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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
3
The fashion forecast emphasizes novelty in dress trims for the coming season. Fringes, beads, opalescent and metal threads, embroidered bands, and chiffon floral trims lead the trend. Tunics show directoire influence with draped or slashed silhouettes and demi-flouncings, while braids offer numerous decorative options for morning frocks.
Describes a Green tweed sacque coat with lace frill and strap trim paired with a matching skirt and a black velvet hat with a velvet ribbon. Includes fabric quantities five yards of tweed 46 inches wide, twelve yards of lining, five buttons. Also outlines a simple home dress with Magyar bodice, high plain waist, braided trim, and fabric needs three and a half yards 42 inches wide, six buttons, six yards braid.
Describes a pale blue zephyr dress for a ten to twelve year old girl with a box pleat. includes a navy blue pinafore for six to eight years in sateen with white sprigs. Materials list specifies 2 yards 28 inches wide fabric and 3 buttons.
The Dry Goods Economist forecasts ongoing popularity of borders through next spring and summer. The trend includes agaric yarn borders jacquards embroideries Carrick macross lace open work lattice printed warps satin velours and related trims. Lingerie fabrics gain attention with tissues mulls boucle and agaric yarn embellishments on white grounds.
Fashion notes describe silk blouses and similar new items in stock with emphasis on fabric quality and style options. The piece highlights comfortable yet elegant designs suitable for work and social events.
A vented cellar rack system reduces waste from decay. Build a movable peg framed shelf with slats half an inch apart to ensure air circulation. Separate fruit and vegetable racks allow adjustable spacing and long lasting storage with minimal spoilage.
The September Cold Is describes piling apple barrels in stacked levels. Floor and top 2x4 sticks support each barrel head to avoid side contact. Five or six tiers high, barrels should align above each other and grain on heads kept vertical to reduce crushing risk.
The article argues that choice fruit cannot be grown without protection from pests. It likens a proper spraying outfit to essential farm tools like harrows and pruning implements for apple growers.
The Flemish Beauty pear, from Belgium over 50 years ago, is a fine size and quality with good winter hardiness in the northwest but prone to pear blight in Pennsylvania and the Midwest. Other later varieties such as Bartlett Boustock Howell Seckel Bose also offer good quality and reliable crops.
A brief note on mixtures for sprucing fruit trees as fertilizer. The text emphasizes using effective blends to support growth and health of trees during spring season.
New England apple growers test a direct sale to commission agents with fixed deductions. The agent handles storage and transportation and gains from higher selling prices, while the farmer receives the remainder after costs. The plan, though not widespread, is expected to replace the old method as its benefits become known.
Inventor Herman L. Darling of Delta Colorado describes a motor driven vibration system for fruit trees to move sap to buds and blossoms during April and May freezes. The device uses a small electric motor and wires to transmit a trembling motion to limbs twigs and buds to bolster resistance to frost damage.
The hired man is essential in apple planting and must respect the tree. Larger trees are favored to gain this respect. The hired man will not harm a two year old tree as often as a whip.
The text offers practical orchard guidance including protecting pear trees from rabbits and mice with ash and soapsuds, banning overgrading, removing dried brush to reduce pests, sticking to proven apple varieties, and preserving trunks by avoiding manure near trees. It also suggests simple storage practices like avoiding trenching when storing vegetables and piling soil rather than digging.
Thomas Martindale recalls a Philadelphia hunter who after firing several shots into a copse shouts for his companions to come out. As the group emerges he exults that he has shot a buck, illustrating the strange effects of buck fever during opening deer season.
A Manchester Guardian excerpt notes a cautious modern boy declining a bonfire invitation with conditions. He asks whether his own bonfire exists or if his father will take him to Belle Vue, otherwise he would be glad to attend if invited to a better bonfire.
Emeralds dominantly come from Colombia with high value despite diamond prestige. Flawless emeralds may fetch about three times a flawless diamond in jewelry markets. India is noted as a historic source, while Oriental emeralds differ as a ruby variety, rare and green.
A couple wedding with an out of town justice of the peace prompts a joke as the magistrate asks a traditional marriage question. The groom, after a pause, asks to substitute an indefinite term ending with death or parting, prompting a humorous moment reported by Puck.
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