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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
3
The piece describes women’s motor wear centered on a chiffon veil attached to soft caps and bonnets. Goggles tuck beneath the veil for practicality, with optional oriental flair such as a silk turban. It contrasts women's stylish headgear with men's dour motoring looks.
A guide on child apparel emphasizing simplicity and comfort for ages one to twelve. It promotes freedom of movement, durable soft fabrics, midrange prices, and versatile garments like one-piece dresses and guimpes. It advises using lawn, batiste, lace, and embroidery in clear colors suitable for children.
French brags filigree buckles with Bulgarian color set rings priced from $3.50 to $10 per pair.
The yellow malines trend dominates upcoming fashion with tones between ecru and corn color. Marine net accessories, hats with ruches, neck bows, and long wide scarfs define the look described as the summer daisy girl.
Cubist designs appear in new corset materials with black and white footwear. Crown dent adds smart detail to country felts. Chamois yellow among girls coats. white chinchilla praised for sports coats. Gold and green emerge as favored colors. Lace underwear remains in style and often made over wet. Fall collars rise to the neck for cold weather. Draped coats suit dress wear while simple coats serve utility. Coat chains feature beads and cut coral. The corset embraces an uncorseted silhouette. stiff lines fade.
Inexpensive glass beads color all white outfits with an artistic V-neckline option. Opaque beads sold in long chains cost 60 cents to 150 dollars and come in jade green yellow red and blue shades for varied tones.
Author enhances view of toads as natural pest controllers for gardeners and greenhouse men. They prey on slugs, thousand legged worms, cutworms, ants, sowbugs, weevils and more, with tall yearly intake estimates. Provide water pools and sheltered holes to protect toads from lawn mowers and machinery.
The crops mature in 60 to 90 days and seasons are short. Plants must have hourly soil nutrition available or they will not grow. Trusting insoluble fertilizers risks failure due to weather. Weather remains the largest uncontrollable factor while seed, fertilizer, and culture are within control.
Breeders select May-hatched fullets from Leghorn and Mediterranean strains for their own breeding flocks. With proper care and feeding, these birds hatch in May and, by November, lay eggs when prices are strong and older hens are still recovering from their molt.
A Colorado Agricultural College note describes multiple weed and grass removal methods for walks. It lists home mixtures with salt, carbolic acid, sulfuric acid, arsenic solutions, lime and sulfur, plus commercial weed killers. Apply on hot days after rain with care due to toxicity.
The notice advises making cuttings this month for winter blooming and sowing cyclamen seeds in August and September. Use shallow pots with drainage and leaf-mold soil, cover primrose seeds with glass, and place at indirect light. Water by pot in a water pan. Seedlings move to similar boxes and then pots as they grow.
The notes discuss dairy farming as strong soil fertility insurance with no overstock risk in the dairy cow market. Shimmilk fed in normal quantities won’t bloat calves. Plans fail if not properly carried out. Poultry should ship when demand and market are steady. The big clumsy horse suffers heat. A young animal that stops growing begins to lose money.
Edward Coryn of Moline was decorated as a knight of the Order of Leopold II by King Albert of Belgium at a banquet for 500. He was the second Illinois man to receive the honor amid local reports from Winchester Staunton Sterling Bloomington Savannah Danville Springfield Chester Harrisburg Murphysboro and other towns.
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