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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
6
A fashion writer notes the sash has moved from ornament to main fashion staple, with wide ribbons and panels transforming dresses. Designers from Calot to Paris lace, silk, and ribbon sashes into varied silhouettes, knottings, and cascades, shaping color and form in women’s frocks.
A leading American dresshouse showcases Nile green crepe de chine evening wear with a plain bodice and long brown lace scarf at the waist. Lace remains central to summer fashion with broad color variety and renewed lacemaking, while black and white combos persist for practicality and style. Gray satin and black crepe de chine appear in new French designs with simple chemise silhouettes and eye catching sash accents.
Agricultural specialists note home vegetable gardens will stabilize urban food supplies in 1921 as in recent years. A tenth of an acre can supply most family needs with seeds and fertilizer under 18 dollars, about 100 hours of work, distributed over 20 weeks. Gardens promise high value returns and reduce reliance on middlemen and transportation while aiding health and recreation.
The notice outlines a contract framework for direct egg sales by parcel post. It recommends 5 dozen weekly demand, agreed price above wholesale, written initial terms then possible verbal followings, payment options, and a yearly schedule with seasonable supply adjustments and replacement for breakage losses.
Trains of Ince introduces spring fashion with new hats and fabrics. Narrow ribbons, flame shades, and self embroidered trims appear on suits and dresses. White kid waistcoats, silver embroidery, and bead trim highlight ensembles. Paris favors high closed necklines while capes impact sport wraps.
Hens fed meat fish or milk aside from grain show 38 to 66 percent more eggs than grain only. Soybeans are recommended for hay, especially when clover fails, to start a spring crop. In 1920 American crops and livestock sales reached about 19.856 billion dollars.
Soybeans do not thrive on sour soils. Like other legumes, they perform poorly in sour ground, suggesting farmers should plant on better soil for higher yields and lower costs.
Marketing experts from the U S Department of Agriculture say the main aim of parcel post trade is to secure modest price gains for producers while offering better products at the same or lower prices for consumers. They doubt eggs will move heavily by parcel post and expect market quotations to remain the pricing basis.
Early spring gardeners often rush to try many vegetables. The USDA cautions limiting to 15 to 20 kinds. Emphasizes well prepared seed beds and deeply pulverized soil for successful growth.
William A Radford promotes a gambrel roof frame barn with hollow tile foundation to house nine cows six horses and several calves. The article argues durable, sanitary equipment raises milk quality and production and urges farmers to invest in best building practices to attract the next generation.
The article discusses a prevalent belief that white eggs command higher prices and contrasts it with research and opinions from Houston Goudiss. It explains modern barn design and labor-saving equipment, including fresh air intakes and carriages for litter, to improve efficiency and appeal to workers. It notes price differences by region and the influence of consumer bias on egg value.
An example of water power development reports the Jhelum River hydroelectric scheme in Cashmere. The system helps deepen its own hollows and prevent flooding of 200000 acres of land, enabling agricultural expansion despite no coal and the long distance to the nearest railway.
A brief Victorian era style exchange notes a governess or servant applicant who asks about work. The dialogue mentions six months' service for a duke and duchess of St Stephen's and hints at hidden motives and employment guidance.
The notice urges women to consider kidney or bladder disease as a common source of suffering. It claims Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer cures kidney, liver and bladder issues, offering a sample bottle for ten cents and directions to buy larger bottles at drug stores.
Nearly all market poultry and egg buyers now purchase on a quality basis. A case of good eggs with uniform color, averaging two ounces, clean and fresh from standard-bred hens is worth more than a case of mixed eggs from scrub flocks.
A brief chatter from a New York Sun page notes Calder returning from a honeymoon moon and seeking shelter as an apartment billed as rented over its head forces a temporary pause. It hints at artistic livelihood and urban alembic without heavy detail.
The note suggests ordering Black Hil spruce or White spruce for an effective windbreak. It lists Willow, Norway poplar and Box elder as quick growing but shorter lived options.
The article advises that hens need abundant insects and worms from free range or beef scraps and bone meal to produce many eggs. It defines a good hen as laying 150 eggs annually, with 200 as a top tier, noting the average is about 100. It also recommends careful breeding to exceed average output. It promotes Irish Cobbler as the best early potato and stresses controlling weeds for a good lawn.
The article argues that proper sowing of oats shows no material yield difference between broadcasting and drilling. It emphasizes technique and consistency over method, noting that with correct practice both methods can produce similar results.
Feathers carry deep religious meaning for Indians with a feather equated to a prayer. A feather tied to a stick and hidden in a shrine serves urgent requests. Feathers dangle in huts as tokens of prayers for trifles, while squaws in Virginia wore feather fringed mantles and colonial records note dense blue feather sewing resembling satin.
The text describes dreams as blends of memory and experience with emotional states. It notes that dreams differ by age and ability, arguing prophetic dreams come from the cosmic mind as symbolic language, akin to biblical symbolism.
Airman De Romanet sets a new speed record between three and four miles a minute prompting Lieut. W. Maynard to toast the moment in New York. He imagines a future of rapid flight as a 1950s anecdote contrasts with Britain as a distant, passing group.
The first successful colonial postal system was created by William Penn in 1683 38. He appointed Henry Waldy of Tekonny to maintain a post and supply passengers with horses from Philadelphia to Newcastle or the Falls of the Delaware.
A rotund churchyard fan taunts a mausoleum owner about judgment day. the owner replies with pride and a grim quip. The exchange, recounted in A Harper's Magazine tone, mocks vanity and fate without graphic detail.
A curious note from the Kansas City Star questions why an American doughboy closes his eyes while being decorated by a French army officer. The brief hints at ceremony and cross allied rituals during a wartime moment.
An advertisement touts All's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts the medicine destroys the disease’s foundation, strengthens the patient, and supports natural healing, with druggists and circulars free.
A fragment notes an elderly affluent group recalling times when they went hungry amidst a moral framing. The piece hints at resilience and social contrasts in their youth and later prosperity.
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