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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
10
The Philadelphia North American notes the first Christmas away from home brings sadness and homesickness for newly arrived foreigners. It argues extra cheer is given to ease their mood during the season as they adjust to a new country, faces, and surroundings.
The article portrays a bustling Christmas at the docks with arriving immigrants and war refugees. A tree rises at the harbor, social workers and locals distribute toys and treats as families reunite. Festivities include a multi national ensemble, sleight of hand tricks, concert performances, and gifts for all ages.
Washington Star highlights repurposing old garments into new girl’s frocks and tunics with long or short sleeves and scalloped hems. It praises smocking as a popular decorative technique and suggests coordinating white lingerie collars and belts for dress wear.
A new canvas apron device described in Popular Mechanics simplifies fruit gathering. It fits around tree trunks like a funnel to catch apples or oranges as trees shake, with a central cloth to cushion the fall into ground baskets. Radial arms support the canopy and fold to wheel the unit between rows on a carted frame.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a playful reference to hunting season and tying knots. One speaker longs to be a young bachelor minister after Christmas while a friend contemplates swapping ties in a scene set in Albany.
A theater production features a very clever dog as the star, with audiences noting the canine performance as a highlight. Commentators joke that the animal’s presence helped make the show a howling success.
A London article notes Bohemia has the longest courtships with engagements lasting fifteen to twenty years. It mentions a Bohemian man who died at ninety-nine after courting for seventy years and marrying on his death bed.
A New York Times snippet recalls a conductor urging two elderly women to hurry aboard a cross-town car at Broadway and Thirty-fourth. The women retort sharply, boast about their age, and warn the conductor that the fool killer may reach him first.
A reflective meditation on life’s passing moments and elusive angels, noting how we recognize them only after they have departed, attributed to George Hlint.
Velvet fabrics take center stage this season with panne and mirror velvets preferred for after noon and evening dresses. Conservative wearers will use ordinary velvet and velveteen for suits and gowns. Woolen vicuna coats appear in deep plum and blue tones, while noon outfits blend chiffon with mirror velvet and metal lace trims.
A note on fashion details describes using worsted yarn to trim crepe collars. It explains a border of strands run along in half inch stitches with a blunt needle, highlighting worsted as a favored material for neckwear embellishment.
A guide describes decorating a nightgown with hand embroidery and crocheted yokes. It notes an empire cut in namsook, embroidery beading at the round neck, blue smocking with mercerized cotton, and blue ribbon accents beneath embroidered medallions. Lace medallions may substitute for embroidery.
Mildew on white fabric can be removed by boiling with one teaspoonful chlorine of lime and two teaspoons washing soda in two quarts of cold water for four hours. Skim the scum, add two pints cold water, and let it stand overnight with the article covered. If needed, soak longer until mildew disappears, then rinse and wash normally. For paint on clothes mix equal parts benzine and ammonia, rub on nap in the wrong direction, hang to dry, brush to align fibers. Keep benzine away from fire.
A compact pocket case to hold six needles and a card of cotton wound on silk. It is lined with thin silk, bound with ribbon, and stiffened by card inserts. A side pocket holds the cotton card, a center flannel tear stores needles, and a tab with a push button closes the case with owner initials.
Lace varieties are in demand for evening gowns with shawl draperies. Some styles attach at the back and secure at the sides with gold gauze rose bracelets. A low bodice may be supported by a diamante chain.
The passage details elaborate frill designs for skirts, noting how fabric clings to knees and climbs to the waist. It describes spiraling drapes, fluttering fronts, sudden appearances beneath skirts, and dramatic waterfalls at the back, portraying fashion as an adventurous, bustlelike cascade.
The article suggests a simple economical tooth powder made from equal parts castile soap powdered arms root and precipitated chalk. It promotes affordable dental care and at home preparation.
The author recounts buying two second hand mules with worn teeth causing poor appetite and weight loss. After veterinary treatment including tooth filing and extraction, one mule recovered and sold for a profit while the other improved with proper feeding. He urges veterinary checks before purchase and notes age matters less than dental condition for work ability.
The article advises careful feeding of breeding bulls with limited silage and ample clover hay. It recommends 10 to 15 pounds of silage plus a grain mix of dried brewer's grains and ground oats or bran, with adjustments if silage is omitted. It stresses restricted intake and exercise to keep bulls in good service condition.
The article argues that mere succession of grain crops is not true crop rotation. A genuine rotation must include a legume to be meaningful and effective.
Prevention is better than cure for hogs. The breeder should guard against disease and adopt all means to prevent entry into the herd. The proverb an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure applies to swine management.
A local program turns discarded fencing and enced fields into marketable products. The effort aims to reduce waste and create usable goods through a new recycling initiative.
A University of Minnesota study of 400 Rice county farms shows livestock productivity drives farm profit. Labor income rises with livestock returns from 60 to over 140 percent of average, while other factors like crop yield and farm size also matter.
Article by I W Swllington from Idaho Experiment Station stresses salt in dairy cattle rations. It notes veg etable feeding animals require salt, cites Babcock findings on emaciation and low vitality without salt, and gives dosage guidance plus practical access methods for rock salt or boxes in the feed lot.
A speaker argues against the belief that sheep drink enough from dew grazing. He notes how little water such grazing provides and urges offering a proper spring or trough for drinking to ensure animals have ample water.
The method instructs killing Canada thistle by cutting just below every green leaf weekly. If roots do not contact air, the plant smothers and dies. For large patches a disk barrow may be used, but the rooting leaf must be separated.
Advice notes that carrots and beets store best with a light dry sand cover to keep moisture in and prevent drying out.
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