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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
6
A journalism era fashion feature advises debutantes and career girls on stylish fall wardrobes. It highlights kidskin jackets, gray fur, corsages, college colors, and accessories like hats, gloves, and velvet dresses, with tone pitched to college social life and football season.
Captain Haskins averts a mutiny on the Alice Martin as first mate Greeley and crew leaders plot to force a Talamo stop for rations. Finn cook Kling uses appetizing odors to lure the captain into a rethink, exposing the mutiny plan and turning the ship back to sea.
The article introduces long narrow bags with protective tricks to safeguard valuables and hold makeup essentials like lipstick and hanky. It notes an oriental Chinese influence in initials and matching jewelry such as bracelet earrings and lapel pins, plus a black suede bag with a pocket and tucked detail.
The piece notes a fashion trend of wearing multiple pins and clips as a display of honor, with butterfly motifs and bevy arrangements gaining popularity. It mentions twin to quintuplet groupings, jeweled butterfly wings, and clip sets linked by delicate chains, plus large flower sprays and the return of long necklaces as jewelry news.
Fabrics used in fall collections appear near the end of their supply as merchants warn that lavish silks could become scarcer. Current silks set trends for domestic rayon weaves reproducing rich faille, satin, brocade, and related textiles while stiff silk weaves align with slim silhouettes in standout costumes and evening blouses.
The article notes that income level influences card game popularity. Pinochle thrives among lower income players while Bridge declines toward the wealthier brackets. American Poker remains broadly popular across classes, appealing to rich and poor alike, with Auction Bridge following closely in popularity. The text also observes gender patterns and regional preferences, hinting at social psychology behind game choices.
Homemakers are urged to build the country’s backbone by feeding families balanced meals. Emphasis on affordable options, vitamins A B1 B2 C and D, with sources like milk, eggs, liver, cheese, leafy greens, citrus, tomatoes, and fortified milk. Vitamin D from cod liver oil, sun exposure, or irradiated milk noted.
A health feature explains how calcium phosphorus iodine and magnesium support bones blood and nerves. It lists calcium rich foods like milk greens and cabbage and pairs iron with copper. The recipe Liver and Vegetable Pie serves 6 to 8 and uses pork liver onions carrots and a biscuit topping baked at 450 degrees for twenty minutes.
This intake guide outlines daily nutrition targets for children and nursing mothers and general adults. It covers milk vegetables fruits eggs lean meat cereals bread and butter and occasional sweets as a dessert or candy.
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