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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
2
Readily affordable autumn fashion features dainty fabrics, cotton voiles, bordered silks, muslins, and velvet ribbons to create light colored dresses and jackets. A neat wool skirt in black worsted serge with braid and a blue white shirt waist complete practical, stylish outfits for the season.
Water waving after shampooing with clean brush work and cheesecloth bandeaus creates a harmless natural wave. Front hair is arranged on the forehead and bound down in two layers, with back hair drying beneath the bandage. This method limits heat tools and enhances gentle curl.
Instructions describe shaping hair with fingers arranging it forward and securing with side combs. Repeat with another curl or wave, keep combs firm, and leave in until the hair is completely dry.
Mrs Washaway notes candelabra on the table during dinners while Mrs Newrich counters with a remark about never having canned goods. The exchange highlights household etiquette and taste in a social chat.
Crochet medallions fascinate and dress up frocks. The pattern uses a six chain ring and a sequence of treble and double crochets to form eight arms, adjustable by thread, needle size, and fineness. Wash care optional. keep stitches tight and even for best results.
Silk crepe kimonos embroidered with natural flower motifs in shades matching the outside fabric. Available in navy blue lavender black pale blue gray green pink and apricot.
The piece argues progress is inevitable but must be regulated. It contrasts pro progressives and standpatters in American politics, noting leaders from La Follette to Cannon, Bryan to Bailey, and praises President’s Rochester remarks while urging careful pace and informed debate as the country moves forward.
The report outlines the treasury under the current administration with fiscal years ending June 30, 1909 1910 and 1911. It notes an excess of ordinary expenditures over receipts of 58734955 dollars in 1909. It records a surplus of 152... hold on.
The president vetoed the cotton tariff revision after the Senate blocked the new metal and chemical schedules due to insufficient information for Congress. He suggested that even with data the same political forces would have shaped the outcome, a quiet argument in tariff debate.
Five hundred American women wed European noblemen. two hundred have since divorced or separated. The article notes high breakup rate and reflects on international marriages and social dynamics.
A Chinese boy learning English misread the biblical passage. He rendered it as We have toot to you what the matter you no jump. The anecdote highlights language learning quirks.
The Democrats plan a strong push to capture the White House next year and form the National Progressive Democratic league to counter Republican progressives. The piece argues the new group may provoke the GOP to act and highlights Britain’s low wage struggle as a warning for U S tariff policy protecting workers and producers.
A reflective editorial argues big weapons and landmarks do not define a nation and claims a nation’s strength lies in its people, not imperial grandeur. It notes the folly of boasting about riches and wonders and asserts no conqueror was built by wealth alone, citing citizens earning $2.50 a day as the real measure.
President Taft notes the tariff board report would reach Congress before the measure took effect. He argues there was no investigation for the metal and chemical schedules. Senators pushed those provisions onto the bill despite his stance.
Women are now eligible for admission to the bar in all Federal courts and in multiple states including Maine Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania North Carolina Indiana Michigan Ohio Oregon South Dakota Washington and others. Law Notes.
A compact proverb style note cautions that excess appetite leads to poor choices. It frames self glory as harmful and urges restraint in pursuit of admiration, reflecting moralizing tones.
The article extols the blackfish or tautog as a premier saltwater game fish in New York Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts shores. It describes its iron jaw fierce fight ambush tactics off rocky ledges and tidal flues nickname tide runner and notes size myths with common catches of two to seven pounds and rare ten to twenty pound claims.
The article describes blackfish fishing from April to November using launches, sailboats, and nearshore rowboats. It explains bait choices like soft-shell clams and fiddler crabs, rigging with double leaders, and the skill needed to land powerful bottom fish. It also notes weather effects, legends about hearing, and the appeal of offshore haunts for camping and boating.
Oliver Alynn Marsh author of Where to Dine Well has a boy who ran afoul of a curfew at Port Washington Long Island. The father disciplined the boy after a nighttime misadventure involving a hold up scare and a dust covered hat. The curfew remains in force in their home.
The article profiles Andrew Carnegie as a thinker and philanthropist who rose from humble beginnings. After a long life of 74 years, he told Mr. Penman that to gain wealth or leisure one should read and remember, noting his first earnings came from a feat of memory.
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