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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
8
Fashion notes advise jumpers should match skirts in color and finishing details shape fit. Editors discuss how to tailor jumpers to different figures, suggesting bands, yokes, and V shapes to balance long or short torsos and broad shoulders for a harmonious look.
The Eton bolero jacket remains in demand with a high waist line. authorities approve its longevity. Styles vary from plain to intricate with plaited or braided details, worn with gored skirts or princess fits. Paris notes predict continued use of allover embroidery and melon bonnets gain favor in juvenile fashion.
A baby cap described as three-piece, cut like a circular triangle, joined with lace or fancy stitching. Sections vary with dotted Swiss front and back, middle of baby Irish lace, or all fine nainsook with heavy embroidery. The joining line sits behind the ear for flattering effect.
The article outlines a shift from steel to ivory instruments in nail care, advises readers on at home manicure using nail scissors emery boards pumice stone and sticks, plus polish and buffer. It emphasizes soaking hands pushing back cuticle avoiding cutting at nail base and trimming hangnails carefully.
The article describes a method to pack fragile blooms such as gardenias camellias and orchids by tying each flower to a flat cardboard with holes for ribbons then placing the bundle in a box and tightening it to prevent contact. Watering beforehand extends freshness to three or four days during transit.
The popular diabolo game inspires novelties in charms brooches and hatpins modeled on the spool design A pincushion shaped like a diabolo spool uses an old spool two small cushions at each end and a center ribbon bow A long ribbon loop with a top bow finish adds a wall hanging option for a glass corner.
A writer describes creating a working umbrella by combining a worn cover with a broken rod. They detach the worn frame and cover by driving the pin through the rod, then fit the good cover onto the rod, avoiding wire bending, and prepare for rain.
A girl plans to transform old parasol and umbrella frames into matching spring dresses. She removes coverings, cuts new fabric, repaint handles, and reassembles. Stains and paints for the handles are readily available.
Henry M. Linabury of Pontiac a retired druggist devised a fruit tree tonic by soaking iron nails in a chemic solution and driving them into trees. He claims his trees bore well last season while neighbors did not and now offers soaked nails for experimental use to growers.
Bethlehem observer Nazareth hall instructor Prof Bytel proposes the sun moves in a true orbit and governs precession of the equinoxes by its own motion. He asserts a daily angular velocity yielding a revolution period of about 25 726 682 years and offers a mathematical demonstration. Princess Clementina, Leopold's daughter, owns 20 Havana griffons and keeps tropical birds and dogs.
In March the Dead Letter Office processed 1 053 692 mail items and over 600 000 were returned to senders. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw attributed the spike to skilled postal experts, noting clerks averaged 409 returns daily in March and one worker handled 916 letters in a day. The postmarking of cards at addresses was ordered discontinued to curb defacement. In Reno a two year old daughter of Lizzie Astor faces life imprisonment in Carson City prison alongside her mother who pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
In Columbus Ohio early Sunday two young men John and William Frank sons of grocer R Q Frank were mistaken for burglars by Patrolmen Heinz and Casey. After neighbors spotted burglars at 1221 Parsons Avenue the brothers fled toward the store. The shooting left John and William dead after hours of struggle. Patrolman Casey is suspended pending investigation while Heinz remains on duty.
Rome reports Admiral TF Grenet leads 19 warships with 7,000 men toward Turkish waters to press Italy's demand for post offices inside Turkish territory. The move follows Turkey's refusal to permit Italian installations, a point of contention with other nations already operating offices.
In Manhattan Kansas three men assaulted W. W. Truton high school principal and noted educator in Union Pacific railroad yards Saturday night. He was beaten into unconsciousness robbed and dragged under a train before being rescued. One leg was severed in the attack and the robbers fled.
In Warrensburg Missouri F C Hawes 22 shot and killed Marshal James Ryan and Night Watchman Basbanha and fatally wounded Night Watchman R P Pollock Sunday while temporarily insane. He was shot dead by a hotel porter. The confrontation occurred at the Missouri Pacific railroad station. Hawes was the son of a Johnson County farmer.
Battleships of the Atlantic fleet lie in four harbors in four divisions after leaving Hampton Roads. They will remain separated until next Sunday morning when 16 fighting ships sail as a unit under Admiral Thomas to Santa Barbara.
At a meeting of bankers in Osaka with chief trade centers represented, resolutions were adopted urging the government to observe greater economy in considering financial measures.
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