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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
8
Cherie Nicholas notes lingerie as essential as outer wear with glamorous nightgowns in satin and crepe, lace trimmed slips, and negligees. Describes red cape bed jackets, bibs for night dresses, and fashionable accessories, urging practical yet stylish undergarments for the well groomed woman.
A playful old sports quiz asks players to recall famous nicknames from past pages. The list includes Honest Blacksmith Americus Silent hike Canada’s Boy in Blue Old Smoke The Boy Plunger The Boy Wonder The Molly Maguires The Wizard The Black Archer The Indoor King The Whoa Back and notes the jinxing football play.
Cherie Nicholas profiles a black Chantilly tailored dress with a street-length skirt. The design emphasizes a youthful, evening-appropriate style with discreet pockets enhancing the tailored look for young women and college girls.
Edward Molyneux style author ity predicts a riot of color for spring. Monotones give way to vivid color in silks with blue tones, including misty and purple blues, and a new capucine range with yellow orange and pumpkin. Henna and horse chestnut illuminate evening wear while ashes of roses blend with copper for resort and spring 1831. Beige and neutrals contrast bold hues, with red tones like cherry red and cerise leading. A broad green spectrum includes yellow green turquoise greens and strong blues.
The Textile Color Card association released an advance hosiery color card with ten new shades for spring. The colors include Glamour a sparkling golden tone curd a coppery hue with a rosy glow cabalan a tan leather type of leather look Dal Prada radiant cupped planes beige 2 watts Hight bee eeabby subtle medium beige Eund a lively dark beige nounday subdued greyish beige 21 me dium ucuotrel beige and OHS Medio gle Uf beer tost.
A sprawling list of named figures spans sports and entertainment history. It cites ref figures like a famous prizefight referee in dinner suit, Gus Schoenlein a light heavyweight, Silent Mike Thornas a Giants pitcher, Edward Hanlan the famed sculler, and several others including Riley Grannon and Jack Schueler Sr. The passage also mentions St. Louis Cardinals executive Branch Rickey, Dan McKettrick as a fight manager, and Cecilia Colledge among British skaters, linking antiquated anecdotes and claimed achievements.
A collage of sports lore and personalities from 1930s America, naming Van Mango as a tough holdout, Lou Gehrig’s wish to debunk eel lore, Bobby Lewis as top NBU prospect, unique bets at Tropical Park, and reflections on figures from boxing, baseball, and hockey. It sketches clubs, promoters, and arenas, including Tex Rickard, Joe Louis, and Babe Seibert, with scattered anecdotes on schedules, injuries, and managerial moves.
Montague recounts a sick cat, its kittens, and a family dilemma. After failed home remedies and neighbors’ mixed advice, the kittens multiply, prompting a plan to remove them. The narrator volunteers to dispose of them but hesitates, ultimately not killing them, leaving the fate ambiguous as the cats remain part of the home.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses a plant like a giant cactus yielding vast water content. Mentions a living water tank concept with 3,000 gallons of water and references to body parts and waves. Text is garbled and lacks clear context or provenance.
A condensed Q and A on historical coins and monetary terms. What was a piece of eight and a doubloon, origins of the word dollar, lira country, centime fraction, penny abbreviation d, Dominion using US system, double eagle, napoleon, value comparison guinea versus pound, with brief answers noting Spanish, Italian and Canadian references and a Napoleon item.
The Valdosta Times prints a playful exchange between a wife and husband about names and meanings. A father teases about George meaning business while a dream about a $100 gift leads to a lighthearted joke on generosity.
A playful exchange centers on counting fingers with Bobbie Eight and two thumbs. The question asks what remains if four were missing, leading to a quip that there would be no music lesson. The vignette captures a light classroom moment.
An advertisement extols Dr. Fierce's laa tonic as a long standing remedy aiding women of all ages for nearly a century. It presents nature as law and suggests individuals must submit to it as a universal principle.
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