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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
1
Describes the empire style evening toilettes once scorned now popular. Details include free waistlines, sheer fabrics, beadwork, lace trims, and use of strass. Warns of bold bodice openings, fur borders, tassels, and simple scarf-like cloaks with rich velvet and fur collars.
An English automobile accessory features a double top with a card tray. Lifting the top reveals a toilet table with side flaps holding brushes and combs, a basin, two water tanks with over a gallon capacity, towels, and a looking glass. All metal parts are aluminum.
A tip for quilters and knitters to repurpose leftover wool by tying scraps of similar weight and crocheting shell stitch items like cushion covers and bed throws. It lists wool varieties such as Shetland zephyr, cashmere yarn, Spanish worsted, and Dresden Saxony as weight guides.
The piece lists superstitions about weddings such as tying a white ribbon to the bride to ensure happiness, delaying the wedding gown until the day is named, a torn veil as luck, secrets about the wedding journey, a yellow garter for a yearbound marriage, and wearing a mother’s dress for a long marriage. It also notes that a maiden or widow keeping a friend's dress yields marriage within the year, and making a wish while holding the gown makes it come true.
The piece argues that dainty looks come from careful organization and order. A frugal girl with a small dress allowance keeps veils ribbons and gloves in separate tidy places and maintains them through brushing dusting and mending to avoid a shabby or torn appearance.
Openwork embroidery dominates new thin frocks with Trish cluny and valenciennes lace well represented. Makers mingle fine and heavy lace with Venetian motifs among Valenciennes and embroidered net or linen for a rich decorative effect.
A short note suggests repurposing aged wool to fashion reins for children. The idea emphasizes simple, practical reuse of available materials.
A dainty matron finds relief from neuralgia with a woolen veil worn as a stylish face covering. The wide mesh and heavy strands shield the face with friction that promotes circulation, especially in cold or windy weather, and the veil can be washed in soap and water to look like new.
A peculiar fashion note describes an ostrich plume adorning a young girl, weighing taste versus charm. The piece comments on a twelve year old versus a younger child, noting the effect of the feather on appearance and social perception.
An advertisement promises a free kidney and bladder remedy recipe from Dr A I Robinson of Detroit. It claims quick recovery within a week, lists symptoms, and invites readers to request the home treatment by mail. It also mentions Garfield Tea for constipation and a note about home value and fire insurance.
In Mrs. Ray's cluttered sitting room Sybilla schemes to charm the new minister Peter Benn while Mab frets over a pink silk frock and Len Hampton. Sybilla's feisty wit tests family control as Mab contends with social expectations and the looming hop. Peter Benn’s sermon on Leah and Rachel finally clarifies understanding.
A note states a friend left college and now faces debt as the main outcome. The line hints at the sentiment that the job path chosen yields limited earnings. No further details are provided.
Use Allens Foot-Ease antiseptic powder shaken into shoes for easy comfortable feet. It makes walking a delight and is sold everywhere at 25c. Nesuse substitutes. For a free trial package address Allen S Olmstead LeRoy N Y.
Mrs Gumm and Mrs Jankins discuss the new neighbor Mr Jones, wavering in opinion yet leaning toward expecting him to be a decent sort of man. The dialogue hints at community gossip and cautious judgment in a domestic setting.
Ellen Terry accepted a Founders gold medal in New York but was hoarse and brief. She told a joke about a parrot bought for speech that remained silent until the dealer exclaimed it was a devil to think, highlighting her humor despite the moment.
A Kansas City mother recounts coffee caused dizziness and sour stomach while her seven month old suffered from sour milk. After stopping coffee she switched to Postum, which she says improved her health and increased milk flow. Her husband also benefited, and they now all drink Postum including their seven month old baby. The ad claims Postum as a better hot drink and mentions The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
G. M. Macfarland from New York narrates relief after three months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He suffered red blotches turning scaly and itchy, sleepless nights from scratching, tried doctors, and found complete relief in two months. Promotes Cuticura products and free book offer.
A spoof column mocks social pretensions and etiquette as two women gossip about fashion, observation, and a fictional ballooning collision with a rain cloud. A quip questions whether female lineage alone warrants membership in a royalist group, riffing on ancestry and identity.
Boston society filled the audience for Sarah Bernhardt in Camille. In the first act familiar dinner guests reappeared in Paris. Young men who had met the actress were invited to supper with Marguerite Gautier and suddenly became actors at a moment’s notice.
Gayety Theatre managers in Paris faced a dilemma as their Ros ante horse grew fat from charity food. The lean worn-out steed, once rejected for his weight, became a star but the actresses fed him. To preserve the role they painted ribs on the horse to fake emaciation and keep him as a goat actor.
A jokesmith reports his editor congratulated him on fifty new jokes none of which mocked mothers in law tramps or boarding house residents. The article notes that New York City infant mortality rose to a record high last year.
Advertising copy promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a gentle regulator for stomach liver and bowels. It stresses sugar coating ease of use and lack of griping. A playful line warns excess can be harmful and jokes about a dog with a short tail avoiding tin cans tied to it.
Mrs. August Wittenberg of Milwaukee Wisconsin reports kidney trouble with constant urges burning urine and severe headaches. She used Doan's Kidney Pills faithfully and says she was entirely cured. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The report notes water conditions today and shifts focus to land prospects. It highlights concern over land quality and potential use, emphasizing readers’ interest in agricultural impact and future plans.
A northern constituency member rebutted a supporter’s claim of never speaking in the house. He produced the last debate report to show he spoke, citing the repeated “Hear, hears” as proof, asserting that newspapers carried every word.
The fragment presents quotes suggesting women’s perceptions carry more weight than men’s knowledge and hints at medical wisdom linked to wealth. It appears as social commentary or a column snippet with humorous or rhetorical lines.
A home care note advises mild laxative use for common child intestinal upset rather than opiates or bowel flushes. It promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a gentle remedy and offers free samples from Dr W B Caldwell at 201 Caldwell Building Monticello Montana.
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