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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
7
A long catalog of home fashion items and party frocks for women. It describes laces, silks, and chiffons used to decorate dressing tables and wardrobes, with examples of bodices, girdles, rosettes, and colored sheer fabrics designed to captivate during winter holidays.
Brilliantly colored prints in silk and cotton gain popularity for winter and spring. Used extensively at Deauville last summer they offer a lively alternative to single tone gowns and appeal to fashion following audiences.
Dairy engineer SK Parks of the U S Department of Agriculture proposes a cheap home made calf stanchion using common pine lumber. The device holds calves at feeding time to reduce fighting and can be set singly or in series on farms near Deltsville and other locations. Blueprints available from the Dairy Division in Washington.
Forestry specialists urge farmers to use improvement cutting to preserve and expand young growth. They recommend leaving desirable species like white pine and red oak while removing less valuable trees. Avoid excessive first cuts to prevent regrowth problems and plan reentry in five to ten years.
New York Ithaca agronomy experts at the College of Agriculture state that acid phosphate does not raise soil acidity. Rhode Island tests show reduced acidity with use, and timing with manure and legumes is advised. About 200 pounds yearly per acre yields good results for grain and hay.
An Oregon farmer paid 2 500 dollars in gopher bounties at 25 cents each over 15 years, clearing 50 acres. A USDA soil survey demonstrator advised poison use. Initial treatment cost 1.50 for poison and 21 for seven days of labor. A second application remains to finish eradication, with only one fresh mound after the first treatment.
A reminder that rust is formed by iron water and air and that machinery exposed to open weather needs protection to prevent costly damage. The piece stresses the duty to protect equipment to save money time and property.
A brief note advises removing garden trash and burning it to maintain fertility via manure and fertilizers. It suggests the practice helps control pests and diseases, though not completely, and mentions plowed soil aiding work and broader insect and disease management.
As leaves fall, gardeners rake lawn clippings and plant matter into piles for compost. They suggest scattering a shovel full of lime as garden lime is useful beyond fertilization, and note ground limestone can be bought cheaply at building material yards.
The article recommends burning garden rubbish after harvest to kill injurious insects and plant diseases that overwinter in dead stalks and refuse. It notes drying the material and burning it as the best plan to reduce future garden trouble, while acknowledging some organic matter will be destroyed.
The article discusses modernization risks to Venice’s famed beauty and endorses a policy to divert trade to a new harbor on the mainland at Marghera and Mestre. A ship canal will connect the mainland ports to the sea, continuing the Guidecca canal and preserving the aquatic city’s heritage.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain free bluing that prevents ugly grimy streaks on clothing. The copy claims good results and notes the product is carried by all grocers.
A narrator recalls a romance steeped in antique manners as a woman guides him to the living room and a window overlooking a distant wreck. The dialogue hints at a nostalgic past with floral imagery and a faint mining song in the background.
A fragment references Att. Wadleigh as a man of affairs and notes a remark about not giving ten cents to the uplift, attributed to the Birmingham Age-Herald.
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