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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
3
A small wooden bridge spans a narrow stream and is at risk during floods. The article explains securing the bridge with wire braces using a tree on one bank and a stake on the other, tightened wires preventing removal. An alternative uses two stakes if no tree is near. J. G. Allshouse outlines a quick, low cost method from Ohio Farmer.
The National Stockman notes three years of success placing Baldwin apples in cold storage using ammonia aided facilities. Immediate cooling after harvest reduces shrinkage and decay, boosting value from $1.20 to $3 per barrel by March. Bartlett pears also profit from cold storage. The Year of the Silo stresses high feed costs and silo utility to minimize grain purchases.
The piece notes rising interest in road improvements across New England and New York. Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Connecticut test various cementing materials while California uses hot crude petroleum for durable dustless roadbeds. Estimated New York road cost per mile is about seven thousand dollars, far above earlier Roman figures.
J E Blackburn of the Ohio Pure Food Sacaneeiin argues against chemical additives in foods like milk butter and meat. He cites borax boracic acid salicylic acid benzoate of soda and formalin as harmful and urges prohibition despite rare cases of harmless use. He notes improved cold storage reduces need for chemicals and promises continued prosecutions.
A drawing shows a unique Never-Tip Milk Stool with legs spread over a small area. The seat is two inches thick pine, holes bored slanting through the board to receive broomsticks as legs then cut to desired length.
A Chicago Chronicle item argues veils are not harmful to women’s health or skin. It notes claims of headaches and eye strain are disputed by studies praising veil use for dust protection and sun shielding, while women continue to wear veils amid fashion and practical appeal.
A New York Herald report shows a woman in Washington, D C calmly moving a large bee swarm into a hive. She brushes them with a feather to coax entry while scientists note bee venom can be deadly in quantity and that multiple stings risk serious harm. The bees are Carniolan, an imported Austrian race prized for gentleness when treated softly.
Aramintha begins a chicken business to fund household needs and purchases. She tallies a projected May 1 start with 20 hens, selling 260 eggs weekly and 1800 eggs by fall, but questions arise about feed costs and actual profits. Her father ponders retirement to focus on chickens while doubting a girl's business acumen.
Instructions suggest three nightly head treatments and sun exposure for scalp health. It notes sun baths on scalp parts, rapid light combing to create a fluffy but temporary effect, and warns about managing hair with partial sun. The piece also discusses why artists should not marry, citing domestic irritations and distractions.
Add a teaspoonful of powdered alum to stove blacking for a durable finish and fine polish. Rub thoroughly to coat and shine the stove.
A Chicago Record-Herald item tells of a man who tested his lover by bleaching white roses to crimson within hours. He held the blooms over smoke to alter their color, convincing her of an assured future. she witnessed the color change at sunset.
Consomme is made by combining veal knuckle with beef and cooking vegetables in butter. After three hours add a quart of water used for poaching a fowl, and use the meatless bones for croquettes or other dishes.
Practical advice on household care including drying curtains before starching to extend life, storing metal adornments in starch to prevent rust, mats of Chinese matting for summer seating, using sawdust under oilcloth, egg white cream substitute, cleaning painted floors with soapsuds, whitening unpainted floors with fuller's earth and sand, pearlash for grease spots, alum to deter moths, and storing winter bed clothing with borax camphor and odorous substances to deter insects.
A digest of global and domestic stats notes civilian casualties in Britain, logging records at Leith, population shifts in Europe and Britain’s canal costs, Irish crop changes, and a Moon coin sale in London featuring Charles I, Cromwell, George III, and Bedward VI pieces with several high values.
Mrs. Anton Griesbaum Jr of New Baden Illinois was ill with female troubles and weakness. After using three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she reports regained strength and no lingering symptoms. The remedy is gaining notice in the region for treating Bright's Disease Diabetes dropsy and rheumatism.
Dorothy daughter of a western minister causes consternation with growing willful behavior. A story quotes her irritating antics with a kitten and a chastened mother, ending with Dorothy declaring the kitten is the same kind of cat as yesterday.
Advertisement outlines bil gonad lands for homes along the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Ry. It directs readers to Ilton Brooks immigration agents in Cedar Rapids Iowa for specifics and to T H Brown Sioux Falls for information on new towns in a farming region. It urges inquiries to nearest agent and to check tickets via the B C R N Ry.
A Philadelphia Press exchange contrasts the idea of politicians as public servants with the notion they are bosses, sparking a joke about understanding officeholders and household management.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Knee powder for sore feet tight shoes and corns. It claims quick relief from itching swelling heat and callouses and notes availability at druggists and shoe stores with a sample offer from Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A rough, clipped sample of fragmentary quotes and advertisements. The text mentions foreign interest in American affairs and money, a claim about Wiso's Cure for Consumption, and Hoxsie's Croup Cure offered for 50c. It includes assorted proverbs and a noted line about folly.
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