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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1915
Page
5
An analysis of fashion trends questioning why women wear pantalets despite ugliness, paired with wartime economic shifts. The piece notes landlords claim rents rise from soldiers’ pay routed to wives, altering debt habits and rent collection as women manage funds during the war. It highlights class differences in spending behavior and the impact on tenant reliability.
The piece notes OLINSEY fur trimming returning with seal ing in reach of the few. Belver goods are common again. Ribbon dominates trims while high collars return, sleeves bulge and skirts widen wildly. The author asks readers how they like their silhouette and jokes about warmth in hot venues.
A Halloween party described as a festive, romantic custom where guests decorate rooms with pumpkins and witches, hostesses plan games and feasts, and revelers perform fortune telling with apples and mirrors. The piece notes the night’s informal, playful tone and the enduring appeal of Halloween gatherings across generations.
A verbose recount describes a newly hired cook in a tense kitchen scene. The hostess questions the maid as a dinner unfolds with mint sauce, whipped cream, and a lamb course. Miscommunications lead to chaos and veer into an odd aside on eugenics as the meal progresses without proper supervision.
A curiously framed snippet follows a young housekeeper who likens cooking to following a recipe from a cookbook. She insists on stocking larragen vinegar, mushrooms, olives, curry powder, cayenne, chives, capers, and many sauces to elevate everyday dishes. She argues flavor should guide meals, not salt and pepper alone.
In this tale of the Townbreds, Mrs Townbred pushes to buy five acres from Mr Shawkey near their ten acre tract. After neighbor warnings about a possible road, Mr Townbred backs the idea only after careful price talk and a two week think over. The couple acts like practical buyers, negotiating terms and delaying until the price and road issue are resolved.
A humorous tale follows a Young Man on a tight budget who learns to manage money after adopting frugal habits. Inspired by a coworker who lives on little pay, he decides to borrow to cover a shortfall until the First of the month. The piece skewers cash woes and delayed paydays with a comic voice.
A rambling vignette describes a borrower who stalls repayment until the first of the month. The narrator notes the borrower’s habit of delaying debt, the social sting of being seen as a “small change borrower,” and the paradox of being “All Right” yet perpetually broke.
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