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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
10
A vintage guide offers handmade gift ideas for children near Christmas. Projects include ring toss, a neck tie rack, match strike, thread and needle holder, thermometer, cardboard work basket, crocheted bag, raffia collar button box, doll raffia hammock, and a doll hammock, with step by step measurements and finish details.
A German youth named Dreher, employed by a Lancashire firm, abandons his engagement with a widowed fiancée. After fleeing to Berlin and Italy, he dodges pursuit across England to New York and San Francisco where a broken leg slows him, and he finally surrenders to the widow.
Mary six in New York receives a lavish dollhouse from her uncle then swiftly sublets rooms on the second floor to playmates Betty and Eileen. She posts a sign from her paint box announcing apartments to let and keeps a brisk, imaginative rental business.
A conversation notes a girl handling fare cash, a nickel visible in her right hand. The line asserts the girl is money independent, highlighting self-sufficiency through a simple act of paying for transport.
Wireless messages have been exchanged between the Nauen station near Berlin and the Technical Museum in Vienna, 810 miles apart. A perfected new machine allows newspapers read at Nauen to be heard distinctly in Vienna and other stations, with predictions that stronger devices may enable transatlantic communication.
The article describes a winter costume combining plain velvet and corduroy velvet for a warm durable outfit. It highlights a Burgundy red model with a Russian blouse style coat, satin sash, three quarter sleeves with deep cuffs, and a plain velvet skirt with a center front opening and a draped back. Colors suggested include hunter green, dark seal trimmings, and complementary furs.
Paris women embrace eccentric strapped slippers paired with tailored suits in mohair and worsted. US style favors buttoned boots while Paris shows white gold trimmed slippers with glam-metal gray suede accents and silk stockings, creating chic contrasts on daily promenades.
A Woman's World item urges women to prevent swollen veins and enlarged knuckles by massage with bleaching cream, avoiding heavy lifting, and using warm olive oil daily. It warns extreme heat or cold and harsh soaps harm hands, recommends raising arms to relieve congestion, and notes prevention easier than cure for large joints.
The article notes fashions change quickly so a large trousseau is unnecessary but quality in styles materials and workmanship matters. It recommends ample linen and simple embroidered letters for marking and brides contributing needlework. Three inch letters should appear on towels.
In evening dress touches of fur are used for decoration or subtle contrast along with embroidery in gold steel diamond jet or jewels.
An old sewing note suggests a practical solution for storing morning corsets. It describes attaching a cretenne pocket to the inside of a closet door, four inches longer than the corset, with rolled corsets tucked inside and tacked along the edges for neat, accessible storage.
A white net neckpiece spreads to the shoulders and waist, folding into large revers and a Medici frill. The stylish arrangement elevates even simple blouses dresses or suits with a proper finishing touch.
A ten inch boudoir lamp uses a dainty French porcelain figure in a rose silk shade. The brass stem carries a bulb wire and the figure sits beneath a medieval queen styled with tulle veil and crimson velvet mantle. A porcelain dog adds charm. the piece reflects a fondness for dolls and decorative lamps.
Framed trays with glass gain demand over plain wood for durability and display. Materials like window drapery fabrics can be inserted, as in a bride’s round tray holding inherited lace under glass on green silk with a mahogany frame.
A Minnesota bulletin warns farmers to properly feed and care for colts during their first years to ensure strong bone and muscle development. Nutritious feeds like oats oil meal and clover hay boost later value, while neglect and reliance on straw or corn can reduce yearling quality and market price.
North Dakota Experiment Station notes alfalfa hay yields about two tons per acre equaling 120 bushels of oats while requiring less work. Feeding alfalfa on the farm preserves soil power as oat crops reduce it. alfalfa should be fed locally to realize its value.
Advice for hog producers on detail work and management. Emphasizes dipping vats, proper feeding, housing for sows, differences between breeding and market stock, the importance of light and clean water, and avoiding overfeeding to maintain health and prevent disease.
Turkeys remain marketable throughout the year with surplus sales at fair prices. Buyers seek young, well conditioned birds not too fat or large to fetch best prices.
Demand for high class draft horses remains strong in urban and rural areas as buyers seek sturdy work teams. Dealers report steady inquiries for heavy horses suitable for farms, hauling, and industrial service.
The article advises giving a warm bran mash as the first feed after freshening a cow. It notes bran provides general strengthening and cooling effects, recommends reducing meal rations starting about four weeks before calving, and suggests increasing bran intake at that time. Cornmeal is said to generate heat in animals.
Thorough preparation of soil lowers seed requirements and failures, as poor ground condition, not seed vitality, causes losses. Proper tillage saves seed and reduces cultivation effort.
The article warns that breeding a heifer before eighteen months yields little benefit and carries substantial risk, suggesting delayed breeding improves outcomes and health.
Warning to farmers to remove loose electrical wires from fields where colts and horses roam to prevent injuries and protect asset value. Emphasizes that a two second mishap can reduce a horse's value by about one hundred dollars.
The note states a cow requires proper feed and care to realize breeding value. Without adequate nourishment and management, even a well bred cow cannot yield significant profits.
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