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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
9
Women balance masculine and feminine fashion this season with a streamline silhouette in dresses. The trend alternates between boyish tailoring and extravagant bouffant skirts, with sleeves varying from none to full. Fashion writer notes no trace of masculinity in spring gowns as milady shifts between extremes.
The article extols ammonia as a versatile household aid for the modern woman. It highlights cleansing power for dishes glass and china whitening clothes and safe use. It also notes fertilizing value pest control water softening bath cleaning and tub cleansing.
A Kansas City Star writer advises dress selection rules based on body type and occasion. It outlines four design choices: the wearer, the event, design principles, and composition elements. The guidance cautions against mismatching patterns like large plaids or vertical stripes for certain figures.
Instructions from the Kansas City Star describe making a linen handkerchief to match a tailored suit. It covers cutting margins for a two inch hem, hemstitching edges, stamping a two inch monogram on white linen, embroidering it in black or a contrasting color, and attaching the monogram in a corner with a small margin and edge turned under. The guide suggests white hem options and notes the finished piece looks very smart with a tailored suit.
The article notes a shift in women's fashion toward short gloves with short sleeves. It cites social acceptance, comfort, and bold color options across the spectrum. It contrasts novel lightweight gloves with traditional long manlee gloves worn with tailored outfits, highlighting a growing masculine feminine contrast in spring wardrobe choices.
Jewelry trends mirror the era's splendor with bandeaus combs belts and buckles studded with jewels. Opera accessories vanity cases and purses also feature jeweled touches. The jeweled girdle enhances straight line evening gowns with elegance. Cartier offers a tissue pearl band girdle with a carved jade center.
The passage advises selecting age appropriate fashion, avoiding ornate gowns for everyday wear, and stresses proper waist balance. It warns against short waists that elongate the figure awkwardly and cautions against heavy focal embellishments like appliques on plaid dresses.
An ornate sports coat in light green flannel features a yellow and blue border, a turn back collar with red and gray bands, and matching stripes running along the interior to the hem.
An afternoon dress features a flat crepe bodice and a skirt of lace dyed to match, edged with summer ermine, showing a stylish weaving of textures for the season.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the article explains building a compact heat retentive community drier using a fireless furnace, sawdust insulation, and a tobacco barn style radiation system. It outlines an 6 by 12 foot house with 6 ft 8 in front uprights and 6 ft 2 in rear uprights, a 15 by 15 by 4 ft furnace, stacked stove pipe air flow, and four drying sections. Eight-inch gaps between trays ensure draft, with lattice trays 8 inches deep and cheesecloth bottoms, plus intake and exhaust openings for steam and cooling air.
The USDA suggests cucumbers can be cooked as a vegetable. Prepare by peeling and seeding, then steam or steam with a white sauce. Bake stuffed halves with breadcrumbs and onion, mash after steaming, or fry lengthwise halves rolled in flour. Sliced cucumbers may be sautéed in butter with onions. Swiss, French, and Hungarian cooks already use these methods.
The article urges using bacon to flavor school and office sandwiches and outlines quick bacon options. It covers plain bacon on bread, bacon with cheese or eggs, club-style builds with bacon, and outdoor or picnic preparations, noting pairing with onion, pickles, lettuce, and tomato for variety.
John Hayward returns to Staples to settle down and asks Lucille Purvis to marry him after discovering Lucille wrote the diary he found. He realizes Lucille’s tender feelings and rushes to tell her before another suitor arrives. The tale contrasts two sisters Jane and Lucille and a decade-old diary that reveals true hearts.
Mrs. Dacus of Little Rock Arkansas struggled with a running condition of the ear since age three. After using three bottles of Peruna and Lacupia the discharge and odor disappeared. The ad claims the catarrhal disease was chronic otitis and that Peruna reaches catarrh wherever located.
Gabe Giggery taunts Gap Johnson as they argue inside a cistern at Mr. Johnson's property. Giggery vows revenge while Johnson mocks him from the escape bid, threatening to keep him sealed underground until he yields.
In These Days quotes from The Yellow Jacket praise a boy for making a girl blush. The brief line frames a playful view of charm and social ease in a campus voice.
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