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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
3
O C Hayden of D C Hayden & Co dry goods in Albert Lea Minnesota describes back weakness and night pain. After using Deans Kidney Pills kidney function returned to normal and back trouble disappeared. He reports no recurrence. Buy from dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A playful meditation on love, generosity, poverty, and marriage using witty contrasts. The speaker jokes that love endures trials, poverty, and even indifferent cures, while humorously noting love’s immunity to locksmiths and the folly of amateurish lovers.
A string of questions about anticipated calamities sycophants and friends bad men and misdeeds performers and citizens con artists and workers and a horse blamed for false claims The tone teases illusions of character and perception in a moralizing social vignette from a bygone era.
A collection of snappy maxims on women covering freshness desirability in women, vegetables, and flowers. a nagging wife facing loneliness at meals. a wife seeking devotion during elections. and a musical voice that distracts with domestic chatter.
In Italy, university and government school students refuse low paid civil service roles. They pursue technical instruction to join a new movement and secure a more adequate future.
An Oregon man recounts years of stomach trouble linked to coffee. After switching to Postum in 1902 his symptoms abated and he recovered strength, endorsing the product and inviting inquiries through local banks and merchants in Grant's Pass. He cites health gains and urges a ten day Postum trial to reveal the truth.
The piece urges mothers to involve boys in household chores from birth, teaching self reliance, tidiness, cooking, sewing, and chores. It argues boys should share in home happiness and not rebel in adolescence, stressing equal responsibility and consideration for others.
A Brooklyn Eagle tip advises careful methods to launder black mourning fabrics. It recommends dissolving black starch, using hot water, washing in warm soap suds, rinsing with cold water mixed with vinegar and salt, drying, applying starch again, drying partially, rolling, and ironing on a black cloth. It also notes white fabrics as an alternative to black in hot weather.
A collection of practical tips on reheating meats in a double boiler removing grease from wool, basting roast beef with sugar water for color, stocking darns with net, cleaning cut glass with a brush, brightening copperware with borax, frying croquettes without sticking, wringing clothes thoroughly, using white crepe paper as tablecloths at fetes, and using flower baskets for short stemmed flowers.
The recipe describes a German dish added to our cuisine. Grate raw potatoes, mix with butter eggs and flour to bind, add salt sugar and cinnamon, then fry in butter on a griddle until brown for a sweet spiced potato cake.
A note describes ground ginger as a plaster ingredient replacing mustard for skin applications. It claims ginger drags or heals without causing blisters and suggests it as an alternative treatment.
A Will County correspondent argues level cultivation yields similar or better results than hill cultivation, citing preserved ground condition and reduced evaporation in dry years. He notes advantages of keeping soil level, avoids sunburn, and suggests readers share experiences to determine if many farmers perform unnecessary work.
A cheap handy hammer can be built from old materials per H C Stiebel Jr of St Louis. Build an 8 inch half inch pipe head from a tee and two half inch pipes with caps, fill with lead for weight, and cap ends for a functional hammer suitable for heavyweight work.
The article advises farmers to conserve soil moisture during dry seasons by continuous shallow cultivation, avoiding wet soil, and promptly stirring after light showers. It praises the dust mulch and explains the Campbell system as retaining moisture to grow good crops in Colorado’s dry districts.
An Ogle County Farmers' Review correspondent favors blue grass pastures for cattle grazing. He notes he has no experience with other pastures, explains his feeding method of fall feeder purchase, winter full feed, and spring turn out with corn, and adds that pastures can be improved.
An instructional piece on constructing a durable sanitary cistern using Portland cement concrete. It covers wall construction, air space for freeze protection, plaster and whitewash finishes, and a two-wall brick filtration system filled with fine sand, detailing placement, materials, and flow path within the cistern. The design emphasizes preventing clogging and ensuring safe drinking water.
The article details cistern designs with interior and side filters, describing capacities around 3600 gallons and filter wall effects. It compares figures 1 2 and 3, notes brick thickness and arching options, cement concrete tops, and insists on water and vermin tightness with manholes for filter B and chambers A and C for cleaning and possible sand replacement over years.
The article argues late hatched chicks were undervalued and notes rising late hatch rates. It stresses that fertility depends more on parent stock and chick-rearing conditions than on season. Healthy, well conditioned stock can yield better chicks now, while exhausted stock will not produce good offspring.
Unalaska hosts warehouses docks a Greek church and many cabins as whalers depart for the Arctic. Dutch Harbor serves the revenue fleet amid ships from many nations. A rock near the harbor resembles a Russian priest. Behring Sea and Pribilof islands dominate the polar landscape and sealing grounds with strict permits required for landings.
The advertisement extols merit as the best advertisement for a breakfast food. Egg-O-See is praised for convenience, health benefits, and easy preparation. It claims wide popularity, cheap price, and notes a free book titled Back to Nature from the Egg-O-See Company in Quincy Illinois.
A collage of famous quotes on courage from Sophocles and others, followed by notes on Antwerp’s English education push. The piece mentions judge Lebbeus Wilfley’s appointment to a China court and Miss Alice De Rothschild’s exotic animal collection and horse breeding interests.
Cut off the sprouts that have grown around the apple trees when you have a moment. They hinder the main growth toward wood and apple ripening, as they divert life from the trees.
This biography traces Lydia Estes Pinkham born February 6 in Lynn Massachusetts. It recalls her early teaching years, marriage to Isaac Pinkham, and a family-driven venture creating Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound from roots and herbs. It highlights the 1873 crisis, kitchen laboratory beginnings, newspaper ads from 1877, and the ongoing work of Lydia Pinkham and her daughter in advising women for health.
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