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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
1
A fashion writer extols the three-in-one dress, praising the Foundation Slip and versatile combinations. The piece describes gray crepe slips, vermilion and green trims, and overblouse options, noting color trends mauve cyclamen orange and mixed fabrics for day to evening wear.
United States Department of Agriculture reports in 15 southern states 2042 boys and girls club members funded part of school expenses from club earnings. 465 girls pursue home economics. 1056 students attend high school to college on club scholarships. In Georgia and Alabama, funds support go to college prep and home demonstration work.
In line with popular fabrics plain organdie and dotted swiss are highlighted for summer wardrobes. Both fabrics come in wide color ranges with embroidered effects, making their vogue likely to rise. Dotted swiss with overplaid or stripe offers pretty contrasts, and matching options let a frock blend two materials. Wraps, hats, and blouses are advised to match or boldly contrast with suits and dresses for cohesive ensembles.
To improve whiteness, bleach muslin before sewing. Boil strong bluing water in a boiler, immerse unrolled cloth, bring to a boil, remove and hang to drip dry in sun. When dry, iron and wash again for a beautiful white finish. Linen may be bleached the same way.
Warm weather boosts roost mites and drops egg yield. A C Smith of the University of Farm poultry division recommends kerosene as a simple prevention. Apply by paint brush or spray before mites appear, preferably in the morning, and repeat every two weeks in warm weather.
Sweet clover is best used as pasture under most conditions. If chosen for pasture, cattle should be confined to it for a day or two until they begin eating it, then they will thrive. It makes undesirable hay due to coarseness and few leaves. cut at blossom for best hay quality.
Good implements are far more important in farming than some farmers believe. It is a hard matter to do good farming with poor or unsatisfactory farm implements. Considering their utility, farm implements are cheap.
The farmer who feeds crops to livestock acts as both producer and manufacturer, gaining two potential profits per year instead of one.
Crop rotation importance emphasized for home gardens. Improperly fitting collars risk shoulder injuries to horses as spring field work begins.
A cheap strong disinfectant mixes one pound of lye with 40 gallons of water for cleaning hog houses and hen houses, described as effective and economical.
Cost of production and yield per acre emerge as the dominant factors influencing farming costs, outweighing other variables. The text highlights how efficiency in yield directly affects overall expenses and profitability.
Hotels and food establishments are urged to wash milk cans immediately after emptying them. The U S Department of Agriculture notes wholesale buyers must rinse containers before reuse, matching the care given to milk bottles in retail.
The report notes sour milk results from bacterial growth in milk cans left in warm rooms or doorstep after use. Hotels, restaurants, and bakeries sometimes fail to properly clean containers before resale. Cans return to plants teeming with bacteria, requiring hand washing and soaking before machine washing. Consumers urged to exercise care to ensure a safe milk supply.
Plan outlines the need for care in summer spraying after buds and leaves start. Arsenate of lead common for chewing insects, calcium compound rising in use. Bordeaux mix effective in summer strength for apples pears grapes. other combinations advised by practical orchardists for fungus diseases and pests.
Seed soybeans and sudan grass together at corn planting time and cut for hay when the beans are in the dough stage. Use moist black land or alkali peat soils for this mix. Broadcast about 12 pounds of sudan grass per acre and drill in three pecks of beans per acre. Mammoth Yellow or Hollyrock Mongil are good soybean varieties.
Do not overlook making successive plantings of vegetables to maintain a steady timely fresh supply. Radishes and beans are suggested as examples with pale snap and pole lima beans likely to better sustain green bean supply than bunch beans.
Legumes like cowpeas velvet beans peanuts and other plants draw nitrogen from the air to enrich soil. These crops gather nitrogen even as you sleep, reducing need for synthetic fertilizer and boosting soil health.
Garden plants may be transplanted safely during very dry weather if water is poured around their roots and a thick mulch of dry soil is placed over the watered surface.
Farmers urged to keep tractors busy with grinding feed cutting wood shelling corn and other power tasks in addition to field work to justify equipment costs.
A warning urges farmers not to cultivate beans while wet to prevent spreading plant diseases. The advisory stresses that damp conditions raise the risk of disease transmission and injury to future yields.
Farmers urged to prevent weed growth to protect row crops. Emphasis on timely cultivation and weed control as a key practice for higher yields.
A detailed design for a modern dairy barn by William A. Radford showcases labor saving features and improved livestock housing. It emphasizes weather tight construction, two rows of stalls, central drive, steel partitions, continuous concrete manger, water cups, carrier tracks, silos with ensilage, feed rooms, and reduced labor with healthier cattle yielding more milk over time.
Warm, well ventilated barns keep cows productive in winter with minimal milk loss. Exterior barn designs vary, with the Gothic style gaining popularity in recent years.
