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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
Donald Pearce, a lawyer, helps Bob Elston recover from drink and crime. Elston returns a pocketbook, gains work near his sister Dorothy Elston, and helps expose a jewel thief. Pearce wins back his uncle’s trust and marries Dorothy, with Elston finally reformed.
A foreman and six assistants operate a new pie making machine with 18 revolving holders on an oblong table. Two crust rollers, four automatic moistening brushes, and a trimming wheel help produce 1,800 pies each hour as crusts are placed, filled, moistened, trimmed, and removed automatically.
Sackville McKnott laments scarce openings for high earners and notes that top jobs go to relatives of insiders or major stockholders, leaving no path for $25,000-a-year men to break in. He cites his ratiocination on industry hiring patterns mentioned in the Kansas City Star.
Mrs Noovowe boasts they stay up to date with a chef in the house and a taximeter on their car to track savings. Jim hires a top artichoke to draft plans for remodelling their old stable into a first class garbage facility.
Coal was first found in the Lehigh regions of Pennsylvania in 1791 by hunter William Ginner near Mauch Chunk. Mining began along the Mississippi and Yellowstone in 1804, the same year coal was first successfully used for heating in the United States.
Berlin newspaper recounts a perilous night near Arras with a small delegation led by two officers. Firelight lamps, rockets and heavy artillery unleashed a hellish concert as French and German shells roared overhead and soldiers pressed on toward shelter amid shifting fear and stoic calm.
Rev. Charles M. Fillmore of Indianapolis recounted writing the hymn Tell Mother I’ll Be There after reading news of President McKinley’s mother. He sold the song for three dollars, though ten million copies were sold and royalties could have earned him around $100,000.
In Huntington Indiana Judge Charles A. Ole presided in Henry Beaver vs Guthrie Shaffer. Beaver seeks 12000 allegedly owed for 30 years after turning funds to the county treasurer to cover an accounting irregularity. A motion to amend the complaint and a demurrer raised issues including the 1911 act authorizing reimbursement from county funds.
Washington reports from the department of agriculture warn of a cranberry shortage for Thanksgiving. Cape Cod New Jersey and Wisconsin crops suffer from recent cold weather, with an estimated 400000 barrels, far below last season's 625000. Meanwhile the South predicts a larger turkey crop.
In Devils Lake North Dakota Fred Hensey and Charles Travnicek fought a female lynx spotted near Lakota. Travnicek killed the animal with a dray stake as the lynx leaped toward Hensey, who was unarmed. It was the first lynx seen in the lake region.
Rome reports on the Italian Alpine troops a strict mountaineering corps trained to scale sheer walls and dynamite rocks. They captured five peaks along Monte Nero and Monte Pece defeating Austrian forces in surprise assaults. Austrian Hungarians later failed to retake the position, with casualties left in the gorge.
The article notes that amethyst was worn around the neck in ancient Greece to prevent intoxication, linking the stone’s name to the meaning unintoxicated. It explains the etymology and cultural usage in antiquity.
Lulu G Parker outlines three small border garden plans designed for quick care. Each plan lists seeds and spacing for annuals and perennials, with notes on bloom times and winter protections to ensure continuous color from June to frost.
Practical gardening tips emphasize waiting for warm soil before planting tubercles and gradual outdoor hardening. Instructions describe homemade liquid manure from a split barrel and a water-filled tub with a spigot. Guards advise exposing plants briefly, avoiding windy frost days, and mulching sweet peas by sowing low growing annuals along trenches to extend the season.
Save grass clippings to mulch the tea rose bed. Keep soil cool and moist at roots by spreading two to three inches of clippings. As the material withers, work it into the soil to act as fertilizer through decay and apply fresh clippings regularly.
Fire blight is caused by disease germs in plant tissue and new growth turns black as if scorched. Cut out all infected parts and burn them to prevent spread.
An Albany Journal remark questions social norms about women greeting with a kiss. It suggests imagined expectations and a lack of courage to challenge them, reflecting on propriety and sincerity in social conduct.
An ordinary cheese box with wooden clothes pins around the edge painted verted 224 in black forms an attractive makeshift stand for potted plants. The simple craft uses common materials to create a decorative summer home display.
The article advises using chicken wire as sturdy support for climbing plants with posts driven deep to prevent sagging. It notes plants grow faster and bloom more when supported, especially sweet peas which should be tied to wire netting or lath lattice rather than left to flail in storms.
Keep mowing frequency aligned with grass appearance. In dry weather avoid close shaving or clipping too short. Leave enough blade to maintain a dark rich color and the plush texture essential to an attractive lawn.
A Charles Kingsley line proclaims that true chivalry persists while injustices remain to be righted, urging individuals to correct wrongs or dedicate their lives to the effort. The quotation frames moral action as lifelong, individual resolve.
The quartermaster generals report shows that by the war's end the Union consumed about 500 horses and mules per day in the northern theater. The vast strain reflected the Confederate and Union mobilization as horseflesh powered transport and artillery teams.
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