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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
6
A reflective piece compares Mary’s gift to Jesus withmodern charity toward the poor. It urges balancing aid to the needy with devotion to the Lord and the soul, warning against prioritizing temporal help over spiritual salvation.
Old fashioned darning becomes a modern craft as shops display intricate shirt waists made from Huck toweling. Material priced 25 to 60 cents a yard. technique uses surface color with no visible on the back and careful threading to follow pattern lines.
The article advises using a large-eyed needle and two-color yarns such as dark blue and red for coarse loops and wide stitches. It notes that "old bleach" waist designs with cuff bands look striking when turquoise blue and black are used, with color combinations like pale blue and dark blue, light green and black, or three-thread schemes for richness.
Instructions describe hexagon layouts and stitching methods for hematitching toweling bands. Two patterns show how to start with hexagons or carry thread underneath, with uses for bureau scarves, work bags, sash curtains, and tray covers. Suggestions include color schemes and fringe assembly, citing the New York Herald on pattern complexity.
The lace painting trend lets a crafty girl add color to lace designs with careful light touches. Select a motif and lightly apply dye to enhance roses, wreaths, and garlands on items like parasols, fans, hose, and wash laces. Indellible dyes and gasoline mixes are used at the art institute for practicality on sheer fabrics.
A dramatic exchange unfolds as Crusteigh confronts a man about kissing his daughter on the balcony, with Gayboy defending the act and questioning himself after seeing her in daylight. The Philly Inquirer reports the heated confrontation and moral questions raised.
In a dialogue from the Chicago Journal Jenkins questions a lie while Chambers deflects with wit about being a weather prophet. The exchange turns on honesty and humor in a local newspaper page snippet.
A humorous exchange shows one speaker insisting they must work hard next year while the other asks if they will return to college. The dialogue captures light banter about pursuing studies at Harvard.
A Cincinnati Tribune review praises a mission cradle rocker as quaint and quaintly practical for mother and baby. The rush-bottom chair and simple mission styling suit a sitting room or nursery, with the rug, mantel cat, and overall homemaker appeal noted.
A fragmentary verse from Mary A Denison in the Washington Star features a child and family scenes with play on phrases like I won t I will I did. The lyric tone paints a rosy yet quirky portrait of a boy, his parents, and a rose imbued home.
The article argues the potato is the world’s leading staple, producing about 4 billion bushels annually, versus wheat at 2.5 billion. Europe grows seven eighths of potatoes, with Ireland consuming most per capita. The piece notes the US as a top meat eater and sugar consumer, and comments on tobacco by Belgium and the US, then beer consumption in the United States.
A New Zealand observer describes a caterpillar that buries itself, then hosts a parasitic fungus Sphaeria Robertsii on its neck. The plant-like mycelium grows into the caterpillar, forming a bulrush shaped stem that stands above ground. Both organism and fungus die, leaving a wooden object that can be preserved. The rata tree region yields many specimens. Maoris use the fresh marrow for dye in tattoo.
A survey tallies 1155 glaciers in the Alps with 949 longer than four and three quarter miles. Breakdown shows 144 in the French Alps, 78 in Italy, 471 in Switzerland, and 462 in Austria.
The English throne stays with the same lineage as the modern monarch, tracing directly to King Alfred for over a thousand years. The king is identified as the thirty third great grandson of Alfred, reinforcing a continuous royal connection.
A tale of a carpenter paid to build a cheap back fence who refuses to cut quality. He charges only his standard rate, explaining he can never do anything but a first class job. The moral: never lower self-respect by undervaluing work, even for less money.
In Empire Colorado area two boys aged 13 and 15 digging a tunnel near Empire uncover a silver bearing lode. Their father, Fred Coffman, locates the land and uncovers 12 inches of ore worth over 30 dollars per ton in silver and lead with gold. The claim named Two Brothers has investors lining up to fund work.
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