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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1881
Page
2
A winter scene shows a ragged boy finding a faded button hole bouquet in the snow. He pins it to his coat, his mood lifted as the crowd’s cruelty contrasts with his quiet joy. The piece ends with a blessing to those who appreciate small gifts.
A wary mining camp accuses a stranger of robbery after mules vanish and dust goes missing. A crowd chases him. gunfire fatally wounds him before the truth surfaces. The stolen dust turns out to be a harmless bag, while relics prove the buyer’s memory of a lost family.
M Bonpland and companions travel from Caracas toward San Fernando de Apure and Calabozo to study the gymnatus electric eel. Indians lure thirty half wild horses into a marsh to fish using Barbasco toxins. Eels stun and drown some horses before being captured and transported to pools. The scene ends with a Leyden jar shock and notes on the gymnotus size and power.
In a Detroit Free Press passage, a judge goods the public with remorse as a mob mourns an innocent man killed. The crowd sighs, eyes water, and the judge condemns his own role, crying Heaven forgive me for this awful deed. They bury the victim with a headboard declaring the man was wronged.
A reminiscence argues against overprotective parenting citing Nature as a teacher and contrasting Western and Indigenous childrearing. Observations include dangers of restraint, bones hardening with natural play, and critiques of excessive maternal interference. The piece cites Dr. Felix J. Oswald and notes a Berlin fete honoring Virchow with funds for anthropology.
In Grinnell the wife of prominent grain merchant G A Whitney was found deceased in a cistern at their residence after an absence of two hours. Other Iowa items include a fatal fire near Winterset, a guilty verdict against Charles Lawbkin for boiler foul play, and various local incidents from Dubuque Davenport and Des Moines.
A compilation of industrial and agricultural curiosities including refined cotton seed oil in Alabama replacing lard, Dutch origin of the thimble in 1695, Georgia and Atlanta Exposition items, Eastport sardine factories employing up to 1,000, a Philadelphia glucose plant with $2,000,000 capital, October needle production in Manchester, a gourd vine yielding half bushel gourds, and a plan to replace English beef in the British Navy. Also notes on dead horses in Philadelphia, eucalyptus as fuel in California, and fake French pearls sold cheaply produced from glass and fish essence requiring about 17,000 fish per pound.
A collection of humorous lines and quips about egotism, violin girls, editors and romantic sparks, plus a parrot heckling a drunk, with quick jests on fashion, school, and shop talk drawn from several 19th century newspapers.
The article humorously explains that few can shake hands well and offers etiquette tips. It contrasts aggressive grips with cold, damp ones and suggests a gentle, confident approach when shaking with a lady, including eye contact and a warm smile. It warns against overlong grips in public and notes the advice comes from Nye's Boomerang.
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts President Gardner and Trustee Pullback debating whether honor requires a colored man to accept a duel. Gardner argues honor may force facing danger or excuses based on injury, and he imagines scenarios of confronting an opponent at a cabin.
Teas stains on napkins remove with clear boiling water. Winter plant care urges minimal watering to prevent shriveling. A dried beef breakfast dish cooks with eggs on buttered toast. Black dress mends with court plaster. Vinegar candy recipe with soda. Outdoor living linked to health, not fresh air alone. Toad in the Hole with sausage and milk batter. Hickory nut cookies, plum pudding, and notes on supernumerary wolf teeth in mares.
An American Agriculturist summary notes experiments by Coomb Haughton and Parkes on daily human work in pounds of force. It details that a 150 pound man walking a mile lifts about 17.5 tons, ten miles 177 tons, and twenty miles over 353 tons, with higher figures for loaded or climbing effort. It concludes an average hard day's external work near 400 tons lifted one foot and total bodily work includes substantial internal effort, with 250 tons internal work estimated.
A Woodstock Ontario circular by Fattallo promotes emigrating Ontario women to Manitoba. It requests detailed personal data via a form, aims to classify applicants by age appearance temperament and other traits, and plans staged action leading to a train shipment to Winnipeg on April 1 under editor supervision.
The Hampstead burglary victim receives a letter from the supposed thief offering five pounds as repayment and contrition for prior thefts. The item contrasts genuine moral awakening with self serving notices from income tax authorities and cites high book prices as notable curiosities.
A Philadelphia journalist recounts neck stiffness from a nocturnal ramble to the Chestnut Street Opera House. After using St Jacobs Oil twice, pain subsides by the next day, with full flexibility restored. The note cites other city reports praising the remedy's effects.
An advertisement touts Scovus SARSAPARILLA AND BILLS as a cure all for blood disorders including scrofula kidney weakness malaria and nervous debility. It also promotes H B Bryants Chicago Business College as a worthwhile business education for young men.
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