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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
10
A New York fashion note surveys midseason street frocks of serge and satin. Black satin dominates street wear with embroidered blue serge dresses and hand stitched trims in red greens and purples. Emphasis is on individual style notes such as belts and neck finishes.
An early 20th century fashion note describes use of patent leather in appliqued motifs and small bows to trim frocks in cloth and velvet. It highlights dual tone brown gabardine with black patent leather crofifs and a slim skirt with a glossy satin lining at the collar cuffs and basque edge. It details two designer suits using patent leather to outline box cost and skirt bottoms, plus a midnight blue velour model with patent leather and a checkerboard pattern in black and tan.
The Parisienne’s taste for elaborate footwear grows as high prices and unique designs attract shoppers. Shoemakers tailor styles to individual customers, while popular ter-strap atippers and bright color accents showcase the era’s fashionable trends.
The clipping reads a jumble of cooking instructions for dishes like onion toast and cream cheese sponges, plus a stray riddle about who “does hie dayT is question.” It mentions ingredients such as almonds, hickory nuts, cream, and lemons, with steps for frying cutlets and making desserts. The final lines present a cryptic verse about planting a tree, attributed to Lowell.
A collection of simple kitchen ideas and recipes for daily meals. It includes Tomato Cream Toast with butter and tomatoes, Savory Baked Apples with sausages, Luncheon Potatoes with eggs, Chocolate Pudding using bread crumbs and chocolate, and Ginger Cookies with ginger and milk.
An advertisement claims skin pimples signal deeper blood disorders and urges readers to begin S. S. S. treatment. It promises a free medical history appraisal from the Medical Director at 152 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The National Research Council committee on food and nutrition reports that milk yields far more usable protein and energy for humans from grain fed to cows than beef does. Only 18 percent of grain energy becomes milk while just 3.5 percent becomes beef. Minerals from hay and grain mainly go to milk. Beef profiteers beware as the public may favor milk over beefsteak.
A Birmingham Age Herald quip questions morality with a freckled boy’s sly reply about a fish not knowing it. The citation blends a biblical line from New Testament with a sly remark on showiness and hypocrisy.
A woman backing from a store parking space hits reverse instead of drive, crashing through the doorway and breaking a show window. The grocer quips that she has proven herself a woman of her word, noting the cost of replacement.
A fragment from Boye Life notes a novelist describing a hero’s dramatic reactions to love and danger before he marries in the final chapter. The other item hints at a dog dealer’s business as a likely success, implying a linked rural or urban vignette.
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