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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
2
Cherie Nicholas outlines sewing tricks to create fashionable outfits using a bodice dress, braid trim, and transfer patterns. The article describes a velvet bodice with off the elbow sleeves, a gathered skirt, and a brass scrap collar, emphasizing simple attachments and hemstitch finishing.
A white wool rib-knit dinner sweater with black velvet binding and skirt showcases mid winter social season style. The ribbing creates a draped shoulder and hip effect while a refined hairdo completes the patrician look.
The latest rainy day fashion highlights several black raincoats. One style uses raven weave with a bright warm pile lining. Another offers satiny black material and a water repellent woolen coat lined with white fur.
A fashion note describes jeweled ornaments and trims for shoes and boots. It highlights various options from fabric-covered to hand-made styles, including ribbon rosettes, bows, and sequins to enhance party dress accessories.
A new fashion trend adds striped accents to dresses blouses and suits. Striped taffeta or faille appears as lapels collars cuffs and framing details enhancing simple sleeves and outfits.
Fashion discourse highlights wool coats in pastel shades with fur trims dyed to match the fabric. Dusty pink and pale blue tones appeal to younger shoppers while tawny yellow coats with matching fur trim emerge as a new vogue.
Interest centers around spring suits with bolero and cardigan styles gaining ground. Navy wools and new grays dominate, while brown with white accessories surges in popularity. Stripes in classic wools and three piece ensembles offer flexible options for immediate wear and upcoming seasons.
A brown wool crochet ensemble designed by Grzta Platrry Worm features a cap, bag, and mittens with gold coin paulettes. The midseason set pairs a dull golden hue with a coordinating suit, aiming for immediate wear as winter thaws and chic weight outerwear rise.
Fadts and fancies describe jaunty nuts trimmed with medal monograms on felt. Water sport fashion introduces knitted rayon velour half and half swimsuits with back and front in contrasting colors. Bridal veils trend tinted ice blue or blush pink and extend beyond fingertip length. Costume flowers feature jewel studded petals and spring hats are trimmed with jeweled flowers.
Peter tries to scare Paddy the Beaver with a rooftop prank but slips on ice. He watches Paddy beneath the ice with a log haul for winter, learns jokes can hurt, and ponders how some live in the world as he limps home.
Fragmentary lines reveal a garbled exchange about a neighbor and disguise. Readable phrases mention Mr. Broan and a girl named Zhen, with scattered reflections on receiving or recounting an event. The text is incoherent and lacks clear facts or structure.
A night dream described a journey on a train filled with chewing gum. The narrator references a continuing chew theme across May and June in a surreal, fragmented vision.
An Italian girl Tina faces hunger before Americans arrive. She takes a job serving at a base mess for air force officers. The feast triggers overeating and illness but she recovers, eating more cautiously afterward.
London ran Kenneth Andrews a farm hand at Becars thorpe. A single seater plane nearly crashed. He tore open the cockpit with his bare hands and dragged the pilot free. He did not listen to thanks and villagers say he is deaf to praise.
In Atlanta a corpr Homer F. Gold en, Camp Claiborne La., requests help from the city chief to recall a street list for a memory aid. He notes he cannot remember the street of the woman he cares for and asks for clues to identify where she lived. The note expresses affection and dependence on the list to locate her address.
Mrs Lucille Zas and another tenant fought over tub use in a six family building. Police arrived after two women slugged it out and one chased the other. No one was injured. The row reflects a new directive failing to set a fixed usage timetable, leaving a catch-as-catch-can plan.
In Stanton Tennessee Mrs Marie Welch leads a wartime knitting drive knitting sweaters for men in the armed services and socks for the Red Cross. She has knitted over nine sweaters and forty six pairs of socks and plans to continue the output during the war effort.
Police Detective W O Kelley investigates a cafe theft of 150 steak and butter enIVGS. The case raises questions about motive and opportunity as authorities seek the responsible party in Pasadena.
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