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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
7
A fragmented scene unfolds on a station platform with a girl in a spring suit and a man in high-topped boots waiting as a tense, choppy dialogue hints at plans and emotions. The sparse, garbled text sketches a moment of social awkwardness and uncertain departure.
A garbled note describes odd antics and names a series of puzzled characters. It hints at strange behavior and curious actions without clear context or outcomes.
The World’s Species of Insects notes varied estimates from GAO on total insect species. Riley the entomologist cites about 10,000,000 species, reflecting wide scientific uncertainty and differing methodologies.
A retrospective on blouse style traces the shift from stiff masculine shirts to feminine, artful garments. Spring and summer fabrics like figured velvets and silks are praised, with guidance for sewing enthusiasts on matching patterns and careful color use.
The readable text hints at fashion trends and materials but is highly garbled. It mentions silhouettes, fabrics, and colors in a stray, indecipherable way, with no coherent events, names, or locations to anchor a clear summary.
A church costume for a second wedding favors a discreet youthful gown of satin or chiffon rather than white. French brides favor soft colors while the veil is worn with a hat and may be mantilla or eye length, with a prayerbook and keepsake bouquet completing the ensemble.
A fashion piece notes lace is shown undyed over color for delicate design while today’s woman favors lavish, plaited lace. Expensive laces are worn visibly, moving beyond traditional smooth faces, collars, or hems to create striking effects.
In Faris, trimming on hats and dresses features striking flowers and sprays of rata embroidery, highlighting the season’s popular decorative motifs.
The article surveys taffeta street frocks showing a plain brown shade dominates over navy. It highlights design elements like hip emphasis through pockets or panniers, shirring at the skirt, waist yokes, and ribbon edge details. It notes perky looks and practical beige and sand tricots as alternatives.
The article notes sport wear uses wide fabrics and blends, highlighting crepes, voles, Japanese silk, and linen. Popular colors include copper, canary, jade green, blue, rose, and henna. Novel hats arrive in spring with canary tones, and fabrics like taffeta and hemp appear in outfits and accessories.
Fashion notes a trend toward plain colored linings in wraps. Designers pair linings with bold surfaces or clash contrast for summer frocks, reserving florals for outer fabrics while surface prints remain rare.
The passage notes sport hats may be embroidered in black wool or faced with rose colored hemp. It claims such hats are truly effective and, like other sport items, respond readily to color choices and styling preferences.
The tricolette separate blouse is highlighted as a top season choice for versatile wardrobes. The best style features short sleeves and a simple round or square neckline it slips over the skirt and ends below the waist.
A fashion note recalls how small fur pieces gained popularity last spring and remain in vogue this season. Singled or double-skin pieces pair well with tailored suits or frocks, with mink or sable options cited as particularly chic for today’s wardrobe.
A breezy collection of summer treats including iced tea with lemon sherbet, Cherry Betty fruit bake, Currant Catsup, Macaroon Cream jelly, Frozen Macedone dessert, and notes on family kitchen tips. The piece blends practical recipes with light moralizing about habits.
A vintage kitchen note offers multiple egg based dishes. Curried Eggs blend hard boiled eggs with curry and cheese topping. Savory Eggs stuff egg whites with tongue yolk mix and white sauce. Scotch Eggs fry shellless eggs in crumbs served with watercress. Breakfast and Vassar eggs present baked and creamy variants.
Betty's weeks long illness leaves her looking thin while Aunt Edith recalls the baby years. In a bedside moment the family notes her frailty and Betty prays for strength to stay strong, asking God to make her thicker so she won’t be carried away by a wind.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless foot corn and callous remover. It claims a tiny bottle costs little at drug stores and quickly stops pain, allowing the corn or callous to lift away root and all with no soreness.
A dialogue on clock making jokes about workers on strike and the clockmaker’s hands never needing an eight hour day. The exchange highlights industry quips about labor and craft.
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine safe for millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It urges customers to accept only an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. A 12 tablet tin costs a few cents. Druggists offer larger packages.
A humorous street exchange features Mrs. Benham asking the doctor about her ailment. Benham recounts the doctor warned he would have appendicitis if he did not stop irritably probing his side for money.
A brief dialogue contrasts watercolor and oil painting with a joking remark about a water color in oil. The exchange highlights colors and medium in a playful mock critique.
Mrs. Mary Stender of 120 Orange St Wyandotte says months of crippling pain and constipation eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She discarded other medicines and credits the remedies with regaining ability to do housework. She offers to publish the testimonial to help others.
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