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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
7
Fashion notes for teen wardrobes feature Beason's wool costumes with dresses, coats, and jacket-skirt suits designed for school, travel, and casual wear. Fashions emphasize plaid frocks, wool crepes, tweeds, and faux leather belts, with bright colors like wine and green, and a feathered hat accessory.
A white German town wool crochet ensemble features a smart playtime hat and pearl-glove set. Warm and eye catching with bold two color trim and vertical ribbing on the gloves.
Brown leads late fashion trends with dresses coats and salts in various browns. Dark wine dregs and mahogany tones define the palette while velvet or wool garments in deep brown can resemble black, signaling a broad shift in feminine wardrobes for the season.
A new bolero style features a very short dress top that pulls over the head like a sweater. Unlike a jacket, it closes at the front, shaping the waist while widening the upper figure and adding bustle. Many versions are braided or embroidered for decoration.
A fashion brief notes a clear shift toward high necklines and short sleeves in Mngerle styles. The observation highlights evolving design preferences among designers and shoppers, suggesting broader seasonal influences on apparel silhouettes.
As a New Year begins, a Bible school series examines Peter from Simon to rock, urging personal witness and readiness to follow Christ. Andrew’s example shows bringing others to Jesus, while Peter’s name change signifies new character. The lesson invites believers to act as soul winners and to answer God’s call, whether in daily work or full-time service.
The article urges homemakers to view New Year as a time to review and reform daily meals. It emphasizes nutrition science, balancing proteins fats and carbohydrates, and ensuring minerals and vitamins. It promotes building the family diet around milk eggs fruits and vegetables and promises weekly guidance on nutrition.
Do not be discouraged if you cannot answer yes to all questions. Mothers are busy people and many feel difficult to keep pace with the fast moving science of nutrition.
The article stresses including at least two rich sources of each vitamin in daily menus and adding raw foods like salad. It advises liberal use of fruits and providing milk: a pint per adult and a quart per child, consumed as beverage or in meals. WNU-C Housien Gout.
Mrs Spears offers cutting dimensions for a double bedspread from 9 1/2 yards of fabric with minimal waste, detailing center panel first, joining ruffle pieces, and generous seams. Instructions note welted seams, narrow hem, and reference Books 1 and 2 for full sewing directions and embroidery. Autographs and offers of related leaflets and books are mentioned.
Practical household notes cover color ideas for dishes using grated carrots and peppers, pan cleaning tips for burnt cookware, sugar sifting for finer textures, storing steel with lime to prevent rust, baby toy safety checks, basement fire hazards, and spice buying to preserve essential oils.
Collier's notes show social dance in America narrowed to six forms from 1776 to 1911 including polka reel square dance minuet waltz and two-step. Between 1911 and 1938 more than 25 new dances appeared such as the turkey trot grizzly bear Texas tummy bunny hug hesitation tango maxixe one-step Castle walk fox trot Charleston black bottom Lindy hop rumba and the big apple.
A reflective quote noting that when filled with heavenly love people bear human infirmity best, live above its burdens, and find strength to endure. The aphorism emphasizes spiritual fullness guiding compassion and resilience.
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