Old-Time Printers Honored in West’s Centennial Contest
A national contest honors veteran printers who built American communities. Thirty-six entrants aged 64 to 94 compete for five regional winners to be crowned King of the Old-Time Printers at Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento during the 1849 Placer Times anniversary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Cognition
America
California
Sacramento
Central States
Mid-western
Pacific States
Calif
Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial
Sacramento Advertising Club
Sutter’s Fort
West
Placer Times
Washington
R. Hoe & Company
Jack H. Leatherman
Sacramento Advertising and Ales Club
Leatherman
Henry Shaw
Philadelphia
Typothetae
Charles Frank Holden
Toledo
Ohio
Women’s Advertising Club
Louis E. Goodrich
Kansas City
Advertising Club of
George S. Herndon
Colorado Springs
Colo
Chicago
Robert Kerr
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Chicago Federated Advertising Club
Oliphant
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Benjamin Franklin Waite
Johnson City
N. Y
Waite
Benjamin Franklin
Syracuse Advertising Club
New York
Schenectady
George Francis Train
Union Pacific Railroad
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Kellogg
Rabel
Advertising Club
Kansas City Star
Goodrich
Smith
Mr. Oliphant
Robert E. Carr
Hammond
New Orleans
Mr. Carr
Daily Herald
Herald
Carr
Millington’s
London
England
Paris
France
United States
Harry C. Peterson
Fashionable Silks Stress Plaids Stripes and Checks
Fashion notes highlight silk plaids stripes and checks for spring and summer outfits. Describes black and white gingham style silks, dotted patterns, stripes in various widths, and coordinated accessories including hats bags capes jackets and petticoats. Emphasizes Sarah silk revival and Paris trends as WNU reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Paris
Western Newspaper Union
Fashion Preview of Tiered Silhouette in Cloque Organdy
A fashion note surveys spring summer trends highlighting a tiered silhouette across fabrics from cloqué organdy to light woolens and silk sarahs. A party frock in bright cloqué organdy showcases the new tiered line with ruffles and flounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franmy
Late Styles Turn To Tailored Suits
In the suit brigade for spring are large groups of tailored suits with longer jackets and gored or plaited skirts. Jackets bound with braid are common. Fabrics include smooth twill and hard wool, giving a masculine look that pairs with feminine blouses for a girlish effect.
Shirtwaist Frock Latest for Evening
The shirtwaist and skirt ensemble dominates evening wear with variations. Some diners pair a bishop sleeved white silk shirtwaist with a long dark tailleur and cummerbund. Others favor a sheer short sleeved organdy blouse with a long dark skirt for informal home dinners.
Detachable skirt enhances versatile dress style
The article explains adding a detachable dark silk crepe skirt with a wide crush corselet girdle that buttons at the waist. The skirt opens at the front to display the dress print for a better look, letting a frock serve two purposes.
Silk Lace Shapes Full Dresses Says Designers
A new fashion note highlights silk lace as essential beyond trimming, influencing entire dress designs. Leading designers embrace lace as a defining element in their latest collections, signaling a broader trend in couture.
Ask Me Another A General Quiz
A series of quick yes no and fact questions about wind distance vision history and physics. Topics include when breeze becomes wind how far earth travels daily whether Yukon belongs to Alaska eye sight width length and more with a trivia style cadence.
Earth Facts And Figures Revealed In Quick Quiz
Answers cover wind speeds from 7 to 38 mph, Earth's daily path about 1 601 644 miles, Canada as the Dominion, vast distances with the sun at 92 000 000 miles, eclipse of length by object size, the year 1793, Domremy landmarks and Rouen dungeon, a snake’s mouth as suction, and a car impact force equal to a four story drop according to the National Bureau of Standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion of Canada
Domremy
France
Chenuwoods
Rouen
National Bureau of Standards
Individual Freedom Note Echoes Einstein Quotation
A quotable line attributed to Dr. Albert Einstein highlights the value of individual freedom for great and inspiring work. It frames restriction only as necessary for the security of existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Einstein
Goddesses Visit San Juan From Puerto Rico Bureau
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that the Goddesses of Virtue Light and Justice will visit their sisters Equality and Fraternity in San Juan before returning to be with Liberty and Peace, daughters of Resident Commissioner Santiago Iglesias in Washington. The United States is proud to be their haven and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
San Juan
Santiago Iglesias
Puerto Rico
Washington
United States
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Tising and Sales Club
Will J. Hayner
Sutherlin
Ore
Girl’s Advertising Club
Tacoma
Wash
L. P. Kimball
Lakin
Kan
Wichita Advertising Club
Wichita
Charles Henry Smith
Avalon
Catalina Island
Los Angeles
John Tavish
Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Advertising Club
William S. Grimes
Hot Springs
N. M
San An
Tonio Advertising Club
San Antonio
Mexico
A. D. Garrison
Denver
Denver Advertising Club
Isaac R. Crow
Spokane
Advertising and Sales Club
Ben F. Wood
Phoenix
Ariz
Phoenix Advertising Club
H. P. Wood
Neche
North Dakota
Lincoln Typographical Union No
Lincoln
Neb
Jourdan M. Thompson
San Diego
San
David Oliphant
Ben Wood
Arizona
Southwest
T. A. Hayes
Boise
Idaho
Hayes
Hayes Printing Company
Blackfoot
Charles Willliams
St. Helena, Calif
San Francisco
L. E. Goodrich
B. F. Waite
By Cherie Nicholas
BABY
Peery Milford Hatchery
Yukon Territory
Alaska
U. S
Joan of Arc
Ele Rion
Rene
Blue Ribbon Hatchery
Forsyth St. S. W
Atlanta, Ga
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