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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
7
Dr Karl Mueller of Berlin says a method reduces metals to one and a half millionth of an inch while keeping elasticity. The technique applies to all metals including gold and makes them transparent. A moral line about temptation ends the note.
In Vienna the postwar millionaire Reitzes bought Napoleon’s writing desk used at Malmaison. The florid mahogany piece with brass ornaments was sold by Count Pallify for about 15,000,000 kroner, likely reflecting unstable currency.
The census shows improved farm land in New York and New England fell by over 11 million acres in 40 years. A kittiwake photographed in Newfoundland after crossing the Atlantic bears a numbered leg band revealing its voyage.
Old Man Negley helps a distressed couple by freeing a St Bernard wedged by a bone, saving the dog from an ill advised euthanasia. He cautions against rabies panic, explains true rabies odds, and urges calm. the dog is fed bread and milk while the hedge work resumes.
A Kansas City Star fashion piece surveys fall 1925 attire. It notes the jumper, princess lines, V necks, fur trims, fringe cloaks, and cape motifs, with velvet, chiffon, moire, and velveteen fabrics shaping gowns and wraps. Major colors include rich autumn tones and deep reds.
The Ohio State Journal notes Tokyo hosts over 5,000 foreign restaurants and more than 16,000 strictly Japanese eating places with many dishes prepared by cooks from abroad. It also mentions over 1,000 Chinese restaurants in the city.
The Amazon valley is described as a vast rubber producing forest and a source of fine cabinet woods. The text contrasts this with South American plains in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela and Argentina that host millions of acres used for livestock raising.
A historical survey suggests market hunters directly caused passenger pigeon extinction. Colony nesting birds in dense woodlands were easily wiped out with little effort. Forest fires in their habitat are cited as another contributing factor.
A 21 ton carpet laid in a leading London hotel foyer and restaurant covers half an acre. Seventy men handled the creation, claimed as the largest in the world. Sixty four oriental rugs were woven together with sixty two from Persia and two from China. The weaving was done by Samarkand rug workers. Their custom includes weaving a colored rice fiber crescent wire into the heart of each rug to bless perpetual joy.
The text notes that the bulk of chewing gum chicle originates in Guatemala and El Salvador, supplying the global market and shaping prices and availability.
Burglars broke into Ezra Good's West Schuylkill home while the Pottaville PA weather prophet was away observing the sun. They took rare astronomical treatises and jewelry, leaving a note saying this is something he didn't predict.
The Chicago Journal notes Hester English a French-born expert in penmanship praised as the era’s finest writer. She married Barntholomew Kello, a Briton, and their son became a minister in Speckshall Suffolk after study at Oxford.
Frocks featuring back fullness still popular but designers add new front line elements. Godets and circular flounces with scalloped edges reveal plaited underskirt, navy satin crepe gowns pair with georgette underskirt, pastel cross stitch outlines wedge neckline, tiny uprighting collar signals higher necklines. Black satin and Black Prince wine shades appear, blue crepe with chiffon draperies also showcased.
The pull-on gauntlets remain popular among women and gain distinction from new color contrasts. Suede gauntlets feature bright embossing while white and chamois tones are often stitched in black. White pairs with beaver, sunburn, or gray.
Fairfield Connecticut based correspondent for the New York Times reports painter and sculptor Edward Willard Deming claims every old American family has Indian blood. He argues intermarriage appears in genealogy, rejects the term half breed as pejorative, and says social conditions rather than intermarriage create such children.
Demand Bayer aspirin warning urges consumers to verify Bayer branding on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine product. States trusted safety proven by millions and prescribed for 25 years with cautions about imitations. Ends with instruction to say Bayer when purchasing aspirin.
Winged Jones begins travels to secure a new house with hopeful letters to the firm in the first week citing offers and promises. He soon runs short of cash and wires for funds to cover his fare as orders fail to materialize, earning the remark that each promise is a feather and to fly home.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for baby skin care. Hot baths with Cuticura Soap soothe red rough itchy skin, Cuticura Ointment provides relief, and Cuticura Talcum adds a scented finishing touch. The trio is promoted as indispensable for gentle infant care.
The motorist Henry and his wife speed through a village at 45 miles an hour. She cautions him about the police, who is shouting and running behind them, and wonders why he drives so fast. The exchange reveals a humorous tension as they react to the pursuing officer.
In a spirited exchange the participants compare their summer records and name a ring-leader figure. Tensions hint at a leadership contest within a local group.
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