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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
8
A 1917.9 essay by Laura Jean Libbey extols a devoted woman as essential when men face adversity. It contrasts steadfast partners with frivolous flappers, recounting a tale of a man who leaves a good post for Mexico, returns to hardship, and finds solace with the loyal woman who supports prudent, shared aims.
A fragment from a New York poem collection presents comfort in a wandering comet. The speaker contrasts the comet's ordered voyage with humanity's uncertainties, claiming the celestial wanderer offers solace greater than countless steady stars.
A Norwegian steamship line, facing ice floes on Siberian Arctic routes, considers arming each ship with an airplane and a trained crewman. The airman would scout ahead to locate clear water or map floe extents, guiding captains to the shortest passage around obstructions.
A collection of pointed quips and proverbs from the Indianapolis Star. The phrases mix folk wisdom with sharp witticisms about gifts, finance, and punctuality.
A playful dialogue piece features a seedy citizen discussing domestic infelicity and a washerwoman with timid manners. A romance note reveals a zoo encounter between a couple, provoking jokes about animal comparisons. A congressman jokes about handling insufferable constituents in Washington.
The dialogue notes a father offering to pay half the furnishing costs for a couple to marry. Critics quip on who will cover the remainder and reflect on parental attitudes toward money, happiness, and moral fears amid social expectations.
A humorous column explores how a couple uses grunts as a private signal. One grunt signals love while two grunts express a desire for quiet and to finish a paper. The piece highlights quirky domestic communication and humor in daily marriage.
Mr. Comrox disputes the provenance claim of a painting asking the dealer to verify how the work is identified as an old master. The exchange suggests reliance on documentation and expert opinion rather than visible signs.
James Bryce once called Tiflis a pearl of the Augstad crown and a melting pot of Europe and Asia. About 40 years later the ancient city reportedly speaks 70 languages in its streets, reflecting vast international mixtures and contrasts.
Recipes describe lemon jelly with pecans salad potatoes dumplings German carrots and a potato yeast bread style mix. Instructions cover heating melting simmering and rising dough with details on quantities times and methods for serving tables.
The satin and Newton’s bower birds build bowers as dance halls in trees. Males adorn entrances with bright objects and flowers and host daily at homes to court females. If flowers are disturbed, the master notes and reorders decorations while others create racket. National Geographic Magazine.
Mrs. Emerson of San Francisco built a seven building portfolio totaling 780 rooms, earning about 600 dollars a month. Widowed with a disabled mother, she started by renting rooms in her flat, then grew to manage offices and apartment houses, hiring 40 employees and often helping with opening design and furnishings. Her instinct guides pricing and hiring.
The muff appears in 1662 with Pepys noting his and his wife’s frost era fashion in St James Park and watching skaters. The accessory then persisted through the eighteenth century, worn by both men and women in portraits and daily life.
Frank D. Tomson urges steady lifelong effort in purebred cattle breeding at the Kansas Improved Stock Breeders Association gathering. He argues pedigrees require intelligent selection and mating and warns against mixing incompatible sires that destroy years of improvement. He notes buyers favor improved stock and that inferior cattle struggle in a competitive market.
The article emphasizes six months of careful calf raising to prevent scours and disease. It covers navel cord treatment with iodine, decisions on keeping calves with dams, feeding schedules by age, and cautions against overfeeding. It also notes Angus yearlings selling for $11.40 and argues heifers can profit in beef production alongside steers.
Heifers properly handled as feeders can be as good as steers. Cattle feeders note that well fed heifers of right quality yield well when mixed with steers, offering strong market potential for stock offered.
When hens begin to lay soft eggs the question arises what food is missing. Most often the fault lies in insufficient shell making material in their feed.
Guidance advises providing chickens with grit to aid digestion and adding lime from oyster shell plaster or broken eggshells to improve digestive processes.
Kansas State extension expert Carl P. Thompson notes kindness to sows has economic value in hog farming. He explains wild sows resist at farrowing, stress can cause trampling and piglets chill if not assisted, and recommends tame sows, warm well-bedded farrowing areas, and guard rails eight inches from wall and floor.
Buff cochin bantam hens are ideal for brooding says N. L. Harris superintendent of the poultry plant at the Kansas State Agricultural college. Their tendency toward setting, quiet disposition, and light weight make them desirable.
Farmers note hens prefer cabbage and beets, with cabbage alone not recommended as eggs quality may drop. Beets and mangels seen as better choices for laying stock.
Instructions note that crates for shipping pet stock should be smaller at the top than the bottom because crates cannot be boxed shut on all sides in the express car. The design reduces leakage and damage during transport.
A 1917 McClure Syndicate piece argues there is a fashion war between peg-top and barrel skirts, pitting exclusive dressmakers against mass market houses. Paris openings force changes, with hemlines shortening and hems slimmed, while American tailors push one piece frocks and matching coats as French designs yield to American skill.
Fashion notes predict a surge in plain shirtwaists resembling men shirts as sport suit trends rise. Experts see a split: many women will still favor lingerie styling with lace and frills, while a younger group embraces plain, practical shirts for riding boating tennis and other sports.
A brief column commentary describes how masculine cuts and mannish blouses flatter a youthful woman. It notes the look as immensely becoming and emphasizes simplicity in design. The tone reflects early 20th century fashion commentary.
Pongee this spring features printed vivid dots on plain back grounds with strips of green blue and red. Neutral grays and tans will appear in suits but receive lavish trims of bright braids ribbons and buttons.
The double faced satin on the outside with wool twill beneath offers a glossy silk look and the warmth and body of wool. It is promoted as unexcelled for sports wear and suitable for smart outfits.
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