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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1882
Page
2
A rural celebration of the farmer's wife describing her health vigor and central role in home life. The poem contrasts country toil with city vanity and urges admiration of simple domestic fidelity and family harmony. It appeals to endurance and moral worth in rural marriage.
In a tight-knit town, Julie Young moves her brusque, ailing mother-in-law into the family parlor to spare John’s feelings and protect the home. The act tests and then transforms the Young household as patience, shared work, and thrift soften old tensions and inspire neighbors.
Two neighboring wives in twin brick houses decorate their front doors with ever more extravagant tributes as a floral quarrel escalates. A painted canary and parrot, a hanging basket, a parlor aquarium, a cat and kittens vanish while the two husbands retreat to a saloon.
Household guidance explains stopping bleeding by binding below a vein or above an artery if jets occur. It suggests tying a cord or folded handkerchief tight and twisting with a stick until bleeding stops, then awaiting a physician. A later note condemns admiration of natural works on the Sabbath by a Free Church Assembly of Scotland.
A collage of domestic advice includes roach control with cucumber peel, light milk based cakes, beetroot salads, pork in gravy enhancements, and notes on apple orchard lifespans in Illinois and New York. It reflects early 20th century home economics and horticulture insights.
The article notes fifty cent per pound hop prices spark heavy interest in hop cultivation among farmers in the Northern States Pacific Slope and Canada. It warns against launching new hop endeavors due to prior overplanting and price volatility, urging caution and steady effort to weather market fluctuations.
A collage of aging patent medicine claims extols tonics like Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilin and Pierce’s remedies, then shifts to jokes and anecdotes about elixirs and quack cures, ending with advice on Hop Bitters and electro therapy as modern cures.
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