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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
2
The piece highlights how old blouse styles like the middy suit are reimagined each season with fresh details. It notes fabrics from georgette to velvet, varied trims, and new silhouettes such as high neck crepe de chine models and tie-back styles, appealing to modern young women.
IL students report variety over novelty in dress accessories. Neckwear features vestees with matching cuffs and two neck pieces for coats or tuxedos, including ruffed net collars and swiss organdie vestees. Hair combs and decorative fans revive, with flowers and feathers, signaling renewed coiffure interest for day and evening wear.
The article notes mahogany wool sweaters as strong items and black patent leather belts as swagger touches on many outfits. It emphasizes coordinated accessories shaping the period look.
Former Indiana governor James P. Goodrich sails from New York aboard a liner to join Col William N Haskell and the American Relief Administration mission to Russia. He emphasizes non political aims and Hoover’s directive against political interference or discrimination. He plans to travel via London to Moscow and winter in Italy.
In Keensburg on September 19 Gilbert Talkington and Elmer Smith were detained after a telegram to Chief Meek indicated the stolen car may link them to the Beech Grove bank robbery. Authorities question their involvement though Indianapolis doubts remain. The pair admit being in Indianapolis at the time. Talkington wore shoes matching a description from the crime.
John Burk a 65 year old man from Liver pool England was found unconscious on the Dixie highway near Notre Dame university. He had head wounds a broken leg and a facial wound and died at a local hospital. Police suspect a speeding motorist struck him and did not stop.
A two day gathering of eight county representatives from the State Federation of Farmers' Associations met in Newcastle. State president John G. Brown of Monen and district chairman Earl Crawford of Milton led the session as resolutions urged Congress to pass the truth in fabrics bill and adopt a wool duty while addressing marketing and association issues.
An observer on a dusty road notices a Johnson home trembling as if ready to fall. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge jokes his fourteen children must be scratching chiggers at once, echoing a rural scene captured by the Kansas City Star.
Bedford reports Arnold Fanbian sixteen and Barnard Way sman seventeen of Indianapolis were jailed for 80 days at the state farm and fined ten dollars each for stealing a watch and knife from Arnold Fambian's home at Norman's Station. Lawrence Knight was convicted of receiving stolen goods and got one to fourteen years.
Tables chairs and other furniture are now crafted from compressed paper finished to resemble the finest woods providing color and polish. The new material offers an affordable alternative with a woodlike appearance for home decor.
Indianapolis Sept 19 The public service commission authorized Citizens Gas Company to issue 1 600 000 of 6 per cent preferred stock. Stock to be sold at no less than 95 percent of par value. Funds from the sale to refund bonds and reimburse improvements made in recent years.
The body of Harley Ray Reeser who died in France October 4 1918 has arrived at Hoboken New Jersey and will be sent to Logansport Indiana for burial. A military funeral under direction of the Cass County post American Legion will be held for his burial.
George Hop pess and Allie Howard were arrested by the Horse Thief Detective association for alleged larceny. A number of young chickens a quantity of corn and apples were found in a buggy they were driving. In police court they denied their guilt.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes Senator Snortsworthy’s long career of telling constituents he cannot provide government jobs. The joke says he reassures them with a chart showing they could not survive on a government salary anyway.
Prof Charles Wirschoff, described as a foreign savant, forecasts that over the next six years twins, triplets and even quadruplets will become common. He expects single births to become rare, attributing the shift to planetary positions and their influence on human reproduction.
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