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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
8
A practical guide to making luncheon sets with lace squares and ovals, plate and tumbler doilies, and centerpieces. It discusses sizes, materials, embroidery styles, and methods, including hand-bleached linen, filet sets, crocheted patterns, and finishing edges for attractive, lasting pieces.
A dainty white umbric sacque style garment features insertion embroidery and a narrow lawn frill along the fronts and lower edge. It has a large matching collar with a frill, and a embroidered bonnet edged with a frill and colored rosettes.
A brief sewing note describes a bonnet crafted from the same material as a coat, with trimming to match. It lists required materials: 2 yards insertion, 1 yard embroidery for collar and bonnet, and 4 yards lawn for frills.
Harper's Bazar outlines practical tea-gowns meant for afternoon or evening at home. Long and loose styles are preferred but should retain shape with a belt or girdle under the arms for an Empire look. light materials like voile require modest fullness and a satin undergarment should still show a fitted silhouette.
The peasant bodice remains popular in a modified form with braid embroidery and one inch pleats across shoulders. Simulated jumper effects, a slim waistline reinforced by a narrow belt, and a long straight tunic extend the look from one-piece dresses to skirts, as Harper's Bazaar notes.
David Derrick of Robinson area threshes 17 acres of alfalfa and collects 204 bushels of seed at 9 dollars a bushel, plus two hay cuttings valued over 20 dollars per acre each. Field total nears 150 dollars per acre with hay and seed. In Kansas City, Grand Opera house shows The Girl I Love with the original cast for 2.00, Dante's Inferno continues at Shubert with matinees starting September 17.
Loanna A. Davis sues Nelson Davis of El Dorado to set aside a deed to 80 acres of bottom land south of Wichita claiming he failed to meet a contract. The suit seeks cancellation of the 19 year-old transfer in district court. Atchison colleges report steady enrollment despite drought and hard times, with St Benedict's and Midland College predicting their best term yet.
A Western Union telegraph lineman named Forcum was electrocuted while inspecting a short circuit near the street railway power house in Atchison. He touched a heavily charged wire and was thrown from the pole across other high voltage lines.
The Wichita city commission fixed a recall election with a September 18 primary and September 25 election. The city attorney allowed two mayoral candidates to contest against Mayor J. H. Graham. Four candidates may reach the final campaign to replace Commissioners Leach and Campbell Waggenner. B. P. Waggener of Atchison plans a September 27 free picnic with President Taft as guest, after returning from Rochester Minnesota. Veterans Meet at Arkansas City where Gus Lary was first Civil War veteran to register. fifty-six veterans registered at the recorder's tent.
A humorous dialogue spoof contrasts first and second Summer Girls with a quip about a third. A social maxim follows on condemning others versus improving self. An ad for Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes claims preference over 10c cigars. Time is cited as the oldest critic.
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