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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
6
Fall and spring wheat belts show Alberta now produces top quality winter wheat. Southern Alberta, once viewed as arid, hosts many elevators and rising farm investment. Growth driven by American settlers and rail expansion positions No 1 Hard winter wheat for export, especially to the Orient.
The piece argues that uniqueness beats uniform methods in business, while routine dulls perception and hinders reform. It contrasts young firms growing from fresh methods with old houses stifled by habit, and ends with a humorous exchange about a doctor's advice and cost.
A nervous episode warned by facial paralysis is described as a forerunner of serious illness. The testimony of Harry Bemis from Truthville credits Dr Williams' Pink Pills with restoring health after prolonged nerve and sight problems, noting recovery and return to work. The pills are marketed by the Dr Williams Medicine Co. with a free nervous disorders booklet.
A correspondent shares a simple sled built from seasoned hardwood runners 3 by 5 inches and top boards 14 by 6 inches. The pieces join with bolts and pins, forming a sturdy craft about 9 1/4 feet long and 2 1/2 feet wide, useful for hauling corn shocks and fodder in fields.
Missouri inventor B P Wagner shares a simple design for a post lifter. A stout four inch diameter post four to seven feet long is fitted with a heavy iron shoe and out turned point. Using a second post as a fulcrum the tool frees and lifts posts with little effort.
A Farm and Home correspondent praises a sheep feed rack noting it serves the purpose better than anything seen. The interior rack of height two inches in strips is removable for cleaning and adjustment.
Seasonal notes encourage starting a businesslike farm ledger and fencing prizes by an English agricultural society. Winter is prime for reading planning and wood gathering. A botany term warns of escaped cultivars, while beans face bean weevil limits in a narrow U S belt and parts of California.
If potatoes freeze keep them frozen until use or bury them. When cooking while frozen wash quickly and add to boiling water. Apples stay from air until frost ends. If used while frozen pare and slice into boiling water. pieces stay white when cooked but brown if left out.
The piece argues that economical feeding means preventing waste and loss, avoiding grazing on bare ground, and ensuring stock receive adequate winter rations. It condemns starving livestock as ruinous to profits, urging liberal, efficient use of all feeds and selling unsustainably supplied stock.
Short cuts across lots suggested to ease farm work with a handy gate for wire fences. Cement floors in stables cut urine absorption and ease cleaning though milking should start before cleaning. An acre for a child links land to family profits and teaches independence through fruit and vegetables.
Advocate promotes hog care to keep pigs clean healthy and gentle a desirable trait in hogs and a smart farming practice.
Swift & Company reports 1905 distributive sales driven by fresh meats provisions and by products from livestock. The firm operates wholesale, with large central markets in Chicago and other cities, 26 000 employees, and over 300 wholesale houses. Public visits to plants are welcomed with no secret processes.
The sluggard, after following instructions to the ant, reports that observing endless bustling and fussing over trivial tasks left him exhausted and disillusioned. The Tribune notes the weary procession of activity without rest.
In Stray Stories the comic recalls testing a fresh act on the audience. He notes the crowd stared in astonishment and yawed as the routine stalled midway, eliciting a rueful but humorous reaction.
Salzer promises free radish seed to keep readers supplied all summer and touts his Bargain Sled Book with surprising bargains in seeds at bargain prices. The pitch emphasizes tender radishes and wide savings in seeds and offers.
The note announces a special seed catalogue from John A Salzer Seed Co offering radishes and a free Cosm os flower pack for 4 cents. The company promotes a mid path between pessimism and optimism and urges readers to act now via Lock Drawer K La Crosse Wisconsin.
The Nickel Plate Road promotes its popular eastbound passenger service with attentive attendants, clean cars, and Pullman sleepers. Dining offers club meals or à la carte at moderate cost. Tickets and reservations are available from J Y Calahan, General Agent, Chicago.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Sase as a cure for hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a free trial pack. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. A man who is shrewd never thinks of doubling it.
A Washington Star quotation has Uncle Eben sug gesting men claim repentance mainly to avoid the investigating committee. The line implies fear rather than true contrition.
An advertisement promotes Laxatioi Bromo Quinine Sublets as a one day cure with a refund promise if unsuccessful. It features Druectate and E W Guove’s signature on each box and notes Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion cures in 80 minutes. Mail orders via Dr Detchon Crawfordsville Ind. Price $1. The ad ends with a quip about folly.
A Norwich New York line recounts Mrs Thos Robbins recalling Piso's Cure for Consumption and a note on Enck as the fruitage of a seed sown and forgotten, dated Heb 17 1900. The excerpt reflects personal reflections on illness and memory.
Claims a Pazo Ointment can cure piles including itching bleeding and prolapse with a guarantee to refund if not cured in six to ten days. Advertises sympathetic tone and broad refund authorization.
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