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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
3
The article extols crepe de Chine undergarments for travel, noting their light weight and wrinkle resistance. It argues against cheap finery, praises economical, easily laundered pieces, and describes fashion details like slate gray blue pink violet striped fabrics, cape collars, and two colored tiles in fashion.
Young girls favor mannish waist shirts crafted in striped or solid washable silk or crepe de chine. Most styles feature masculine lines, with beberapa adding lace jabots or neck bows. Front button closures use crystal or colored buttons, with a cape collar as a comfortable finish.
Cotton crepes to be used next summer are finer and more sheer than those previously used, with lighter weight and improved texture noted by suppliers and producers.
A description notes that in recent seasons fabrics are smoother with less crepe effect in the weave. Crepes and cotton voiles appear in plain weaves as well as in stripes, dots and checks.
Washington notes a “Pedestrians' club” of Supreme Court justices led by Chief Justice White. The group includes Holmes Hughes Lamar and occasionally McKenna. They hike from the Capitol to the Treasury around five each afternoon, briskly walking and debating as they pass acquaintances. Legends credit Marshall and Story with founding and fostering the practice.
New cotton materials include zigzag with white crepey ground and raised colored threads and reverse with colored or white grounds. Brocaded washable crepes, striped like velvets, appear. Accordion plaited cotton crepe resists washing distortion. Lace embroidery imitates Carrickma Cross and Swiss machine designs, enriching drapery and gowns.
Town Line notes illness and visits as families from Hamilton to Alma and Forest Hill share sickness healings and social calls. Anna Wheeler and Vera Webb miss days at home gatherings while new arrivals join extended kin and neighbors. Clyde Waldo marries Catherine Ramsey in Lansing as R McKinney mourns Albert McKinney’s Pompeii death. funeral details and family ties documented.
Forest Hill news notes Ward Leonard’s weekend with Ward Creech, post moves to Taylor farm near Shepherd, and Perry Post’s planned tenancy. School entertainment draws crowds, with plays and dances including a “Murder will Out” opening number and “Ring me Heaven, Please, Central.” Several local residents and families are mentioned visiting, moving, or traveling to Tennessee and Colorado.
A weekly advertised letters list names Jas W Brown Andrew Cross Michael Dunnerback two Miss Ruby Gree Mrs Dennis Pari Miss Edith Shaver. If uncalled for by March 24 1918 they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Floyd Smith of Alma Heights, a Normal college student at Mt Pleasant, elected to the Douglas Debating Club debating team for upcoming contests with other colleges.
The new law centralizes mailing of public documents under the superintendent of documents. August Donath testifies that Uncle Sam is the world’s greatest publisher, distributing about 1,000,000 copies weekly across 1,000 publications. The system uses 90 to 150 staff plus addressing and packing machines in a vast stockroom with multiple department mailings. The Pan American Bulletin and related magazines reach global readers, with about 455,000 total circulation across the publications.
Grass and vegetables form the natural diet for pigs with sows staying healthier on a grain and vegetable mix. Avoid large amounts of dry grain and animal matter, use green forages when possible, and tailor feeding for the final weeks before farrowing and after. A breeder recommends vegetable food with light bran and occasional beans or corn, then shift to the expected post farrowing diet.
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