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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
3
Fashion piece details vacation wear focusing on georgette prints, fluttering chiffons, and brimming hats. Describes jersey frocks as versatile, with multi colored chiffons, self fabric trims, and innovative jersey styling. Identifies color effects, side fullness, and ombre like shading as key trends for summer outfits. Julia Guyomley.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines progress in a federal state campaign to improve domestic animals. Enrollment averages about two hundred participants monthly, with many breeds and classes represented such as Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, Shorthorn, Angus cattle, Chester White and Poland China swine, and Leghorn and Plymouth Rock chickens. Participants receive a lithographed barn sign upon written agreement to use purebred sires and follow systematic breeding to raise herd and flock quality, aided by department literature.
Midwest farmers accelerate borer defense as USDA reports show Ohio and nearby states funding. Iowa and other corn belt states allocate funds for research while engineers pursue new machinery and breeders seek resistant corn varieties. Northern Indiana counties report borer findings and farmers offer to inspect their fields. Blazing oil is used to burn possibly infested stubble.
Horace Jones of North Carolina State College stresses shelter for calves turned to pasture to prevent sunburn and pests. He advises individual feeding, proper pen setups, and note that grazing calves are often cheaper and healthier than barn care.
An old agricultural note discusses corn borers in fields and hawks the idea that okra and urban gardens can harbor pests. It mentions pruning grapevines using the Whiffen system and introduces a new pear pest control material mixing hydrated lime and plaster with 1 percent alum. It also notes bank borrowing at high rates to gain a 10 percent cash discount within ten days.
Insurance experts cited by Popular Science Monthly estimate Americans’ extended lifespans add about 3.5 billion to earning power since 1901. A baby boy’s potential value rose from 7,508 in 1901 to 9,8488 in 1024, tied to longer life and earnings expectations.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a barber comparing past and present customer flow. He explains that now feminine trade via appointments creates orderly queues and reduces waiting. He jokes that men, accustomed to waiting, become disgruntled when others with appointments move ahead.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls journalist Richard Harding Davis as he meets Jon Chamberlain head of the British government. Davis presses his ego while Chamberlain dismisses the point, noting that journalism reveals a rotten world and criticizing neglect of women by some scholars.
An American firm completed what is described as the world’s largest oval cinema rug for a popular New York theater. The theater rug measures 41 by 568 feet, one seam, weighs over two tons after shearing, and uses 3300 pounds of surface yarn with 1800 pounds of backing. The central motif features the letter R surrounded by mic-rophone motifs and is flanked by four shields with musical instruments and light, spectrum, and film reel imagery. The main field appears in crimson and gold with panels in blues and taupes and a heavy outer border.
A provocative line questions infant affection with a sharp jab at social customs. The remark targets public behavior and stirs discussion about appropriateness and charm versus propriety in intimate city life.
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