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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
9
The piece discusses fashion habits of the era, contrasting movie stars buying custom garments with ordinary shoppers. It notes hats with curled false hair hints, the ensemble concept, and how accessories and coordination define the season. It ends with a DIY note on making a luncheon set from flour bags and dyeing linens.
Paris cuts the skirt to flare and uses border edges elsewhere. Silk 40 inches wide with a bordered side cuts smartly with a straight upper and circular skirt. The illustrated frock uses extra border length for a bow. The gray and white printed silk with a black border ribbon brings a bold contrast to the youthful line.
Article describes making practical table covers from single empty flour bags to protect tables from heat. It notes shifts away from large asbestos or flannel pads to smaller mats placed at each place setting and under serving dishes.
The season treats blouses as integral to outfits rather than separate items. Collections feature plain and elaborate fabrics with diagonal stitching and scarf trims. Nasturtium yellow ensembles pair deep shaded blouses with Milan straw hats and coordinated skirts, gloves, and shoes.
Gray net fabric fashioned into a stylish afternoon frock with full sleeves and an uneven full skirt. A matching horsehair hat sits atop the outfit, featuring a single large lavender flower on one side.
A fragmented 1925 verse from Riiley in the Western Newspaper Union catalog portrays March and April’s changing moods with rural imagery. It hints at spring’s variability through sunbeams, timberland, birds, sprouts, and fickle weather as dawn approaches.
A vintage recipe collection sketches chutneys and uncooked sauces using green apples, raisins, ginger and peppers, plus cucumber sauce and celery shrimp salad. It also sketches luncheon salads, gelatin molds, and various chicken sandwiches including chicken a la king and curried chicken on toast.
Governor Clyde M. Reed, chairing the Tran Missouri Kansas Shippers Board, reports Kansas and Oklahoma hold 18,317 grain cars awaiting harvest, far below the 30,000 to 35,000 target. Railroads must prepare 100,000 cars to move Kansas wheat. meetings in Hutchinson June 19 aim to boost empty grain cars before the July August rush. In Washington County, William C. Mueller is crowned pork production champion after a six month program yielding 224.3 pounds per pig on 5.1 bushels of corn. Dodge City hosted a state park event drawing about 1,500 attendees despite rain. Governor Reed and former Governor Ben S. Paulen missed the gathering.
Claude Miller recalls a friendly community effort after a May 10 storm wrecked his farm. Neighbors 15 miles away lent labor and machinery to erect new buildings and safeguard the wheat crop. In Topeka Judge Pollock faces The Supreme Court over why extra judges were not called to hear the Kansas fire insurance rate case.
Dodge City reports 8 676 residents as of March 1 a rise of 612 from last year while chamber officials claim the population exceeds 10 000. In Newton Kansas state fire chiefs elected J K Bennett of Hutchinson as president at their 42nd annual meeting. At Emporia a Missouri Pacific freight train struck a truck killing Vera McConnell 24 Carmen Ok and injuring G E B Stafford 34 Wichita. In Topeka Mrs Nellie Cook Independence was elected president of the Kansas department American Legion Auxiliary at its ninth annual convention with Mrs Joe Nickell Topeka named vice president.
Reindeer offer high commercial value as pack animals and Eskimo dog substitutes. Their flesh, hides, and milk yield food, clothing, and dairy products. With near zero owner cost, these herds could stock subarctic tundras in the future as western slopes are now stocked with cattle and sheep.
When you buy Borax be sure you get the old reliable 20 Mule Team Brand. Labeled 99 to 100 percent pure. Do not confuse pure Borax with Borax compounds and substitutes. 20 Mule Team Borax protects fine fabrics and hands.
A nostalgic ad extols Red Cross Ball Blue for surgical dressings and snow white clothes. It claims the dye’s royal pedigree from a costly shell fish source and urges grocers to stock the product.
In Holland fruit dealers use airplanes to ship perishables. Two new freight routes soon connect Amsterdam and London improving freshness for London dinners with strawberries picked that morning in Holland.
In New Bedford, Mrs. Scant astonishes friends by appearing in a dinner gown, changing impressions of her character. Mrs. Pryersed, who previously doubted her backbone, admits surprise at the sight.
A political item notes the risk of endorsement and alliances in campaigns. It highlights how candidates may rely on questionable supporters and backers, raising concerns about integrity and influence in elections.
The passage critiques a tired businessman seen as a tired husband after his emancipated wife gained freedom. It notes economy as the base of large fortunes and highlights the distribution problem, especially regarding babies.
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