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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
6
A fashion note discusses street attire using taffeta serge or linen for a stylish development. It describes a pocketlike blouse over a white net guimpe, the top being gathered and fronts cut away, noting the challenge of color care with ready mades and the need to balance hat and blouse hues with the wearer’s complexion and eyes.
A decorative garment description outlines a short blouse hanging free from a belt with embroidered outlines, raglan sleeves, circular cuffs, and a deep turned back collar. It suggests a thin silk underskirt with a dress fabric panel, embroidered or braided waist detailing, diagonal front cut, and soutache braid options.
The passage advises color choices based on skin undertone and hair color. It recommends bright blues for sallow complexions with black hair and favors blues cerise maize and scarlet for light brown hair, while warning against grays tans whites and pastel shades. It argues the most becoming hue varies per individual and that expensive, flattering colors enhance appearance and disguise flaws.
The article discusses the fading of the long crinoline as modern life with motors and railways alters dress. It notes a renewed interest in picturesque styles for home wear, practical outdoor raiment, and older headgear revived in panama hats with satin drapery and a quill. It compares Victorian feminine ideals to today’s fashion echoes.
Fashion note describes black braid frocks with fur edged fringe and fur collars or braid banding on coats. The look pairs braided cords with soft black fur to create refined ornamentation for outerwear.
When a bottle top cannot be unscrewed insert the top between the door and jamb and pull the door back to grip the top tightly so it can be unscrewed without difficulty.
The text presents assorted lines on fashion and virtue, praising American products and fast living. It includes quips about surprises, cheer, and romance, reflecting playful advertising rhetoric and social observations.
A garbled OCR fragment shows Noah observing a flood with uncertain dialogue. The text includes stray quotes and broken phrasing about a place to intern, reflecting incomplete transmission.
A husband returns home with a white waistcoat heavily spotted and explains the marks came from no menu cards at the club. His wife chides him for carelessness, while he notes the joke that he knew she would want to know what they had to eat.
War correspondent Alexander Powell notes English volunteer troops show distinct ear marks. He jokes that bookkeepers in London keep rifles behind their ears when told to stand at ease, illustrating each group’s trait with humor.
The Russian empire extends a wartime ban on selling brandy in government shops for eight months. Moscow data show vodka consumption in 1914 fell sharply from 1913 figures across July to October, with high declines after prohibition of bottle sales and a fine for violations.
French inventor creates two folded parachutes attached to wings near the ends in cone shaped receptacles. A hand lever releases them so they deploy regardless of aircraft attitude, allowing the crew to ride the plane down safely.
A St Louis cleric laments that art no longer pleases, saying people crave realities. He notes Sassafras tea was once used in liberal doses as a remedy for the physical conditions behind this mood, around that period.
The exchange playfully questions the driver’s prowess and credits the mechanician, joking that the speed king would be ineffective without the mechanic’s help. The remark humorously implies the car and crew are inseparable in racing success.
The proverb comments that kindness is scarce and confined to small cans while whisky drives men to work to earn the price, reflecting a view on thrift and vice in everyday life.
A commuter asks a fellow passenger about garden pests and rotting bulbs. The man replies he has none and hints at living in a homeless shelter as the reason for his supposed trouble free life.
Shoppers discuss a marked-down sale at Blank's focusing on shoe sizes rather than city prices. The exchange hints at a pricing strategy change centered on inventory rather than a general discount.
A man sees no fault in spending any amount when the funds are not his own. The remark highlights a mindset that financial boundaries vanish when wealth is not personally possessed.
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