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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
6
Paris fashion notes describe Redfern’s ivory white jersey cloth coat with soft white silk embroideries and a large white linen collar. The piece molds the figure, features a flare hem, and highlights plaited skirts and the rise of white costumes for both domestic and foreign markets.
The article describes making oval 80 by 40 inch rugs from rags using crochet. It explains color schemes with white plus a dark or harmonious shades, strip preparation, chain start, and alternating colors to create graduated stripes. It notes silk necktie rugs are beautiful but costly, woolen rugs last longest though require patience and budgeting.
Almost all women welcome the new hat styles as fashion shifts toward larger, shadowy brims. Modern options range from close-fitting swathed toques to tall brimless Cossack frames with ribbons, plus drooping Watteau, Dolly Varden, bell shapes, and the iconic cartwheel hat in dark hues with pale linings.
Cutaway coats appear in limited use while handkerchiefs feature rounded corners. Silk sheer fabrics remain popular and unbleached rep is suggested for boys middies. A fisherwife sleeve with short cuff turned back is noted and washable beachcloth is recommended for summer suits.
The Belmont trace meet shows daytime style with drop earrings, including two chain drops on pearl studs and three story pairs with pink enamel drops and cameos. Antique long topaz stones framed in Etruscan gold also appear as a striking accessory. Embroidery enhances diaphanous fabrics with selective heavy motifs on chiffon and crepe gowns.
New York report says Germany fell to the Allies as the war enters its third year with Russia and Great Britain fully organized for battle. It recounts Verdun, the Somme, and the Eastern push, notes conscription in Britain, and cites war costs and global trade effects.
Mrs Ross proclaims a plan to outdo her neighbor in social status with a fast five passsenger car costing three thousand five hundred dollars. Edgar agrees to buy, but a broker’s bargain drops the speed and a DOT reveals ether in the tank. They learn a valuable lesson about boasting and gadget schemes.
Nicholas Locovica a foreigner forty two years old fled a crowd of men and boys along the Milwaukee South Shore tracks leaping 80 feet from an embankment into Lake Michigan. Police rescued him and he was treated at Emergency Hospital. The motives cited were his swarthy appearance and the Mexican situation.
Thomas Randolph of the National Bank of Commerce cites a Brownsville Tex letter describing steep Carranza currency prices in Mexico City for goods and services. He says stores push high prices to attract United States gold and currency.
Mr and Mrs Charles Gillespie near La Rue rushed to a barn after their five year old son Lewis screamed. A large dog fought a collie while the child lay nearby with five deep gashes. The family attributes the dog with likely saving the boy from fatal injuries.
A World Outlook account describes a round the world expedition to Baghdad where a pasha was helped by installing a water mill driven dynamo and large electric fans that blew a narcotic air to render mosquitoes comatose. Servants collected the incapacitated insects for disposal.
The London Chronicle traces how party names shifted over time. It notes that Republicans were ancestors of Democrats, as Jeffersonians adopted the label while Federalists were nicknamed Whigs, and that the modern Republican name arose as antislavery factions coalesced in Lincoln’s era.
In a dialect rich aside, Uncle Eben notes a man who becomes angry when he cannot get his way may stay unhappy even when outcomes align with his own calculations. The remark frames frustration as self made by faulty expectations.
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