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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
6
Fashion notes show play clothes gaining attention for style and practicality. Colorful plaid and striped outfits for golf, tennis, and outdoor activities dominate summer wardrobes with parasol accents. Home sewing rises with easy patterns using celanese crepe and sharkskin blouses, urging readers to craft their own ensembles.
New fashion brief predicts a strong revival of handknit outfits for fall led by sweaters and bolero pieces. It highlights a light yet substantial feel achieved with simple drop stitch and pastel contrasting yarns, ideal for bridging midseason days.
The latest fashion gesture features patriotic jewelry with American flag motifs in clips or brooches. Jeweled stripes and stars in red white and blue adorn lapels and necklines, with glittering eagle emblems enhancing patriotic display.
The season’s standout hats feature sheer black horsehair braid or thin net and chiffon. Large brims sit toward the back, allowing hair and face to show with a mist of wispy black. These hats pair with black and white prints and all black sheer outfits for a dress up look.
Chic millinery shifts to bold black berets for year round wear. The piece notes dramatic oversized styles and side profile berets, urging readers to study the movement as berets become important millinery news.
Knitted fashion gains attention with forecasts of hand knitted costumes capes sweaters and three quarter cardigans shaping fall wardrobes. A novelty features a detachable matching knitted hood with a sweater offering a stylish option for knitwear enthusiasts.
A veteran policeman John Barker resigns after two decades of fearless service chronicled in his scrap book. A sensational reporter’s miscount of his feats drives the emotional moment as Barker contemplates a quiet future, only to discover one more act of bravery remains unrecorded.
Dr Alexander Goetz of the California Institute of Technology announces a breakthrough showing atoms can be seen chemically. He says silver at the atomic level kills living cells in a process that becomes visible under a strong microscope, with cells stained rose after exposure. Proposes silver as a future water purifier replacing chlorine.
A worker named George W. Leggett, an Oakland Negro, unearthed $1,000 in gold while a house was being demolished for a $3,000,000 low rental project by the Oakland Housing Authority. Locals question if the coins were cached by John Frederick, a former Tulare railway conductor who built the house in 1685. Leggett has hired an attorney to protect his claim while Dr. C. J. Frederick, son of the builders, believes the money should belong to the federal government.
A breezy rundown of easy picnic dishes and today’s homemaker tips. It covers sandwiches with baked beans and cheese, deviled eggs, one dish meals, baked macaroni Creole style, and sweet treats like raisin drop cookies and crazy cake, plus a note on horseradish as a piquant addition to sauces and cream.
Chicken fat can replace butter in cakes and cookies or for creaming or browning foods. Beef drippings may be used to season sauces meats or fowl stuffings or meat loaves.
A set of trivia prompts covering military ranks, women's suffrage, calendar terms, abbreviation meanings, living apes, boxing weights, ship name origins, and a famous line from a poem. Questions test history, grammar, science, and literature knowledge.
A set of terse prompts lists items such as Washington Grant and Sherman, the state Wyoming, position next to the last, the Latin phrase quod vide meaning which see, primate genera, a flyweight class of 112 pounds, origins from the states, and a line about sparing the country’s flag spoken by a woman.
A concise note presents a Colton quotation on self knowledge and understanding others, highlighting the link between inner awareness and perception of others. The line underscores introspection as a basis for literary insight and social understanding.
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