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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
2
Fashion notes describe sequin bead embroidery and metallic accents on jackets and blouses paired with slim dark skirts. Text highlights rhinestones, velvet jackets, beaded buttons, and satin and rayon crepe fabrics in pastel and metallic tones for a feminine ensemble.
Jade Velveteen velveteen makes 2 grand show this year with jade green dresses in vivid colors. The vogue favors green tones for party-goer teens and college crowds. Simple velvet creations pair with color-matched hats and deep bottle green accessories.
Fashion notes highlight black sheath dresses with sheer marquisette yokes. Designers favor jet embellishment and subtle sequins. Even younger shoppers embrace sheer yokes paired with bold black looks and colored accessories.
The piece discusses the surge of dress-up dickeys in fashion, highlighting marquisette and organdy options in pastel shades. It mentions luxe materials like brocade and lace variants, including black zleacon lace, Chantilly, and fur dickeys, noting their decorative beadwork and jabot features.
CHERIE NICHOLAS notes that sweaters have evolved from simple garments to versatile pieces. Cardigans, twinsets, and evening knitwear now offer color variety and beaded embellishments, with tips on transforming informal knits into dressier looks despite fabric restrictions.
Kathleen Norris recalls a rural 1893 Christmas with a bank family, servants, chores, and simple comforts. She contrasts daily life and work with the era’s calm holiday rituals, church music, gift making, and family gatherings by the hearth, noting the distant shadow of future wars and technologies.
Women are excited by swank street-length rayon satin suits and suit frocks ideal for after sundown events. The dinner suit features a nipped-in jacket with wide lapels and self-satin tasseled ties, in black or deep brown to pair with fur coats. The Latin suit offers a similarly chic, season-forward option.
Silver remains the standout in jewelry news as dressy nuts dominate the scene. New fabric gloves feature partial embroidery while buttons gain prominence as both functional and decorative. Jumper inspired overblouse replaces jacket tops as the latest two piece dress styling update.
Kathleen Norris recalls a childhood Christmas when families made gifts and fairs filled the season with carols and plays. The piece traces how the Christmas spire warmed hearts then and prompts readers to seek peace and celebrate the eternal message of glory to God.
A letter reflects wartime cheer and faith as families face absence, prisoners, and rationing. Mothers, wives, and sisters keep Christmas spirit alive while loved ones serve abroad. Messages from Sicily and other fronts show longing, prayer, and resilience in hard times.
Pontiac resident William Leister, blind since grade school, builds and sells brooms to four defense plants, after training from Earl Knowles, a blind instructor. Knowles, also blind, mentored Leister and his family through wartime challenges. Leister now performs slumping and electrical repairs at home and crafts 32 broom types reaching suppliers beyond Pontiac.
London report details Second Lieut. Owen G. Smith 27 Norman Oxla suspended from a catwalk above a Flying Fortress 23 000 feet over Germany as a bomb loosed threatens destruction. He was frostbitten and ran out of oxygen before finishing the repair while Robert Ross Cleveland the ball turret gunner assisted and Smith parachuted to safety.
Sergeant Thomas Carrell at Camp Heynolds tied a prisoner to Miss Myrtle Barringer to illustrate handcuff use. The keys remained in his trousers, rushed to a tailor, then to a pee shop. After three hours the tailor recovered the key and freed Miss Barringer.
In St Paul Minnesota Carol Bak er reveals she sometimes stepped on her husband’s face with high heels and hurled objects during quarrels. She asks the state pardon board to release him from prison, claiming he is serving five years for bigamy and that his actions triggered their separation and his remarriage.
Salt Lake City report notes the predator control board says thieves have moved coyotes from government control and now target traps. The claim suggests altered enforcement and ongoing concerns over public wildlife management.
Chan Pierce speared a large skate off South Cove in Rockland Maine and released a live seagull that hatched from the fish after it was cut open.
Arnulfo Perez was forced into a patrol wagon by two men, one in a police uniform, then driven a few blocks, robbed of $9, and dumped out, revealing a fake police action. The incident underscores a police impersonation scam and its risks.
A local mishap near Silas Crossing uncovered a hoard of over two hundred coins dating from Spanish and Mexican eras and Bolivian issues. The find highlights a scattered collection of old currency unearthed after the accident under investigation.
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