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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
2
In a retro fashion note, over skirts reappear under the name tunic drapery praised for its long threatened comeback. The piece links the trend to past apron styles and the shift to medium dress meant for street wear.
The feature highlights princely line coats and two piece overskirt gowns that slim figures and disguise fuller shapes. It notes headpieces, fabrics like cashmere and silk, and suggests trims such as silk braids or narrow velvet ribbons suitable for house wear and street adaptation.
The article notes upper dress styles evolving with smart jersey tops paired with modish kilted skirts for youthful wearers and walking purposes. It discusses how outfits are designed to appear sensible yet stylish, reflecting contemporary fashion sensibilities.
The article notes the return of feather boas in Paris with long, fat drapes and colorful ends, paired with wide use of bead necklaces from across the world. It also highlights a black season with abundant black fabrics, fur, lace, and evening wraps offering practical savings for multi-frock wardrobes.
The text describes three relays of en ameling and cretonned boxes set in wooden stands. Six waist boxes six toilet accessory boxes and three hat boxes form a suite. Each box is hinged with a front cover that folds back for easy access.
Checked satin waist blouse described with white ground and a black and lavender plaid. It features plaits forming a wide front box plait and a yoke and cuffs in white satin.
The report notes old rose returning in fashion, mainly in waist garments and hat trimmings. It appears on nets and chiffon overdresses, with few satin or velvet pieces in this shade, especially on darker or lighter fabrics.
Fashion notes describe heavy crocheted silk yokes paired with everyday coat suits. A blue cashmere de soie blouse with crochet detailing, unlined and unboned, is highlighted as a leading model. Silk cashmere weaves and chiffon cloth dominate the season’s best blouses, with knife plaiting and crocheted buttons featured in several designs.
White satin sashes described as 18 inches wide with embossed velvet towers in pastel colors and deep fringed ends priced at $10. A satin embossed velvet sash ribbon of 12 inches width sells for $2.75 per yard.
The 1911 interior secretary Ballinger annual report to the president urges continued vigorous prosecution of land frauds and reclassification of public domain. He backs private enterprise under national supervision for land use and recommends bonds against the reclamation fund up to 36 million dollars. Indian bureau reorganization and park policy updates are noted.
A Scottish clergyman chats with a working man on a train carriage. The man boasts twenty years as a coupler, the minister replies he has thirty years as a coupler, then the man retorts that he can uncouple and the minister cannot.
A jeweler asks a youth to inscribe From Guy to Gwenyth on a ring while the customer worries about deep engraving and possible future changes. A philosopher remarks on judging men by enemies versus friends providing faults.
Chicago woman abroad faced jail after stealing money from a Paris hostess citing a lapse in social etiquette. The incident underscores the strict standards of genteel behavior and the misuse of coins as keepsakes in a foreign setting.
A ten year old girl named Minna Weisbein has amazed U S immigration officials with her ability to speak and read Russian Polish French German Italian Spanish and English.
An old well known pharmaceutical formula promises to break a cold in one day. Mix half a pint of whiskey, two ounces glycerine, and half an ounce Concentrated pine compound in a bottle. Shake before use and take a teaspoon to a tablespoon every four hours. Ensure the pine product is labeled Concentrated.
Dialogue notes a caretaker asking Anna if fresh water has been given to the goldfish. Anna replies that the fish have not finished the water provided the previous day.
A 1907 testimonial from H. A. Kruts koff of Chicago describes severe itching and skin eruptions that finally ceased after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. The note cites rapid relief within days and disappearance of the eruption in about three weeks. Also included are unrelated excerpts on clothing and politics.
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease needing internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is described as non quack medicine. Testimonials are promised, with price listed as 75 cents and Toledo Ohio firm attribution.
Refrigerated staterooms are aboard three new ships in the fruit service between New Orleans and Colon. Each room contains a cooling radiator connected to the shipboard refrigeration system designed to preserve fruit in transit.
A collage of vintage claims and endorsements. Sterling marked silverware denotes genuine silver with patent designs. Resinol ointment praised by John B. Cain of London. Wizard Oil touted for chest congestion. Davis' Painkiller featured as a home remedy. Quotations on wisdom, marriage, and tobacco appear as snippets.
Mrs. Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing fifteen years of kidney troubles and two years of immobility. She says she is now able to work like the average woman at nearly eighty and urges readers to remember the Dean's brand sold by all dealers.
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