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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
3
A Paris fashion correspondent describes the newest Premet mode featuring a two shade peacock blue taffeta robe over a black lace underdress with a nearly invisible back corsage. The two part skirt and boyish natural corset outline mark a practical yet stylish winter, with emphasis on fitted bodices and refined linings.
The article describes fashionable short barrel wraps for girls to wear with dance teas and capes for dainty frocks. It highlights fichu capes in fur, Medici collars, and varied closures, plus ermine shawls, rainproof hand painted florals, and ivory triangular buttons as notable trends for accessorizing coats, waistcoats, and dresses.
United States Department of Agriculture experts describe the compost heap as a fertile source of valuable plant nutrients. A clay foundation, layered organic matter, and timely watering and compaction yield a rotted manure with high immediate soil value and reduced fertilizer waste.
The text lists trees to remove in a woodlot to improve the stand. Include dead and diseased trees, those prone to injury, chestnut blight, gypsy moth areas, fire scars, crooked or short pitched trees, overtopped trees, and slow growers crowding faster species not suitable for higher use.
A proposal urges stock-raising counties to census the sires in their territories to enable systematic elimination of scrub sires. The idea grows from livestock interests amid a push for better sires led by the U S department of agriculture.
Early guidance stresses teaching lambs to eat as the first step to steady growth. Emphasizes training from birth to ensure steady intake and efficient development.
A brief plea warns farmers to shelter calves and yearlings from cold nights to prevent pinching and haggard condition. The message emphasizes keeping young stock warm and safe during harsh weather.
Prevention centers on pasteurizing milk given to hogs especially from creameries and allowing hogs to feed only after cattle pass tuberculin tests. Thorough cooking of all garbage offal and carcasses before feeding to hogs is advised.
The article notes cattle convert roughage and waste feeds into concentrated marketable form, reducing marketing labor for farmers and keeping fertility on the farm.
An advertisement touts Begg's Mustatine as a non blistering remedy that ends chest colds and sore throats overnight and claims rapid relief from neuralgia rheumatic pains and swollen joints. It compares favorably to Grandmother's mustard plaster for sprains and sore muscles and directs readers to Begg's Mustatine in the yellow box from S C Wells & Co Le Roy New York.
Farm animals provide profitable work in winter when other tasks lessen. They require ongoing care and distribute remunerative labor throughout the year more evenly than other means.
Late hatched pullets should have a good sized house or room to themselves and access to all the food they can consume so they develop and mature as rapidly as possible.
Commentary stresses the need for proper farming equipment over human labor to achieve efficiency and success. It argues machinery power should replace excessive manpower for better productivity and outcomes.
A fragment from London Tit-Bits shows a dialogue about leaving a role with a blunt reply calling it merely a policeman. The exchange hints at social attitudes toward law enforcement in the era and contrasts personal motive with occupation.
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