Pleats and Flares in Fall Ready-to-Wear Styles
Market notes from St Louis and Chicago show autumn dresses fuller yet slender in silhouette using pleats godets and insets. Waistlines range from natural to low, with velvet fabrics browns blues and greens dominant. Hats lean upturned faces with long sides and fur trimming. pajama suits pirates and harems appear in color contrasts. jewelry stays bright with coral sapphire amber. Large sizes expanding to fit broader figures.
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St. Louis
Chicago
L.springer
Sharn
Milady
Soleil
Springer
New Winter Styles Feature Rich Dull Colors in Paris
Paris designers push advance winter costumes with rich dull colorings like eggplant purple mahogany red leaf mold town ivy and deep emerald green. New shades include light and dark dahlia and a rust brown named for a house. Black remains common but is paired with gray beige or white accents. Evening wear shows more white lace and chiffon with leaf mold brown accents, black broadcloth coats and bright red or emerald trims.
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Paris
Friends at Boat to See Miss Edgar Sail
Harbor scene on August 9 shows Miss Edgar sailing with a group aboard a boat to observe streamers thrown for spectators on shore. Harriet Rynerson, visiting Berkeley for the summer, writes of travel plans in California and attendance with P. Lester and her daughter Theodore Wylie amid the gathering on the pier.
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Miss Edgar
P. Lester
Heodore ‘Wylie
Rynerson
Bagworms Threaten Ornamental Plants Says Agriculture Notes
William Middleton reports bagworms now feeding on ornamentals with a preference for arborvitae and juniper. While rarely killing plants, they ruin foliage. control methods include crushing cocoons from now to next spring and spraying infested plants with lead arsenate solution in early summer.
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William Middleton H
Department of
Women Urged to Help Own Sex in Business
Miss Phillips, honorary president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, urges patronage of women by women to gain equal opportunity and pay. She promotes a business reciprocity program where each member selects five women whose products she endorses for three months, an experiment already tried in Mississippi.
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New York
Pees Madesin Phillips
National Federation of
Business and Professional Women
Fruit Omelet With Cooked Fruit Syrup
Recipe describes making a fruit omelet using 4 eggs 14 cup fruit juice 1 2 teaspoon salt and pepper 2 cups cooked fruit sweetened to taste Apricots peaches or blackberries. Separate eggs beat yolk with seasonings until lemon colored fold in beaten whites cook in greased pan finish in oven. Serve with heated fruit syrup poured around and the omelet served immediately.
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J. F. Eberhart
Tenn, St
Government Saves Seals Washington AP
Government policy preserves the Pribilof Islands seal herd now nearing 90 percent of all fur seals. Since pelagic sealing was banned in 1911, government agents and natives sustain the herd with strict supervision. The Pribilofs serve as the Alaska herd’s breeding grounds with annual take slated to rise to about 39 thousand skins this season. Proceeds from pelts fund the treasury with equal shares to Canada and Japan for pelagic rights relinquishment.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Fisheries
Pribilof’Islands
T. Bower
Pribilossky
Japan
Russia
Great Britain
Alaska
United States
Canada
Pelagis
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Pribilof ‘Islands
Milady
Ways to a Man's Heart Squash Dishes from Mrs Eberhart
A collection of vintage recipe notes includes squash casseroles and eggplant dishes. Elizabeth Tucker from Tennessee shares a buttered squash casseroles with bacon topping while J A Tyler provides a summer squash soufflé with cheese and chives. Additional recipes feature eggplant with green peppers and tomatoes, plus seasoning and cooking steps.
Latin American dishes trend at Washington dinner parties
Washington social notes describe Latin American cuisine’s rise in elite dinners. Hosts imitate former Peruvian ambassador Alfonso Pezet by crafting specialties, from exotic consommé to fruit pastes, with guests recalling the event long after. The article notes the ambassador’s white dinner attire and the fashionable coffee plan.
