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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1896
Page
8
In this sketch a kitchen dresser is shown built from boards at an expense of ten dollars. The design uses a lower closet for a flour barrel with a swinging shelf and bracket support, a slide cover, a top small closet for spices, a large closet for dishes, plus drawers for knives, forks, cutters, towels, aprons, papers, and recipe books.
A column extols not wasting worn stockings and mocks overzealous darning while noting social pressure on women to mend once-cheap stockings. It rails against excessive mending, then offers practical tips to cut losses and keep garments usable. Additional notes cover a rheumatism remedy, silk wash tips, and ironing instructions.
A column derides elaborate nail polishing resembling stove polish and diamond earrings as barbaric. It urges simple hand care with a chamois brush after washing and condemns rhinestone glow as atrocious. It also notes the origin of the high handshake from London drawing rooms.
A Frairie Farmer excerpt urges parents to avoid empty promises and threats to children. It argues promises must be fulfilled to teach loyalty and self respect, noting that repeated unkept pledges erode fear and respect in youngsters and weaken moral guidance.
Practical guidance for cleaning black dress fabrics such as serge cheviot cashmere and Henrietta. Use naphtha carefully to remove grease followed by a warm soap suds wash with borax, rinse in lukewarm water, and iron on the wrong side. Finish by drying in shade and avoid rubbing on a washboard.
A charming novelty instructs turning a small Japanese doll into a pincushion. Remove the doll’s legs, stuff the skirt with cotton, and secure to cardboard. Use silk for drapery, wrap around the body, fasten at the neck, and display the doll’s arms. Ribbon at the waist and butterfly bows finish the back of the head.
A London critic claims English manners differ from American ones. Mr Lincoln replies with wit about boot polishing, noting a gentleman would not black his own boots. The exchange illustrates cultural contrasts without sentiment.
To remove rust from fine linen, first wash well. Heat an iron and place a wet cloth on it. When steamed, rub a little oxalic acid on the rust-stain with a finger. Heat moisture speeds the acid action, then wash as usual.
A high backed wooden chair in a Cape Town museum is linked to a grim legend that Dutch governor De Noorde sat there dead moments after sentencing a soldier to hang. The condemned man reportedly urged his judge to join him before the Supreme Judge at the Throne.
G W Waters argues weather exposure wastes one quarter of hay value and presents a two bay shed plan. The design uses tall posts, outward leaning A posts, E braces, and optional truss roof to support a hay carrier. Figures show weather boarding to six feet, a six to eight foot entry, and a 20 by 18 foot shed costing $2 to $2.50 per ton lasting twenty years.
A Servian society for bee and fruit culture promotes scientific beekeeping to boost village industry. The farm runs about 200 bar frame hives with 80 pounds honey each, using Apis mellifica stock, and plans cheap straw shops and framed hives for peasants. Honey sells around 17 cents per pound plus bottle charge. wax fetches 30 cents per pound. The group weighs legal action to require public workers to tend bees.
Practical guidance from St. Louis Republic on bee care. Topics include queen development and lifespan, worker bees, cleaning dirty frames, using foundation to speed comb readiness, converting colonies to pure Italian stock, queenless frames, and achieving 100 pounds of comb honey with proper management.
The Orange Judd Farmer describes a coop with a glass top placed over a pen of heated horse manure, creating a hot bed to keep chicks warm. A hen and chicks sit inside with sand and chaff to scratch, enabling early chick rearing and earlier fall laying.
Indigestion is a common fowl trouble and preventable with sharp grit or shells for grinding food. Acidity results from indigestion and can be corrected by pulverized charcoal or broken charcoal near the birds. Charred corncobs offer a simple weekly feather pecking method, beneficial during fattening and all life stages.
The Southern Cultivator argues beekeepers should relocate or adjust methods to rely on cheap sugar rather than expensive honey. It estimates a colony uses 60 to 70 pounds of honey yearly and suggests cheaper sugar could determine profit, preferring better locations with natural forage for higher honey yields.
A Southern Cultivator excerpt argues that removing brood, or queen, prevents swarming and can even boost honey yields. It states broodlessness is the only consistently successful swarming control, with direct brood removal best during short, profuse flows and queen removal suited to longer flows.
Experiments at the Alabama station show fall plowing of cow peas is optimal. An analysis of the vines in fall and spring found fall vines contained 614 times more nitrogen than spring ones, indicating substantial nitrogen loss in spring harvests and suggesting similar effects for other crops grown for their mineral content.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad promotes land and home seekers tours to Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama on April 15 and May 5 1806. Round trip fares cover one fare with 80 days validity, with free stop overs on the outbound and two dollar paid stop overs on the return. Excursion trains run from St Louis Union Station and information is available via the Alabama Land Exploration Company and agents including C Runonmit and B BE Posny.
The North-Western Line announces home seekers excursion tickets at very low rates for travel on April 21 and May 5 1806 to many points in Northern Wisconsin Michigan Northwestern Town Western Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota including the Black Hills. Apply to ticket agents of connecting lines for full information.
The upcoming Pilgrim-Easter issue will publish in early April with all original content. It will include articles by Capt. Chas feng ULB A Ex Gov W Peck of Wisconsin and other writers, plus illustrations. Send ten cents to Gov H Huarronin publisher 415 Old Colony Building Chicago LL for a copy.
The Corn Belt monthly announces a plan from Chicago to educate readers about western farm lands. It offers a one year subscription for 25 cents postage to Corn Belt, 200 Adams St., Chicago, with a skeptical note on forms.
Extreme wellness notes celebrate beauty through good food sunshine and outdoor exercise. Advertisements tout Syrup of Wigs laxative and Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer claims. Travel promos announce Cotton Belt Route half fare excursions on April 7 21 and May 5 1806 to Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas. New theater and medicine notices appear with quotes from Colton and Coleridge and praise for Piso’s Cure.
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney's integrity and financial ability, with Toledo wholesalers Pete Truax and Waring Kinnan Marvin endorsing. Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold for 1.00 per bottle, claimed to work through the blood and mucous surfaces.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces four home seekers excursions to western regions on mid June April and May dates. Round trip fares are two dollars over the one way rate with tickets valid for return on Wednesdays or Fridays within twenty one days from issue. Inquiries available through ticket agents in the East or South or via Gro Hrarrorp General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago.
The Burlington Route offers personally conducted excursions to California leaving Chicago every Wednesday. The through car features carpets, upholstered seats, bedding, toilet rooms and full conveniences. Route via Denver and Lake Superior with warm sunshine promised. Descriptive pamphlet available from T A Grady Excursion Manager 11 Clark St Chicago.
Kollar the mysterious magician begins his engagement at Schitler Theater on April 12. Bouts can be secured in advance by mall for admission.
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