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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
3
The text argues that women do most household buying and should learn the art, linking this to duties and responsibilities. It traces weaving origins to early shelters and notes cotton as the most valuable fiber, detailing its crops, purity, bleaching, storage, and moisture impact on supply and weave.
The article explains cotton versus wool properties, washing needs, shrinking behavior, and various cotton grades. It describes Sea Island, American, Egyptian, and Gulf Cotton, plus fiber processing from picking and ginning to spinning and dyeing. It notes dyeing widths, printing by rollers, and evaluating bottom goods by weave and knot count.
Delmar Presbyterian Church announces Bible school at 9 a.m. and morning worship at 11 with a theme Applying the Word of God. Sabbath school parents urged to attend. Evening service at 7:30 on Great by greater Service. Ladies' Aid to present The Old Maid's Convention in the high school gym next Monday night Feb 7. Admission 35 cents adults 25 cents children.
EH Beckstead, a prominent hog raiser, decries high priced stock foods and remedies. He credits minerals mixed with bran for rapid hog growth and health, claiming the simple plan yields better results. He urges sending two dollars to Mineraline Chemical Co. for enough mineraline to make 100 pounds.
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