue broadcloth skirts used for insignia and plaid summer dresses are reconstructed for window curtains per Archangel Russia reports.
The piece discusses Petrarch and Laura as literary curiosities, noting the claim he first saw Laura on Good Friday April 8 1227 and the debate over whether their devotion was real or imagined, mentioning that many believe they never met and that she appeared as the perfect woman inspiring his poetry.
William A Radford discusses cold storage plant design with emphasis on packing rooms and pre cooling, outlining room sizes, ventilation, and the need for tight roofs and proper drainage to preserve fruit and vegetables in summer, while explaining differences between ice houses and refrigerators. The article promotes cooperative storage and careful boxing and shipment in refrigerator cars to satisfy buyers.
The article outlines construction details for a cold storage facility and an in-house ice room. It covers foundations, walls, insulation, waterproofing, and channeling for packing, cooling, and storage materials. It stresses proper ice packing, preventing leaks, ventilation, shade, and regular maintenance to preserve ice through warm months.
A peat fault dig reveals a horn attributed to Bos longifrons in Leithen headwater. patchy brown hair suggests preservation by peat. Also notes on Chinese rice culture in Hawaii, taro farming history, and various quotes on life, manners, and mourning customs across Italy, China, Turkey, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
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