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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
2
A plea for a scientific bank note currency argues for policies to align note issuance with currency demand, not credit. It claims no essential difference between bank deposits and notes, advocates convertibility, and warns that lack of redemption facilities risks overissuance and financial disaster.
The piece argues punishment should serve public protection and reform rather than vengeance. Imprisonment must be reformatory or life extending to truly guard society, with guilt seen as immaterial to the treatment goal. It calls for indefinite detention until the offender is cured, emphasizing omniscience in measuring guilt.
William Waldorf Astor muses that extravagance is relative and tied to wealth. He argues decency and propriety shape what appears extravagant, noting personal liberty limits and societal view.
Fern care details from the Cincinnati Enquirer outline essentials including soil drainage, shallow pots, and frequent watering. Advice covers avoiding overpotting for delicate rhizomatous varieties, spring repotting with a fibrous loam mix, and regular feeding with bone meal or bird cage washings. Ferns benefit from limited sunlight and occasional tepid baths for robust growth.
A veteran florist shares a Chicago News recipe to keep bouquets fresh. After receiving a bouquet, spray with fresh water, then place in soap suds to nourish roots and brighten blooms. Remove daily to rinse in fresh water, re immerse in suds, and replace. Change suds every third day for a month or longer.
A vintage tip says New York reporter advises a dash of roma tic acid in discolored glasses, let it sit briefly, then rinse with water to restore luster. Potato parings, left in dishes four to five hours, are then washed with warm soap suds and dried promptly. A stiff brush can remove dust in cut glass.
A New York Globe note describes polishing a diving table with a quarter puuml of unbleached beeswax. Heat wax, coat a padded cloth lined with cloth, rub the table for a quarter hour starting while warm, using a carpet square as a pad.
A short reader guidance notes that relief for neuralgia lies in blood enrichment and nerve toning. It suggests cod liver oil as a common remedy for nerve pain intensified by cold weather and winter winds.
The passage notes there is no easy method to dust carved furniture. It suggests using a painter's Irish brush to remove fine dust that a regular dusting tool cannot reach. The method aims to eradicate tiny cratins missed by ordinary brushes.
How to keep soup by covering with a layer of fat to exclude air and preserve the stock. If no fat is available, use clarified dripping for this purpose.
A recipe describes cleaning mother of pearl by mixing powdered potato and water to form a polish, then applying with a cork. The method uses a rotten plane mulstubed with dilute sulphuric acid for polishing.
A Sioux chief Burnt Bear fears a lame spotted pony will ruin his people. Blacksmith Hodaska cures the horse with a trusted remedy after a tense bargain, while Mallock’s plan to win Ally’s hand faces exposure as Billy Lad exposes the ruse and the cowboy bets swing the outcome at the forthcoming races.
In New Orleans Tintes-Democrat notes June suspects the postmaster reads her letters. She marks each with Personal or Private. A visitor remarks my husband fears horses, prompting a sharp reply that he does not play them.
A collection of poems and verses praising democracy, labor, art, and faith. It mixes passages extolling the dignity of workers, the beauty of creation, and reflections on life, fate, and destiny through voices like Percy Stickney Grant and Edith M. Thomas.
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