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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
7
Late season fashion notes detail white crepe blouses with multicolor embroideries and ribbon trims ideal for hot weather in the country. Descriptions cover neck and sleeve embroidery, fringed ribbons, A aquare hems, and sashes. Hats and Angora wool mowers discussed as coordinating pieces with color matching and braided bands.
The dress features finest handkerchief linen crafted to suit fastidious taste. Embroidery uses colored wool in a bold pattern, highlighting the garment's refined appeal. Designed to appeal to discerning buyers seeking quality and elegance.
An evening gown features foreplatted lace running from bodice top to skirt hem. Draperies of taffeta and lace extend beyond frocks into midsummer millinery with taffeta wound around hats for draped effects and lace forming a brim or fall as an eye vel.
Beaded and embroidered georgettes make up the new full blouses. The designs follow the popular overblouse Inox with extensive beadwork and intricate embroidery enhancing the fabric.
The latest French dresses display a waistline that seems to migrate to the hip. Designers emphasize a dropped waist effect extending toward the hip for a modern silhouette.
A fashion writer extols reusing lace from old trunks and boxes, praising versatility of flounces, borders, and net hems for gowns. It recommends adapting dark and light laces, adding net hems, and using scalloped edges creatively. Also notes rompers for children with unbleached cotton, colored trimming, and durable, fade resistant fabrics.
A folding fan draws attention for its odd design featuring three to five ticks studded with semi-precious antenna. The unusual item has sparked curiosity among collectors and enthusiasts.
In San Francisco a kindergarten principal, Mrs. Louie Q. Lyle, allegedly dragged four-year-old Carroll Kent Cooper to a kitchen stove and pressed a heated fork into his right forearm as punishment for a childish prank. The incident led to her arrest and investigation by the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The boy’s mother, Mrs. Marlon Cooper, filed a complaint after receiving a remorseful note from Lyle explaining the incident and the prior incidents with matches and fires around the school.
In hot weather appetite wanes and energy drops. A tonic tablet taken about half an hour before meals and again after meals can help remove toxins, refresh the stomach, and restore vigor. A big box from the druggist costs little and may make you feel lively in a few days.
A resident contemplates whether burglars have entered a house while the owner's wife and children are away. He notes the unsettling scene yet considers the possibility the husband hides loneliness as a method of keeping house, reflecting confusion over the suspected break-in.
A fragmented Louisville Courier Journal item notes a character in a dilemma of love. The text mentions a shifting mood and a request to stop troubling others, with a focus on personal conflict and social signals.
An advertisement offers Freezone to remove corns and calluses with a tiny bottle. It promises no pain and instant relief for corns on toes and ears, claiming easy application and quick results. The copy touts a cheap price and mentions a supposed doctor selling Prereene for cents.
In Fairmont West Virginia two hostlands one divorced mourn Mia Powell. Joseph Kuehn Powell dies of tuberculoma after three months of illness. Powell arrives as Mrs Powell’s condition worsens. Two children are placed with their rightful father. Robbers steal movable stock valued at FLAN from a local store, taking money and belongings.
The fragment discusses death themes and a dreary meditation on mortality. It hints at a problematic image involving a physician and ear removal, suggesting a disturbing myth or allegory rather than a clear historical event.
An ornate baton, valued as the most expensive ever, will be presented to Marshal Ferdinand Foch by the Knights of Columbus. The baton bears gold inscriptions naming war victors and honors France, the United States, Lorraine, and Lafayette, with Pennsylvania’s Tamer A. Flaherty as supreme knight. Presenting the baton will occur when the name of Lafayette is invoked in a formal ceremony.
Historian John Von Miller, long devoted to world-age research, concludes in 1920 that the earth is 7442 years old. His figures rely on Biblical references and calculations widely accepted in his circles.
Omaha reader Mrs J O Fewanter testifies after twenty years of use that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has helped restore her health and energy. The ad urges other women suffering from female ailments to write for advice, with confidential, woman-to-woman responses from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
A paragraph in the Companion recalls a grandfather’s tale of John Teele a Vanier twaniter who tried to lower a log with a rope misfortune caused a toppled caped end and a perilous descent the event later led to a cautious retelling with a sympathetic neighbor noting the danger and resilience amid a distant youth’s reflection.
Fragmentary chatter from Laukaville Corer Journal hints at a rumor Harry has quit playing calf and golf, with locals debating the Septet man who has played for 40 years. The garbled text references an inn in Inez and a mental moment, leaving the tale unclear.
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