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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
10
A fashion column notes spring temptations and a shift from voluminous winter wraps to slim coats and capes in velvet and fur. Jewels, embroidery, and metal fabrics illuminate Parisian designs while American taste favors subtler hues and restraint.
The United States Department of Agriculture issued Farmers' Bulletin 1192 The Organization of Rural Community Buildings detailing finance methods for community structures. It notes voluntary contributions and stock as bases, advantages of local funding, and the rise of municipal tax financing with maintenance funded by dues and events.
Fashion notes from Paris say American sport clothes lag in embracing new ideas. Paris designers favor perishable fabrics and delicate colors, while Americans favor practical embroideries on woolens. A Paris model features a cafe au lait chiffon frock with bronze velvet jacket, illustrating the contrast.
In the opera audience gowns, velvet leads fashion with diagonal shoulder to waist lines and bateau necklines. While straight silhouettes and slight bouffant styles appear, lighter fabrics mix in, and circular effects show in some debutantes outfits.
Farmers gain efficiency with durable tools usable indoors on bad days. A farm shop adds practicality, enabling shelter work to save costs and keep projects moving on a farmstead.
Plan ahead for spring crops though season may alter final results and save labor. Feeding corn to cattle and hogs currently yields 60.9 to 90 cents a bushel in meat prices, more valuable than furnace use.
A farm guidance snippet urges picking up ducks by the neck to avoid leg injuries, claiming this method saves labor and money. It emphasizes well arranged buildings on the farm to further reduce labor costs and increase profits.
United States Department of Agriculture urges direct shipping to tanners to avoid middlemen. Hides and skins should be bundled and shipped promptly, especially sheep skins, to prevent heat damage. avoid sun, drafts, water, or rusty metals. Green, unsalted sales are possible when near tanneries, but require prompt delivery within 24 hours.
A wire bristle brush used to clean parts of a cream separator requires repeated wrist bending. The text notes that performing a thorough job demands much bending as the tool is used.
A patent style note describes a cream separator brush with right angled bends forming a crank to ease operation. The handle acts as a crank to turn the brush, improving cleaning efficiency and suggesting practical use in Yarm and Home contexts.
The article argues that purchasing a farm with equipment stock and materials ready on site yields immediate income, allowing operation without loss and enabling the buyer to work out plans while maintaining a self-sustaining farm business. Buying only the bare farm delays profitability and increases overhead costs.
The USDA notes lambing rates of about 115 percent with medium sized mutton ewes and potential gains up to 150 percent. Wool clips range from seven to eleven pounds per ewe. Larger mutton breeds and fine wools boost output, though per-pound value is lower due to grease. With proper care, sheep can yield net returns comparable to cattle and swine on suitable land.
Stable design should keep horses cool and well ventilated while shielding them from drafts and extreme weather. Proper ventilation reduces moisture and heat stress, safeguarding equine health and performance.
Farmers rely on home grown clover alfalfa and soybeans as the cheapest protein source. Frequent feeding is key to raising the best calves. When buying breeding stock, choose cockerels with hens and cock birds with pullets for optimal results.
The article stresses that breed quality matters less than the person behind it. It argues well bred and cared for live stock yields higher earnings than inferior animals, highlighting the breeder’s expertise as key.
An exchange reveals the boy’s full inspiration for his name Napoleon. The narrator explains he was named after Major Napoleon Suggs, a former gentleman he cooked for, known for strong involvement with the Knights of Pythias.
A humorous fragment depicts a four year old linking kidney beans to death, a city council scene with excuses for not voting, and quick quips about dressmakers engagements and political speeches. It captures light city life humor and social banter with brief witticisms.
In a prison scene a warden jokes about a forger in cell 104 who allegedly requests blank checks, a pen, and ink. The quip notes the inmate’s possible demand for private bathing and suggests continued exploitation of writing supplies.
A dialogue snippet features a man touting hiring brains for $26 a week and Miss Cayenne responding with a sharp retort about the plan, reflecting period social wit and financial talk.
A humorous skit line shows a club insisting a new leader must not abandon the presidency while a retiring member from Indianapolis reacts with clear displeasure. The exchange hints at succession tensions and personality clashes within the organization.
In a brief dialogue a character pushes stock in a rubber plantation and asks whether the plan is to grow overshoes or rubber bunds. The exchange hints at business opportunism and market ideas in a period delivery.
A fragmented humorous passage contrasts the fool family with a surviving member fearing death while others are gone. The speaker laments high fishing tackle costs and jokes about fish lacking artistic sense. A quip about a hammock resembling a spider’s web echoes Mr Browbeaton’s sly remark about getting caught.
A light exchange centers on jelly praise. The speaker notes that despite high commendation, the critic did not request the recipe, hinting at hidden details or reluctance behind the compliment.
Quotes reveal Misa Cayenne finds bridge an intellectual challenge after studying instruction books yet lacking the nerve to attempt the game.
The dialogue features Senator Sorghum: when asked if constituents expect him to do their thinking, he replies no, but notes that his mail shows a growing demand from constituents to do his thinking for him. The remark captures a public frustration with reliance on elected officials.
The dialogue features a wary business man noted for caution. A passerby humorously recalls him complimenting a young lady and asking for a receipt. Walter and Bixby debate whether the chicken was cooked with X rays revealing bones.
Miss Cayenne remarks that no man is a hero to his own valet and questions why he should be. She suggests valets admire motion picture heroes instead. The exchange reveals humor about perceptions of courage and public image.
Western Canada exhibitors at the 1921 International Live Stock show in Chicago earned about 150 prizes across stock and grain classes. Alberta led in cattle and horses. Saskatchewan won the Clydesdale championship twice. Manitoba praised for alfalfa seed and dairy potential. The piece credits land sale 40 years earlier and notes broader economic gains for the region.
A canoe wreck ends with a navigator boy surfacing and swimming to shore to safety. A stern, grit-faced woman confronts him, shouts that he disobeyed her warning and grabs him by the hair, questioning why he learned to swim despite orders.
A short, cryptic note contrasts two methods of stopping motorists. It asks whether a driver is halted by a police officer or by a rope, implying a grim or satirical dichotomy without providing further context.
A fragmentary anecdote recounts John Bigelow visiting a friend and explaining nightfall to a child. The little girl asks why it is dark and guides the moment with a simple line about God shutting his eyes, reflecting an old small town vignette.
Representive Cole of Town won the seat after Jimes W Good resigned. He noted a trusted friend inspired his oath as he became the district’s newest member in fourteen years. The judge warned only divine qualification could truly prepare him for office. He pledged to seek proper qualification.
A chaotic police scene follows an accident as Constable Sims questions a motorist. The motorist, frustrated and defensive, asserts his experience and authority, demanding to know the purpose of the inquiry while invoking past status.
Local reader Henry D. Bush touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for ulcers colds and flu defense. He reports four years of pellet use and says the family avoided illness during a severe flu period. Production and medical advice offered from Buffalo New York.
A folding wing car with two engines, ten horsepower for land and eight hundred for air, was shown in Boue Seine-et-Olse. The machine reportedly completed typical automobile and aircraft functions in a single demonstration.
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