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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
8
The piece notes ongoing interest in costume jewelry as a stylish accent, praising amethyst tones and brown palettes, and mentions how genuine stones are rare while fashion embraces color. It discusses dress lengths, color revival, and trends like carnation pink and striped roses, with fashion hosts forecasting lively style shifts for 1981.
A practical daily frock endorsed by the Woman's Home Companion. The dress uses crepe de chine or flat crepe for comfort from breakfast to evening, with options in chiffon velvet black and a white georgette collar. Key features include a circular skirt, light bodice shirring, and a bertha collar with a dark border to highlight an ensemble color.
The coat dress remains an established member in good standing as women sponsor wool for frocks and hats. Detachable collars and cuffs ease wear, with fur trim popular for both indoor and outdoor looks. Crepe morocain, belted styles, and bolero silhouettes appear across light woolens and heavyweight crepes.
The Household Magazine notes a shift toward greater elegance and subtlety in feminine style, with velvet dominating afternoon wear. Sleeves show elaboration, lace softens neck and wrists, and skirts lengthen with new panel and hem techniques. Bright color range includes myrtle green and crimson tones.
Fashion notes describe dark green coats with high pointed cuffs and deep fur collars. Luxurious trims use black raccoon or lynx, enhancing the coat's beauty and winter appeal.
A brief note describes chic buttons in frock designs suited for afternoon tea or formal evenings. It highlights a violet staff detail, decorative back closures, cut steel and pearl buttons, and a halt shaped accent.
A brief excerpt from a 1929 Western Newspaper Union piece presents W. G. Sibley praising service as the path to happiness. He links service to industry thrift respect for authority and rights of others.
A collection of old fashioned recipes including stuffed baked potatoes topped with butter and bacon bits, a cabbage salad marinated in French dressing with pineapple and celery, plum pudding with citrus and dried fruit, a hard sauce, General Lee Cake with orange flavors, and ornamental frosting for decorating cakes.
A vintage guide outlines cranberry based recipes including cranberry sauce cranberry pudding creamy sauce and cranberry relish. It lists ingredients and steps for sauce pudding jelly and cake filling with notes on avoiding skins and serving with nuts and fruit accompaniments.
A hotel guest calmly joined monitors during a hotel fire alarm and joked about his slow dress. He admitted lighting a cigarette and retightening his necktie. A friend quipped asking why he hadn’t put on his pants. The exchange captures a daredevil air amid a hotel alert.
In a quirky exchange, prisoner No. 71128 explains to an old lady visitor that a prank call led to the call being traced. The prisoner quips that his predicament stems from having three wives, rather than from foul language.
A reflective verse noting that wealth can expand greatly yet still confound a man on how to use it. The speaker contrasts fortune's growth with the unclear path of prudent action for the owner.
Clarice rebukes the line about having a lovely disposition noting it serves as an apology for not calling a girl attractive or interesting. The exchange highlights the social tension in compliments and implies a gendered expectation in early dialogue.
A quotation debate notes that this nation cannot be trusted to defend liberty while asserting the only dependable ally is Indignation. The line contrasts national reliability with a call for steadfast, communal resolve against perceived failures.
The manager suggests advertising the imported breakfast robes as ladies' smoking jackets to boost sales next week.
Reported discovery of prehistoric oysters in the Potomac River. A responder notes having possibly eaten similar shellfish recently in a local restaurant. Further verification sought from authorities.
Fragmentary lines mention boldness and a tribe’s men refusing to call their lady a Jane. The readable bits are insufficient for a concrete event, person, or place.
A intimate handwritten note from a wife to her traveling husband expresses longing day and night. She dreams of him and imagines ordinary scenes like his bathrobe on the bed post waiting at morning. The fragment conveys affectionate domestic sentiment.
A fed-up motorist tinkers with an old car and reflects on a first vehicle as rural life echoes a familiar likeness.
An OCR fragment from a Modernism era piece shows a disappointed suitor sighing that his dream girl has married someone else. A friend counsels optimism noting she may return to circulation by next year.
An odd fragment reads like a dialogue with Apt Pupil and Old Mr Fenlox. The garbled text hints at a quip about yearning for someone, but the meaning remains unclear.
The Providence Journal reports Soviet Russia plans electrification across industry. Government spending runs to fuel use from peat to lignite, plus damming and diverting rivers. Canals will knit waterways linking the Baltic, Black and Caspian basins to expand trade and transport.
The five foot long sea turtle, estimated at five hundred years old, was captured in the Bahamas and taken alive by Dr. W. J. Kent curator of Hastings College museum. Kent notes the voyage dates to Columbus era and claims the animal then measured six to seven inches.
A night watchman reports a successful first shift with all tasks checked off except for one item the steam roller. The humorous exchange ends with a light note from the foreman.
A three year study by British scientists surveys South Sea Island trees plants and insects, many feared to be endangered as extinction looms for several species.
A lone tramp narrates a fleeting career as an organist and notes the death of a monkey, underscoring a peculiar encounter in Pathfinder lore.
Ad copy and quips from Chicago News comment on excess chatter from some people. Public mood linked to a Red Cross bluingy product advertised at 10c a large bottle. Grocers carry the item and the note mocks overtalk and consumer hype.
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