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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
2
Vera asks about a 30 year old suitor and warns against hating him. A young woman 18 seeks guidance on riding with a boyfriend, while Jackie questions breaking an engagement after heartache. The column counsels considering true feelings, avoiding gossip, and weighing love before marriage. Mexico ends candidacy by ballot.
The piece surveys smart ensembles with long coats, beige tones, leopard trim, and distinctive hats. It highlights tailored frocks, georgette and satin shirts, and new shoe models in watersnake skin. Velvet fabrics, plain and printed, are forecast to dominate the upcoming season.
Julia Bottomley notes a Paris inspired trend with wide brimmed drooping felts and exotic straw cloche styles. Hats feature raised crowns, lace appliques cut from straw, and panel directions that widen at the back while sloping to the front, highlighted by a dainty model and a Waidsame exotic straw offering.
A clever outfit featured a sleek black skirt paired with a white chiffon velvet overblouse printed in black lines and discs. A silver tipped fox fur scarf completed the stylish ensemble.
The Otyokwo Camp Fire Girls depart Saturday morning for Sandt's Eddy along the Delaware for a week. Guardianship is by Miss Anna Happel with chaperones Miss Evelyn Cooley and Mrs. E Keller. They will stay in Dr W Happel and Warren Boyer's bungalow with listed group members.
Preparations underway for the 65th Anniversary at Bethany Orphans Home Womelsdorf Pa. A Japanese operetta will be staged in the grove with special Reading Railway trains from Allentown and Reading and low excursion rates. Auto parking for 3000 cars. A chicken dinner served 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ringgold Band Read ing and Home Boys Band will provide music.
A vintage recipe page describes ham baked with pineapple and a mock duck dish. It gives step by step prep: soak ham, boil, bake, and garnish with pineapple and greens. The mock duck folds a veal filling with pork strips, seals the tenderloin, bakes, and serves with a fruity conserve of currant and raspberry juice with cherries.
Local gossip and notices detail visits by Mrs Theodore Lawson and family moving to Oakland Calif. and other residents like Rey Moore and Miss Hattie Kessler. Community notices include Vigilance Hose Company meeting times, juror summons, and various visits, trips, and renovations around Nazareth. The piece also shifts to a GE refrigerator advertisement praising its sealed unit and maintenance free design.
E J Anangst & Sons, General Electric distributors, say the modern housewife seeks convenience and vacations from housework. They note GE involved women in design to ensure a refrigerator suited to active, busy households, reflecting a shift in domestic labor and appliance expectations.
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