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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1938
Page
6
The article highlights bolero outfits for spring in suits and dresses with tailored and soft styles. It notes navy gray blues and wheat colors, trims such as pockets and nailhead accents, and various fabrics from wool crepe to suede. It cites Chicago designers and shops showing three model groups and advises coordinated blouses, sashes, and boutonnieres.
Cherie Nicholas presents a cotton lace dress ideal for winter trips to the South or cruises. The cool colorful two piece frock resists rumpling, with scalloped edges and a contrasting belt adding a new touch.
Weisz of Budapest popularizes a Hungarian folk craft by adapting village embroidery to linen and hand loomed jute belts. The natural linen belts feature bright woolen flowers with button-hole edged edges and wooden buckles. Jute belts suit spring crepes and summer outfits with washable fast colors.
Paris milliners lead with youthful draped hats as a main couture trend. New designs apply height to elongate the silhouette while preserving a balanced line. Berets, toques and turned up brims appear as leaders worn back or to one side.
Thirteen windjammers headed for Australia for the grain race clear European ports to load wheat in South Australia. Most sail under Finnish flag and captained by Gustav Erikson. Timed by passage to Falmouth rather than head to head.
Providence Rhode Island experiments with water fleas by Brown University scientists suggest life span prolongation might apply to humans. Professor Arthur M. Banta says frugal early life followed by a generous later life could yield longer living humans.
The Balaton region design decorates Kalocsa rail station with murals statuary and carvings inspired by Hungarian peasant art. Peasant artists envisioned the architecture mirroring colorful village homes and traditional costume colors. The station is described as one of the oddest in the world and reflects centuries of native folk art.
Bozeman Montana reports moderate to severe grasshopper infestations are probable in 23 western states this year. Entomologist R L Shotwell of the federal Bureau of Entomology bases the forecast on spring egg counts, predicting some territories will see five to six times the 1937 infestation. Poisoning campaigns are planned.
Notable figures and career milestones mix as a $1,000,000 Nieman bequest funds Harvard journalism sabbatical programs. John Stewart Bryan, Richmond News Leader publisher, leads candidacy for the fellowship, while Mme Paul Dupuy oversees French and international publishing ventures after Dupuy's death.
New Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers easy to follow designs for women and girls. Patterns 1471 1411 1207 include sizes for adults and children with doll outfits and full sew charts. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1020 Chicago for the 109 designs. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
Rev William Lee a Nottingham clergyman conceived a wool stocking making machine after watching his wife knit. He built a crude device that knitted the first silk stockings but died poor due to prejudice. In 1864 William Cotton of Loughborough improved the idea and the machine spread worldwide.
The article explains how to choose crops based on soil conditions. In heavy soils plant beans beets broccoli Brussels sprouts cabbage cauliflower corn kale peas pumpkin rhubarb spinach squash Swiss chard and rutabaga. In light soils choose asparagus carrot celery collards Chinese cabbage cucumber eggplant endive kohlrabi lettuce cantaloupe watermelon mustard okra onion parsley parsnip radish tomato turnip and most herbs. On muck soils grow onions celery spinach Chinese cabbage raish tur nip carrot kale lettuce mustard parsley parsnip rhubarb spinach Swiss chard and herbs. Onions and celery are particularly good muck crops.
The advert promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic helping women of all ages, claiming nearly seventy years of use in Ady and surrounding areas. It emphasizes broad female benefits and longstanding popularity.
A compact maxim echoing self-ownership and personal example as a guide for conduct. The quote urges living by the standards one wants to inspire in others.
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