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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
4
The piece discusses postwar American fashion moving toward independent silhouette design, noting long ankle skirts, fur ensembles, and practical elegant models for winter wear. It highlights New York as a creative center and describes specific outfits with satin gowns, lynx fur capes, and decorative soutache braiding.
Okra or gumbo, long grown in the south, is becoming more popular in the north. It adapts to short seasons by starting in a hotbed or greenhouse and transplanting. Easily grown on good soil, a few plants feed the average family. The edible portion is the pod.
An unusual offer from the Pathfinder editor invites new readers to a 13 week trial for 15 cents. The weekly national magazine promises clear impartial news presented entertainingly with large type and reliable printing from Washington, its nerve center.
The piece notes okra should be gathered young and tender and used in soups or as a vegetable. It suggests canning or drying for winter use and mentions a republished Farmers Bulletin 282 from the USDA for cultivation and uses.
The article notes France urging deeper thrift and home economy. Peasants are taught frequent bathing to reduce laundry wear, housewives learn the fireless cooker, and oats are promoted for nutrition. London conducts a back to the land program for de‑munitions girls to restore health.
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