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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
8
This piece describes seasonal doors stored away and suggests inexpensive artistic hangings. It details using old blue linen or denim curtains with rods, simple embroidery in red white and blue, and scroll designs with four leaf clovers. It also offers table decorations with smilax laurel or asparagus vine and violet ribbons for a refined look.
Dr. L O Howard explains that flies mainly come from stables and street filth with horses as the primary source. He notes about 120 eggs per female and 90 percent hatch, producing millions of flies in a summer, with two main types prevalent in manure. He warns flies carry contagion and foul play in camps and war history records.
Use hartshorn on soap rubbed with flannel for lightly dirty boots. For very dirty boots stuff with rags to avoid creases, then wash with soap and nail brush and minimal water. Apply pipe clay paste, rub with flannel, hang to dry, and beat out excess clay to finish.
A Vienna doctor treated a black inmate from jail with four months of electricity therapy. The patient reportedly recovered and appeared completely bleached at the end of the course.
Plaster busts and statuettes can be cleaned by dipping in thick liquid starch and drying. As the starch is brushed off, the dirt comes away with it.
The Louisville Courier Journal describes a folding piazza couch that attaches to house weather boards with strap hinges and legs beneath, using an old hair mattress topped with denim for a tufted look. It can be raised for more space in rain or when needed, with a denim valance and secure fastening for stability.
A New York Tribune piece notes German households once stored months of laundry for summer washing due to winter water limits. It contrasts this with modern practice where even traditionalists now wash regularly like English or American households, with large linen stocks historically kept for each family member.
A guide explains a quick test for coffee purity by placing a spoonful on water. Pure coffee will float for minutes and barely color the water, while chicory blends will sink quickly and darken the water.
The Louisville Courier-Journal rebutts Times-Democrat labeling expansion as imperial. It defends Jeffersonian expansion as essential for southern economic advantage and national progress, urging the Democratic Party to embrace expansion to shape future policy at home and abroad.
The New York Sun criticizes a speech by Mr. Bryan arguing against labeling the U S purchase of the Philippines as a sale of individuals. It contrasts with the 1803 Louisiana purchase and questions moral claims about sovereignty and independence.
A collection of 19th century editorials debates changes to the Chicago platform. N. O. Picayune notes the Chicago meeting failed for all but Bryan while N Y Tribune echoes the sentiment. Altgeld claims rank and file support him, Albany Argus agrees. Aguinaldo debated as Bryan running mate. Cleveland Leader questions Aguinaldo’s fit. Burlington Hawkeye reflects on democratic rights growing obsolete.
Describes a nine room cottage with elegant hall staircase and large parlor, connected dining room, and a well planned interior. Details cover framing, siding, porches, roofing, kitchens, pantry, bathroom, cellar, furnace heating, dimensions, foundations, doors, and finishes. E. A. Payne mentions the erection cost of $2,000.
Advert explains that wealthy patients suffer from a stomach dread and dyspepsia caused by heavy fermentation. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the purest remedy to restore digestive vigor and warns to use a Revenue Stamp on the bottle neck.
A dramatic exchange shows the kidnapper chief asking about the child and the eighth assistant boasting of giving him a beating. The chief orders the box to be sent to the yellow journal and threatens exclusive crews for locating the child. The demand is for $10,000 with two percent cash discount.
A Detroit Tree Press line critiques a circus act, contrasting a narrator’s view with another’s plea that the performer Jonathan or John remains capable. The exchange hints at changing skills and expectations within a circus setting.
Patent medicine description asserts daily bowel movement and general health benefits. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys, cures headaches, and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents.
A collage of quirky quotes and patent medicine snippets from multiple newspapers. Items include jokes about curing colds, reflections on life and success, a promotional line for Hall's Catarrh Cure, and brief humor noted from Princetonian and Chicago papers with a Bethany Missouri dateline.
An article cites Texas Medical News on ideal health traits including a strong heart and balanced brain plus a note on six corn stalk products. It highlights cellulose used for warship hulls, cardboard, paper, dynamite foundation, cattle feed, and glue valued at 400 dollars per ton, with 15 tons yielding one ton of cellulose.
Prof Reginald Roberts warns that constant trolley travel with its clang and rapid movement raises nerve tension forging a new neurasthenia of impatience with slow transport. Neurologists link mental pace to physical motion and liken it to a national disease of undue haste amid modern medical research.
The couveuse or baby hatch conceived by Dr. Diffre and praised by Dr. Budin of the Academie de Medecine in Paris is a copper cradle with a glass top. It uses an oil lamp warmed boiler, a moist sponge to humidify air, narrow ventilation holes, and a thermometer to show temperature.
A court note reports a defendant asking a judge for a reduced fine as a regular customer, with the case mentioning ten dollars and costs. The excerpt reflects a small claims or municipal court scenario and the defendant appealing for leniency.
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