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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
2
A column discusses mature married life, folly, and gender relations. It contrasts old cats’ dignity with newer wives skewing playful, views a husband attempting to educate a silly wife into logic, noting the clash of temperament in matrimony and social expectations.
A lyric tracing two lovers who find joy in simple meals and shared happiness. They see youth renewed at dawn and view life as a lilting, perpetual journey. Time is playful, pain becomes love, and earthly joy replaces eternal realms.
Advice on avoiding waste in the kitchen emphasizes proper use of kitchen waste, stock pots, and leftovers. It covers storing drippings, using scraps for stock, reusing cold vegetables for thickening soups, and preventing cockroach infestation by managing papers and waste. It urges careful sorting and redistribution of unused kitchen waste.
The piece recounts how a princess, later dowager empress of Germany, tempered her temper through a personal garden gifted by Queen Victoria. Moments spent among pansies, roses, and violets provided calm, forgiveness, and wisdom, shaping a lifelong habit of turning to flowers when drawn by anger.
The passage notes that "young" wives are those youthful in years and married life, whose foibles are entertaining, pardonable, and even charming, as writers portray the favored heroine of modern fiction.
Practical advice on safe match storage, stain removal, and cleaning methods for textiles, glass, and fabrics. Includes using ashes lye for putty, milk to lift ink, flour or oats to absorb oil, eggshells to clean carafes, and gentle washing techniques for glass and linens.
A cookbook snapshot presents preserved chestnuts with macaroons soaked in sherry and whipped cream, Farina Croquettes fried and served with maple sugar, apples stuffed with dipped almonds baked to tenderness and served cold with whipped cream, plus spiced apple sauce with custard, and notes on fashion lace and insertion trends. The items mention cost savings, preparation steps, and German dessert reference.
Farm notes advocate widespread use of pure bred bulls among commercial herds. Readers are urged to join forces to place a bull per thirty cows, boosting calf value and market standing. Emphasis on careful breeding, avoiding inbreeding, and using selective purchases to develop dairy and beef lines.
The April crop circular shows wheat condition at 81.2 percent with issues from Hessian fly dry weather and chinch bug affecting Indiana Michigan Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska. Germany Denmark report backward spring. France hurts crops. Argentina exports fall. Bulls predict price rise on tight supplies. bears dispute the outlook.
Dairy notes describe how many successful dairymen started with small herds and modest yields. By attention and practical breeding study they improved, with putter outputs near 15 cents per pound equivalent to yearly averages.
The article argues dairy cows must be carefully chosen by breed and feeding. It contrasts dairy and beef types, discusses Shorthorns Ayreshire and Devon histories, and endorses Holsteins Jerseys and Guernseys as top dairy breeds. It advises buying grade cows with a thoroughbred dairy bull for improvement.
The article advises placing shelters at multiple farm points to protect poultry from sudden showers and heat. Inverted boxes, sled boxes, wagon boxes, sunflowers, and improvised structures provide shade and rain protection, distributing shelter beyond the barn to reduce drownings and weather-related injuries.
Iglesias, a noted labor figure from Porto Rico, initiates a movement seeking affiliation with United States labor organizations and aims to send representatives to the American Federation meeting.
A survey of current dress trends highlights silk drop skirts that sweep ground, modified bishop sleeves on thin gowns, and heart finishings on summer hats. Rose-tinted violets and velvet pansies lead millinery, while antique buttons, jewelry pins, and cabochon inlays ornament gowns. White taffeta parasols remain popular with light summer outfits.
An 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from local druggists and claims of internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Dr Kay's Renovator with testimonials and price details.
Secretary Gage reports oleomargarine uses only pure oils coloring matter sugar salt milk cream and butter boosting confidence among producers and the public. Swift & Co dispatches a representative to Washington to explain manufacture as evidence of no concealment while calls to ban the product fail. Dr Kay's Renovator advertised as a remedy. commencement week events at University of Nebraska listed with speakers and ceremonies.
A long letter of testimonials from Prairie Home Missouri and Kansas City patients celebrates cancer cures by Dr Smith. The notices list former patients with addresses across Kansas City Kansas and Missouri and claim free consultation hours at his north Main Street office and private clinic.
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