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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
3
The piece notes a surge in knitted dresses and suits shifting from sport wear to refined daytime attire. It highlights color-rich knits, cape and border details, and Chinese embroidery themes, with popular combinations in gray copper, navy gray, and yellow black. Paris accelerates cotton dress production as crepe fabrics fade in popularity.
Ornamentation remains similar to last season with hand drawn embroidery and machine beading on cotton crepe dresses. Russian influence appears in low belts and wide sleeves, with bead patterns and Oriental motifs. Crepe roumaya remains a sought after novelty. supply from French mills is limited, delaying mid summer arrivals.
Burl T. Vance trained as a stenographer before the war but soon earned 1 000 flight hours without an accident. National adjutant Lemuel Bolles praised his record and first flew with Vance during a tour in Montana. Vance later settled in Miles City, Montana, runs an airplane company, and operates a taxi service for long horse and medical calls. He routinely flies to American Legion conventions.
Aimy Brackett of Marblehead, a hotel keeper, joined the navy at the start of war. He served aboard the U S S Lake View, mined the North Sea, witnessed Scapa Flow, and later was elected national vice commander of the American Legion while continuing to provide "service."
American Legion activities span Quincy Mass dedicating 22 squares for fallen soldiers to plans for a Harvard war memorial dormitory in Cambridge. King Victor Emmanuel backs a visit by 4000 British and 1000 American troops to the Italian front next summer. In Colone North Dakota the motto start them right guides local Boy Scout instruction while Los Angeles prisoners borrow Legion buttons to press sympathy in court.
The 1921 Louisiana strawberry season set a national record with 1 400 carloads marketed to 74 cities in the United States and Canada. Louisiana produced the top valued fruit due to quality, with Chicago prices up to 6 50 per 24 pint crate and national demand fueling a robust 1922 outlook. A USDA field station in Hammond reports daily market data, weather, and shipping guidance to producers and shippers nationwide.
A USDA Forest Products Laboratory note explains durability varies with heartwood to sapwood ratios. Split posts lose durability as sapwood rises, gain it with heartwood, except for spruce, hemlock, and true firs where durability is similar. Treating with preservative favors round posts due to better sapwood absorption.
The notice lists crops that may be followed by others including bush beans beets early cabbage carrots lettuce peas early potatoes radish spinach turnips and corn among others in the sequence.
The value of a fanning mill for removing pieces of straw and trash from small grain seed is an important factor in selecting equipment.
Cauliflower thrives on solid soil and benefits from liberal application of stable manure. Ensure good ground structure and nutrient availability for robust heads.
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