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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1937
Page
6
Fashion notes from Western Newspaper Union on sheer wool ensembles for warm weather. Discusses light wool knits, coats, dresses, and two-piece outfits in colors like pearl gray, navy, and olive. Highlights versatility for town, travel, and sports, with examples of frocks, jackets, and accessories.
Cherie Nicholas presents a hand knit peasant dress for little girls. The model features a graceful princess line from the shoulders, simple washing, and low yarn cost. Available in dark colors or pastel shades with no belt for versatile wear.
Summer fashion highlights shirtmaker frocks in cotton linens with linen and silk for the season. Frocks suit many occasions with varied neck novelty, collarless tucks down the front, and a striped silk classic. silk models tub beautifully, and a dotted silk grand model features a front zipper.
New jeweled zippers are shown in use on sweaters bathing suits gloves and handbags. Bound on colored tape the zippers feature catalin ornaments spaced at intervals resembling novelty buttons. When closed the ornaments replace buttons. when opened they gather at the zipper base as if part of a continuous piece.
A note on millinery states that little pillbox hats reaching new summer heights prove the width of a hat is no more certain than the depth of its crown. The observation hints at evolving fashion while keeping the hat’s silhouette in flux.
A description notes three and four bright colors combined for tailored cotton suits as well as summer evening gowns, highlighting fashion options with vivid hues and refined fabrics.
This piece recounts Walt Disney born 1901 in Chicago who delivered mail as a boy, then became a commercial artist in Kansas City and Hollywood. It highlights his early experiments with Local Happenings, Oswald the Rabbit, and the rise of Mickey Mouse with the Silly Symphonies, ending with a note on his enduring influence and character.
The text presents a quiz style exchange asking about population trends in the United States, the world’s longest airline route, total humans ever lived, the countries that minted money last year, and the origins of Hollywood cinema. It includes figures: US population 122,775,046 in 1939 with an estimated 127,621,000 on July 1, 1935, and cites a 9,003 mile Amsterdam to Dutch East Indies route. It notes an estimate of about 30,000,080,000 people having ever lived.
A compact quiz offers information on diverse subjects. The text references eras 5 000 to 7 000 years ago and lists regions Cuba Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Venezuela Costa Rica Colombia and San Salvador. It mentions a total of 72 180 449 pieces and notes Selig opening the first California studio in Los Angeles in 1807, with the Count of Monte Cristo as an early film.
The native clothing of Jebanese women is described as lacking any buttons pins hooks or fasteners. Garments including kimonos undergarments stockings and shoes are secured with cards bands and gashes in a report attributed to Collier’s Weekly.
A compact list of foreign phrases with rough English glosses and translations. Includes Latin maxims such as Per aspera ad asire and O tempore O mores, French lines about suspicion and heresy, and Italian phrases reflecting pleasure and sentiment.
Remove water spots with equal parts turpentine and oil to clean furniture. Wash cretonne covers with two or three aspirin tablets to prevent color running. Rinse measuring cups before use to keep ingredients from sticking. For washing brooms use two tablespoons ammonia in half a gallon water, never hot, rinse in clear cold water and dry thoroughly. Burnt saucepan bottoms respond to sprinkling with salt, then wash. A simple meat sauce combines apple sauce, horseradish, and whipped cream for quick flavor.
Fiarsr ONE promotes the Firestone Ground Grip tractor tire claiming up to 50 percent lower fuel consumption versus steel lugged wheels. It features wider higher rubber bars, retains the Ground Grip tread, and promises up to 30 percent more drawbar pull on dry sod and up to 50 percent more on wet plowed ground, with self cleaning action.
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