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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
6
Paris designers reveal new hatpins and jewelry ideas dominated by rhinestones. The chantecler motif in rhinestone dominates, with ruby eyes and celluloid shells in amber and tortoise tones. Oriental pins feature colored mock jewels, while Egyptian influences loom as possible future inspiration. Hat pins risk damage. safer hat fasteners are recommended.
The article guides home gardeners on window box plant choices and care. It highlights the ease of geraniums and nasturtiums, suggests climbing geraniums, English daisies, heliotropes, and petunias as attractive options, and stresses keeping soil consistently moist with daily observation.
A dress pattern describes a cherry red linen school wear with a center panel, waist shaping, a linen collar and singlet, and sleeves plaited to fit the wrists. A straw hat wrapped in lawn completes the outfit. Material required is four yards of linen 42 inches wide.
A guide to restoring an aged floor by cleaning with caustic potash, filling cracks, sanding, and applying walnut or oak finishes with burnt umber stain or ash-based solutions. It covers stain preparation, application, waxing steps, and repeating coats for depth and gloss.
The Atchison Globe laments society as more nuisance than utility describing it as an uncomfortable chair to sit on and a chair of something digestible to eat, reflecting a satirical view of social gatherings.
In Washington the Hawaiian delegate’s wife, commonly called Princess Kalanianaole, draws attention at every social function. A tall, regal, multilingual musician, she promotes Hawaiian music and has enriched the capital’s social scene with her elegant attire and collection of native jewelry and curios. Former Queen Liliuokalani visits her relatives and is a favored guest.
Dr Alfred Cleveland Cotton, elected president of the Illinois State Medical Association, has practiced in Chicago for 32 years. He directed Jackson Park sanitarium for babies three years and served 18 years as physician at Presbyterian Hospital where he is pediatrics professor. Born 1847 in Griggsville, he graduated Rush Medical College in 1878 and served as a drummer in the Civil War. He was once city physician in charge of solution hospitals.
In Long Beach California W B McCracken’s hen sat for 13 days until a hungry snake drove her away and swallowed three eggs. He shot the snake and later found the three eyes inside the reptile. The eyes were placed back under the hen and the chicks hatched after the normal period.
The piece argues that a stenographer's account of the Glavis matter is a slanderous distraction. It asserts the president's letter to Ballinger was not dishonestly drafted and emphasizes that truth and justice must guide the public verdict, regardless of political fallout.
The house amendment to the administration railroad bill would shift the interstate commerce court from presidential appointment to a selection by circuit judges and Supreme Court justices. It creates five circuit judges and a five-member commerce court chosen from all circuit judges, aiming to depoliticize the court and strengthen the measure.
The president pursued his pledged platform and achieved substantial legislation this session despite party conflicts. His support for reform within his party aided passage of bills once thought unattainable, resulting in a productive adjournment with notable laws enacted.
The piece argues the Monroe doctrine deserves its standing as a foundation of U.S. foreign relations when traced to Hamilton. It credits Mr Knox with showing arbitration as an early principle in American diplomacy and notes the United States as the first to establish this idea in modern times.
The president asked Chairman Tawney to insert in the sundry civil appropriation bill an item to hire business experts to overhaul executive departments. MacVeagh enlisted Chicago experts who served without pay, yielding economies. The idea follows earlier Keep Commission efforts and hints at broader applicability, including the Post Office.
Roanoke Indiana hosts a one hundredth birthday celebration for Mrs. Anthony Revarre a respected Miami Indian princess Kib so quah. Gov Thomas R Marshall and Judge Robert S Taylor attend and speeches honor the centenarian whose lineage traces to Little Turtle with mixed heritage and a son Anthony born after her husband’s death.
Chicago hosts a lively Fourth with 6000 regular army troops at Grant Park. A monster parade opens a ten day military tournament featuring infantry cavalry artillery engineers signal and hospital corps plus aviators. Daily exhibitions showcase service duties with free admission for a large field audience.
Attorney General Wickersham urges voters to back President Taft and the national administration's efforts to restrain monopolies and protect public rights. He argues party unity strengthens the Republicans and enhances their leadership in regulating corporations, warning against factional splits. He emphasizes aligning behind the one effective leader to avert dispersing party power in Congress.
The Catholic Educational association opens its seventh annual session at the Hotel Pontchartrain Detroit with an executive committee meeting and delegate reception. Mgr Walconio attends to speak as the apostolic delegate. A public meeting closes the convention with a chorus of 1000 children, Archbishop Glennon speaking on The Home and the School and Justice Anglia of Ottawa discussing Catholic Education in Canada.
Congressmen tout a major downward tariff cut as the greatest since Washington. Supporters cite solid facts and potential improvements while barnstormers lag in knowledge and influence. The Taft administration is credited with making steady gains and public understanding grows.
Montclair New Jersey celebrates with the dedication of a 300 foot steel flagpole on Eagle Rock. A monster American flag was unfurled during an elaborate ceremony, to greet entrants to New York harbor, the event cited as rivaling the Statue of Liberty.
The article outlines Mr. Knox’s central idea of financing peace over war. It argues strong nations should aid the weak and corporate righteousness should curb unrighteousness. Knox does not expect a full millennium but foresees partial realization of these aims.
The speaker notes it is hard to recall that a president's value lies more in deeds than words. Taft may utter infelicitous speech yet remains a man of rock ribbed fidelity, resolution, and strong character in essence.
The article argues that while tariff law is not flawless it is under scrutiny and false claims surrounding it are being debunked. The exposure of misinformation risks damaging to detractors and their credibility.
Frank H. Crombie, former prominent local businessman, died in Washington state where he had lived nine years. Authorities suspect ptomaine poisoning from canned meat as the cause of death.
Hundreds of Pythians gather for the dedication of the new Pythian Temple in Waterloo. Costing $70,000 the lodge building is touted as the finest in the state with Congressman Pickett delivering the principal address. A class of 100 initiates joined the night ceremony.
Pharmacists in Des Moines Ja met for the annual Towa Pharmaceutical association convention. The three day session opened today with members gathering for meetings and reports.
Washington July 6 one of the year's social highlights was the marriage of L A Coromilas Greek minister and Miss Anna E Cockrell daughter of former Senator Francis M Cockrell of Missouri now a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission The ceremony drew nearly all diplomatic figures still in Washington and many society members.
An unnamed athlete holds four world records and claims an undefeated start, discussing kidney trouble that affected vision and nerves. He notes Donn's Kidney Pills as his cure and offers to share case details for a stamp. Also mentions White House lightning rods planned this summer at a cost of 500 to 600 dollars.
A soda fountain and bottle promotion urges the public to drink Coca Cola to cool fatigue and refreshment. It invites readers to send a free booklet from the Coca Cola Company in Atlanta and includes a baseball record book offer with the poem Casey At The Bat and schedules.
A father steadies a manuscript as his son battles to pronounce a line aloud. The boy corrects a misread line about desecration as the pair wrestle with a garbled passage and stumble over the phrase palladium of our liberties in a humorous domestic scene.
An aged Irishman muses on the late king of England while describing the British monarch as a fine man in life and a remarkable fisherman in spirit. He concludes with wary respect and a note to watch George.
A speaker reflects on speed of unseen wind and virtue in yielding to life. Witty asides compare sight drafts to paternal wisdom and laments self-important men likened to overfilled eggs. The passage values gratitude for what remains unseen and ungrasped.
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