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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
6
A 1939 feature extols washable cottons and mercerized fabrics for children’s fall wardrobes. It highlights shanting broadcloth, gabardine, and prints that resist shrinking and fading, with outfits for girls and teens designed for active school life, and stresses check of labels and guarantees.
A chic interpretation of the little dinner suit pairs a floor-length skirt in Indian wine with a waist cinching dusty pink jacket. Made from tecla twill a crimped spun acetate rayon weave resembles sheer wool and feels smooth. The jacket features a deep V neck and waist wrap while the skirt offers sculptural fullness.
Paris cables report suede mastery across accessories and head to toe ensembles. Hats bags belts and gloves in richly colored suede appear in outfits as designers praise the fabric for lightness and softness that accept treatments. High fashion women embrace suede dresses and toppers completing tweed suits.
Fall fashion features a surge in sweaters with bold colors and versatile cuts. Designers note playful touches like printed college names, musical embroidery, and eye catching details. A noted craze includes wearing cardigan backs to front for a reversed look.
The wings of a bird mainbocher aviary pinks resemble ibis flamingo and cockatoo with brightness akin to spilled red ink forming vivid color references.
Floyd Smith of Chicago recounts a perilous 1918 night at Brest during World War I. A four man crew on a gig from the U S naval air station drifted after their engine failed while trying to intercept the Pensacola. Tides, darkness, and mine fears intensified as they drifted toward a cliff and then back toward Brest before a torpedo boat rammed them lightly and towed them to safety while the crew cried Americans and were answered Oui oui.
The excerpt argues the best pleasures are simple and accessible. It lists criteria: require minimal machinery or effort by others, are inexpensive, widely shared, repeatedly harmless to body mind or soul, and call forth the highest life qualities. It emphasizes simplicity and universal benefit as the peak of pleasure.
The text argues that true pleasures arise from nature, wholesome exercise, music, friendship, and books rather than artificial excitement. It emphasizes testing pleasures by noble laws leading to outdoor, wholesome engagements rather than indoor idleness.
A household column offers tested canning recipes for Apple Chutney Peach Conserve Amber Jam and Blackberry Jam plus Lindbergh Relish and Pickled Peaches. It includes step by step instructions on sterilization sealing and storage and teases future cookie recipes from Eleanor Howe.
The quiz lists seven questions about literature geography and science with provided answers. It asks for the missing second line of a poem, the country Siam, Atlantic depth near 50 miles, Andalusian origin Spain, atom vs electron size, dead reckoning meaning, and why Pullman porters are called George.
Laboratory tests of 16 top selling brands compare tobacco weight per pack. Camel cigarettes contain more tobacco by weight than the average of the other 15 brands examined.
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