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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
8
The article notes braid’s return after nearly fifty years as the season’s striking trim. It details wide and narrow braids for dresses, wash options, shrinkage cautions, and home sewing techniques to create geometric patterns and flounces on skirts and bodices.
The article surveys charming separate summer coats in pongee silk, cloth, and foulard intended to pair with light dresses. It notes many styles are simple or elaborately trimmed, with untrimmed options and minimal bands of braid. It highlights a particularly desirable model with long lines that flatter most figures and adjustable fullness through shoulder plaits for different body types.
A clever novel hammock cover uses natural linen, fitted to the hammock top with side valances. A green and yellow stenciled motif outlines the fringe and pillows, producing an artistic yet practical addition that stays cool and clean.
The article surveys fine panama hats and summer straw varieties with emphasis on white duck sailor-broad hats. It notes white is the preferred color paired with light woolens, coats, and skirts, with trims including white silk bands or satin ribbon twists and occasional pale ribbons in blue or pink, per Vogue.
Instruction notes describe corset covers from Waisis cut low at the neck with sleeves ripped out and finished with lace and beads. It suggests mending sleeves under arms and advises daily open air exercise as essential for health.
The text describes using fast dyes for washable covers and suggests variations for non artists. Options include coarse cotton outline work, raffia decorations, applied stripes or dull tinted linen polka dots for hammock covers.
Hang the skirt and baste near the edge. Turn the hem and baste on braid then attach with a big stitch so it can be ripped when worn out. Tig stitching hides on the right side. After the braid is fixed the hem is evened and the skirt finished. This saves hand sewing braid.
Instructions describe securing a shield in sailor suit garments by taping to lower corners under arms, tying in back, placing buttons two inches from edges on each side, and aligning buttonholes in the outer blouse to match the closing button at the base of the neck.
Veneration of Marcus Hanna at Cleveland as a two time campaign director who steered the Republican Party to victory. The piece notes his early business life, rise as a Senate leader, and unresolved questions about potential presidential ambitions and future influence after his death. It reflects on Roosevelt Hanna relations and the lasting praise of his career.
The April foreign trade report shows merchandise imports at 87.5 million dollars, down from 129.6 million a year earlier, a drop of over 42 million. Exports fell 24 million, leaving the trade balance strongly in favor of American producers and shippers by about 46 million. The shift reflects ongoing post panic economic changes and affects debt, foreign credits, and securities held by European investors.
The Business Men's league of St. Louis backs a platform for the National Prosperity association urging the full dinner pail pay car busy factory and unreduced wage rate. It praises the slogan as the best possible program and forecasts a Republican victory on such a platform with cheers for Sunshine and Prosperity.
The article notes that the dish apple charlotte may have been invented by the thrifty wife of George III to use up palace crusts. It highlights how kitchen literature can reveal traits of historical figures.
The text reflects on transcendent existence beyond language and suggests ordering life around a central source of life. It proposes living as if the universe is held together by universal love and law rather than by humanly limited understanding.
The smallest mammals are shrews, nocturnal, mouse like creatures that hunt worms and insects in woods and meadows. An eggshell would make a commodious nest for a mother and her young.
The Washington Star notes two congress resolutions show tariff revision is on the way. The article argues the Dingley law should be updated to meet future conditions with a protective tariff, and that the November vote will hinge on this issue.
The piece argues that Bryan’s stance on currency and anti trust mirrors Roosevelt’s views on enforcing ill drafted laws. It contends laws lose respect when enforcement fails and that better laws, not jail, secure compliance. It notes few officials are jailed and public opinion fuels mercantile practice.
The 1904 start moved from exploratory work to full scale excavation. Delays in 1905 due to sanitary duties protected the project. By May 1 1908 Americans had moved 35 176 608 cubic yards, 43 percent of the French total for 23 years, with 12 396 462 cubic yards in four months.
The passage asserts truth and honesty empower a man to wage conflict successfully. It argues truthfulness should not shame the defender or the apologizer for missteps, and that honor remains inseparable from manhood, with one virtue always accompanying the other.
The article notes a curious parallel between ancient Britons who wore blue woad and a modern policeman who displays a blue uniform. It remarks on the symbolic and practical uses of blue attire across eras.
Esteemed figures across literature science and art are highlighted as early risers who retired early and rose with the dawn drawing inspiration from the fountain of light, shaping world progress and happiness through disciplined routines.
Senator Rayner introduced a resolution to authorize a five officer army court of inquiry to investigate Col William B P Stewart. Stewart was sent to Fort Grant Arizona a desolate post and later to St Augustine Florida before being ordered back. Rayner cites peacetime legal violations and war department friction as context.
Canadian and American YMCA bodies plan a memorial to Sir George Williams, founder of the YMCA, to be erected in an American city yet to be chosen with Atlantic City hosting the international committee conference to decide the location, likely New York or Washington. The design is by Sir George Frampton.
A playful remark notes that fashionable watering places exclude seasonal outsiders while the “floating population” remains unable to join. The banter highlights social barriers in resort communities and the irony of inclusion.
John Jones and Mary Drew hosted a dinner featuring lamb dishes. Mary quoted a rhyme about a little lamb as guests enjoyed the meal.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota reports five months in a hospital with heart trouble smothering spells and partial paralysis. After taking Deans Kidney Pills his condition improved and he has been well since. Reference to the 60 cent Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York advertisement.
A playful exchange notes Maggie praising a young boy who can identify nearly every major league player by name highlighting his surprising knowledge and enthusiasm for baseball.
Mrs Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas reports a severe eczema ordeal on her son lasting six months. After two doctors failed to help, a Cure Cure Remedies treatment brought quick relief and eventual complete clearance within two months.
In spring a tribal council and feast are held under the Hanga leader. A village crier wearing a robe proclaims the planting season and distributes sacred corn to households. After the ritual, people may dig and plant crops.
A short anecdote features a young man courting Bobby’s sister and asking if she was pleased by his call. Bobby confirms with a quick, confident reply implying the sister’s positive reaction as told by their mother. The exchange reflects light social courtship dialogue from Youth’s Companion.
An early morning disruption at a school ends in a light moment as two pupils choose the hymn Count Your Blessings after a note reveals a teacher will miss days due to illness. The principal notes the absence and the mood shifts to a moment of cheerful reflection.
Readers are told Grape-Nuts contains natural wheat and barley elements plus phosphate of potash. A New York man claims improved strength and endurance after using the cereal, noting weight gain and less fatigue while traveling. The ad cites Postum Co. and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
A caller debates a meter issue for a spring poem and submits an essay on Woman and Her Defects. The editor mocks the title and questions the author's familiarity before returning the essay.
An old newspaper note promotes Chaney and Cias medicinal cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It claims to act constitutionally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces and urges readers to seek the remedy from Toledo doctors or local druggists.
In Harper's Weekly a child named Clarence experiences his first bath in a cold room. His mother steps away briefly as he shivers at goose flesh and jokes he is turning into a chicken, asking for his mother to hurry.
Advertises Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children urging careful examination of each bottle to verify the signature and claims a history of use for over 380 years and the phrase The Kind You Have Always Bought.
A quoted exchange features Annniaas complaining about the label of mechanacity while expressing a wish for more profitable work, referencing a malefactor of great wealth in a Washington Star context.
An OCR fragment advertises eye disease cures such as PHTERNS HYH SALVE described as harmless and sold by druggists or Howard Bros. Bulbio N.Y. It also touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, claims pain relief and wind colic relief, priced 25 cents per bottle.
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