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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
2
Garden wedding fashion feature highlights summer gowns in organdie cottons. Bright, airy styles with headdresses and delicate appliques showcased alongside bridesmaids dresses in pastel tones for warm season ceremonies.
From Tasiton headquarters comes a renewed interest in Leghorn bats for little girls. A summer hat like the Leghorn straw shown at bottom features a woven brim laced with narrow green velvet ribbon and a green gros grain bow under the chin to keep it in place on windy days. The ribboned design promises a flattering headpiece that draws the gaze of youngsters with charming eyes peering from under the brim.
A new vogue emphasizes satin in suits and accessories with gleaming fabrics in black or brown. Coats, dresses, hats, and smart collections feature all silk satins and Bemberg satins, including a novelty reverse stripe satin in Mexican colors for a distinctive finish.
The piece notes hats and bag sets as easy, modest accents to outfits. It highlights colorful hats and braided envelope bags with basket weave fabric as fashionable accessorizing for the season.
Gloves in glove collections feature novelties such as isonic all over embroidery on an isonic glove, long black gloves with velvet butterfly appliques up the arm, crochet mesh white gloves with wide cuffs, and black lace gloves with lavish frills at the wrists.
Outstanding fashion coverage notes versatile blouses and skirts suited for all occasions amid wartime work. Denim wrapover skirts with roomy pockets pair with striped chambray or white gabardine shirts, while peasant inspired blouses with lace and embroidery complement vivid dirndl teenage looks and simple lingerie styles.
Dress up with lace to impress a man in uniform this season. A gown features a heart shaped neckline and gathered bodice with a flowing skirt. Lace is urged as a smart fashion choice and a reliable feminine weapon for summer style.
Style notes describe growing love of home sewing with lisle and pastel carats. Designers create gay hat and beg sets, urging smart cravat bows. Black lace features in trimmings mantillas gloves and yokes as witchery of lace plays across accessories.
Kathleen Norris Tomen writes to comfort mothers of soldiers missing in action, urging faith over doubt. She argues against despair, urges turning eyes to the sky, and cites Christ as the enduring source of strength. The piece asserts only one true voice spoke truth and remains influential in the world.
Kathleen Norris urges bereaved mothers to ease grief by helping others and praying. She reminds that solace lies in serving the needs of other boys and feeling part of the world’s struggle.
A wartime letter from a sailor in the South Seas shares comfort for a mother, noting his son Jimon was in good spirits before the final attack. The message urges faith, service, and surrender of personal sorrow to God, urging daily church visits and work with Red Cross or recreation projects to find purpose amid conflict.
A Baltimore report recounts a fatal schoolyard shooting linked to a cruel wisecrack. Allen Willey, 17, died after a remark about a married woman's hands provoked Mrs. Helen Aileen Randle to shoot him and her husband, Elmo S. Randle, at Bay Ridge. The piece notes a pattern of killings sparked by trivial taunts, with other cases cited as context.
VANCOUVER. A bearded man in a stocking cap sits on a chair in Vancouver streets fiddling for coins. He waited until age 86 to buy his first fiddle for $2 after reading a Swedish paper that musicians peak late. He cannot read music and never studied masters, playing violin to support himself after back injury from woods work.
In St Louis a boy who mourned his late dog was surprised by neighbors and friends. After a day of careful shopping with pooled allowances Pais presented him with a Wigeling fox terrier puppy to lift his spirits and bring happiness back to the corner delicatessen scene.
In Omaha police arrested a man for stealing a coat valued at $12 from a South Omaha store. He was fined $15 and costs, and the coat was ordered returned to the store. The origins cost of the coat were noted as $12.
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