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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
A fashion writer notes the Paris designer champions bold spring and summer looks despite scarcity, featuring taffeta and lace ensembles. Black on black or white on white is avoided, with new taffeta "cire" and ornate embroidery in silver and steel thread. The piece highlights multi colored weaves, striped textures, and lavish sleeve and bodice details.
The text surveys striking color pairings in street and indoor wear with navy taffeta, green and black stripes, and copper beige black combos. It highlights cotton dresses as key summer wardrobe pieces and notes epange and voile weaves in vivid patterns. Cheruit showcases children's styles such as an egg blue outcome with ecru linens and blue taffeta trims.
A vintage fashion note discusses embroidery in frocks with worstead silk floss and raffia. Darning and running stitches create rose patterns and border effects, using a home craft approach to mimic appliqué with less effort.
The readable lines hint at a poem about desire and control expressed through imagery of buttons and speech. The text remains incomplete and fragmented, obscuring clear meaning while suggesting a creative work with implied themes.
A regional kitchen column presents varied recipes including Palestine Soup Shrimps In Tomato Cups Baked Whitefish With Oyster Sauce and Philadelphia Scrapple. It also offers cake based desserts Foamy Sauce Tidbits Plum Pudding Cake and a feature on water's role in diet with health notes.
Spinach should be cooked with minimal water to preserve minerals and served in its own liquor. Teach children to eat greens like chard and water cress early, perhaps via a cream soup. Celery can be enjoyed fresh or baked escalloped with cheese and buttered crumbs. Cauliflower is served with a Maitre d Hotel sauce over toast rings and parsley garnish.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that English playing cards from the seventeenth century bore heraldic emblems. The king of clubs displayed the pope of Rome’s arms, while the sparks, diamonds, and hearts bore the coats of arms of France, Spain, and England respectively.
Figs from the vilayet of Alden rose from about 8 000 tons on 10 000 acres to 23 000 tons on 25 000 acres over 30 years. Production areas are mainly Meander valley orchards owned by Turks and tapped by the Ottoman Railroad system. Prices have risen despite the larger crop as demand stays strong. A Lady of Distinction is praised for a perfumed complexion and a Cureta skin regimen is advertised.
In a terse exchange a student named Bennie denies making faces at Herman, offering excuses about a recent tooth extraction and discomfort from an eye and nose that cause twitching. The brief back and forth appears in the Youngstown Telegram.
A seven year old boy trades pencils and paints during school day, persuading his aunt to help with an ink bottle as part of a budding trade. Allen's Foot-Ease is advertised as an antiseptic powder to relieve sore feet and bunions with in-shoe use and foot baths.
A frightened woman believes a burglar is inside the residence. She fears the intruder may become violent if he suspects nothing valuable is present, prompting heightened tension as they wait for help or safety measures.
A historical note captures men with hidden fortunes drawing attention from the tax collector. It highlights the risk of evading taxation and the persistence of enforcement. The piece underscores caution for those with private riches seeking to dodge duties.
A Ohio originator now runs a school to train workers in tree surgery. Graduates gain employment with the company after completing the course. The work is scientific, well paid, and provides a wholesome outdoor life.
A humorous quarrel between two editors over a column surfaces as a mockery of the paper. The piece hints at a strained partnership and the clash affecting the newspaper’s standing in the city.
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