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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
10
A simple base for a home Christmas tree is built from a grocery box and box boards. The project describes forming a bottom pocket to hold the tree end, adding a top pocket for stability, and finishing with cloth covering for a neat appearance.
Instructions describe attaching a covering cloth to a frame by tacking to the underside, stretching evenly, and sewing edges neatly with corner joins. Emphasizes tautness and precise alignment.
Instructions show how to craft homemade ornaments for a festive tree using cardboard stars and tin foil. The two-piece double star requires precise cutting and slashing, then interlocking to form a three-dimensional ornament with a shiny foil finish and a slender support stick.
Poem asks if Santa Claus truly serves all, especially the poor, by delivering gifts to those in need. It contrasts generosity with wealth and questions whether kindness reaches the tenement poor or stays with the fortunate. No publication details provided.
In Deury Brittany mistletoe pickers ascend 60 to 70 feet into trees using iron claws for grip. They strip the white berried parasitic plant from lofty poplars affecting the British market supply. The ascent and harvest are described as agile and routine for seasoned hunters.
The article details methods to decorate a tree with star frames using sticks and thread, and to hang chains of popcorn and colored paper. It suggests cranberry accents, gluing paper confetti chains, and various fruit and nut ornaments including tarleton stockings and cornucopias. It also explains making tiny goblin figures from orange rinds, cardboard, and paper, with colorful clothes and hats.
An aged pamphlet warns that breeding from immature ewes harms flocks. Early mating reduces lamb quality and market value, while mature, well fed ewes produce larger, healthier offspring. The piece contrasts stunted, prolific early breeders with patient, prosperous planners who let ewes mature before breeding.
Officers aboard the steamer Borinquen from San Juan Porto Rico reported four waterspouts seen as the ship entered the Gulf Stream. Two spouts traveled southwest and two eastward at high speed in a warm air sea breeze. Conditions returned to normal after about forty minutes.
A Connecticut man patents an ash can on wheels with locking handles to hold it stationary when not in motion. The device combines mobility with a fixed position feature for ash disposal tasks.
A wartime reflection contrasts childhood geography with tragic reality as vast armies gather in the Carpathians. Cavalry charges and cannon roar amid mangled and dying soldiers, turning once distant visions into brutal, modern warfare realities.
A Pacific island under French company control is believed to hold 106 million tons of high grade phosphates with vast additional inferior quality deposits, signaling a major mineral resource.
Francis E Clark, president of the International Society of Christian Endeavor, recently marked his sixty third birthday. He founded the Christian Endeavor society in 1881 while pastor of a Congregational church in Portland Maine and has devoted twenty years to its work traveling 825000 miles, earning the title of the world’s most widely traveled man.
W H Underwood argues that the main hog feeding expense is feed and recommends strict regularity in feeding times, proper mix of corn with mill feeds and forages, and avoiding overreliance on corn. He stresses cost efficiency and maintaining hog health for true profitability.
In winter, swine gain most when fed appropriate fodder and reared in proper housing. The article argues against forced feeding of unliked fodder, warns that late corn stored loses value, and notes heavy losses from green corn fodder in fall. It emphasizes young pigs gain best and feeding costs rise with delays.
The article advises extra feed in fall to protect cows from winter decline. It notes that weak cows entering winter worsen in spring without care and that fall fresheners should have ample forage and ground food. Fall calves are often more vigorous than spring calves due to stable winter confinement.
While inspecting trees for cankers, remove all old fruits still hanging and burn them with orchard debris. The fruit is often filled with spores of bitter rot, brown rot, and scab, posing a risk to remaining trees.
About 3 000 Austrian and Hungarian prisoners arrived in Lemberg by train. Many show frost injuries from the mountains and crowd the station waiting rooms with officers including two generals and 12 staff officers. The camps lie in the square and captured artillery fills the railway yards.
The article describes making a home crafted eventing dress hanger shaped like a heart with a wire frame and pink satin ribbon casing. It notes advantages over wooden frames, keeps shoulders from slipping, and offers decorative options such as tapestry coverings and sachet fragrances.
The piece notes tall close fitting stock collars used in winter attire with backs and sides covering the throat while the front features a V cut for comfort. Frills at the back add height, decollete bodices and front Vlines fade, and snap fastened cravats with different blouses offer multiple neck finish options.
A description details a deep purple velvet neck ruff and matching muff. A small muff features a large rosette of purple ribbon with cut edges and a central purple and black glass button. The ruff repeats the same decorative pattern and fastens snugly at the throat.
The article describes winter sport attire for girls featuring a short heavy dark wool skirt and white angora jersey with a large fur collar. Hats range from chamois to fur trimmed options, with natural chamois shades popular for brunettes. A Parisian inspired fur trimmed jersey with fur cuffs and bands of skunk or fox fur is a new trend.
Black satin linings are appearing in new tailored coats made from navy cloth and serge as well as lighter colored coats. The lining adds a refined masculine touch that distinguishes custom garments from ready-made outfits, following a shift from white satin and brocade linings to fashionable black satin.
A short note explains buttonhole stitching on net as a neat finish that hides defects on the wrong side. It notes that overdyeing or deathing colors can edge net with any color, improving appearance even where the right side shows through.
Tiny ostrich plumes not more than three inches long, in five or six colors, trim plain felt sailor hats. Hats remain small with only a plain ribbon band around the crown for trimming.
The article notes a return to sleeve details in fashion with evening gowns showing no sleeves and bodices featuring shoulder clasps or jeweled bands. Daytime wear sticks to regulation long snug sleeves, sometimes bishop sleeves, and kimono-inspired bodices remain influential for comfort and style.
Caped outerwear dominates the season with capes hanging from collars over sweaters. Silk summer knits move into winter, while designers mix stripes for new looks. A black striped silk sweater features sleeves and front piece with opposite striped directions.
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