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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
6
A settlement worker recounts Christmas distributions in urban tenements where private donors and society women bring toys, food, and small trees. She describes careful planning, secrecy, and the profound gratitude of families facing poverty, hunger, and loss during the holiday season.
The Washington Star outlines making a delicate lamp shade from four six inch doilies of sheer linen edged with one inch lace. It suggests tracing a design like porcelain or autumn leaves, embroidering and finishing with careful washing and drying in a porcelain tub.
The article argues for careful breeding of horses, stressing that only pure bred sires and suitable dams produce ideal foals. It warns against mixing inferior lines, emphasizes proper nutrition and training, and notes key growth periods and hoof care to ensure full development. It concludes with the maxim that the colt’s future mirrors its birth.
An Italian correspondent compares telegraphese in English French Italian and German noting English yields shorter messages under ten letter word limits. He reports switching languages to English saves telegram fees due to English terseness versus French or Italian.
The Philadelphia Record recalls Ypres once rivaled major cities like Philadelphia Chicago and Berlin in wealth and size. Once a bustling center for Adriatic trade reaching England France and beyond it boasted factories and a 14th century population over two hundred thousand. Shifts in trade routes reduced Ypres to under twenty thousand residents.
Winter fashion shifts toward pelerine and small capes in furs or fur substitutes. Stoles drift from straight shapes to soft musquash seal coney and ermine with shaped shoulder scarfs in broadtail and ponyskin. Fur cloth offers cost effective copies with drape and warmth, often lined with wool wadding and satin. decorative touches include black velvet frills and bands on muffs.
New novelty items called mock earrings attract attention on Broadway afternoons. A hairpin connects to an invisible chain with a pendant aligned with the earlobe, featuring various colored stones. Women avoid large tortoise shell pins under hats, per a New York letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A fashion note describes pink charmeuse frocks with tulle shoulder straps and rosebud trims. Gowns use gold leaf-work and bead flowers for contrast, with examples including a pink taffeta hoop dress, rosebud accents, and even fur flowers conveying the season’s floral shimmer.
Evening blouses feature lace combined with chiffon and velvet. Satin and silk waistcoats display striped velvet fronts with matching velvet rolling collars and organdie collars overhead.
The new gowns feature bead heavy jet embroidery on net over black tulle creating a soft, graceful silhouette. One dress shown at a recent opening used a jet embroidered bodice and shoulder straps with a flesh tinted underlay, delivering a striking smart look.
A black niion dinner gown features three widths of old accordion plaiting revived. The design is finished with a bright magenta and purple striped silk belt and a large crimson velvet rose tucked near the left arm.
Rk G Whatherstone urges dry quarters and compact breeding stock. Avoid long legged sheep and muddy floors. If pastures are short, provide grain to prevent profit losses. Overgrazing harms pasture. scattering grain helps grass. A South Dakota farmer uses moving scarecrows to deter predators.
The article urges farmers to use humus where soils allow and to combine stable manures with commercial fertilizers. It notes green crops can replace some fertilizers when plowed under, while top-dressing or soil incorporation supports crop growth. Overall humus is vital to keep farms at a high standard.
The crop should be cut as it comes into blossom for best results. Cutting earlier yields good hay but with less nutriment than more fully matured forage. If seeds form, feeding to horses and sometimes cattle can cause adverse effects.
Oyster shell kept where the fowls can get it daily helps prevent leg weakness. The note stresses steady access to dietary calcium for poultry health.
Guidance on horse care emphasizes proper feeding order water hay water again and no grain for tired horses. Keep dry bedding and lightly brush and rub the horse, sponge hot weather, and blanket when cold. Speak gently as the horse is treated as a gentleman by instinct.
The agricultural fair has long shaped our country by educating and entertaining. It spurs competition and social recreation while highlighting Uvestock grains grasses vegetables and other farm products amid rising farm questions.
A quail in a potato field contained 101 potato bugs in its craw, another quail in Texas had 127 boll weevils, and a Kansas quail carried 1200 chinch bugs. The chinch bug caused crop damage totaling 100 million dollars as early as 1864, prompting protection of quail.
The best seed corn comes from your own fields or neighborhood with proven varieties. If you have a reliable local corn breeder, sourcing seed from him is safe and often profitable.
The text warns that rains and leaching ruin much of valuable barnyard manure. It advises careful conservation in basins or under sheds. If not protected, manure should be spread in the field as produced, even on snow or slopes.
Farmers advised to test cow profitability, cull winter loafers, and fatten underperformers into beef. Focus on profit by identifying unproductive cows and converting them into value through selective management.
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