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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
6
Cherie Nicholas Hen notes brocade returns to high fashion fabrics for spring with damask woven rayon in violet leaf and damask patterns. Daytime frocks feature peplum and princess silhouettes, with headwear and accessories highlighting coordinated brocade ensembles across jackets, dresses, and scarves.
A fashion feature notes red shoes appearing at southern resorts in midwinter, paired with slacks, gingham dresses, and white daytime frocks. The piece claims midwinter resort wear signals spring and summer styles, predicting red shoes with beige or navy street costumes as a coming trend.
A fashion note describes new hat trims: pasted feather fruit motifs in realistic colors such as plums apples pears and bananas. Designs can be appliqued on crown or brim and an extra piece may be worn on a coat lapel.
Advance costume displays emphasize ensembles using cloth combined with Sarah print. The Sarah print appears in blouses, coats linings, and as color accents on pockets necklines and sleeve finishes.
The article describes current sleeve trends as bracelet length becoming common, with dresses designed to create slimming lines. The pictured gown uses wide shoulders, waist darts, and hip smoothing to achieve a 'nipped in' look, with moustache scrolls trimming a moss-green sheer wool dress.
Screen Player Virginia Vale showcases black suede gloves with tiny gold filigree beads fastening the pair. The note mentions even short gloves this season feature ornate buttonwork, reflecting fashion detail.
A bright red felt handbag shaped like an elongated drum features criss-crossed black suede strips, presenting an unusual design. Known for its bold color and distinctive pattern, the accessory stands out as a striking fashion statement.
A Pennsylvania town newspaper ad lacking a phone number prompts a publisher’s sales manager to add his own local office number. He learns telephone inquiries drive book-set sales, while children favor letters over calls. The tale emphasizes easy calling paths as a key sales tool.
The article promotes quick freezing to buy year round freshness with berries in January oysters in June and chicken or turkey anytime. It highlights flavor retention and easy prep, then offers recipes for Cream Gravy Asparagus With Lemon Butter Sauce Biscuits Fried Chicken Red Raspberry Shortcake French Fried Shrimp Deep Dish Blueberry Pies.
A business executive often misses the outside perspective, while the advertising man must supply it. By interpreting the public to the business and the business to the public, any enterprise serving the public can reveal an appealing story to raise sales. Fresh, country-born writers also offer vivid outside views on city life.
The origin traces to Spain where hosts offered guests home-grown tobacco with the phrase Eg de mi cigarral meaning it is from my garden. Cigarral meant an orchard and was read as the gift rather than its origin, becoming cigarro then cigar. Cigarette derives from cigar a small form, meaning a small cigar.
This cookbook provides menus and recipes for all occasions from Valentine luncheons to bride receptions. It includes ideas for children's parties and teenage gatherings as well as toddlers. Send 10 cents to Easy Entertaining care of Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois to obtain a copy for the kitchen library.
Summary of next week’s feature by Eleanor Howe on planning and preparing delicious food. Tips include making pastry tender and flaky, roasting meats to the proper turn, and seasoning soups and sauces for healthier family meals.
Practical kitchen and home tips cover lamp shades kettle hints, cake sugar sift, iced coffee generosity, pipe leaks fix, leftover sandwiches, browning butter, oatmeal substitute eggs, serving ware for cold foods, ink removal, emergency can labels.
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected by the International Council of Religious Education under license. Copyright notices indicate usage by permission.
A compact study on forgiveness rooted in Matthew 18 21 35 and Ephesians 2 8 showing unlimited forgiveness as a core Christian duty, motives of mercy and judgment, cautions against condoning sins, and the link between divine pardon and human forgiveness. It stresses that genuine Christian faith implies forgiving others to receive God’s forgiveness.
A terse reflection cites Proverbs 29 20 warning that haste in speech betrays folly and suggests greater hope lies with measured words. The line evokes a cautionary tone about rash talk and its consequences.
Practical guidance on shoe care stain removal cooking and kitchen safety. Suede shines with polish and rub, fruit stains vanish with boiling water, chocolate tea stains come out with cold water, coffee with borax. Mud dries then brushes away, meat pie crusts with half flour half mashed potatoes, lemon juice speeds whipping cream heating, curtains hang even with a rod, kitchen accidents cause one third of home fatalities.
In a Shanghai bungalow shared by several young Englishmen a Chinese houseboy with a shaved round head faced constant taunts from pellets and pats. They promise to stop, but he thanks them and warns he will not make coffee with dishwater anymore.
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