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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1924
Page
10
Laura Miller profiles Mrs. Charles Knox keeper of a Johns Town gelatin business. The article shows how she built a profitable enterprise from a family setup guiding employees and her son while managing contracts and pricing. She urges women in business to train or have ability, use common sense, and stay busy.
A profile of Bessie Newsom a young woman lawyer who moved from Washington to Oklahoma City to Hot Springs Arkansas. It notes her degrees Phi Beta Kappa and leadership roles including national president of Kappa Alpha Theta and membership on the legal advisory war board. She seeks public service influence and a place for women in public life.
A light note from the Wilmington News Journal observes that women wear hats with feathers making a bold statement. The piece contrasts adages about appearances with real-life style, hinting at social attentions around fashion choices.
The first English toll road ran from St Giles in the Fields to Charing and on to Temple Bar, then along Perpoole. Parliament allowed the toll levy on this route in 1346.
The cocklebur, an Asa weed with sharp armed bars, has been shown to be poisonous to livestock in the early growth stage.
Amon asks to ring up the parcels office at a railway station but is interrupted by a woman’s sweet reply denying contact. The scene unfolds over the telegraph line with a mistaken inquiry and a deliberate refusal.
Fragmentary note discusses social courtesies and their role in daily life and politics, reflecting on etiquette as a reflection of character and public behavior.
The Botany Worsted Mills bulletin surveys French fabric tendencies for spring in relation to the American market. Lacquer red dominates alongside navy and black, with alpaca, broadcloth, silk crepes, and white flannel demanded for sportswear. Chinese colors and metal accents appear in plaid alpacas, crepe de chine rises in vogue, and tell de sole plaids highlight silk and wool blends.
An item on chenille capes and rich embroidery notes the appeal of chenille Cape of Gold and similar fabrics. It references silk shirtings, evening materials like laces nets and metallic flouncings, with Chantilly and tulle noted for prestige and early Callot collections influence.
Winsome knitted suits set the tone for early spring with navy dominating street wear. Combinations of navy with gold brown blue emerald blue crushed berry blue scarlet blue yellow tan scarlet and rosewood appear in fashion notes. Whites remain the mid summer staple across crepe de chine marocain and satin reversibles.
A Kansas City Star fashion note advises debutantes to plan modest wardrobes with two tailored suits or one crepe and one velvet dress, a fur coat, and as many evening dresses as budget allows. It warns against overdoing formality at teas and favors darker colors to avoid quick wear and memory.
A dainty suit in flamingo red wool features a narrow kilts skirt and a silvery white kid trimmed blouse. White kid borders and appliques on black crepe and pea green outfits create grape cluster motifs, with green and scarlet worsted gowns and small felt or taffeta sports hats completing the chic look.
Party bags made of tinsel ribbon are roomy enough to hold cherished belongings and come in blue and silver green and silver and other color combinations.
The bottom hem determines a dress's quality and depends on fabric weight, texture, and edge behavior. Heavy materials like broadcloth or flannel may be catch stitched or lip stitched without top turning, while fabrics that ravel require pinking or blade binding. Silk hems use slip stitches and pre pressed narrow turns for minimal strain.
The afghan once a couch staple now decorates porches day beds cars and beds. Knitted with soft heavy yarn it provides warmth and substance and top shops display bedroom afghani wear often bound with silk or ribbon for family use.
United States Department of Agriculture researchers address losses from deterioration of crops and foods caused by microorganisms insects fire and water. Dr C A Browne notes millions in sugar and other commodities are wasted yearly and outlines projects in loss prevention including dehydration pest resistance and fabric proofing.
Investigators from Cornell experiment station report on canning crops with peas as a focus. Higher yields per acre correlate with greater returns, as shown by farms averaging 2188 and 1492 pounds per acre yielding $20 more per acre, and those at 2988 pounds per acre yielding $52 more, with average costs of $2 per acre. Fertilizer, manure, and lime most influence yield increases, especially fertilizer.
Windsor county Vermont farm bureau reports test results on K. H. Atwood’s Bridgewater farm. Potatoes were tested with 0, 400, 600, 1000 pounds of 8 8 4 fertilizer and 800 1000 pounds of 3 8 8 with manure. The 1000 pounds acre of 3 8 4 gave the largest yield and net profit. County Agent Frink advises 400 600 pounds of high analysis fertilizer with liberal manure, and year after year this is very profitable.
A plant of pepper grass yields 18 000 seeds and other weeds produce tens of thousands of seeds. The text urges preventing seed production and suggests fall or winter burning or preplowing tillage to kill seeds and save labor next season.
Dean R. L. Watts of Pennsylvania State College reports fertilizer demonstrations in Allegheny County show that applying 850 pounds per acre of a 4 8 4 mixture plus 800 pounds of acid phosphate yields more than twice as many ears of sweet corn compared with no fertilizer. The demonstrations show clear benefits for heavy applications of high grade mixtures.
