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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1926
Page
6
Owner offers the property at 1633 North Sarah Street Saint Louis Missouri with two storefront rooms and a two family dwelling. Income reported as 1800 dollars yearly. Asking price listed as 16000 dollars.
A new dairy barn plan outlines a long building with 42 stalls arranged in rows along a central feed alley and side pens. Overhead tracks handle litter and manure, with ventilator shafts and roof vents ensuring constant fresh air. Large windows and a spacious hay loft support healthy cattle and milk production.
Expert William A. Radford explains that concrete barns are viable and economical for dairy farms. He notes local sand and stone reduce cost, fire resistance, and dry warm interior, with a brick silo and central feed alley designed for efficient, low-labor feeding.
The piece notes light and color govern mood much like music. It compares prison, sunlight, and moonlight to theater lighting and suggests hotels and ballrooms use lighting creatively. It argues colored light can transform a home, more powerful than pigments.
A market tool stretches and attaches screen cloth simultaneously. Removable steel claws draw the mesh into position for stapling, driven by a plunger. When not needed the claws come off and the tacket holds a 77 staple magazine in one strip to prevent waste.
Architects advise built-ins align with room woodwork to avoid jarring finishes. The piece should blend as part of the room, not contrast, though quaint built-ins popular in small houses with careful placement ideas like window seats and singlenook benches offer economical charm.
The Howland house in Plymouth, built in 1666 as the oldest in town and the only one proven to host Pilgrims, is preserved by careful painting. The article argues paint conservation protects irreplaceable historic objects and places.
The piece urges using non rusting metals to avoid costly upkeep from rust damage. It notes rust as a major home expense and recommends durable metals as a preventive measure.
The average American farm relies on animals for 60 percent of power, with electricity supplying 5.6 percent, tractors 17 percent, stationary engines 12.6 percent, and windmills a little over 1 percent.
A Popular Science Monthly note from M Lucklesh discusses using warm yellow orange light for faces, cool blue green light for outdoor feel, and orange red accents for stimulation. It suggests combining white table light with tinted shades and using suspended bowls or vases to cast colored light. Portable lamps offer flexible lighting variety.
Six power cables will stretch across 6 240 feet nearly a mile and a quarter to bring electricity from an arm of Puget Sound into Tacoma.
A compact outfit weighs under two pounds and can be carried in a hip pocket. It is designed to endure hard usage and rough handling.
It claims the Colonial is the most economical to build and maintain due to its plain rectangular form reducing labor, materials, and future repair bills compared with angled or cut-up roof layouts.
The display highlights chiffon scarfs long enough to wrap around the neck with swinging ends, bright double ombre colors, metal thread details, and various weaves. New sports scarfs in heavy silk feature multicolor borders and a vivid center. belts emphasize suede, ornate buckles, and novelty leather handles.
The article notes a revival of fancy feathers and flowers in fan and dress garniture. It highlights luxurious fans with curled ostrich plumes shaded from pale to deep rose on tortoise shell sticks, silk rose beds, and spangled models in green, jet, or iridescent tints.
Paris designed overblouses pair frost crepe tones of brown and beige with revers and paneling revealing darker crepe. Premet showcased blouses in crepe satin crepe de chine crepe romain and silk satin trimmed with embroidery presenting sober yet striking options for tailored outfits.
Many women pursue wireless jobs as entertainers and possible lecturers with expert knowledge of topics of interest to women. The field is limited by generally inferior female voices for broadcasting, a broadcasting official notes may result from microphone issues rather than vocal ability.
An advertisement urges customers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin proven safe by millions of users and prescribed for 26 years. It warns that imitators may be dangerous and advises saying Bayer when purchasing.
Silver kid and gold kid remain popular with women, while silver brocade leads over dyed satin. Novelty slippers with hand painted satin embroidery and appliqued velvets sell well. Buckled pumps suit plain kid brocade or satin, and simple cuts use flat trims or cutouts. European vamps with silk embroidery and bows attract buyers. lizard skin sandals in bright colors appeal for winter resort wear.
A quirky exchange about a zine and pronunciation reveals a playful dialogue on words. Willie explains that zine is a wrenching pronunciation for think, in a note about hardware jargon.
The most favored winter sports hats are three styles. The merto cup is a round Scotch hat with a wool tassel peak and chin protection. The St Moritz model is a snug cone with tassel that also serves as a scarf. The brewer's cap is a shorter cone worn by Naples fishermen. All come in bright colors and patterns in cashmere or brushed wool.
A fragmented piece expresses gratitude or affection in a lyrical voice, alternating playful and intimate imagery. It centers on a personal relationship and a longing for appreciation, using metaphorical language about treasures and shared moments.
A new material features a moire pattern in metallic cloth. It offers shades of bronze green rose blue and violet and suits evening wraps and gowns with striking appeal.
Printed velvet is a lovely fabric and appears in fascinating colors. It suits afternoon gowns with full skirts and long sleeves.
The article notes a shift to pale pastel colorings in Southern fashion with delicate pinks blues and yellows dominating handmade frocks straws hats and parasols. It highlights quiet motifs stripes checks and rose tones carried through outfits with pink accessories and rattia embroidered sandals.
A fashion note describes a new vogue in evening footwear. The long vamped slippers use multicolored silks with black kid and silver tissue inlays. The design refines the sabot style for formal wear.
The chevron is a popular decorative motif used extensively on Hagerle. Necklines of many undergarments follow the chevron pattern, reflecting its wide adoption in styling and apparel design.
In Atchison Kansas a three year old pianist Herbert Saufman impressed listeners with a by ear recital at the high school auditorium. He played a 12 piece program including Imeresqto the Swallow Song of Love Mundanday Katherina and Collegians.
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