Back to Femininity in Midsummer Garden Party Fashion
The feature describes a high fashion comeback toward feminine, sheer gowns and garden party dresses for midsummer events. It highlights net, lace, and organza ensembles with wide hats, puff sleeves, and parasols, including a Lupin blue lace gown from the Queen Mary voyage and note of royal approval for a Buckingham Palace garden party.
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America
Edward VIII
Buckingham Palace
Western Newspaper Union
Pax Silk Prints Highlight Peace Theme in Fashion
Cherie Nicholas notes pax silk prints gaining momentum in fashion. The pictured dress uses pax as a motif on blue and white silk, with a wide white bordered cape bertha featuring pleated, modern styling.
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International League For Peace
Frosted Jewelry Leads the Vogue
Summer's jewelry trend features white frosty tones in rings bracelets and necklaces. Crystalline and opaque whites pair with copper brown smoky pastels and floral chalks. Choker necklaces return and large frosty rings gain prominence with matching smoky red nails. fabric and real flowers appear in necklace accents.
Smart Sports Dresses Introduce Daytime Wear Mode
A new mode in smart sports dresses for summer daytime wear features outfits for private clients including prominent Americans. Designs include a beige wool suit with a natural tree bark belt tied by dried grass and a navy and white linen tweed dress paired with a navy redingote.
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Molyneux
Unwanted nominations in U.S. history two notable cases
The article recalls two rare instances of drafted presidential nominees who resisted or rejected the role. In 1868 Horatio Seymour defied the Ohio Idea and still lost to Grant, ending his political career. A second case centered on Greeley Brown, with Greeley’s fusion ticket collapsing as O Conor declined, yielding a weak showing for the anti Grant faction.
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George H. Pendleton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Horatio Seymour
New York
Pendleton
Seymour
Gen
U. S. Grant
Grant
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz Brown
Missouri
Baltimore
Greeley
Brown
Louisville
Charles O’conor
Jefferson Davis
Fortress Monroe
O’conor
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
James Lyons
Virginia
Adams
Early 19th Century Moral Campaign Ad Against Adams
A printed placard from 1828 attacks John Adams for flouting Sabbath laws, accusing him of improper behavior and declaring support for Andrew Jackson. The letter, dated Sept 9 1828 from Kittery Point Maine, exemplifies early open partisan rhetoric and moral accusation in the Adams Jackson race reported by Western Newspaper Union.
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Adams
Providence
Federal Party
Andrew Jackson
Kittery Point
Maine
Western Newspaper Union
Metering Time Like Water in a Seaside Cottage
The author muses on meters clicking in seaside kitchens and the cost of water, drawing a parallel to valuing time. He suggests that if minutes and hours logged their value, people would budget time for work and play, gaining smarter control over life and the years passing.
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Maine
Time metered life and mindful living
The passage notes that time slips away as minutes tick by and every clock tick or meter spin marks a second used. It urges readers to track time carefully and extract maximum value from work and play, ensuring a life well spent rather than squandered.
Custard Pies and Kitchen Tips From Historic Notes
Practical guidance from an old kitchen column covers custard pie baking, cereal handling, and utensil use. It also includes care tips for white silk stockings and gloves, plus a lemon rub for chicken to ensure white, juicy meat. Leftover cauliflower is suggested for frying as a luncheon or supper dish.
Foreign Phrases and Their Meaning Across Languages
A compact list of Latin, French, and other language phrases with English translations. Entries include Abusus non tellit usum meaning abuse is no argument against proper use, Auri sacra fames describing greed for gold, and Modus operandi defined as a mode of operating.
Turner’s Self Mockery At A Dimly Lit Gathering
Turner, the renowned English painter, mocked his own works with a dinner party salad analogy. He quipped that the greens were too cool and the beetroot not vivid enough, calling the mix a delicate yellow tint. He claimed adding mustard would yield one of his paintings.
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Turner
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By Cherie Nicholas
Frank ‘el Maoin
Elno Scott Watson
John Blake
Ball Syndicate
WIN Service
Associated Newspapers
WNU
John Ray
HOWDY
Imivus
Hobbo Brown
Martin's
Ves Foi
Joe E. Brown
General Foods
Club Hemberebte
Punes
Battle Creek
Mich
Norm Tractor
Warner Brothers
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