03 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
1
John Burnham a cautious surveyor and his fiancée Adria Newton face hardship when his dynamite rainmaking scheme explodes revealing a hidden cache of gold. A street-smart pair of tramps trigger the blast scattering riches over the hill farm revealing a buried fortune.
A historical sketch describes the Letts and Lithuanians as Indo European peoples in western Russia and northeastern Poland and Prussia. It outlines Letts in Vitebsk Courland and Livonia numbering about 1.3 million, language divisions, forest worship, and the Young Letts educational movement.
The article notes anthrax is an animal disease long studied and rarely affects humans. It warns physicians are often ignorant of its symptoms, which is the main danger, but claims preventive measures and cures developed recently eliminate the threat to human life.
The article argues that growing bodies need more food due to higher heat production, while elderly bodies burn less fuel because their hearts are feeble. Consequently fevers in old persons are less acute since their bodies are cold.
Puck depicts Rube compounding homesickness as a conductor urges change, with the rambunctious exchange highlighting rural chores and cow milking as he jokes about catching up on farm duties upon arrival at the barn.
Early guidance explains that any gardener with earth and seed can cultivate flowers and that true novelties arise from selection or crossing. The article describes fixing a new type through rigorous pruning, seed raising, or careful crossing of two parent plants and watching seedlings for the best traits. It emphasize quick perception of possibilities and proper care such as watering, soil refreshment, and temperature control.
Winter protection for evergreens includes a triangular wooden frame and two boarded sides. Fill window boxes with bulbs ferns or small evergreens. Move mint roots to a shallow greenhouse box for winter supply. Mulch as a surface dressing under trees and shrubs. Limit watering for winter window gardens and conservatories.
Practical advice for home gardeners on insulating window gardens, maintaining moisture, and preventing dust and pests. Suggests curtains to isolate window areas, keeping a water source near heaters, stimulating growth with warm iron-assisted humidity, and using tobacco tea or soapsuds to combat mealy bugs. Provides testing cues for watering: hollow tap and dusty soil indicate dry soil.
Hardy bulbs must be in the ground before mid December for best blooms. If planted late they may grow but will not bloom satisfactorily. After ground freezes, mulch the bed with thick layers of old manure.
The Iowa pharmacy commission will challenge a state law forcing grocers and others to stop selling medicines containing alcohol or poisons. The test case aims to determine if non druggist merchants can be prohibited from selling these items and if the commission can continue licensing peddlers. The move arises amid disputes over licensing and regulatory scope.
A preacher urges study of the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John to know eternal life. Faith, not church membership or morality, saves. true believers have life through the Son and should rely on God's testimony rather than feelings. The speaker recalls Mr. Babbage’s simple gospel testimony and the present tense assurance of life.
A devotional reflection defining true fear of God as a constant awareness of divine majesty. It states that low thoughts of God cannot persist in those who fear him and that awareness of His glory leads to reverence and awe. The passage notes that His excellency inspires fear in the heart.
A Colton saying notes belief beyond full comprehension demands a broad creed or a narrow intellect. It contrasts the limits of understanding with the scope of faith and judgment.
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