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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
3
Dame fashion showcases velvets and silks with plush borders and lace designs. Silk groundwork stays somber while bold banding adds gold, cerise, and electric blue accents. Reportedly two yards and a half suffice for a coin, as fabrics remain costly at eighteen dollars a...
A fashion note traces the evolution of the helmet into a bonnet for a September bride. It details black satin bonnets with copper braid, matching laces, and gold laces for jabots. It also describes tailored suits with up and down lines, narrow panels, tight skirts, and high waist bodices with satin finishes and royal purple accents.
The piece notes a costume style gown with only a lace gülmpe undersleeves and a few rare buttons for trim. It states a silk corduroy fabric is ideal for a tailored suit, used as the main trim.
The article prescribes ruthlessly brightening a gloomy room with white paint and enamel, light yellow wallpaper, and thin net curtains. It advocates white and gold framed pictures, mirrors at eye level to reflect firelight, and an interior window box with brass or copper to boost brightness plus color coordinated plants.
A small craft feature describes making a hair ribbon case from two eighteen by six inch cardboard strips. It uses cotton wadding scented sachet and fabric covering, with inch wide ribbon sewn along edges to form a tie. The result keeps ribbons neat and longer lasting after use.
Long bead strands transform a short woman by adding apparent height. Beads are widely considered flattering and popular, yet not every woman grasps the reason behind the effect.
An unusually decollete neckline and short sleeves mark new evening gowns for fall and winter. Lace dominates as foundation and trim, in many textures and patterns. All over designs or robe gowns appear as underbody and draped over soft silks crepes and satins, often cut with the waist.
The cordellera from last summer for house gowns is now widely used for various frocks. Suitable for high waistlines only, it features heavy cords covered with silk or satin and finished irregularly at the front side with a heavy tassel. New evening gowns use silver cords at the empire waist with brilliants for sparkle.
In passing the trimming counter it is wise to inspect remnants for passementerie and stray lace pieces that can provide the needed finishing touch for a blouse. The same advice applies to finding odd laces for small decorative needs.
President Taft defended his veto of woolen free list and cotton tariff bills in plain language. He argued for tariff revision only with accurate information via a tariff commission and warned against hasty changes. The policy favors gradual reductions tied to informed measures to protect key industries.
The Chicago Tribune argues Canada should have accepted reciprocity with the United States, noting forty years of closed doors and praising Taft and Laurier for attempts at constructive statesmanship. It warns against nationalist prejudice and predicts ongoing prosperity for both nations despite the barrier.
The piece argues the Democratic minority in Congress is ineffective and seeks public favor through attacks on past events and fear of prosperity. It contends leaders use inflammatory rhetoric as a pretext to avoid passing legislation, painting Congress as dominated by extreme populists.
The Treasury under Secretary McVeagh reports major efficiency gains and over 2,000,000 in savings. Improvements include stamp size changes, shipping enhancements, unified handling of notes and certificates, mint adjustments in New Orleans and Philadelphia, currency transport and cancellation reforms, engraving and printing updates, streamlined forms, and cutbacks in printing and binding.
Robert Ellis Thompson argues in The Irish World that farmers benefit from diversified industry and tariffs, noting high farm prosperity, schooling, and labor saving tools. He criticizes free traders as appealing to selfish motives and predicts price manipulation harming farm producers.
Archaeologists report six weeks at Jerablus unearthed far more about the southern Hittite capital Carchemish. The site on the Euphrates near Aleppo shows a vast royal acropolis, staircases lined with reliefs, and inscriptions in Hittite script. Excavations by the Ottoman site team and progress under Campbell Thompson reveal early pre-Hittite settlement, later Assyrian repair, and a grand temple atop the mound.
The message asserts the President’s stance safeguards the people. Secretary Fisher’s Alaska visit spread essential information for informed discussion. It argues Controller Bay grants no monopoly, and the controversy over Controller Bay was driven by factional expediency rather than justified concerns.
Taft plans a 13000 mile western tour with speeches to win friends for himself and his party on every step.
European manufacturers cheer a future of tariff reduction as free traders gain U S political power. They expect a wide open door for exports if the Democrats win the presidency and control both houses, planning large increases in competitive shipments to the United States.
A quip compares Rockefeller’s fortune to a watch ticking and multiplying wealth by francs. The exchange imagines the burden of constant valuable wealth and fear of theft in a witty brief from Pele Mele.
A Mend entering speaks with a clergy man about leading a new Jimville church. The reverend declines saying no divine call and will stay in his current field despite talk of the new charge.
The Baltimore News argues that bowlegged children show energy and mental vigor, linking leg curvature to precociousness and future ambition. It claims curved bones stem from low earthly salts and predicts many bowlegged youths will seek sea, circus, or western frontiers.
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president of the National Congress of Mothers, advocates a national endowment for a school and university extension plan to educate Americans in parenthood. The proposal envisions Washington headquarters with state branches and builds on her long work drafting state laws for dependent and delinquent children.
A fragment notes concern about germs in kisses and questions what a girl might catch from such a gesture. The lines mention a husband and imply social doubt or scandal surrounding romantic affection.
A Sunday school quip riffs on moral self-control asking what a man should do when his right hand offends him and answers become left handed. The joke reflects humor in religious teaching and everyday ethics.
Hewitt demands direct backing for his statements while Jewett presses for a telephone confirmation to verify what is said.
The piece tracks gradual shifts in aviation coverage as rivers of data slowly evolve the narrative. Brooks encounters workplace tensions linked to a Black Hand task while Cub and Gyrant dismiss the interruption and press on.
The report notes 1,255 gas undertakings in England and adds that last year 20 British companies owned gas works on the European continent and in other regions, indicating growing overseas gas interests.
A humorous exchange about Miss Jiggins who is described as cowardly. He dismisses her as a “white feather” wearer while she counters with a remark on a striking black willow plume she wears, highlighting a clash of vanity and bravado.
The fragment cites Mrs Wickham described as behind the times and afflicted by fashionable diseases with only two operations mentioned. The dialogue hints at social satire and medical vanity in a period setting through terse witticisms. No further context available.
A curious list presents mock titles such as Portland Cement and Plaster of Paris followed by a lively chorus of humor. The items include loud cheers, a remedy claim, a lecture recitation by Daisy Muggleton, and other whimsical lines.
An informal Paris recollection notes paying $3 in tips and a remark about Walter. The fragment references city life and a Boston Transcript quotation as context.
A humorous cartoon caption where a boy asks what the little boy is crying about and a second boy explains another child stole his candy. The punchline has the first boy claiming to be the little kid's lawyer.
A fragment quotes Pel Mela debating when to break bad news to Jus tine, suggesting a pause until she places the dishes. The dialogue hints at care and timing in sharing troubling information.
Fragmentary text hints at literary line about a man seeking trouble and the fascination it holds for others. The source references a pair of classes and a recurring theme of danger, wonder, and pursuit.
Buffalo Globe notes the fashion design question as summer fades and winter and spring wardrobes loom. It explores who creates the upcoming styles and which houses or designers lead these seasonal looks.
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