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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
6
Fashion notes from CHERIE NICHOLAS II outline wartime dress planning. The favored silhouette emphasizes a long torso and box pleated skirts, with boleros and slim wrap styles returning to the fashion picture. Readers see navy coats, printed frocks, and bold color contrasts from Chicago showings.
A young couple defies their fathers plans to arrange marriage. Gordon and Della reject parental coercion, attend a family meeting, then secretly wed the same day after revealing their love and independence. The fathers finally concede, admitting they were wrong to force the match.
The story highlights two major fashion messages: allover embroidery on wool or wool-like fabrics and simple wool frocks finished with a hemline flounce. Flounces add a feminine note to daytime frocks, with designers showing these details in top collections.
A Chicago preview displayed spring and summer lines for 18,000 buyers from 17 states. Fabrics like chambrays calicos and denims moved into women’s and children’s fashions reflecting wartime practicality. Designers emphasized defense needs and everyday wear from dresses to work uniforms while girdles and hostess coats retained some luxury.
A riot of frilly neckwear and new mil liner hats join this season. Wide brimmed straw or felt hats outlined with organdy frills echo the showy jabot. The jabot remains one of the season’s key neckwear items.
Women in the serving industry will both serve and adorn it as a spring and summer style show features trousered uniforms in denim and chambray without trim or buttons and with tight cuffs as accident prevention details noted at the event.
The article explains why four eyed fish possess two sets of eyes, each pair looking up or down. Living at the water surface, they rely on upward vision to spot insects above and downward vision to see prey just beneath, aiding feeding in saltwater and occasional river habitats.
Lent emphasis on seafood vegetables and dairy yields bright meals. Recipes include a macaroni and cheese bake with egg mix and evaporated milk, a cream cheese omelet with chives, and a Spinach Ring with Goldenrod Eggs using spinach and oil for a hearty Lenten option.
A historical menu lists Cream of Asparagus Soup, Green Peas, Baked Potatoes, Carrot Pineapple Raisin Salad, Popovers, Butter, Fruit Cup, Cookies, Coffee Tea Milk. Recipe notes describe spinach ring mold with Goldenrod Eggs and a cheese souffle, plus Cornflake Dream Bars cake-bake steps and assembly.
Lynn lists lemon butter vinegar butter mustard butter and parsley butter as flavor enhancers for leafy greens cabbage broccoli cauliflower Brussels sprouts artichokes onions greens and broccoli. A tart sauce with egg yolks cream lemon juice nutmeg and butter pairs well with fish and vegetables.
A 24 page piano guide offering basic chords and music theory, plus three practice airs and a life size keyboard chart. Send your order to the publisher for purchase details and delivery.
Raleigh Cigarettes announce a weekly jingle contest in this paper with 133 prizes awarded each week, inviting readers to participate and submit entries as part of the promotion.
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