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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
3
USDA notes plentiful fruit can be saved as preserves and similar products with varied syrups and careful processing. Detailed syrups Nos 1 through 5 cover sugar to water ratios, packing and cooling, plus methods for watermelon rind, peach, tomato preserves, and gingered watermelon rind with specific steps, densities, and processing guidance.
Major league teams favor players with past big league experience this season. Bobby Wallace returns to the Cardinals boosting veteran representation, while Ling Bodice Marty Walter Charley Deal and Jim Thorpe also surface as veterans returning or recalled from the minors to big league action.
Fruit pastes are made from boiled fruit pulp with added sugar adjusted to fruit acidity. Flavors and colors are mixed into the hot mass, then poured in a half inch layer on oiled dishes and dried for several days. The paste is cut into figures or cakes and sugared before drying complete.
An old farmhouse scene frames a reflection on teen and twenty-year-old lovers who marry against parental advice. The piece portrays youthful ardor, parental caution, and the belief that mature life requires more than romance. Copyright 1917.
The London Globe contends postwar fiction must abandon prewar archetypes as peace arrives. It warns that heroic soldiers and glamorous spies will no longer satisfy readers. Writers must craft entirely new puppets for a changed world where standards shift and opulent establishments lose their allure.
A column extols buying locally for better value than wealthy shoppers and shares a cornmeal based griddle cake recipe. It instructs mixing two cups flour with baking powder and salt, combining with water and cornmeal, adding milk egg sugar and melted shortening, then frying on a greased griddle and suggests cornmeal mush frying into breakfast slices.
A recipe method describes cooking cornmeal in boiling water for twenty minutes then adding milk flour sugar baking powder and salt. Eggs are beaten separately and folded in before finishing with melted fat to create a batter.
The piece contrasts Sir Douglas Haig's command with modern war's scale. It notes vast forces and munitions yet claims absolute serenity at headquarters, only stirred by imagination of flame and fury beyond the horizon, per Isaac P F Marcosson in Mverybory's.
A cryptic note speaks of scantly glimpsed futures where old marionettes influence the world. The fragment hints at a shift in perception as unseen hands shape events to come.
An English novelist Thomas Hardy long living in Dorsetshire remains unknown to many locals. A visitor asked about Mr Hardy and an old lady replied she knows a nearby Hardy who raises grand pigs.
Short excerpt describes Indian Pudding with milk cornmeal and molasses baked in a dish. recipe steps include heating milk and cornmeal, adding sugar and shortening, then baking two hours in a slow oven with cream. Also a cornmeal mixture heated, sugar added, and cinnamon with baking powder. dough rolled and fried in hot fat.
A tribute to men who stirred national passion and led through wartime courage. The piece honors Tyrus Cobb Hugh Jennings John McGraw and Garfield while urging reflection on the sacrifices of soldiers who died for lasting peace.
The article describes Governor and Mrs Stanley of Kentucky with their young family. The eldest boy is indulged but the mother teaches restraint and quiet prayer. A family anecdote recalls the boy begging for a speckled pony and cart, later told in a whispered request to his mother at the executive mansion.
A reflective column argues jealousy fuels trouble and warns against neglecting spouses. It notes fair women ere not excuses for a ladies man and suggests effort, not luck, governs success amid social friction. Focus remains on personal responsibility and perception.
The article notes grenades as a leading weapon with several types used by belligerents, including Austria with up to six varieties. Deployment methods include hand throwing with a racket, catapults, vans, and trench mortars. Hand grenades reach about 25 to 30 yards, mortar-fired grenades up to 500 yards, and the Danish invention mortar grenade weighs about three pounds and scatters fragments with 250 bullets.
A list of varied inventions is described including an Illinois built adjustable trowel for shaping curb tops and sides, a New York crate wrapping method for eyeglasses, a bath tub faucet with wrench operated valves, and an English method to reclaim tin can tin by burning iron heat.
The article advises light to highlight fresh flowers with simple glass vases in soft greens, avoiding ornate holders. It highlights using four daffodils for sunshine, explains color harmony with room context, and suggests Japanese frog supports and natural greenery to create pleasing displays. It also covers climbing vines like Boston and English ivy, trumpet vine, honeysuckle, moonflower, morning glory, and recommendations for trellises and soil.
The article discusses how permanent climbing plants and annuals add aesthetic value to home grounds. They fill spaces that trees, shrubs, and flowers cannot, enhancing landscape design with vertical greenery.
The crimson rambler rose is prone to mildew. Outdoors mildew may be controlled with a routine spray of copper carbonate solution every two to three weeks, or more often if needed. Hyposulphite of soda at half an ounce per ten gallons of water is also recommended. In some cases, nothing works.
Rice fields in southern Louisiana require waterlogged ploughing before planting. Leading experts advocate deep ploughing to pulverize soil, improving root access to nutrients. Deeper cultivation places more food within reach of annual crops.
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