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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
4
The article outlines timing and methods for iris planting to optimize growth. It covers soil, watering, weed control, and fertilizer needs, noting differences among Japan iris and related types. It emphasizes deep watering, avoiding drought, July to September feeding, and avoiding weed competition. It lists many iris varieties by color and name and stresses careful handling for best emergence and bloom.
Readers receive a jumbled guide touching on flowers fruit trees and foliage care. It mentions inducing blooms, mulch, watering, and pruning while offering scattered reflections on manners and self improvement amidst garden topics.
Advice on shading, watering, and light for ferns and houseplants. Transplanting timing, careful space management for roses, pruning June bushes, and feeder recommendations. Summer bloomers like gloxinias and begonias need sun exposure and winter rest. Includes a rustic quote about a dog as a friend in Kansas City.
A fashion overview notes women favor heavy fur in jackets and sleeves, with cuffs doubling as muffs and wide fur hems. Evening wraps imitate Russian coats, using beaver and sealskin accents. The fur trade thrives as designers push extreme peltry trends mirroring early 20th century style.
Fall fashion notes describe wash dresses for school in ginghams, percales, linens, and other fabrics with plain, plaid, or striped trims. Descriptions cover middy blouses, sailor effects, three piece outfits, and coats with minimal flare. Belts, sashes, collars, and cuffs emphasize self material fabrics.
The Woman's Home Companion fashion editor notes a shift from simple coiffure to a pompadour with puffs and curls for autumn. The slanting pompadour, low in front and rising to the crown, adds softening features. Diessmaking millinery and jewelry highlight beauty and simplicity, while fads should avoid extravagance.
Bine and white Japanese doilies popular for summer can be transformed into small mending bags. Pair two doilies of equal size, feather-stitch them, attach to oval rings for openings, and add ribbon loops with bows. Edge square doilies with narrow Irish lace and finish by folding corners over rings. Natural silk hose and pale tan stockings rise in fashion with patent leather shoes and dark skirts.
The latest taffeta frocks showcase contrasting gem tones. Lapidary silver necklace with lapis and emerald hues complements a green taffeta gown and hat. Underskirts return in accordion plaiting aiding movement. Paris ribbons fall short in quality, prompting trims in millinery. Striped black and white frocks rise in vogue with bold trimming accents.
A penniless neighbor helps Johnny Gibson’s family face debt after an accident exposes a stranger who becomes a guardian. Aunt Marcia, a young music teacher, safeguards a two thousand dollar stash in a pocketbook and refuses to abandon the injured man. The patient, once healed, praises Marcia, and the Gibsons’ life is transformed as love and duty unite them.
Advice notes on kerosene emulsion to control plant lice, mixing steps, and spraying use. Then guidance on studying cotton textiles with samples from stores and evaluating fabric qualities. Concludes with a gasoline engine claim of exceptional fuel efficiency.
The passage describes Fijians as Melanesian with Polynesian admixture, noting skin, hair, and features, and lists traits such as sensitive, proud, vindictive, hospitable, and courteous. It mentions Fijians in Austria engaged in agriculture and reports export values for sugar, pearl shells, beche de mer, copra, coconut oil, and coconuts totaling about $5,000,000 annually. It also includes an unrelated moral about winding a watch in the morning to maximize spring power during the day.
Allan R. Hewley president of the Aero club speaks in New York on Balkan affairs. He says the allies need not fear the Balkan situation and notes Germany wooing Italy and the Balkans with limited success. He compares the Balkans’ response to Germany to a pretty girl and an old banker. The page also includes assorted ads and snippets on pimple remedies and everyday topics.
A humorous dialogue contrasts two opinions on painting a home. One advises brown and the other quips that the speaker would avoid painting altogether if in the other's place. The exchange features dry, witty repartee typical of playful social banter.
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