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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
7
Fashion note from the Western Newspaper Union promoting velvet in daytime suits afternoon dresses and evening gowns. It highlights a velvet jacket and skirt ensemble a velvet daytime dress and a powder blue mat velvet evening gown with shirred panels and a short fitted bodice.
Hats show style shift with bamboo fiber models and many synthetics. Exotic bamboo and synthetic materials appear in furs suedes braids velour and fine weaves across the display.
Feature highlights from London dress shows include double and triple tiered parachute capes on wraps, balloon topped sleeves, and tightly buttoned jackets with stiffened rounded front flares, reflecting contemporary design trends.
The National Knitted Outerwear association and Textile Color Card Association announce 26 pastel and bright color shades for the 1935 spring and summer season. Shades range from heavenblue and glass pink to maris blue, coral mist, cameo rose, wheatgold, acrystal green, and Canton gold with others like sun orange and cocarde red.
The piece highlights designer Heim creating extravagant ermine muffs shaped as drums and pillows. A drum muff with a hat and halo and a large pillow muff from two silver fox skins are showcased as striking, impractical yet headlines worthy.
The article describes wool gauntlet gloves featuring a cut-out monogram in gold metal on the strap across the wrist, highlighting the accessory’s distinctive design element and secure closure.
A readable note states checks remain a popular material choice among women described as smart, suggesting ongoing appeal of checks in this group.
A writer argues against novelty shotgun sights for wingshooting. He explains the wingshot demands rapid, wide target concentration, not rifle-style gun-conscious aiming, and warns such devices would dull sight and harm shooting accuracy.
A New York Times correspondent reports progress against the blight that threatened chestnut trees. A 20 year pattern of sprouting persists, with some blighted trees showing 35 foot sprouts with 5 inch diameters and few signs of disease, suggesting resistance or waning virulence.
Pot holders are easy to make and useful in any kitchen. Package A-8 includes two pot holders and a container, with color stamped and stenciled design. Send 15c and add a stamped addressed envelope to Home Craft Co. Dept. A Nineteenth and St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
A Detroit News quip notes that beyond house canvassing in the Alps, carrying a sample case for a submarine salesman is an arduous task, likening the work to a demanding career.
The Montreal Herald notes caves carved in rock across England served as hermits homes and sanctuaries. It contrasts humble hermits with wealth and station who renounce riches, becoming venerated and canonized.
The New Guinea savages remain in the Stone Age and barter their most precious treasures for steel items, especially knives. They use rude stone adzes as their only tools for carving long, narrow dug-out canoes propelled while standing upright.
Calotabs are promoted as a dual action cold remedy. The ad claims they cleanse the intestinal tract of germ laden mucus and toxins and act as a diuretic to aid kidney elimination of cold poisons. The price is twenty five cents for a family package and ten cents for a trial package.
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