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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
6
A prose reflection on the turn of the year as lengthening days bring hope and renewed purpose. It celebrates increased knowledge, the springlike promise for humanity, and a revived respect for motherhood amid progress in women’s roles and medicine.
An essay extols women's ascent into commercial life and skilled professions, praising efficiency and courage. It contrasts physical strength with inner virtue, urging perseverance, honesty, and personal growth as keys to societal benefit and future progress. It urges readers not to fear effort and to strive for a nobler self.
A motivational exhortation urges steadfast resolve and daily duty across home, business, church, and civic life. It champions honoring self and rising to higher ideals, citing poets and authors on longing and inner freedom while urging honesty in all business relations.
A Universalist Leader writer urges readers to drop self pity and examine burdens honestly. He argues most burdens shrink when viewed plainly, turning tears to laughter and sighs into song.
The Christian Herald notes that the sacred Golgotha site in Jerusalem is contested between the traditional Church of the Holy Sepulcher and a rival claim called Gordon's Calvary. Dr. Harlan P. Beach of Yale is credited with identifying the latter site, while General Gordon helped gain recognition.
A reflective anecdote recalls a grammar class where verbs were acted out to illustrate meaning. A critic questions the method for verbs like lie and howl, suggesting the approach becomes impractical and absurd. The editor notes the obvious flaws in overemphasizing physical acts for language lessons.
A justice of the peace in the south dismisses a divorce attempt as out of jurisdiction. A husband offers six dollars and a half bribe to the judge, who fines him five dollars for bribery and a dollar and a half for wasting time, ending with a blessing.
A German paper touts a new rifle bullet by inventor Lentz that splits in flight to ignite balloons, predicting destruction of dirigibles in future wars, citing the Wellman balloon incident. The Country Gentleman notes the dairy cow yields eighteen pounds of product per hundred feed, outperforming hogs and hens in efficiency.
Frank B Beath of Corning Iowa runs a 266 acre farm with a breeding herd on eighty acres of blue grass. For five years his calf crop averaged 90 percent and each year he sells about two loads of calves weighing 800 pounds in June. Silage and home grown feeds drive gains with minimal hired labor.
The article outlines three easy flower-box designs for porch railings, window sills, and lawn or porch floors. It gives step by step construction tips, drainage hole placement, anchoring methods, trimming of corner strips, and finishing advice with a note on color and potential for selling boxes to neighbors.
A noted author speaking on her 88th birthday argues city women are better off marrying early while country girls should wait. She says city life sharpens judgment and love is the key to a happy marriage, praising marriages at 18 or even 17 in some cases.
A brief exchange shows humor on writing as one writer says they completed a story that won’t be returned and notes a magazine sending their work was burned out recently for a punchline about publishing mishaps.
An old tale recounts Mrs. Pryor using wartime hospitality to win over a widower with home fires and meals for three months. A New England village story mirrors the theme with a bachelor and a nurse who wins his heart with plain talk and a proposed alliance.
This article by M Bernard argues poultry welfare hinges on animal food. It notes bugs and worms supply animal feed in the wild, and highlights milk as a superior, digestible animal protein source for flocks. Farmers should reserve milk for poultry nutrition.
Feeding hens for egg production requires midday green foods like alfalfa clover rape oats or kale comprising a third of the diet. An hour before sunset provide wheat cracked corn or other grain. Bran should be available in self feeders at all times for its phosphorus content. The morning ration should be ground grains with a third ...
One dairy department exhibit at the Missouri College of Agriculture state fair draws attention with the daughter of "Josephine" showing a higher record at the same age than her dam.
A farmer considers mixing chopped green feed with bran to create a high value ration. Pullet testing involves single tests to gauge laying quality. Good layers are valuable. poor layers are suitable for kitchen use.
A brief surreal note contrasts crime themes with calendar forms, suggesting hidden patterns in public records and the way offenses appear in everyday paperwork. The reflection hints at unnoticed illegality within ordinary administrative material.
The article notes fifty thousand dollars offered for Sir John Murray Scott's will, not a record. It recalls 1894 when Webster Conkling, a fifteen year old American schoolboy, disappeared in Paris near St. Lazare station. His mother offered five thousand then one hundred thousand dollars. funds were placed at Munroe's bank on Rue Scribe but no claimant emerged.
The article notes Mr. Gokkes uses an alternating current of two amperes and 10,000 volts to ripen cheese in 24 hours. It cites Cosmos describing this treatment as achieving complete ripening in a short time, tying electricity to maturation of consumables like wines and cheeses.
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