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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1880
Page
2
A child recalls her first visit to Deacon Witheridge Farm for milk and butter. She encounters Mrs. Witheridge and Stephen, a shy, stooped farmhand, as she learns the back door path, faces the gaunt Deaconess, and travels to the milk cellar and gris mill with Stephen in a summer hay scene.
A young narrator forms a bond with Stephen, Deacon Witheridge’s foundling helper. Stephen’s quiet strength and stamina drive the narrator’s romantic dreams of wealth and rescue, until Stephen's illness and death reveal the true heroism. the narrator learns that Stephen was rich in character, not fortune.
A Galveston shopper disputes a store’s milk price and hints at building a trade with incentives. The piece shifts to a brief historical note on sunspot observations from the 17th century, citing Harriot Galileo Fabricius Scheiner and their use of colored glasses for eye protection.
A collage of humorous lines and quips from various papers highlights phonetic spelling, presidential candidate lore, animal milk tricks, weathered social remarks, race and class banter, bald head jokes, and evolving fashion trends. The items reflect period voice and eclectic topics, from quirks of language to wardrobe extremes.
A varied mix of household hacks and farming guidance lists remedies for dyeing silk, treating felons, starch finishing, stain removal, and making condiments like cucumber catsup and mock duck. It also covers fall seeding, soil preparation, and horse ringbone treatment with detailed steps and materials.
A Bernville correspondent records a cure from Thunburg Drops for Mrs. Jacob Sunday of Jefferson Township once bedridden for years. After starting the remedy she could walk across a room and now reports being entirely cured and able to work as she did at age seventeen.
Local ad items tout remedies for Bright's Disease Diabetes kidney and liver issues using Warner's Life Kidney and Liver Cure Malt Bitters and related tonics. Also promoted are Frazer Axle Grease Waxert's Fever and Ague Tonie and Redding's Rusala Salve. Bread yeast claims abound.
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