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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
8
The article discusses girdles as key to contemporary dress, noting their role in signaling a fashionable waist. It cites velvet as a favored material with a ten inch bias strip for crumpled fronts, silk encased whalebone for stiffening, and the trend toward self design to vary repetitive belt styles.
The article advises lemons as the most beneficial acid for a sluggish liver, followed by tomatoes. It recommends consuming them freely at all meals and drinking lemon juice in water, especially upon rising before any food is eaten.
An old-fashioned remedy using tansy and buttermilk is regaining popularity. Use fresh tansy leaves in a quart of buttermilk, or steep dried tansy in hot water, then mix with buttermilk after cooling. The method outlines proportions and steps for preparation.
The piece surveys current jewelry trends featuring coral beads and chains in rose tint, topaz and amethyst accents, and new chain slides in onyx blue. It notes the fashion for tasselled ends, cameos, freshwater pearls, mother of pearl pendants, and bold mixed stones in dog collars, urging careful selection to avoid over dressing.
Harper's Weekly tells of a Methodist and a Presbyterian neighbor feud in western Massachusetts over a horse swap. A heated exchange about predestination led to a fight where the Presbyterian dominated. The Methodist vowed to revoke the insult, while conceding he was still "a blamed old Presbyterian."
A historic guide outlines gentle baby exercises to strengthen back muscles and legs, promote deep breathing, and prepare infants for sitting and standing. It warns against overtaxed muscles and advocates gradual, full-body stretching and arm movements for endurance and posture.
An eight-room cottage design 24 by 43 feet with two floors is detailed. It includes room sizes, construction notes, lath and plaster requirements, pine and hardwood finishes, double glaze windows, oak stairs, and blueprints from Hodgson's Low Cost Homes published by Frederick J. Drake & Co.
A New Yorker’s invention introduces a hinge with pintles formed integral to jamb leaves and slotted knuckles on door leaves. Opposite slot orientation allows upward engagement first, keeping the door hinged by gravity and permitting removal with a horizontal pull once wide open.
Stephen Dudley Field, nephew of the Atlantic cable inventor, demonstrates recording Morse alphabet on paper tape via wireless telegraphy. The Stockbridge England lab showcase marks two years of study and a new amplifier enabling direct land to wireless line and global message transmission without intermediate relays.
Scientific sources discuss fog passing red rays more readily, Mary A Booth of Springfield noted for science, Hooker at eighty seven with Utah Colorado California study links. Titanium oxide claimed for fireproof textiles. a 1878 Jupiter event left a long red blotch on the southern hemisphere, a patch 80 000 miles long and 8 000 miles wide, persisting to mark its power.
A Missouri teacher won a libel sum after being sued for whipping a pupil and secured a reform school appointment. An 85 year old man walked 15 miles in 3 hours to guide an undertaker in burial methods. A New Auburn pupil batch spoke only Russian. Frank James teased in Chillicothe about Cole Younger as a heaven guard. Hamlet Rye in Sioux City plans a new Appendixiess club for vermiforms and wound talks.
A compilation of odd beliefs and practices from Heligoland Japan Africa Spain and England. Notes include age limits for theater entry as well as fashion and virtue norms. Mentions superstitions about illness and death and peculiar remedies like snails in pill boxes earthworms and fried mice.
Paris color makers unveil mummy brown a rich new tint created from pulverized modern cat heads not ancient mummies. Artists praise its depth for striking effects while noting the sustainable source shortens the cat population.
A Chicago News item notes Jiggleby, described as a queer fellow, bought two tickets for an amateur charity theater performance. The exchange jokes that he not only attended but also enjoyed the show, prompting playful commentary on behavior.
A brief dialogue notes Simpkins as the listener who never speaks much yet is valued for his listening. The exchange highlights a humorous contrast between perception and actual skill in communication.
A reader complains about a car sold claiming high speed, accusing the seller Jerrold of boasting six arrests for obstructing the highway. Hobart responds with a witty defense, while a separate note highlights Alabama's growing cement industry thanks to abundant limestone for Portland cement.
A collection of wry maxims linking law, military progress, marriage, summer girls and peaches, and the paradoxes of trying to reverse past actions. The tone is aphoristic and humorous, reflecting everyday wisdom and playful contrasts.
The dialogue suggests De Jones has fallen in status, though now occupying the top floor of a tenement, sparking commentary on social mobility.
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