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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
8
A Paris private in the trenches describes a rats crisis rivaling the Germans. Rats swarm trenches, billets, and shelters, gnaw rations and even motorcycle tires. He jokes about sending all rats to the Germans, a grim aside on war life and hunger.
Princess Jue Quan Tai, nineteen, travels unchaperoned through the United States after leaving China six months ago to avoid a arranged marriage. She spends freely, has sent cables home for funds, and speaks fluent English, reading American papers while her father opposes her solo travel.
In Wilmington Delaware Mr and Mrs Isaac Lightcap surprised locals by marrying at Townsend after dusk. Mrs Lightcap is seventy three and wealthy farm owner, while her groom is twenty five. The couple met when Lightcap was hired as farm overseer in June and married at the Methodist parsonage with Rev Warren officiating before returning to the farm.
Evansville farmer Evansville Indiana near Stringtown road discovered a hen sitting on a nest of ten eggs in the straw at the bottom of his wagon while transporting three dozen eggs to a local produce house.
Dr M W Jacobs told Philadelphia readers that rat studies show weight can be kept constant on certain proteins and growth resumed when other nutrients are added. He cited a rat kept abated for 532 days, equating to about forty five human years, and said diet could trigger growth in youth or later life.
In Reading Pennsylvania Edgar L Tyson aged 23 of Kutztown marries Florence D Wessner 20 of Kempton amid a court order after Pennsylvania law bans marriage between close relatives. Tyson learns his wife is his cousin and his mother-in-law, making future children potentially third cousins to their grandmother and second cousins to their mother.
Russia uses 10 15 and 20 kopeks as paper money due to coin shortages with overprints on the back. New Zealand issues a war stamp by overprinting the King George penny with war stamp and two stars, serving as a war tax alongside regular postage.
Benjamin Plank and T Lowe bid to place Logan county in the front rank of vegetable production. Plank displays a turnip of 5 pounds 12 ounces and 24 1/2 inches in circumference, while Lowe shows a cabbage weighing 18 pounds and 48 inches around.
Miss Dorothy Dennett daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Dennett has become a prominent figure in Washington social circles after taking active part in local young folk events and affairs.
A Daily Thought quotes Thomas Carlyle on the value of labor over idleness. The saying, etched in belief across daily life, emphasizes work as noble and rest as improper, reflecting a stern industrious ethic.
The Washington Star suggests useful baby wardrobe gifts as ideal birthday presents. For ages one and a half to three, use nainsook or cambric underwear, linen dresses, and pink or blue flannel sacques. Embrace simple embroidery and neat hems. even small braids and Valenciennes accents enhance the look without excessive cost.
The fashion world declares foreheads must be visible again, ending decades of bangs and concealment. Hairdressers and designers align with old masters like Gainsborough to restore the forehead to prominence, signaling a renewed emphasis on this facial feature.
Stiffness rules the evening dress with metallic tissue underpinnings and hooped pelts. Tulle or velvet dominates, with Rodier velvet highlighted as a magical material. Gowns feature paillettes embroideries and metallic brocades, braids and silk floss.
The saying holds that Moses urging the children of Israel to move onward possessed greater practical virtue than the Ten Commandments, emphasizing action over rigid law.
The Watteau women and directoire era images feature pale foreheads with brows shaped like aerial bows. Torrez and other painters once traced a small scalp line along the hairline to highlight whiteness and smoothness, not conceal beauty.
Starched linen and pique collars suit round youthful faces while thin faces suffer. Small women wear knotted soft silk ties in black and white or crepe de chine in somber shades. Mature women should opt for formal handkerchief lawn or batiste collars with light embroidery and hemstitching. Detachable neckwear fasteners under the lapel keep the collar in place on dark tailored coats.
The article suggests repurposing an old silk raincoat into a bathing suit for next summer. It also describes turning the coat into waterproof envelope shaped bags for carrying rubbers or slippers to school and details binding, braiding, and snaps for fastening.
The article details an attractive cream silk net evening gown with a gold lace flounce and flowing sleeves. A gold cord belt threaded through gold embroidered eyelets, paired with matching stockings and slippers, highlights a rich gold note in both evening and afternoon gowns.
Gros de Londres offers a heavy futile silk used mainly for street costumes. The weave displays exquisite tints including sapphire blue royal blue silver gray citron royal purple mole brown mole nubia brown taupe mushroom and mysterious green a deep olive tinged shade.
Advice from H M Cottrell on feeding pregnant sows to ensure strong birth pigs. Emphasizes alfalfa, seeds, skim milk, and avoiding corn alone. Warns against underfeeding, constipation, and rough housing to prevent dead or weak piglets.
The Berkeley Agricultural Experiment Station reports J R Beach proves a vaccination method against chicken pox, adapted from Wisconsin. In a flock of 1 177 vaccinated birds only 9 percent developed lesions versus 87 percent of 121 unvaccinated controls. Mortality fell from 54 to 25 percent, recovery averaged 14 days, with the method usable by poultry raisers.
University note states a cow must yield at least 200 pounds of butterfat or about 6 600 pounds of milk annually to be profitable. That requires roughly 19 pounds of milk daily for 300 days. Maintenance costs near 65 dollars, plus labor valued at 15 cents per hour, push profitable cows to exceed 200 pounds of fat. higher yields increase profit.
Advice from experienced orchardists suggests thinning apples to a scant crop in years of heavy cropping to break the biennial bearing pattern and encourage regular yields in subsequent seasons.
Tankage is the portion of meat unfit for humans handled by large packing houses. It is thoroughly cooked and dried and can be fed dry or mixed with middlings and chop or fed as slop.
Ergot, a fungus affecting grasses, forms purple black hornlike bodies in the seed heads. It occurs in rye, wild rye, wheat grass, meadow grass, timothy and redtop. There is no remedy, so stock should avoid badly infested areas and hay cut from such grasses.
Laying hens must have a morning dust bath to maximize winter egg production. It helps remove dirt mites and scales from the skin, as lice and mites injure fowls most at night on the roost. Provide an elevated dust box in the coop or place the box in the pen during moderate weather.
The text argues that slopes offer better soil and atmospheric drainage than level ground, aiding orchard suitability. It notes that a site with a moderate slope is usually preferred for orchard purposes when other factors are equal, due to improved drainage and soil conditions.
Advice on keeping a horse well fed and comfortable through attentive care. Emphasizes that extra time spent on feeding and grooming yields better health, energy, and performance from the animal.
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