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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
6
Cherie Nicholas highlights hand crocheted mercerized cotton dresses as versatile year round wear. The piece notes updated crochet fashions with molded fits, zippered fronts, crocheted belts, and lacy cool silhouettes suitable for young women and mature figures, with guidance to shop for yarns and patterns.
Edith Head, top Hollywood costume designer, predicts fall and winter styles will be lavish and romantic with varied lengths. She expects social events to grow more formal as individuality replaces the past uniform looks. Materials will be luxurious, with silks, brocades, velvets and embroidery ruling.
Women buy smart new coats in midsummer collections made of rich silk fabric. The appeal of these handsome suits draws the best dressed fashionables. A Bengaline hand made costume will carry through until frost.
A white silk chiffon evening gown with red polka dots captivates for country club wear and starlit city nights. The ensemble features a halo hat in red, a red kid belt with a fabric bow, and a new bubble glass bracelet that shimmers in prismatic colors.
John A. Rollins of Decatur Illinois a refrigerator repairman and his helper faced death when a freezer door locked them inside a fish market cooler room dropping to 15 below zero. With only a two bladed penknife they hacked through plaster and cork created a small exit and called for help. A passerby broke in and freed them.
A vintage household note highlights a popular cold cuts platter with salami liver sausage boiled ham and corned beef plus cheese pickles radish watercress and diverse serving ideas. It lists six tested recipes such as Luncheon Slices Ham and Cheese Pinwheels Rarebit Sandwich Filling Corned Beef de Luxe and Salami Salad, plus a pitch for the Easy Entertaining cookbook from Eleanor Howe in Chicago.
A cedar totem pole from Tongass Island in southeastern Alaska, 60 feet high and 6 feet in circumference, stood for nearly a century and was found by Seattle businessmen in August 1899 before being moved to Pioneer Square. Madame Thebes predicted the French president’s death in 1899 and foretold Europe’s upheavals, with the World War era confirming her prophecies.
Purdue university experiment station studies show a clean dust bag improves cleaning. Empty the bag after each daily use and do not wash it as washing damages the finish that keeps it dustproof. Dust pickup depends on pushing speed and machines clean best at one to two feet per second. Avoid picking up pins tacks or glass to prevent bag holes or fan blade damage. Keep the machine in a clean protected space.
When planning house wiring the kitchen is often neglected though it uses more outlets than any room. Lighting and appliance power demand vary. plan for a heavy load and many outlets to accommodate lamps clocks and radios.
Ropiness in bread is caused by a bacillus and makes the bread unfit for use. All containers used in mixing, baking, and storing the bread should be sterilized by boiling. Ropiness does not develop immediately after baking but is signaled by a disagreeable odor.
To remove jar covers from preserves, place the jar top downward in hot water for five to ten minutes. Remove the jar and insert a steel kitchen knife at different points under the rubber to let air in. The cover can then be removed easily.
Instructions advise adding dye or tint to the washing machine along with soap flakes to achieve more even coloring when washing curtains.
Peter Pond a Milford Connecticut born fur trader and explorer whose restless life spanned Canada the Mississippi valley and the Northwest Company helped fuel Mackenzie’s Pacific expedition. Irish born Thomas Phelan famed for sword prowess dueling and Dreyfus affair fame endured prison and duels before proving Esterhazy the forger. Thirty Thirty Jack Pratt nicknamed for his rifle led a varied Alaska life as diver prospector and saloon operator while crossing paths with Rex Beach and Jack London in Wrangell.
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