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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1881
Page
2
A poetic reflection contrasts weariness with lingering hope for a better year. The speaker mourns a lost vision and cherishes memory, asserting faith in renewal while acknowledging the ache of what could have been. The voice expresses resolve and a belief that the future will reveal new, unseen days.
In a Swiss village near Goldaun the Rossberg mountain ominously trembles and destroys the village. Antoine Sepel the woodcutter and his wife lose nearly everyone but Marianne, a six year old, is found alive after a massive rockfall and collapse. The child calls to her father amid the wreckage, and a rescue seems possible as the valley lies ruined.
An elderly man searches a cemetery for his wife Hannah Jane and learns her gravestone bears a different name. A laborer explains the engraving error while a laborer plants sweet williams and roses, honoring the old woman who helped others. The bereaved man leaves, hoping his wife will return.
A dramatic recount from Harper's Young People describes the Goldau disaster. Francoise survives with injury and witnesses tell of the valley’s devastation as rocks and a seventy foot wave obliterate life and homes.
A New York letter discusses the booming but morally questionable wealth in racehorses. It cites valuations from 10 000 to 50 000 dollars for horses like St Julien Santa Claus Foster Dewey Maud s and notes trainers such as Daniel Mace and Bonner. It notes race fees of up to 500 dollars plus a cut of winnings and remarks on racing’s demoralizing tendency.
The Iowa Supreme Court reviews a Jefferson County case Administratrix of the estate of W J Miller et al vs T C M Dayton. The lower court awarded the plaintiff 4050 for Miller's death by a gunshot. The killer was unseen, evidence circumstantial, and the high court reverses for error while noting a related county responsibility ruling on election costs and other local matters.
Washington December 21 Speaker Kellar announced the House Standing Committees listing Accents Urner as chair along with Skinner Brower Candler Martin Clardy Howe and others for Agriculture Appropriations Commerce Education and Labor and many more including Roads Navy Public Buildings and Rules with multiple members per panel.
A mosaic of wry sayings and comic bits from several 19th century papers. Bits on marriage humor, poverty, editors, and light anecdotes, including misheard sermons and family gags. Named papers include Toledo American Burlington Hawk Eye Philadelphia Chronicle Boston Post Norris town Herald and more.
Telegrams from Irkutsk and Loxpox recount the Jeannette crew's dire voyage after the ship was crushed by ice near 77 north 157 east. Lifeboats reached the Lena River area as rescuers race to locate Lieutenant De Long Ambler and twelve others awaiting aid amid frostbite and starvation risks. The Rev E D Stayer dies in Woodstown from paralysis due to overwork.
A collection of rapid developments ranging from Dover to Florida highlights, including a foot-per-hour tunnel advance, tobacco tin-foil invention profits, Everglades reclamation efforts, brick kilns using twisted hay, and Canadian Pacific Railway progress. It notes New York cigar and cigarette production, Taunton Fall River factory growth, California mining wealth, Maine spruce elm trade, and a new coal gas process claimed cheaper though less powerful.
A collection of agricultural advice covering horse grooming, swine feed using wood ash, locust tree planting value, cautions on nitrate fertilizer for cows, spice cake recipe, winter apple varieties, rabbit cooking method, frosted orange candy, homemade lip salve, nutritious content of white wheaten flour, grape ripening factors, pruning and fertilizing impacts, and the benefit of paper bound vines for grape flavor.
The tale recalls a county treasurer uncovering four thousand dollars unpaid since 1874 found by Payn Bigelow in Baldwinville tucked in a Bible. The incident yields a moral on reading scripture. It also contrasts Judah P. Benjamin’s modest London law office with an opulent clerk’s room, noting his charitable giving.
Dio Lewis warns that carbonic acid gas from lungs and combustion poisons air in homes churches and theaters. He describes suffocation risks from gas buildup in small spaces and the need for ventilation, noting the poor air quality surrounding everyday life and the lesson that experience is not transferable.
A fragment notes a flour barrel supposedly capable of holding 678,900 silver dollars. It also lists various quack cures and advertisements from periodicals promising remedies and social observations about the “coming man” and future marriage norms.
A 1870 medical testimonial recounts lung disease and a hole in the left lung. The patient credits Dr WM Hanns Balsam for cure and promotes Piso's Cure among other remedies with endorsements from physicians and merchants.
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