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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
2
Cherie Nicholas notes linen dominates spring and summer wardrobes with crush resistant fabrics and deep rich tones. Highlighted are plain medium weight linens in colors from blood reds and navy to skipper blue and Moyrashel Ireland linens, plus printed linens and chic handkerchief linens for day and evening wear.
Jewelry for every hour in the day is now in togue. Collecting precious real jewelry is the fad of ladies of fashion. Women resetting existing collections. gold settings return to style and loose colored stones are being remodeled. Pearls gain popularity with various blouses and outfits. Brooches and pearl earrings rise in fashion.
Ingenue style shifts with a fluffy layered net bow at the neckline of spring prints. A midline nosegay enhances the effect while lace paper doily collars offer quick sophistication. Colors include violet pink rust London tan mimoza and white.
A leading French couturiere launches a new sports perfume timed with spring fashion. The fragrance borrows a feather name, promising feminine appeal suited to sporty outfits and refined riding attire.
The practical dress is tailored from Moyashel linen from the north of Ireland. It features a divided skirt for full range of motion on golf links or racquet court, with a collar fixed pinafore and buttoning down under the arm for a neat finish.
Imperial blue aurora Formosa blue Spinner's red vionia shades pe tunia Devon greez headline the spring color rankings. Dominant hues named include imperial blue aurora and Formosa blue with bold accents from Spinner's red and vionia tones.
Charles G. Grant recalls J Elmer Putterbaugh, a famed but absent minded carpenter. He wove legends of a long church aisle, a fog-shingled roof accident, and a spectral tale of a frozen steel box keeping a ghost quiet.
John D. McDougall, a leading Chicago grain receiver, asserts a friend A. J. Sundberg of Hillsboro North Dakota sent a sample of fue wheat. Sundberg reportedly described a personal episode with grasshoppers consuming horses and wagon parts while he was away at dinner, illustrating challenges in crop conditions.
The article traces U S presidential mail franking from early law requiring a handwritten signature to post free mail, noting the shift from signatures to the Woods House inscription and the adoption of the penality and later the simple The White House practice by Hayes era onward.
A fashion pattern notice describes a Barbara Bell sport frock with slit sleeves and a youthful bodice. It notes easy construction with a step by step chart, lists pattern No. 186S B and sizes from 14 to 22 with corresponding bust measurements, and requests fifteen cents per pattern by mail order from The Barbara Bell Pattern Book.
In a comic moment a man swallows a mouse and a doctor improvises with cheese and a waving kipper while his wife tries to free the cat. A separate note describes a tunnel dug through 150 feet of snow after an avalanche on the road to the Saint Bernard Pass in Switzerland.
A garbled list of household hacks appears, advising flour paste for gravies, vinegar cloth to clean grease, methods for saving clipped recipes, keeping celery crisp in cheesecloth, painting shades, soaking garments, and laundering tricks. It mentions spartan tips on stains, onion flavoring for potatoes, and softening fabrics with a starch mix, credited to Gbel Syndicete-Ww Service.
Joe E Brown invites boys and girls to join his club for a membership pin and a club manual. The program promises 36 prizes and a path from Sergeant to Captain, with addresses for mailing and a December 31 1936 expiration. Good only in U.S. A.
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