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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1881
Page
2
Monticello newspaper notes Joan Baxenano as editor and proprietor. Omitted lines suggest local Monticello, Iowa context.
The speaker and Tom visit a picture gallery to study painters and styles. They meticulously view each work, discuss judgments, and reflect on art while guiding conversations with the guide, ending with a quiet, unspoken conclusion about the paintings.
Sam Sperry returns from Southern prisons and endures a life centered on pension hopes Mary Ellsworth steadies him with quiet love. After years of longing and patient faith, Sam dies in his wedding clothes, leaving Mary his pension and a lasting, tranquil widowhood rooted in devotion.
A mixture of household recipes for desserts and breads, hints for cooking codfish and muffins, and guidance on keeping sheep healthy. Also tips on chimney comfort, manure value of cattle feeds, and salt sulfur use for sheep, with brief notes on spavins and blood spavins.
The article offers economical food ideas during drought, suggesting bread as a substitute for potatoes, hash made with bread crumbs, and using stale bread in soups and breakfasts. It praises apples especially Rhode Island greens, discusses butter reduction, and provides simple, frugal preparations for meals for families.
The Springfield Massachusetts Republican published a letter by Mrs Elizabeth Oakes Smith arguing fifty years ago morality kept young women mostly at home and limited courtship. She laments modern flirtation, urges return to domestic virtue with emphasis on marriage, obedience, and steady discipline for both girls and boys.
The Germantown Telegraph notes thinly covering strawberry beds protects plants in winter. Avoid thick manure which rots plants. use clean straw or marsh hay to create a light screen that shades without dampness. Snow is ideal but unreliable.
The lake level has fallen steadily for years affecting Toronto harbor and other ports. Many wharfs were once accessible but are now dry. Dredging kept the Toronto entrance open until rock bottom is reached, leaving water too shallow for many ships. Various explanations have been offered but none satisfy.
A fragmentary, era newspaper page shows testimonials and sensational claims for Dr Pierce and St Jacobs Oil, praising cures for rheumatism female complaints weak lungs and tumors. It includes quotes from various individuals and a veiled joke, ending with a tobacco ad for Tansill’s Punch cigars.
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