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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
7
Agricultural tips cover gopher control, seed quality, feed economics, silo use, and crop rotation. Notes stress alfalfa value, dairy herd management, poultry care, and the need for clean hay, disease-free seed, and proper seedbed conditions for good yields.
The notes advise cleanliness in dairying, crop care, and livestock management. Topics include pig tail canker, potato dry rot, silage benefits, seed germination, and feed mixes for chickens and ducks. Tips cover alfalfa cultivation, cow peas, manure use, and careful water management for market ducks.
A description of two children's hats: a simple straw braid hat with a broad crown, drooping brim, apple blossom wreath, and a second bonnet style made of thin silk with lace braid, yuffles, rosette loops, June rose clusters, and hanging ribbon ends.
The article notes diverse foulard designs blending plain and spotted fabrics with twill silk and satin accents. It highlights the revived bang hairstyle, its compatibility with hats and gowns, and several current coifs featuring twisted drapery, conical shaping, and coronal plaits to frame the face.
A solid color surah twill silk attracts favorable notice from fashion editors. Paris model houses use it for tailored suits and three piece costumes. The fabric mimics satin use, offers a high dusting surface, and suits summer wear in many U S regions. Domestic mills can produce surah.
The article discusses waistline changes across formal gowns and street wear. It notes that while reception and dancing gowns favor a soft waistline, streets require a conventional silhouette. Evening gowns also move toward swathed draperies and close fitting lines to maintain shape during dynamic events.
Navy tones dominate outdoor wear with deep plums blacks and bright blues. Red white trimmings appear on navy serges. Green plays a lesser role this winter, while blue and green blends and mustard with reseda feature in chiffons and sain fabrics.
A small homemade device helps absent-minded people remember engagements. An arrow drawn on the watch glass points to the exact minute and hour of a planned meeting. If multiple engagements exist, set the arrow to the first, then check the others. Regularly consult the watch to ensure effectiveness.
A Popular Mechanics device uses a cork with two pins and two equal weight knives on opposite sides. A sloped flat rule rests on book supports. The cork rocks and shifts between pins, causing it to glide along the rule in a comical demonstration.
The piece explains stripe coloration in tigers as camouflage in Asian jungles, noting how grasses and light/shadow match their skin to approach prey unseen. It contrasts lions in Africa with sandy coats for desert-wilderness camouflage and cites coloration as protective. It also mentions concealment for timid herbivores from carnivores and general examples of protective coloration in animals.
A little girl, berated by her mother for misbehavior and told that God would not save her, retorts that God is not the commanding officer of the post, highlighting a sharp, humorous moment from military life.
A Baltimore Star summary of Goucher College newcomers shows twenty seek teaching careers, twenty others have varied aims. Freshmen cite eastward experience, education quality, and college life. some join due to relatives present or to pursue music at Peabody. A western student values libraries and cultural outings in Washington and Annapolis.
A short admonition advises looking before you walk and thinking before you speak to avoid trouble, pain, and tears. It warns that keeping eyes skyward leads to stubbing toes and falling to the cold ground, urging carefulness and forethought.
A paper folding craft creates a circle of Indians holding hands when unfolded and joined by paste. A follow up experiment uses punched holes in cardboard to rest a covered vessel and heat water to boil, then place miniature Indians on the cover to simulate a dance.
A playful Q and A of wordplay and jokes. Questions include puns on manners, vessels, coats and hardware. It features rhymes about dates ages and letters and ends with a quip about a one wheeled vehicle called a wheelbarrow.
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