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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1914
Page
6
A fashion page highlights rich velvet ensembles with fur trims and color contrasts. Velvet gowns, bolero jackets, and tailored frocks feature black and white motifs with bold color accents, threadwork beads, and gilded girdles. Elegant accessories include hats and draped velvet collars in brown and ivory tones.
A vintage style guide urges careful use of cosmetics to enhance appearance without obvious alteration. It notes cleansing the face with cold cream before rouge or powder, matching tones to hair and skin, and blending rouge into skin to avoid harsh edges. It warns against overdoing makeup and stresses natural-looking results.
Collara Jabots fichus and vest effects define fashion. Velvet draped muffs appear large and elaborately trimmed. Two tone hosiery offers varied color schemes. Women’s shoes feature black cloth tops with dull kid vamps and no tips. Blouses conceal the figure while up to date embroidery is heavily padded, especially with worsted padding to emphasize hand work.
A period pattern describes a fine serge or tweed skirt with a front panel ending in a wide box pleat and a back center seam. It features striped trim, satin revers, a satin edged collar with a narrow frill, wide frills at the wrists, and required materials of 4 yards 44 inches, 1/2 yard and 22 inches, 1/2 yard satin 22 inches.
The piece describes the etiquette for birth announcements noting a pale pink bordered note sent within a day to close relatives and friends. It details the folded sheet’s size and its bearing on a boy’s card of the father’s coat of arms while noting that a girl’s card cannot carry a crest.
An unclear note describes clothing trends where bulky gowns cling at the feet and ankles. It cites flexible weightings and the importance of petticoats, while outer garments appear scant, influencing the undergarment emphasis.
Moody Bible Institute guide outlines Jesus sending seventy as heralds to prepare towns for his coming. Emphasizes prayer alongside work, lamb like conduct, danger from wolves, dependence on divine aid, peaceful bearing in homes, and accepting offers without greed. The lesson ties to bodily and spiritual ministry and the coming kingdom.
William A Radford presents a free reader service on building questions while touting a five room cottage design called a bungalow. The piece argues small low cost homes meet rising taxes and wages, highlighting thoughtful layout, bright rooms, a large living space, a veranda, a kitchen dining area, and a workshop for the mistress. It notes air and light limits in dense houses and suggests suburban building for better air quality and comfort.
A Chicago banquet highlights Winnipeg growth from 2,000 to 200,000 in thirty years. Mayor Deacon cites prairie grain wealth and vast arable land, projecting railroads and trade expansion across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The piece extols Western Canada’s fusion of energy, population growth, and Anglo-Saxon unity amid rising grain yields and economic potential.
The passage quotes Carlyle on those “rich in the power to be miserable.” It argues some people cannot be happy unless unhappy and thereby spread misery to others. It notes they rarely enjoy anything except poor health as their specialty.
A garbled excerpt presents a stray conversation about why a man arriving late wears squeaky shoes. The text includes incomplete phrases about marriage and disappointment, offering little coherent narrative or identifiable facts.
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