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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
8
Fashion writers note a trend toward pairing prints with plain wools across jackets, capes, and dress ensembles. Tiny motifs, red prints, and silk print linings elevate daytime and teen outfits, with prints appearing as trims, piping, bindings, and accessories to enliven monotone dresses and coats.
A new vogue shows a cluster of flowers worn at each side of the head, balanced symmetrically. The flowers are caught to a ribbon band or one of the new hairbands that fit to the head.
Rosy fashion spotlight features roses across cottons and trims for summer. Waffle piques muslins and glazed chintz showcase rose motifs. American Beauty roses decorate bodices and skirts on hand painted sheets. Sailor hats and single long stem corsages complete the rose themed look.
Cotton fabrics form a surplus commodity vital to homemakers with many uses. There are numerous cotton fibers creating at least 30 fabrics for dresses, while cotton supplies sheets, pillow cases, ticking, curtains, draperies, upholstery, towels, and dish towels.
A playful promotion celebrates frilly neckwear with jabots frilled edges frilled collars and yokes. The piece highlights bold Regency inspired styles and a trend toward over the top detailing for all.
Mary Etta and Tom wrestle with money woes while Laura nerves through a tense Covington dinner scene. Kathleen frets as Mike Maguire brings an unfamiliar guest, Ritchie Graham, up to the home, threatening Laura and Mary Etta with social fallout. Conflicts swirl over in law tensions and financial stress amid family power plays.
Kathleen faces Alec’s absence due to drinking and a rumored rendezvous with Myra Boone. He resents newsroom life and chafes at idle drift, while Kathleen harbors heartbreak over his risky choices and a strained sibling bond. The scene hints at looming family conflict and Alec’s restless energy.
Patterns Sewing Circle presents dress pattern 1333 B sized for 36 through 62 with two neckline options a plain v neck and narrow revers fully described yardage for 39 inch fabric braid and contrast neck fold includes sew chart order details and address for requests.
A compact trivia card asks seven questions. It probes obiter dicta in law, the meaning of M with a bar in Roman numerals, the sunniest U S locations, ghost shrimp translucence, rose fragrance variability, Everest submergence in the Pacific, and the tallest church height in the world.
The sunniest spots in the United States lie in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California. The ghost shrimp is so transparent that the beating of its heart can be seen through its shell. Of the thousands of rose varieties, not more than 50 are fragrant. If Mount Everest were on the Pacific ocean floor near the Philippines its summit would be submerged 6 000 feet. The Protestant cathedral in Ulm, Germany has the world’s highest church spire at 528 feet, about a 44 story height.
A jumble of voices recalls an accident description and a bemused guest story. A man half-drowned jokes about swimming while recounting attire. Banter includes a Mayflower question, a bride’s mother deception, and a lighthearted bell rope gag.
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