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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
8
The article describes Alexandria Virginia's colonial landmarks including the Carlyle house and Christchurch church. It notes Washington's ties as surveyor , voting place official and Freemason, and details rooms and relics from Braddock to Lees, with vivid notes on the Washington pew and Lee family seating.
The study compares pure bred beef cattle to scrub stock using feeding trials and a respiration calorimeter. Pure bred steers show lower maintenance needs and higher feed surplus use, yielding better dressed weight and higher proportion of prime meat. Age affects maintenance needs, decreasing with maturity, while scrubs produce more protein-rich gains with less storage of energy.
A biographical anecdote about Sir John Everett Millais and guests at his table. Matthew Arnold dies within a year after the warning, another guest dies by unknown causes in New York, a third perishes at sea aboard the Quetta returning from Australia. The tale ends noting there were twelve diners, not thirteen.
The center of interest is the house where Mohammed Ali was born and its cradle still hangs in the birth room. The site, run by the government, kept as it was in his infancy, hosts a weekly feeding for Turks Jews Christians Greeks Armenians and Americans. Basements burn with logs and pilaff aromas as meals are served to needy visitors from the region all welcomed with no one turned away.
The statement notes that the bones of the average man weigh fourteen pounds. It presents a fact about human anatomy and bone weight as a standalone claim.
In reminiscences of Sir Henry Irving, George Grossmith recounts staying at a Manchester hotel with Irving. A crowd gathered for Grossmith as he mimicked Irving, causing Sir Henry to remark that he pays the crowds to come each night.
Argentina shows steady gains in potato production and imported more than 646000 bushels of seed last year, signaling growing cultivation. The report highlights rising output and dependency on imported seed to support expansion.
The article advises a twenty year life for a bed and details soil, spacing, and planting. Use warm sandy, stone free soil with prior manure. Set crowns two inches deep, twelve to eighteen inches apart, in furrows one foot wide eight inches deep. Plant in spring, end of April, with rows thirty inches apart and plants eighteen inches apart. One year old crowns give best satisfaction.
In parts of Europe cows or goats are driven through streets to milk customers directly. Milk men use varied measures from an eighth of a pint to a quart and customers can buy milk for as little as one cent.
Protect the Milk warns of taint from grazing, odors, and unclean utensils. It cites rusty equipment, unsuitable cow feed, dirty water, and dust during milking as factors that can spoil milk’s safety and freshness.
Corn fodder serves as a nutritious supplement next to leguminous crops like alfalfa and clover for sheep. Well cured corn fodder is especially desirable for breeding ewes due to its quality and feed value.
Weak ewes produce poor lambs. Keep flocks of twenty to forty to avoid crowding. Provide daily outdoor exercise and ample pasture during good weather to ensure thrifty, well developed lambs next spring. Overcrowding raises disease risk and temperatures in barns.
Dairymen's associations can drive better farm practices through member support and cooperation with factory men. If unclean milk is rejected and cooked milk avoided, dairymen will improve and dirty milk will fade, raising each dairyman's standing and income.
An old agricultural proverb links lime use to wealth and poverty within a family. Proper lime application boosts soil health and yields, while misuse or overuse can drain resources and harm future generations.
The article extols buttermilk as a wholesome drink for kids and notes farmers using fresh butter to obtain pure buttermilk, emphasizing its value in the cost of living and farm life.
Farmers urged to measure draft animals strength to ensure effective fieldwork. Proper team weight improves traction, enabling deeper plowing and soil stirring, two core farming fundamentals.
Mary Dean surveys parasols and explains the appeal of flowered silks and lace trimmed sun shades. Early models favor plain borders and subtle braids while elaborate summer parasols feature lush floral motifs and live color borders suitable for pairing with light frocks.
Cloaks for girls use red white or other colors with slim materials like nap cloth or serge. Hooded cloaks may be hemmed or bound with ribbon, seams kept inside, and fastened with large hooks or buttons. The hood, neck and edge finishes are described with exact stitching and elastic threading. Material required is two and a quarter yards of forty six inch width.
A description of a large granny muff made from gathered and corded silk velvet brocade or chiffon. It notes it is fashionable this season and easy to make. The outer covering is gathered into sections with piping cords and finished with wide milk frills on both sides.
The Indianapolis News reports ruches and ribbon dominate 1912 fashion with taffetas, panniers, and frills. Evening coats, gowns, lingerie, and accessories feature ribbon borders, bows, and floral sprays, signaling a vogue for ribbon driven detailing across outfits and outerwear.
A fashion note highlights a fad for small hats and toques that fit closely like caps. The Twikish blouse appears with afternoon gowns in darker satin and fur trim. Natural red fox sets with dangling legs and tails appear as if returned from the chase, while paradise plumes remain popular despite pleas. Transparent sleeves and lace corsages with kimono draped sleeves continue on brocaded velvet robes de soiree with fur dolman mantles fastened by a single button or buckle.
Detachable fur collars and cuffs enhance versatility and appeal. styles vary by fur such as mole, sking, ermine, mink, and sable. Rolling long-hatred fur contrasts with square or round collars. cuffs can be pointed or notched and trimmed with tiny heads and tails sometimes finished with lace.
A concise meditation on how family wealth grows through friendship and thoughtful acts. Harriet Beecher Stowe reflects that secret thoughts of love blossom into deeds, with words looks and attentions enriching family life and heartwealth.
In Toulouse a long standing practice pays male singers a higher rate when they are barred from singing at work. This custom reflects local labor norms and compensation for lost performance opportunities.
A brief dialogue shows a wife reproaching her partner for past closeness and a husband replying with a lighthearted jab about housework keeping intimacy at bay. The exchange hints at marital dynamics and shifting affections in a domestic setting.
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