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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
6
Poem recalling love for the old and their kind deeds. The speaker praises memories of parents and departed loved ones, enduring hardship with patient grief, and memory as a gentle guardian guiding through winter and sorrow.
In Town and Country style fiction, Mrs. Tom schemes to union Elsie Everton with Jim while Hobart’s scheming fails. Elsie rebuffs Hobart after Tom and Sallie maneuver, orchids become the symbol of betrayed plans, and Jim and Elsie’s romance blooms as Hobart is rejected.
B B Widtmer, long presumed dead by his sister-in-law Pauline Widtmer and her daughter, learned of their deaths after returning from Seven Devils Hills Idaho with 10 000 dollars to aid them He had left Owensboro Kentucky with his brother thirty years earlier to run a dye works Then his brother died and Widtmer later learned his relatives had killed themselves due to poverty He wept and left for Idaho after hearing the news.
The Chicago Tribune notes the Illinois building at the Buffalo ex position in Jackson Park eight years ago as superior in appearance and cheaper to build. The Chicago Record Herald reports a Boston school awarding its headmaster a silver loving cup containing 500 to honor new graduation exercises.
A fragment notes an ironic claim from the Chicago Record-Herald about civilization advancing if a person could kill a loose dog and a toy pistol with one stone, reflecting a satirical or critical tone in the era.
An illustrated apple drier adapted for ordinary stoves promises cleaner, easier fruit drying on a small scale. A tin box about 144 to 2 feet deep with a hinged door on the side and multiple holes on top holds four sieves set four inches apart. The main parts are simple and inexpensive to assemble with any good timer.
J G Allshouse explains constructing a seed drying box with heavy tin side pieces two inches wide and three supports one end and one in the middle. Sieve frames of tin or wire meet with a removable bottom option to allow direct heat or hot air drying as needed. The design uses adjustable sieves and three on each side as in the illustration B.
A French florist and poultry breeder shares a method using eggshell halves as miniature pots. He pokes drainage holes, fills with rich soil, places 1-2 seeds, and keeps them warm and moist until transplanting. He grows muskmelons and notes shells suit delicate seeds and cuttings without disturbing roots.
The article prescribes using a sharp knife to remove all diseased hoof tissue, then applying a mixture of blue vitriol and other chemicals or red lead with acids. After drying, tar is applied to the hoof. It warns that failing to remove all loose hoof and underlying foul matter prevents cure and urges quarantine of diseased animals from healthy flock members.
A guide advises wrapping each butter roll in washed muslin brine treated fabric to preserve freshness and prevent air contact. Pack in boxes with similar lining and avoid mixing poor and good rolls. Ship as fresh as possible and sell for grease if market is low. Florists display a black leaved heliotrope with black stems, bronzy green foliage, and bluish purple flowers.
A Nebraska Farmer reader extols making butter at home over sending milk to a creamery. He notes the satisfaction of turning milk into fresh butter, questions about the origins of store-bought butter, and praises home production for purity and taste.
The secretary of agriculture forecasts the United States soon producing all tea for home use. Summerville, South Carolina yielded two tons last year, attracting New York investors who bought 6,000 acres for tea farming.
A Farm Journal description outlines a dairy barn innovation to keep cows clean. The design features a platform with a five to six inch drop and a crib front so the cow’s hind feet rest on the edge. The cow cannot move forward or backward off the platform, allowing her to lie down while manure falls away.
Dr. H. J. Waters of the Missouri Agricultural College in Columbia conducts experiments with so called street oil. The method claims dust suppression and dry roads in wet weather by guiding rain into gutters. Demonstrations on roads in Columbia and Boone county show dust eliminated though a lingering odor until rain arrives as oil is injected two inches deep and rolled.
A pest of long standing peas can be separated from infested seed by brine. Infested peas float and are skimmed off and destroyed or fed to poultry. Sound seed is rinsed to remove salt and spread on mats to dry.
A compilation of aphoristic lines and quotations on life love fate and art from diverse sources. The passages cover resilience bitterness destiny and the value of poetry while reflecting on gender roles and personal growth across literary voices.
A lace curtain manufacturer provides directions for laundering. Shake curtains to remove dust. Soak in tepid water with strong soap suds for two hours. Rinse in clear cold water multiple times. Dry by spreading on a curtain stretcher or tacked on carpet and pinned. Iron ruffles and body as for a garment.
South Bend Indiana July 20 Six doctors treated Mr J D Landeman for kidney trouble after three years of illness and despair A reader reports Landeman used two boxes of Dodd s Kidney Pills and was completely cured His health and vigor greatly improved and the county townwide notice credits the remedy with a profound sensation in St Joseph County
The Norristown Herald reports rumors swirl about why a leading comedian left a troupe. Some say she could not land a part, others note she has since married the company manager and resumed acting with a new status.
Do your feet ache and burn in new shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves tightness and soreness. It cures corns itching swelling and smarting feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents sample sent free address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A brief humorous note appears in the Baltimore American with quips from Mrs Widder and Mr Widder about a charitable dare. It humorously references an ice bill and a first husband’s worries, ending with a light remark on a place where he has none to bother him now.
An advertisement invites all U S residents to obtain a free book on opium and whisky habits. It directs readers to mail to B M Woolley in Atlanta Georgia Box 887 to receive the text without cost.
A humorous quip exchange attributes sharp tongues to Mrs. Wicks and Mr. Hicks about listening to spouses. The note praises Piso’s Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung ailments, dated February 10, 1000 from Indiana towns Endsley and Wallburen.
In a light exchange the owl, linked to Minerva, is misnamed as Bacchus amid a humorous remark about a boiled owl. The fragment captures a witty misattribution in a dated quotation.
A playful exchange quoted in the Philadelphia Press features the editor and a funny man discussing sharpening wise saws. The riff mentions Hoxsies Croup Cure Noopium and a 50 cent price line in a humor column.
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