A fragmentary column questions who speaks of doom divorce scandal and social gossip accusing a range of locals like the Browns Greens Jones and others It highlights gossip as a social force and asks who propagates such statements in what reads like a chorus of unnamed voices
The Harrisburg Patriot questions an old saying and notes irony in its remark about companionship and value, contrasting a flea and a dog with a cheap pairing.
A Dallas News item notes a woman claiming her daughter can sing, while neighbors dispute the claim as obvious to their ears. The anecdote highlights perceived exaggeration in local gossip about a young performer.
The passage argues that story plots are finite and writers mostly remix existing truths. Novel ideas are rare, with authors polishing or redecorating established concepts to attract attention. Epigrams exemplify this, sticking in minds because they restate familiar truths in a sharper form.
A note on raw onions purifying air and killing germs. The practice places sliced onions beside beds or coffins of infectious disease victims to supposedly cleanse the air. The text cites no scientific proof but relays a rural belief linking onion consumption and germ destruction.
A verse snippet questions who claims Grumpy beats his wife and rouses domestic strife. It asks who knows it all and spills the tale when called, and who should hire a ball, attributing the lines to Arthur H. Folwell in Leslie's Weekly.
Great Tiritain has stocked supplies on 24 islands to aid shipwrecked crews. Three stores lie in remote Icelandic corners while the remaining are on small islets across the South Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Alphonse Dindon, a French murderer, faced the guillotine with an unlit cigarette. An attendant offered a match but he declined saying he would light it when he arrived.
Italian cities host permanent marionette troupes and Genowhia presents strong shows during Christmas carnival and Waxter. Venetian managers bring sturdy companies to lawn performances enhancing the festive season.
An essay on what defines a true gentleman focusing on conduct over titles and social labels, arguing that behavior determines status rather than formal appellations or luxury.
A 1922 Model era dialogue features a defendant in a breach of promise case and his lawyer discussing letters and pet names. Father and suitor banter over marriage aims while mocking the court scene and parental approvals. The exchange ends with a quip about a singer daughter and pride in material gifts.
A playful verse notes a husband who remains upbeat despite a dull spouse. The speaker brands him a noodle yet underlines his steady, loyal support amid a poking critique of his partner.
Willis remarks to his wife she must be economical and track household expenses. Gillis notes she has begun by buying a $50 desk, $60 filing cabinet, and ordering a $150 adding machine.
A committee debate features a young member declaring service to the people while a veteran official cautions him. The elder notes the group seeks to shape public opinion and control outcomes, insisting they decide what is best even if the people may not receive it.
Mr. Perks seeks boxing training to endure punishment without fighting his wife. The exchange with the instructor notes the aim is self-control and resilience rather than assault. The context appears in American Legion Weekly.
A light exchange notes a husband delighting in his phonograph this winter. The wife recalls Shakespeare and quips about the man’s contentment being tied to his disc collection.
A couple argues over time spent on the app Discord with accusations of fiddling away time and harping on the string. The exchange hints at ongoing marital tension centered on everyday priorities and communication.
A humorous collage from Life and Punch strings shows doctors debating risking operations, a harvest Thanksgiving tale, and a child recalling an orgy joke. The snippets mix whimsy about patient care with a playful jab at hospitals and charity.
A quirky corrected line notes reading habits tied to a box of candy and a playful, flapper era mood.
An aged Birmingham description recalls a man who sold suburban bungalows and now paints a glowing picture of mansions in the skies. Critics say such talk is easy for him.
A humorous exchange shows a beggar noting his business growth after being blind years ago and now deaf and dumb. The first beggar teases, while the second uses the transformation as a punchline about expanding his enterprise.
Farmers joke about taking boarders next summer saying they want company beyond their family for mosquitoes to torment. The exchange features Farmer Com torsel voicing practical humor over need for money.
A brief exchange reveals a salary of 4000 dollars and a quick remark about the job’s political nature. The dialogue hints at a discussion over compensation and purpose, with a hint of skepticism about the role’s political dimension.
Mrs. T J Archer of 1147 Shepard St Peters burg Virginia credits Tanlac with ending years of indigestion headaches dizziness and rheumatic pain. She says she could not eat and suffered heart gas pain before a husband bought her Tanlac now she has no indigestion headaches or rheumatic symptoms. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
Two six year old boys in Fairmount hurry along to pass bills and race each other. They stop at a relative's home to rest and explain they move fast to keep up with one another despite the hot weather.
A St. Louis woman describes back pains dizziness and fatigue from a year of illness. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring her strength easing her stomach and enabling her to work at home and for Swift's Packing Company. Her testimonial urges others to try the remedy.
A small girl forgot manners when given candy and answered a mother’s question with a bold embrace and the line I tell the world, mother, you’re some kid. The anecdote highlights the humor and charm of very young wit.
A reflective line notes that people in politics or debate are drawn to those who say what they think, yet remain wary of a person who simply agrees with them. It captures tension between flattery and mistrust in consensus.
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