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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
10
A fashion note on overslips in silk or satin creating multiple overdresses from one under slip. Satin slips in dark colors pair with georgette or net dresses, while dark slips suit long overdresses and blouses. Lace, organdie, and panels with moire ribbon detail featured in recent afternoon frocks and sash styles.
Delegates from numerous US and Canadian cities converge on St Louis today to open the annual convention of the International Pheto Engravers Union of North America.
Representatives of leading clothing houses report earlier orders and higher volumes for the fall season. Prices did not curb demand as retailers focus on quality and workmanship, noting wholesale trade has maintained high standards in line with market conditions.
A smart sport hat from uniformity makers uses heavy batavia cloth and noilan hemp. The fabric is stiffened and stretched over a large sailor shape with mauila color and varied faceings. Titian, Jay blue, sienna and navy blend with cloth shade, with novelty ribbons and bows finishing the upper brim.
Brigadier General Bandaholtz urges peace conference to act as Rumanians in Hungary requisition food. Captain Gregory bars entry of food while seizures continue. Hoover appeals for relief pressure. Rumanians seek direct Vienna wire, which is refused. Constant ine Dismandy accuses lack of military control amid censorship tensions.
New York City's oldest park Bowling Green was leased in 1732 to John Chambers Peter Bayard and Peter Jay for a bowling green at one peppercorn annual rent. The original lease ran 11 years as city records note. A convention of Pennsylvania anthracite miners meets in Wilkes Barre today to prepare demands to operators after the Pt agreement ends next April.
Frank Walsh of rising independence commission denounces the League of Nations secretariat and calls for a joint public office to protect citizens worldwide. He likens the world to a vast jail under King George and urges abolition of the present secretariat to curb English imperial aims and defend travel rights and democracy.
An advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream as transforming dull complexions to radiant white skin without residue or greasiness. It promises quick, temporary effects by massaging the cream around eyes and mouth and offers a money back guarantee at Round Corner Drug Store.
Moscow reports a decree by the Soviet government naming Admiral Kollschak and the all Russian cabinet at Omsk as outlaws. It orders immediate arrest of the admiral and Siberian officers. London dispatch notes the proclamation as part of Soviet policy.
The article extols initiative in workers, praising originality and resourcefulness as keys to advancement. It argues progressive employers value proactive employees who go beyond instructions and are willing to pay the price for progress.
A historical quip attributes a harsh pun by King James I toward Sir Walter Raleigh. The tale recalls the king’s sharp remark aimed at Raleigh in a politically tense moment, illustrating court wit and royal bravado in Tudor era discourse.
A child visiting relatives asks his mother to spank him so he can get up. He explains Aunt Jennie spanks her girls when they are naughty, hoping to be spanked and released from bed.
Ladies use lemons and Orchard White to make a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. Squeeze two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to yield a quarter pint of whitening lotion. Massage on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan quickly.
A practical guide urges using card catalogs to organize ingredients recipes and household items. It advocates keeping labeled cards for food, bed linens, medicines, and poisons, noting quantities and usage to prevent waste and speed aid in emergencies. It emphasizes simple tools can replace costly cabinets and improve efficiency.
The article notes over eighty methods for processing cacy nuts, with annual production around 100,000,000 nuts. It states 60 percent consumed in the East, 20 percent turned to oil, and about 30 percent reaching markets. Locusts are eaten in many countries roasted in butter or preserved brined and sun dried, appearing in Arabiy Syria Egypt Madagascar markets and even exported as commerce. They are candied and eaten as a delicacy in Chicago.
An English railroad experiments with refrigerated cars to transport teat products. The system aims to hold steady temperatures as reliably as elaborate refrigeration plants on steamships.
Over two hundred register for Epworth League Institute in Baldwin as more than 400 express intent to attend, with expectations to pass five hundred. Speakers and visitors include Miss Blanche Houston, Miss Norma Birkwood, Miss Blanche Case, Rev. Frank Lankan and Mrs. Lankard, plus Garrett at Evanston plans. Representatives from five Southern states will attend to learn from the Baldwin program.
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