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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1929
Page
3
Dame Fashion notes a parable in mice that whirl in a cage and relates it to women’s lives. She observes fall trends in black white and sailor blue gowns, with emphasis on nonuniform groups and revived blue blossoms in a midwestern style column dated 1929.
An attractive crepe de chine dress for fall is shown trimmed all over with a fine plaiting of the same material. The subtle decoration enhances the dress without adding color or contrast.
The new fashion features skirts that reach below the knee for daytime wear and floor sweeping lengths for evening attire. Styles emphasize length, with sides and back draping more fluidly than before.
Feathers, furs and velvet dominate the fall scene with flat feather hats and fur trimmed outfits across coats and gowns. Long gloves return in nude or black, red adds bold contrast, and panne trims dull fabrics while felt and fur combine with Parisian approval for short hair furs like broadtail mole and shaved varieties.
The article describes shapely oxfords with high slender heels and novel laces, some lacking tongues, with openwork sides. Suede everyday wear shoes with trims and minimal leather, and evening shoes including opera pumps and sandals. Color and metallic trimmings feature in dyeable fabrics and ombre effects.
The piece notes fall colors favor brown and beige tones with maroon chestnut shades in soft light. Brown and yellow remain chic, black with white trim stays in fashion, and plum adds to a calm palette. Reds, bright blues, greens appear, with melon emerging as a new shade for evening wear.
Three color scarfs in white black and gray complement tailored suits with white smoke gray and lemon yellow often paired with black jackets. Lemon nasturdum and gray colorings are popular and leather gardenias in matching shades complete the classic ensemble.
In Clearwater Florida two young boys aged eight and nine were killed by an alligator in a water hazard while playing with toy boats. The incident occurred as the reptile dragged John Freddy into the water and Norman Gold tried to rescue him. The baby witnessed the struggle and fled for help as the boys died from drowning and injuries.
Conrad Carroll a giant farmer menaced passengers on a Western Pacific train from Norton county Kansas to Biggs California. He smashed chairs and fought off would be restrainers until Sacramento teacher Madeline Lee spoke to him and calmed him. Officers and a physician later gave an opiate and Carroll went to Portola then Biggs for hospital care.
In Brescia Italy Signora Roverbello of Desanzano identifies a dead man as her husband but he walks in alive three days after a car incident that mutilated the supposed victim. The real deceased aged similarly had been hit by wheels leaving the town in shock.
In Brooklyn a mother, Mrs Anna Turceyn of 123 Louisiana Avenue, battled a large rat attacking her two month old son John. She chased the rodent with a broom and struck it, neighbors aided, the rat escaped after a ten minute pursuit. The infant’s leg wounds were cauterized by an ambulance surgeon. Residents report rats as large as a cat in the area.
Shirley L. Freeman a radio salesman and his old blind terrier were inseparable. Freeman near an electric train rescued his dog and was struck and killed by the train.
James Route, fifty nine, of Chestnut End Gard Ener, died after a bee sting. Doctors cannot determine if death was caused by the sting itself virus heart disease or shock. An autopsy was ordered to establish the exact cause.
A Farm and Fireside note says corn flakes made from hominy are used to fake snowstorms in movies. An electric fan and a bushel of flakes can simulate an old fashioned blizzard, bringing a snow effect to Hollywood even in California.
Eddie Lockridge, a pitcher and star, argues Sunday is overrun by baseball. The Roanoke team attends Sunday school in the fore noon and plays in the afternoon, a compromise Lockridge proposed to balance church and sport. The Indianapolis News reports his stance and plan.
The old-fashioned sampler used a square perforated canvas with evenly spaced rows. Designs were stamped and filled with colored worsteds, creating little x shaped stitches that resembled a painting on the finest canvas.
A fragmentary dialogue ponders existence on the moon and whether people could live there, contrasting imagined possibilities with the idea that there is nowhere for inhabitants to go. The exchange hints at space curiosity and wonder without full context.
A playful exchange hints at travel and language mischief as Peggy and Polly discuss going abroad and picking up French phrases. The quip underscores the idea that experience doesn’t prevent blundering in new tongues.
A terse comment asks what became of the end seat hog and notes he now drives in the middle of the road. The remark implies a shift in behavior, framed as a humorous observation about driving position.
A street scene highlights a saleswoman who becomes a standout feature for shoppers. Her appearance and service draw crowds, boosting store interest and creating a lively retail environment.
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