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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
4
The article argues for a simple six room cottage balancing cost and practicality. It describes low ceilings for coziness and economy, solid materials for long-term value, a full basement, and a stair layout accessible from both kitchen and bedroom. Foundation brick and two-coat exterior paint, complete build cost estimated at 700 to 800 dollars.
A blazing Tuesday night destroyed over 40 buildings in Bismarck North Dakota injuring hundreds of residents and leaving much of the central business district in ruins. The blaze began in the Northern Pacific depot freight office and spread rapidly through oil laden and wooden structures. The cost is unknown though insurance may cover half the loss. The city’s river trade and railroad connections are highlighted alongside its rampaging damage.
Australian lung fish, first discovered in 1869, has reached the London Zoological Gardens. The species from the Burnett and Mary rivers grows up to six feet and twenty pounds, with paddle shaped limbs and a three chambered heart. The Royal Society of Queensland aims to preserve it by rehoming specimens as it once faced extinction.
The Irish Cyclist reports an average of one puncture every 2000 miles under normal conditions with wide variation. It cites a rider who traveled 24000 miles without a puncture and another with 93 punctures within the same average distance, showing the spread around the mean.
The Newark based American tanning firm dominates the kangaroo hide market from New Zealand to Australia. Hunters sell skins at about 70 cents per pound, some earning up to 5000 dollars yearly. About 6000 skins arrive weekly for tanning and manufacture into shoes trunks bags and wallets.
The Revue Scientifique reports a German chemist has advanced a process to solidify petroleum waste into fuel. Mix ten parts soda and ten parts fatty matter with petroleum, heat under steam without air for about an hour, then cool to form a solid mass. Optional charcoal or resin can adjust solidity. yields exceed 90 percent combustibles with under five percent fixed residue.
A New York State physician aged 109 volunteered his services to the President and hopes to enter the army as a surgeon. He remains able to read without glasses and walks 10 to 15 miles daily. The piece also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and related ailments. A sensational Atchison Globe note jokes about divorce laws for wives who save the coolest room for visitors.
Article promotes wheat growing at 40 cents a bushel with high yield examples from Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. It advertises a farm seed catalogue for 4 cents postage and invites readers to request free books and maps from John A. Salzer Seed Co. It notes a Cincinnati to Chattanooga excursion and ends with a quip about the sphinx.
A collage of old ad lines promoting Allen's Foot-Kase powder for swollen hot feet with a free trial and 25 cent price, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle, and travel promo from Queen and Crescent Route. Includes jokes and notices from local papers and a G A R encampment date.
San Francisco August 9 ex mayor Adolph Sutro died at 2 30 this morning. He was a major landowner and former four year mayor noted for mining ventures and real estate holdings. In Palestine Texas Sunday a mob hanged Dan Ogg a accused negro in the courthouse yard after a jail breakout.
Peking reports Britain has adopted a firm stance on railway concessions in China and the situation remains clear unless Russia counters. There is general satisfaction in British settlements.
The fuchsia honors Leonard Fuchs a German botanist. Dahlia named for Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist. Magnolia from Pierre Magnol. Tulip from Persian dulband meaning turban. Busbeck the German traveler brought first bulb to Europe in the sixteenth century. Lilac from Persian lilaj meaning flower. Dandelion from French dent de lion symbolizing the sun lion’s tooth.
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