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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports a revival of ostrich feather hats and accessories with new elegance. Styles include capes, gloves, bags, and dramatic ostrich tips for evening wear, alongside novelty feathers and willow plumes making a fashionable comeback for Gala events.
A fall coat by Anthony Blotta in ginger wool draws on Napoleonic imagery. Sleeves feature black sequin bands with motifs of Napoleon the N crown and base, paired with a tricorne inspired by the period. The design blends a Napoleonic look with this season's tunic silhouette.
A frugal guide offers clever dressmaker tricks to revitalize clothing. It suggests adding pockets made from self fabric or contrasting material, using bold butterfly shapes cut from felt, and sewing ready options at home for a chic, low-cost wardrobe upgrade.
A new shade named Mexican brick enters the fashion color group this year. The warm russet and tangerine tones pair with autumn browns, creating a charming ginger tan and beige palette that is gaining favor.
Great interest is shown in sparkling evening shoes among women as the social season begins. Ornaments include grosgrain bows, beads, rosettes and sequin details to pair with gowns for theatre and society events.
The article outlines a broad surge in suit design with about twenty versatile styles. It highlights costume suits with fur trim, tunic suits, and jacket suits, plus bold millinery and rich fabrics. Coats feature wrap-around, double-breasted tunic cuts, contrast color blocks, bustle-back tailoring, and dramatic cape variants in plaid, olive, turquoise, and gray tones.
Knox deluxe headquarters promotes a young style cloche with a cumjig brim shown at the top. The design appeals to younger girls. an ageless silhouette with grosgrain ribbon contrasts black faille and pink faille. The gashing side-swing brim adds instant appeal, flattering most women.
A stylish update features a large velvet toque trimming chic winter hats, a untrimmed fur stole paired with a tailored coat, corduroy jackets, plaid taffeta silk afternoon dresses, and new jewelry including fetus and chatelatines. Tiger Ten emerges as the season’s trendy color with silver trims on black hats.
A 26 year old adopted girl recalls early talks from her adoptive parents. They framed her adoption as a grace and duty, shaping her sense of obligation and questioning of her birth. Suspicion and reminders of unknown ancestry followed her through adolescence.
A sensitive adoptee recalls early years with foster parents who met material needs but emphasized gratitude and obedience. The article argues foster parents should be warmly sympathetic and tactful, recognizing the child’s origin and emotional needs as well as care.
A reflective letter discusses adoption, revealing tensions between birth mothers seeking stability and adoptive parents offering care. The writer argues many children deserve loving homes despite social stigma and outlines the mixed outcomes adopted children face, urging awareness and empathy from mothers and fathers who adopt.
The guide explains proper knife use for eating. It describes holding the knife in the right hand with the handle centered in the palm and the forefinger on the lower side. It advises keeping elbows close to the body and cutting one bite at a time.
French women armed with Lugers and grenades join resistance leaders in Brittany to protect supply routes. Lieut Leonard Hughes, fond du Lac, says the women drive trucks, scout ahead, and shoot up German snipers targeting American convoys.
Washington report recalls a quick thinking unnamed Russian general who averted a clash with American troops and Russian entertainers. Gen John R. Deane says the officer intervened during a tense moment, explaining ideas to both sides and smoothing the incident aboard a shuttle bomber base tour.
Paris police reject reports that Dr. Mareel Petiot was a myth or prop scarer in the occupation killings. They confirm 34 victims identified and fear many more, with Petiot still at large in France, rumored to be with the German army.
Py Anthony Veltre of Webster earned a wartime feat in the South West Pacific as he wrestled a Japanese officer in a foxhole. With a foe bearing two swords and a grenade landing nearby, Veltre hurled the officer onto the grenade and held him until it exploded, killing the officer and leaving Veltre uninjured.
In Kingston Pennsylvania the Harry W. Leuremans welcomed a boy and two girls while in York Pennsylvania the C Ralph Shealys welcomed three sons marking an unusual day for twins and triplets in the news.
In Kennebunk Maine Harry Knight’s dog earned its license by trotting into the woods and killing a muskrat whose skin sold for three dollars, the owner proudly revealed.
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