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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1880
Page
2
A poem recollects a farewell marked by a hidden memory in a sacred garment. The speaker recalls a past parting as a rose died, the beloved unaware of the breaking heart beneath calm surface. Time stretches the ache from a month to years.
A wandering investigator in Los Angeles encounters Uncle Jack Cavendish, a rough fortune seeker, who claims a rich but vague mine. The man reveals a family link to John Bunyan Cavendish, and the investigator hints at a brother named Jamie Cavendish from Albany, suggesting a hidden past and possible reunion. The scene shifts between streets, saloons, and memory as identities surface.
In a quiet hillside scene Judge and Sam confront Jamie Cavendish’s secret last will and a letter confessing old wrongs. Uncle Jack, resolved to protect the children, dies overnight leaving behind a Christmas gift of care across the mountains as San Antonio sparkles below.
A collection of humorous lines and quips from various papers. The item cites lines about laughter, a silver horse shoe, a farmer’s wife and chickens, political witticisms, and social manners. It reflects early 20th century newspaper humor and familiar figures.
A quotation from Exchange extols common sense as the true path to health. It warns that overeating drinking laziness and vicious practices shorten life and that medical science cannot save those who violate their own nature.
Mr Gold of the Connecticut State Board of Agriculture outlines common horse ailments such as scratchies and colic and discusses remedies including cleaning stables and tobacco injections. He covers cattle diseases like milk fever and pleuro pneumonia and urges prevention, careful feeding, and herd slaughter when contagious.
Eighteen year old seven foot tall Jack Shields from Hunt County Texas is living as a curiosity in G B Bunnell's Brooklyn museum. He was found by a traveling show, then returned home, and now trains to grow taller while posing beside the Leopard Boy and What is up.
A collage of home cures and cautions covers mint vinegar tonics, raw hog meat dangers from trichina, horse scratches remedies with gunpowder lard, and rough advice on fever and medicines. A Canadian farmer’s cellar ventilation method is described, plus a warning on fungal pests harming crops and livestock.
A survey contrasts French poultry practice with American methods. It traces roles from accuveurs who supply day-old chicks to fermieres, fatteners, market carriers, and tueurs de profession who kill and prep birds for poulterers. The piece notes emphasis on rapid plucking, drawing, and flavor preservation for premium poulardes. It also mentions methods for hot-bed gardening and pest reports from agricultural bodies.
The article lists professor salaries at numerous colleges and universities, showing wide variation from about 900 to over 42,000 in certain classes. It notes regional and institutional differences with figures for Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, and others, plus mentions of wage adjustments and temporary reductions.
A testimonial from Rochester New York dated October 6 1979 praising H H Warner Co Safe Bitters and Pills for curing dyspepsia. The letter from C P Brooks states long perseverance before relief and declares renewed health after use.
Sufferers from cancer and related ailments are told that Dr Pond of the Aurora Cancer Institute has returned from an extended East trip with health restored and will vigorously pursue treatment against the scourge. Those afflicted should write for information to Dit Fr F. L. Poxp Aurora Kane County Ill.
The ad claims butter price rises eight to five cents per pound via Gilt-Edge Butter Maker boosting churn production six to ten percent while cutting churn time by half. It promises year round rich color and prevents malodorous rancidity. Sold by druggists grocers and general stores with a small stamp request for tips to butter makers. Also promotes Frazer grease and Redding's Russia Salve as sought remedies.
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