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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
6
A fashion writer notes a season of varied styles led by restrained silhouettes and a revival of spangles. Designers like Lelong showcase gowns with slanting drapery, black fabrics with shimmering sequins, and ornate jackets.
A 1928 Kitchen Cabinet feature offers practical home cooking ideas. It covers Split Pea Soup with a pea puree base, Savory Potato Balls, Carrots With Onions in cream, Hubbard Squash With Bacon, Baked Kidney Beans With Sausage, and baking tips for White Orange Cake and Orange Frosting. Also included are Stewed Turnip and Tuna and Apple Salad with mayo dressing.
Fashion notes highlight French designers introducing evening gowns with bold departures from tradition. Veanne Lanvin showcases white tulle robes with cascading tiers on one side, a slim bodice, and a decollete neck finished by oblique lines, fastened at the shoulder.
The text explains two pedometer forms. One uses an oscillating weight moved by body motion to advance the index per step. The other allows adjusting step length so the distance is directly measured.
Thousands of women learn to modernize clothes with home tinting using Diamond Dyes. The ad promises fade resistant, streak-free colors and fast fashion tints that brighten fabrics without professional help. A free 64 page booklet Color Craft offers money saving tips for renewing clothes and draperies from Diamond Dyes in Burlington Vermont.
The article notes that male brains are usually heavier in adulthood, averaging about 48 ounces versus 431 ounces for females, and that at birth and around age fourteen female brains are heavier. It presents a comparative view of brain weight between genders.
A clerk explains buying a new safe and keeping the old one inside the new box to prevent a robbery. The dialogue shows a cautious approach to security and novelty in a workplace.
Due to a housing shortage in Germany about 300,900 young married couples live with their parents in laws.
Smithsonian official Dr. Alexander Wetmore reports 185 Antillean grebes living in Porto Rico with masses of feathers in their stomachs. The birds pluck and swallow feathers and appear to digest them without issue, according to Popular Science Magazine.
Mr and Mrs Newton D. Crossman of Amherst Massachusetts saw their 56th wedding anniversary disrupted by rain. They were married in Shutesbury in April 1872. until now every anniversary had sunny weather, making this the first poor weather occasion for the couple.
Mrs Peters celebrates debt freedom while Mr Peters jokes about regaining credit in Dearson's Magazine. The humorous exchange reflects household finances and consumer optimism.
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