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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
10
The essay surveys soldiers and civilians enduring bombardment and fear in Europe. It contrasts recruits learning to cope with fire, seasoned fighters, officers’ risks, and civilians such as Belgian harvesters and French knitters, highlighting resilience and varied bravery.
A detailed period knitting guide explains how to make a baby bonnet from rabbit yarn or saxony. It covers sizing faces at 12 14 or 16 inches, stitch counts, ridge work, neck band shaping, trimming with satin or lace, and optional embroidery and color combinations for boys or girls.
A Pennsylvania wire glass firm introduces a new skylight glass designed to stop dripping. The under surface has fine webs to channel condensation to the gutter, preventing drops that could damage silk and cotton mills, paper factories, and chocolate works even when skylights are pitched low.
A witty exchange describes summer spent and a man living as "Mary's husband" among his wife’s relatives revealing how identity and labels persist in family circles.
A moving day accident left Tim alone in a locked house. Tim says he was scared at first but grew sleepy and felt the scare fade as the day passed before his family found him.
The Spectator reports the national homicide rate climbs from 4.9 per 100 000 in 1902 to 8.7 in 1913. The United States likely has the highest rate among civilized nations. Memphis Tennessee leads with 68 per 100 000 in 1913, Savannah Georgia 48.3, Atlanta 33.3 in 1912, and Nashville Tennessee 39.4, with substantial increases over the prior decade.
A wary citizen voices support for cotton wear while joking about his wife choosing calico neckties, reflecting light local chatter on dress and domestic planning.
A fragmented chatter from Penn State Froth hints at a performance scene where voices joke about the orchestra playing a work titled Choppin. The clipped dialogue suggests a humorous misinterpretation of the program as sawin rather than music.
In this market note a salesperson presses a client about life insurance. The prospect shows four companies bidding, while skeptical about conversion. No agreement reached yet.
A guide on evaluating cheap cretonne by rubbing a small sample to test wear and durability. Dark backgrounds wear better and pattern selection matters for room brightness. Instructions cover pattern mounting, cutting, and avoiding waste on a sofa cover project.
Fashion notes describe chiffon dance frocks with glittering paillettes and sand colored corduroy winter coats. Tunics feature points or scallops edged with large beads while colored beads and jet and pearl beads appear in designs. Printed taffet, satin linings, and shot silks mark popular textures with high neck blouses and decollete styling hinted.
The design should run up the beat and back of the sofa and over the sides. The pattern must be carefully matched in the center where the material will be joined.
A short feature notes young women at the city rink wearing velvet and silk skating frocks while the outdoors awaiters favor a proper skating rig as shown by an attractive example at the rear.
A dated guide warns that fleshy silhouettes should avoid shiny fabrics like satin as they emphasize curves. It prescribes dull textures, full one-piece outfits, dark dresses with subtle contrasts, and floor-touching indoor skirts to reduce apparent hip width and heighten the waist.
The current style scene shows mid rise blouses gaining popularity while shorter and lower cuts fall from favor. Designers emphasize moderate height fits as the prevailing preference for now.
The article advises soaking tatting in gasoline and dusting with corn starch while wet. Wrap pieces in a clean towel for several hours, beat the towel to loosen starch, press picots into shape, and iron lightly on the wrong side.
Professor Skinner reviews experiments with yearling calves finished in dry lots versus pasture. Full grain feeding from November to May yielded faster gains, higher finish, and better profits in dry lot cattle. Dry-lot gains dominated early summer, but pasture gains narrowed the gap in later months. Overall three-year results favored dry-lot feeding despite market premiums for grass-fed beef.
Alfalfa makes a strong horse feed but must be used with care due to its palatability. Limit free access to prevent overfeeding. a ration of roughly one pound of alfalfa per day plus 1.25 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of body weight is recommended for work horses. Feed mold and dust free first or second cutting alfalfa. avoid wet hay and sudden feed changes.
Alfalfa should be grown as a regular crop in rotation and left in place for five to six years. Other fields in the rotation stay productive by growing clover and applying barnyard manure.
Fragmentary note describes the use of a manure spreader to evenly distribute coarse manure in a meadow or pasture. It mentions avoiding raking coarse manure into the soil and references faip in meadow land, suggesting a practice or technical guidance for efficient manure application.
The article explains organic matter as decay in roots and vegetables forming the active soil constituent, contrasting it with humus. It stresses renewing soil humus via barnyard and green manures, warns that continuous grain cropping makes soil lifeless, and notes organic matter improves aeration drainage and available plant food.
Apples keep better wrapped in paper and stored in a cool cellar to maintain freshness and longevity.
A farmer notes that spreading manure finely and evenly improves forage, causing grass to be consumed more readily. The manure acts to enrich and bind soil, encouraging better grazing and stronger growth in the pasture.
The author reflects on leaving a gate open and the recurring losses when livestock escape, noting it as a costly folly that often ends in regret and damage when the animals roam freely until discovered.
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