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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
1
A humorous sketch by Howard L. Rann mocks bread pudding as a frugal yet risky dish. It jokes that wives economize at men’s expense, husbands secretly endure and endure, and even a pudding can sour a dinner with its threatening presentation and stubborn staleness.
The poem by Edgar A. Guest contrasts love of flowers with the effort of digging and yard care. The speaker envies wealth and leisure yet admits true joys come from labor. He values persistence, noting those who endure toil gain both riches and beauty.
Diversified Decoration accompanies William as visitors follow to a rabbit house. They admire white gray and black spotted rabbits and note their varied decorations as William points them out.
Two rival schools of dream interpretation debate acorns in dreams. Optimists claim acorns signify wealth gain and eventual success through effort, while pessimists warn of poverty and fault. The piece favors the optimistic view and ends with a light quip about doctors and consensus.
A 1920 Western Newspaper Union recipe section offers dessert ideas. Almond Blanc Mange combines cornstarch, milk, sugar, almond extract and almonds for a chilled dessert. Bread Pudding two ways uses milk, bread crumbs, eggs, butter, jam or jelly, with optional nuts or raisins and a meringue topping.
The passage describes a creed that a Sikh should choose to die on bare ground without a rug, seeking equality of rank and age in death and ensuring direct contact with the earth as he breathes his last. It emphasizes humility and reverence for the ground in death.
A humorous exchange features Mme Plancher inviting a patient to her doctor who jokes about choosing ailments. The banter centers on charm and a playful critique of medical bedside manner.
A reflective meditation urges readers to wonder at the night sky and the universe, then to apply that wonder to daily life. It urges humility, the transforming power of human effort, and to sleep with gratitude, waking recharged and uncomplaining.
A brief domestic exchange recalls a single past guest and a decision to avoid such interruptions. The husband confirms one unexpected dinner guest occurred but asserts it will not happen again, leaving the matter unresolved beyond that moment.
A University of Illinois bulletin reports on 720 pig litters across seven breeds. Young sows produce smaller pigs, older sows show larger litter weights until about age three. Older sows have higher mortality in farrows but gestation varies little by season. Average litter size 8.1 with grand average pig weight 2.55 pounds.
Farmers read tips from Farmers Bulletin 974 on clearing cut over land. Goats sheep or cattle help suppress sprouts while stumps are removed in stages from waste growth to final stump removal. Methods include cutting brush high and pulling stumps, burning, pullers or dynamite with guidance from the Agriculture Department.
Farmers urged to secure green feed for poultry during late summer and fall. Any cultivated garden space from harvested early crops should be reseeded with hardy greens such as rape lettuce kale to ensure rapid growth locally.
Turkeys range widely and prey on insects that escape hens. Starting as early as June, young birds forage for field insects through fall, consuming millions of grasshoppers and other pest forms.
Overgrown wings in brooder chicks stem from defective brooding conditions or lack of vitality. Often the wings appear overgrown only due to weakness making them hang down. If wings become burdensome they should be capped off.
Buckwheat is harvested with binder and shocked before threshing. The threshing machine is adjusted by removing cones and inserting a board. Buckwheat is stacked with coverings to shed rain. The note urges stopping the practice of using cottonseed meal as a direct fertilizer.
Seed quality is crucial for establishing a robust alfalfa stand. The note highlights choosing good alfalfa seed and discusses crop varieties suitable for sowing such as sorghum millet rape buckwheat soybeans and corn.
Fall seeding of alfalfa needs moisture and well packed soil. Disk the ground after removing crops, then plow and harrow or roll to pack. Ground from cultivated crops like early potatoes makes good fall-seeding soil. Limestone application after plowing and harrowing improves results.
Farmers should feed hogs a safe mix of wheat middlings and wheat bran slop twice daily, then a moderate corn portion. Ensure plentiful clean water, clean troughs, dry pens and yards, and weekly dusting with lime for healthy hogs before early winter markets.
The article extols a modern dairy barn design highlighting features like feed and litter carrier tracks, a drinking cup for each stall, and outside silos. It argues such facilities boost milk production, improve worker satisfaction, and attract labor, urging farmers to adopt up-to-date buildings and equipment.
The article describes an 80 by 96 foot barn with two rows of cow stalls facing a central feed alley. It highlights germ-killing sunlit ventilation from foul air flues and roof ventilators, concrete floors with gutters, and stalls with easy to use stanchions and partitions to keep herd members in check. It also notes modern magegers of steel or concrete with partitions to prevent dominance among cows.
The article explains that most so called potato blight stems from tip burn caused by dry heat and wind. It also notes a small leaf hopper insect, described as green and ratlike, jumps between plants as they are moved.
It is advised to remove all windows and keep doors open during warm weather to ensure fowls are comfortable, as comfortable birds result in better profits.
Field notes warn the clover root borer pest is feeding on clover roots, with guidance on spray timing and control. The text urges rapid work during favorable conditions and mentions issues with regrowth of damaged plants.
In the American Museum of Natural History a temporary exhibit shows relics from the ancient community near Aztec New Mexico explored by Earl H. Morris. The six shelves show sandals seeds shell ornaments bone tools and two types of basketry with puzzling cylindrical discs possibly fabricating snowshoes.
A clipped, largely readable paragraph features garbled phrases and stray lines attributed to Gilpin about performance and future actions. The piece references Sadek, acrobat tricks, a poet, and a Weseta factory in a fragmented, nonsensical style.
Tobago remains overlooked as the sole authentic Robinson Crusoe Island. Once discovered by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage, it passed from France to England in 1803 and began a colonial transformation. Today the island blends woods, cultivation, and development after a century of English rule.
A temperate citizen asserts saloon ban is permanent while Uncle Bill Bottletop supports the closing, noting only wood alcohol remains and would deter heavy drinking and public excess.
Quote compares love to walking on air and wearing extra superfine rubber heels, reflecting a playful metaphor about romance. The dialogue shifts between contemplation and light humor.
A reader recalls trying to manage a curious boy who loves taking apart a car. The parent notes the challenge of stopping this eager interest while keeping the child safe and engaged with mechanical play.
A compact Arkansas Gazette item notes a curious observation that there are more motor cars than washing machines, with the remark that people do not tell everything yet the machines still spin.
Dr Kilmer swamps root claims relief for kidney trouble with a long ad claimed cure rate. Insurance officials note many applicants are rejected due to unseen kidney issues. Sample bottles offered via mail and drugstore sales promoted. An unrelated joke about a wife at a fair references a women exchange.
Mr C B Leats of Lay Maryland reports in a home letter that one box of Eatonic alleviated severe nervous spells and heart pressure after trying four specialists. He says the medicine removes poisons and gases, brings quick relief, and offers a money back guarantee if not pleased. Ad.
A child explains he avoided lying after spending the day with a friend. When his mother asks, he says he did not have to claim he had a good time because the other boy’s mother was not home.
An old advertisement outlines Aspirin as Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, notes safety for millions, and lists uses from headache to rheumatism. It describes unbroken Bayer packages with directions and cheap 12 tablet tins, with larger drugstore packages also sold.
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