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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
2
The article guides beginners to select simple straight patterns and medium weight fabrics like broadcloth gabardine and shantung rayon for easy cutting and sewing. It cautions against sheer heavy fabrics, prints with misalignment risks, and piles that slip, while noting that well finished garments on simple fabrics look professional.
The article reviews fabric choices for garments and home use. It highlights broadcloth for slips and blouses, gabardine or twill for suits and cushions, and linen textured rayons for sport dresses and housewares. It also notes rayon novelties, crepe prints, rayon shantung, and rayon faille for various items. Drapery needs include shrinkage resistance and color fastness for long life.
The 1948 national election is set for Tuesday November 2. It marks the 24th contest between Democrats and Republicans since the GOP's founding in 1854. Republicans have won fourteen times and Democrats nine times.
French colony of St Pierre and Miquelon is described as France’s oldest and smallest, located 15 miles off the southern coast of Newfoundland. The text notes the pair of islands forming the historical territory associated with France in North America.
report notes that Mount Aconcagua in the Andes was scaled for the first time using short wave radio and weather reports. The ascent highlights bold use of navigational aids amid one of the world’s longest and most spectacular mountain ranges observed.
Prize contests now form a three million dollar annual industry with about ten million participants chasing glittering rewards for best last line or clever 25 words or less slogans.
The article notes Madison Square Garden in New York built in 1924 rose to fame hosting boxing greats like Tex Rickard and Jack Dempsey, though the venue is not a garden or located on Madison Square.
Fishermen adopted nylon monofilament after shortages of enameled silk lines. Unlike wet or dry traditional lines, nylon slides over the ice and does not freeze to the ice or gloves, improving handling during cold conditions.
An Egyptian shoe-bill heron, a stork family bird with a massive armored beak over a foot long and five inches wide, has been added to the San Diego zoo. Known for elusive behavior, these birds inhabit swampy upper White Nile regions and are hard to capture.
Orange and grapefruit trees on rough-lemon rootstock bear earlier and larger crops than sour-orange. Fruits on rough lemon average larger with coarser texture and thicker rinds but less juice by weight. Eating quality is lower than fruits on sour-orange, which have higher total solids and total acids.
The Bermudas are a British island group about 530 miles east of North Carolina and 677 miles from New York. Twenty of 360 islands are inhabited. Discovered by Juan de Bermudez in the early 16th century, named for him. Uninhabited until Sir George Somers shipwreck in 1609. A company formed to plant Somers Islands. Crown took over governance in 1684.
The Baha i teachings affirm unity of God and prophets and the oneness of humanity. It calls followers to an unfettered search for truth, rejects prejudice and superstition, and stresses compulsory education.
Easter Island receives only three or four visiting ships each year. The remote isle is known for its giant statues carved from compressed ash. Between 400 and 500 figures, ranging from 3 to 38 feet tall, were cut from a quarry before work abruptly stopped.
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