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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
7
The feature outlines top winter coats and autumn hats with styles ranging from plain tailored to ornate fur trimmed designs. It notes price declines, enduring warmth, and the shift toward manly coat designs using fabrics from men’s tailoring. Fur or fabric trims enhance collars and cuffs, while hats vary from daytime to evening, with diverse materials and decorations for all ages and occasions.
A jumper dress of navy blue serge worn over a dull red crepe de chine guimpe and sleeves, with a matching sash of the same crepe de chine completes the outfit.
Nosegays of carnations or roses are back in style, worn at the waist as a fashionable accessory. The revival highlights floral arrangements as a popular dress detail in current trends.
USDA report traces spread of common barberry through birds spreading seeds to woodland pastures stream banks and fence rows. It notes losses from black stem rust and details surveys from 1918 to 1921, counts of bushes on city properties and farms, and dangers of silo gas with safety measures.
Cover crops aid soil humus and structure for small gardeners and truckers. Rye, vetch, and clover can be sown in vacant plots to provide green manure. A rotation including green manures every two to three years keeps soil conditions improved.
United States Department of Agriculture urges turning on blower for two minutes before entering partly filled silos to disperse deadly gases. Fatalities occur annually as workers inhale carbon monoxide above freshly ensiled corn. A recent incident in Illinois left two farmers dead and another seriously ill.
American scientists discover a blackberry species four times larger than garden varieties in Colombia. Dr. Frank H. Chapman of the American Museum of Natural History led the find, brought to the U S by Wilson Popenoe, and the fruit is named the Colombia berry for its origin.
The article advises housing turkeys in straw barns during winter as good shelter and nesting sites. It notes these barns are underused in spring and early summer, making them suitable for laying and brooding. Forethought helps prevent the turkey hen from stealing nests in spring.
A clergyman visiting a village house recalls an afternoon incident where a boy chased a rat, boasting of beating it until God called it home. The scene unfolds after tea in the garden with the hostess and the clergyman listening to the boy’s grim boast.
A fragment notes Charlie back on his feet after creditors reclaimed his car. It also mentions rock crystals with as many as 300 different sides, signaling a curious science detail.
A description highlights the mole cricket with unusual mole like forelimbs designed for efficient digging and soil work. The feature emphasizes its specialized limbs and subterranean lifestyle.
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