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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
3
A Chicago fashion write reports that the latest edict in hair fashion pins bare ear decorations high above the ear. The trend evolved from side pieces once hidden under mop hair to showing the ear lobes, with emphasis on a neat silhouette. White and Nile green blouse feature a side looped sash, crafted for conservative dressers.
Considered for sports wear a chic dress features beaded lace insets and refined detailing. The description suggests a fashion item blending elegance with athletic style for refined casual use.
Article notes evolving dress designs and fabrics for women and children, including bodices, satin ribbons, silk parasols, and hand painted floral sport suits. Describes straight lines, short skirts, and new sleeve styles as contemporary trends with decorative and novelty accents.
In Paris a new fashion craze centers on one button tailored suits with slim coats and short sleeves. The trend has users of chic Parisienne style flocking to tailors, as shop windows display the drastic, high priced ensemble.
Fragments describe lightweight satin and organdie night attire with pink white and lavender dotted fabrics. Designs feature trimmed coats with ruching, waist emphasis, patch pockets, and long fashionable lines. A white organdie frock with honey dew dots is noted, plus decorative embroidery and cord details.
A collection of domestic tips covering roast juiciness through repeated cooking, cauliflower with nuyornaise, pre-cooking canned corn, feeding chickens greens, spraying houseplants, hanging-saucepan storage to cut dust, spinach with carrot balls, waxed floors resisting shoe marks, and using sieved dried lima beans for croquettes.
A quirky craft note describes burnt orange velvet ribbon braided into oar shaped forms used as decorative ecrowicbs for multiple velvet hats. The artifact blends textile art with nautical motif and showcases improvisational hat embellishment.
Harvey Roberts wooed by Florence Anderson of the Evening Gazette who hosts Advice to the Love lorn. Florence uses calculated distances to keep him guessing while courting, but a renewed proposal and a learned romance reveal the plan works both ways.
An anecdote from Washington recalls Senator E. W. Pettus of Alabama, age eighty two, staying out late after poker with the Joe Cannon crowd. He returns home to find his wife in bed, forcing him to lie on the edge. she suggests removing his hat for greater comfort as dawn breaks.
The Herren Avenue Presbyterian Church installs a wireless telephone receiving outfit in the pulpit to hear a Calvary Episcopal speaker. The contraption includes a foap antenna amplifier and condenser. The listeners, though of different creeds, received the sermon by wireless transmission.
A mute mobile tourist praises a farmer claiming ownership of all he surveys. The farmer replies that he still owes nine installments on the tractor and has a mortgage on the old home, noting no hired man will heed his warnings. The Birmingham Age-Herald frames a moment of rural finance and independence.
A witty exchange from the St. Louis Globe Democrat features Madge and Marjorie gossiping about secrets and the hidden price of rumors, noting the expense of extra telephone tolls and the cost of shared confidences.
The Louisville Courier-Journal editor signals shifting space from baseball to fashion coverage, sending film stars out of the baseball page and into the fashion plate section.
Warning advertisement emphasizes that authentic Aspirin carries the Bayer name on packaging or tablets. It notes doctors prescribe Bayer tablets for various pains and conditions and mentions small tins of twelve costing a few cents, with larger packages from druggists.
In a debt case in Ennis County, the defense attorney pleaded passionately likening the creditor to Shylock from Merchant of Venice while the plaintiff’s attorney questioned the merchant’s authority. Judge Barnett called for dismissal of the cause.
Progress of Chemistry notes a new cleaning compound useful for pianos, furniture, woodwork, floors, automobiles, and leather without damaging finishes. It claims to remove hard work from cleaning and invites readers to request a free sample from Rettor Mtg. Co., 2610 Ogden Ave., Chicago.
In a playful scene, Percy interrupts his mother and father at night. She is spelling to his father, but the curious boy insists he knows the words and asks to be put to bed, catching the moment with humor.
War pushes cotton and linen prices higher as shoppers seek savings. An ad from grocers promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to lengthen fabric life through laundry, offering practical assistance amid rising costs.
A husband sees his wife off on a holiday and suggests she pack fiction while she awaits his letters. The wife replies that she expects his letters to fill the time. Originating from the Western Christian Advocate.
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