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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
6
Paris fashion notes show fur garments moving from traditional coats to capes and robe manteau styles for 1920 21. New wraps use mantles draped like dresses with flat backs and diagonal fronts, often in moleskin and Hudson Bay mink trims, with matching muff.
A survey of fur coats and wraps highlights Hudson seal and mink styles with no sleeves and envelope buttoned armholes. Elaborate linings, gray galalith buttons, and intricate fur layouts create tiered effects from kolinsky trims to traveling cape designs.
United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Nebraska report two year data on corn fed cattle. Costs ranged from eight to twenty two dollars per hundredweight with average losses per head of three to fourteen dollars. Feeding was a minor profit factor compared with buying and selling right.
U S Bureau of Markets specialists state shrinkage in good market hay is mainly water loss with no feeding value. Properly cured hay shows a bright green color. dry matter loss is minimal if cured well. The Department of Agriculture will publish guidance on curing methods, storage to limit shrinkage, and farm level measurement.
Distinct fashion notes compare Parisienne and American women hat styles. The Paris look tilts hats to flatter facial features and uses veils as decorative finishes, while Americans are urged to emulate this refined approach and to choose accessories as carefully as art. A separate feature describes a quaint colonial bedroom with chintz curtains, upholsteries, and bright color accents.
Trimming for blouses showcases georgette and hauste fabrics adorned with Irish, fuet, ventise Valenciennes lace. Designers mix two lace types for decorative edges and refined silhouettes.
A taffeta blouse features red leather trimming presented as a narrow strap. The design highlights a slim leather accent along the garment’s neckline and sleeves, adding a bold contrasting edge to the delicate fabric.
The article notes hens have their best egg production in the first three years, varying by breed. Heavier breeds like Plymouth Rocks may be kept two years, lighter breeds like Leghorns three. It cites crushed oyster shells as a proven aid for eggshell quality and production.
A dairy farmer warns that rotten cream harms the producer's name and robs honest sellers and milk hands of fair value, stressing vigilance against tainted dairy entering the delivery system.
Record details marketing costs for 54 sheep carloads and 258 hog carloads. It lists loading and bedding per 100 pounds live weight, freight ranges, shrinkage percentages, and additional expenses from $0.289 to $1.97 per hundredweight for sheep and about 33 to 50 cents total marketing cost for hogs, with shrinkage from 9.88 down to minus 4.59 percent on hog carloads.
The article notes that the best layers molt late in September through December. Hens molting in July or August are unprofitable, resting 3 4 months and not laying again until February or March. Early hatched pullets may molt in June. use judgment and verify with tests.
Rhubarb not giving good results last season should be dug in fall and roots left exposed over winter. In spring, divide the large mother root into six to eight parts and replant as ground conditions allow. Roots four to five years old become root bound and yield small stems.
The text explains that sour soils hinder soil bacteria and fertility depends on bacterial activity. It notes bacteria in clover and alfalfa nodules suffer from acidity and urges liming to improve conditions. It also offers tips for lice control in nests using tobacco refuse and cedar.
Milk cooled to 50 degrees or below retards bacterial growth. Do not crowd fowls. avoid keeping two birds where only one place is available.
A feature on upgrading farm housing highlights a modern nine room farm home by William A Radford. The design emphasizes a large living room with brick fireplace a spacious dining room two bedrooms and a practical kitchen flow aimed at easing farm life and keeping families together.
The article describes a brick and concrete farm house with a screened porch and a rear wing containing a garage for two cars and a bedroom for hired help. Upstairs have four bedrooms and a bath, a wash room on the first floor aids workers, and washing machines help reduce labor. The piece argues such homes improve farm life and contentment, easing drudgery for the farmer’s family and staff.
The jade string marks high status in China while historically in India only royalty could possess it. In China jade embodies love and often decorates young women at adulthood. A butterfly form carries a legend of forbidden pursuit leading to marriage, making jade butterflies a symbol of successful love among brides and grooms.
Dr. Robert J. Wilson presented at the American Chemical Society meeting at the University of Chicago on a new soda lime absorbent for gas masks and industrial protection. The enhanced formula, based on prior wartime work, reduces caustic alkali content and yields three to ten times higher efficiency against acid gases, reflecting the Chemical Welfare service’s practical outcomes.
The Texas annexation issue and lack of Clay letters hurt him with southern Whigs and split northern votes toward a third party. John G. Birney drew support in New York and Michigan aiding Polk’s 1844 victory. Lewis Cass lost in 1848 as Van Buren’s third party run split vote, aiding Taylor’s win.
In 1664 on September 9 Peter Stuyvesant signed surrender articles delivering New Amsterdam to Colonel Nochols the English commander. The island had capitulated days earlier but Stuyvesant delayed admission of defeat. The British renamed the city New York in honor of the Duke of York later James II who led the army.
William Clack Russell notes that at sea the setting sun or moon sharpens the sense of distance from loved ones, marking immeasurable water leagues and drawing one into a remote, vague horizon that heightens separation.
A playful note on Diamond Dyes claiming easy use for wool, cotton, and mixed fabrics with a color card. It mentions a public library examination for entrants to a home economics club, highlighting a quip about Babe Ruth and Corrs Horace humor.
An advertisement touts Hall Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It claims to cure catarrh by cleansing the blood and strengthening body surfaces. Sold by druggists and listed with Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
The readable fragments show a conversation about a wife and helper role, with quoted commentary on behavior and duties. Names and places are unclear, but the style resembles early moral or philosophical micro-narrative prose.
A fragmentary note describes a new water system and a shop item. It mentions a person possibly named Hina and references second-hand availability. Details are unclear and language is garbled.
In a Houston Chronicle excerpt a person discusses relationship dynamics noting playful parental roles. The speaker mentions teaching a younger brother. the father is described as smoking rotten cigars, highlighting family habits and affection.
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