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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1931

Page

7

Velvet Velvet Velvet Promenade Fashion for Youngsters

Velvet dominates juvenile style with coats frocks and accessories. Designers and mothers craft velvet muff beret scarf sets capelets and two piece dresses in rich tones such as wine red. Fagotting and color shading add bright contrast. outfits feature velvet belts capes and matching muffs with fur and ermine accents.

Miss Junior Lyons Western Newspaper Union

Tailored Frocks For All Day Wear

The winter trend favors tailored daytime dresses in wool or silk crepe, ranging from sheer to heavy weights. Satin and transparent velvet suit daytime dining or luncheons, while knit woolen fabrics add smart town attire with coordinated fur or corduroy jackets.

Canton Roshanara

Blue Lined Drawer Keeps Linen Whiter

A vintage tip suggests lining drawers with blue to keep linens whiter. Paint or varnish the interior for a smooth washable surface, then wipe with a damp soapy cloth to ease cleaning before placing laundry sachets and fine linens.

Vogue for Contrast Highlights Sleeves in Bold Fashion

Fashion presents startling contrasts this season with direct color contrasts between sleeves and dress. The Jane Regay gown pairs lustrous black and dull white bemberg satin. Soft bodice fullness and an over-the-skirt blouse effect showcase fall and winter whim.

Jane Regay

Home Coming of Emily Ho

Emily returns after five years with a Far East attaché husband to the boxy red brick house of her childhood family. The reunion unfolds with siblings, ailing father, and joyful mothers while Emily braces to reveal a secret mission to her mother and the family’s delicate balance. Robert’s distant distance remains the sore point Emily plans to confront.

Emily Stofield Brandt Emily Far East Robert Ellison Marie Hilda Hugh Mercina Roy Letta Father Mother Bridge Wmily Dearest Darling Japan

The Battle of the Maps and the 1842 Boundary

In 1842 Webster and Ashburton used a map dispute to shape the U S Canadian boundary. The battle of the maps with red lines showed Franklin’s view versus King George III's map. Parliament and the senate ratified the compromise and cemented the midway boundary.

Bismarck Daniel Webster Alexander Baring Lord Ashburton Isaac 8 Metcalf Cleveland Plain Dealer United States Canada Atlantic Rockies Webster Ashburton United States Senate Senate Benjamin Franklin Maine House British Foreign Office George III Oswald Lord Palmerston New Brunswick

Autos Kill Wildlife on Highways Rise

Highway speeds and more roads cause increasing animal deaths across the United States. Small birds struggle if they cannot reach 25 mph and slow land animals have little chance against fast cars. Prairie ground squirrels and jackrabbits suffer most, while autumn box tortoise is a major eastern victim.

United States Department of Agriculture Biological Survey

Two Assistants Quote From Upton Sinclair Dinner

Upton Sinclair told a Monterey dinner that many American millionaires worked hard but broke laws of health and other laws. He joked that a millionaire needs two assistants a doctor to keep him out of bed and a lawyer to keep him out of fall.

Upton Sinclair Monterey America

Invention Surpasses Beadle Thriller With Water Ski Feat

Brooklyn Eagle notes a Beadle thriller titled Red Star, the Spirit of the Lake in childhood reading. It contrasts a yellow back tale of murder and star-marked deaths with real world Karl Naumesnik of Styria walking twenty miles on water skis from Cape Gris Nez to Dover, proving fiction overtaken by tech.

Red Star Karl Naumesnik Styria Cape Gris Nez Dover Brooklyn Eagle

Two Women Kissing Spark Josenuff Leewilks Ridicule

The remarks satirize a clash of provocative humor with public figures Josenuff and Leewilks. The piece centers on social reaction to same sex affection, framing it as a point of contention.

Josenuff Leewilks

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