Diversification of the farm business by producing several salable products reduces risk from crop failure and low prices. It promotes better use of teams and machinery, allows crop rotation, and contributes to the safety and stability of the enterprise.
Feed work horses and mules all the roughage that they will clean up and not over one-half the grain ration fed when at work.
Growding causes roup in birds as crowding in a poorly ventilated house leads to respiratory illness. Lyny notes ventilation and space as key factors in preventing disease spread among flocks.
A reflective note on choosing to grow a garden and eat from it, acknowledging that while we may regret many actions this year, tending the garden and consuming its produce should not be among them. It emphasizes practical growth and enjoying homegrown food.
The North Dakota Agricultural College seed analyst reports that cleaning and scarifying alfalfa seed raised germination from 57 percent to 78 percent and hard seeds from 30 to 20 per 90 samples, with pure seed purity rising from 92 to 97 percent, noting scarification aids moisture penetration and long dormancy reduction.
A handy concrete feeder designed to carry swill to hogs without spilling any. The farmer’s ingenious device keeps every drop in the pail, ensuring a neat delivery to a hungry hogs row.
An average of 9500 registrations and 7920 transfers monthly from 1921 to 1923 shows steady growth in the pure bred Holstein cattle business amid adverse livestock conditions. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America added members from 188 per month in 1921 to 149 in 1923. Since 1886 to Jan 1 1924 the group issued 1,299,129 certificates of registry and 1,291,958 certificates of transfer, with 877,520 registrations for females and 421,009 for males. transfers include 860,240 for females and 431,718 for males, serving over 23,000 breeders nationwide.
Potato scab is a disease from infected soil or seed. Dipping seeds in corrosive sublimate at one ounce per eight gallons of water for ten minutes can remedy seed borne infection. If soil infection exists, apply sulphur across rows before planting, about 600 pounds per acre, though the safest option is to plant next year on clean land.
The article explains two mechanisms that render phosphorus from raw phosphate usable by plants. First, acids formed during organic matter decomposition, notably nitrous acid preceding nitrates, release available phosphorus. Second, plant roots contacting phosphate particles can extract phosphorus, a process especially noted in all kinds of clovers.
Proper housing is essential for successful hog raising. A. L. Durant extension stock specialist notes many neglect well ventilated, sunlit houses that protect from cold and improve results, saying small expense yields better returns.
Japanese Clover is a small light colored legume resembling alfalfa with oblong leaves clustered on branches. Its roots are well covered with no root nodules, especially near the soil surface.
Succulent food must be supplied to take the place of range during the winter months when the hens cannot be outside. Mangels, pumpkins, or any thing of this kind does very well.
A sermon-like analysis recalls Jesus loving the rich young ruler yet denying a path to eternal life through deeds. It explains the man’s pride and reliance on self-sufficiency, and how the law reveals sin while the cross offers grace. The piece ends hopeful that the seeker may return to accept the gospel.
A compact inspirational note urges looking ahead to a long life with gratitude. It emphasizes recognizing mercies to invite more blessings and frames positive living as a practical mindset.
A compact reflection contrasts possessing with being and owning with true possession. It urges that sunlight and color belong to all who look and choose, and that grace is needed to turn knowledge into practice.
The text describes a religious meditation urging readers to stay spiritually vigilant to outpace temptation. It emphasizes inner faith as the key to triumph over evil and to maintain moral resolve.
A fragmentary item references a priceless volume and a Bible, with scattered phrases about fear of teak corn and a person named Henry. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or date.
Public notice urges buyers to check for the Bayer name on packages or tablets to ensure genuine aspirin. Claims the product is proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years and warns that imitations may be dangerous.
A Cameroon king in Foumban devised a code tongue combining French English and German terms for use by his cabinet. Discovered by Lt. Clapot, the system assigns new meanings to European words, such as La mission meaning to see and franc meaning the king, while words like Ordnung mean we and Monglish mean no head.
The best way to ripen bananas is to place them in a dark room at about 70 degrees Fahrenheit with good ventilation and high humidity around 85 to 90 percent. The text notes variations in this practice and suggests philosophy can become desperation in a crisis.
An old advertisement claims Coles Carbolisalve quickly relieves burning itching and torturing akin diseases. It supposedly stops burn pain heals without scars and costs 3c. Consumers are urged to ask their druggist or send 3c to The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Illinois for a package.
Ancient Host peoples valued beards as a mark of glory while compulsory shaving denoted degradation. Assyrian kings sported long beards. slaves wore clean shaven heads. Egyptians banished beards in trips. Greeks and Romans shaved for combat and at twenty one offered the beard to household gods. Alexander the Great reportedly ordered shaving for combat.
A South American palm reaches fifty feet in length and ten feet in width. In Ceylon another palm has twenty foot long leaves and eighteen foot breadth used by natives for tents and shelters.
A proverb contrasts good advice with hunger, noting that practical needs hinder appreciation of guidance. The saying implies that even sound counsel fails without basic sustenance to enable action.
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