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Washington
Alfonso Pezet
Peru
Alfonso Pexet
Ashington
Agence Sr
Sador
Latin American influence reshapes Washington cuisine notes
A shift from quick coffee to a thick syrup mixed with hot milk is praised as the last word in coffee making by connoisseurs. Ministers’ chefs from Latin America teach Washington chefs new methods and the use of the alligator pear in soup. Arroz Valencia, a meat and rice dish, is popular at Dr. L. S. Rowe’s luncheon parties in the White House with blue doors. The Congressional Club cookbook features many Latin American recipes.
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Latin America
Fads and Fancies Trim With Shoestring Fringe
The brunette and her blonde sister will find colors brown blue hunter green and wine red most flattering this fall. Shoestring fringe, a popular trim, uses self material bias bands sewn together like braids. Fringe reaches near a foot in length and hangs singly or in loops to trim skirts.
Hats in Fashion: Small Upturned Styles Reign This Season
The article notes the popularity of small upturned hats with velvet and felt materials. It highlights off the face models, suited for women with larger head sizes or long hair, and mentions they require adjustment to sit correctly, though they become more flattering once worn properly.
Veil fashion hints at softer feminine dress trends
A fragmentary note discusses veils adding a degree of codgettishness to features while shops showcase the trend. It mentions a barber and banker in Lawton Oklahoma preferring racing to a Hollywood diet, with stray references to clubs and morning routines.
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Law‘ton
Okla
Hollywood
Prohibition Debates and Old Testament Imagery Rise in Letter
A fragmented clipping contrasts biblical imagery and a modern anti prohibition letter. It cites a Women’s Moderation Union led by Louise Goss of New York urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment and organizing anti prohibition groups to confront WCTU and support Hoover era enforcement. The piece ends with "Who is on the Lord's side?" and calls for action in Washington.
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Levi
Oe Wa
Women’s Moderation Union
Louise Goss
New York
Congress
Hoover
Washington
United States
Riding With Mom a Lesson in Trust and Teaching
A 1938 Lawrence Daily Journal-World feature by Alice Judson Peale shows a mother accepting a riding lesson from her child. They ride together, Jimmy coaching. the piece highlights parent child camaraderie when roles reverse. The excerpt ends with ordinance and taxes for a stated purpose.
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Alice Judson
Peale
Sim
Donny
Babe
Jimmy
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Tax levy and special assessments for Lawrence Kansas 1929
The city passes an ordinance levying taxes and special assessments for 1929 to fund street and utility works. It lists numerous parcels by block and lot within Lawrence and adjacent subdivisions, detailing weed cutting and property charges. The City Clerk is directed to certify the levy to Douglas County and file with proof of publication. ordinance takes effect ten days after passage.
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Oread
Thatcher
University Place
Haskell
Babcock
Lawrence
BS Ft
W. Lawrence
Oie
Haskell Place
South Lawrence
South Baw
Snecaeuara Gare
Renee Ae Dla
South Law
Plock
Breesedale
Pei
Breezedate
West Low
Breezedale
West Law
West Ee
Aren
Pleck
Westian Sear
Fair Grounds
West la
Lesk
Wrest
Wwest
Awestitawrence
Ohio Street
Yeastletts University
Ohio
Edal
Kell
Heel
University
Peete
Galgat
Basil Place
Haskell Place Sonn
Breezedi
Breesedate
Haskel
Jon Eee
West Lawrence
Ios Conn
Haskell Prace
West Manor
Weat Manor
Broverty
A.T. Hutson
Inwig
Kansas
Douglas
Hannas
Roberts
Rankinttest
F.L
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Cans Amart
Elizabeth Tucker
Tenn
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Women In
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Sivdal
Johnson Ave
Maple Lawn
Jo Aon
T. of Cranson
Fort Thatcher
Fort
West 6Th St
West Wrence
Hankell
Oliver Property
Bes
Seate i
Wageoner
Ohio St
Albach St. S
Genevieve
Chakley
New Jersey
Quivera Place
Doane's
South la Yet
South Fae
Learnard
Plik
Hinakelt
Fuasnon
la. St
Babcock's
Babcock’s
West Minor
Diana
Isreercuaie
Breezedele
Woenendale
Lee
Lake Place
University’ Place
Sinclair's
Lane Place
Lindley
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