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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1906

Page

3

Welsh Bard Concludes Long Sermon After 15 Years

Religious report notes Gwill the Welsh bard finishes a sermon pursued for fifteen years. It mentions Cardinal Gibbons ordaining 1 256 priests in Baltimore and conferring the iretta on Satolli and Martinelli.

Gwill Joseph Nix Bradford England Cardinal Gibbons Baltimore Iretta Cardinal Satolli Martinelli Ireland H. Kirke Porter Pittsburg United Presbyterians Cumberland United United Body

Old World Notables List Highlights From Various Nations

Maj Gen Trotski, newly named commander at St Petersburg, born 1847. Capt Stubbs of Liverpool Orphan Institution among few flying officers who served on Nelsons Victory. Geza von Fejercary appointed Hungarian premier, decorated widely. Mme Loubet aids Paris poor and orphans. Mrs Poultney Bigelow crowds favorite in English society. Archibald Stawock, Great Northern RR engineer, near age ninety. joined in 1850. Prof Baelz after 29 years in Japan returns to Stuttgart. helped Europeanize Japan and taught at Yokio University. many Japanese physicians were his pupils.

Trotski St. Petersburg Capt Stubbs Liverpool Orphan Institution Nelson Geza von Fejercary Mme. Loubet France Paris Poultney Bigelow Cannes London Stuttgart

London canine fad boosts Manchester Clack-and-tan price

The article notes a Manchester Clack-and-tan dog is the latest London fashion with good specimens quoted at $500. It also lists varied tidbits from across the world including a long-lived Ko komo family trio and Garibaldi relics in Rome.

Manchester London Kokomo Ind la Tribuna di Roma Garibaldi Aspromonte Rome Kansas Hamilton Church Extension Society Methodist Episcopal Church San Francisco Golden Gate Mexico Chapultepec Diaz Military Academy of Limantour

A Boy's Breakfast in Hoosick Falls Promotes Grape-Nuts

A mother credits Grape-Nuts with transforming her 11-year-old son from a nervous, indigestion-prone child to a sturdy, well developed youth. Since five, he has eaten Grape-Nuts for breakfast, preferring it to other meals and reporting better satisfaction. The advertisement cites Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.

Hoosick Falls N. Y Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Quack Grass Destroyer Featured In Practical Tool

The article notes quack grass is hard to eradicate once it infests soil. An ordinary cultivator fails to affect it, so the piece advocates a smothering method by covering the roots. It describes constructing a special implement shown in the accompanying picture to speed the process.

Home-Made Quack Grass Destroyer Described

A Prairie Farmer guide details a homemade weed extractor with a six inch by six foot wooden head and twelve steel teeth mounted at 30 degree angles to tear out quack grass roots. Two foot long teeth join the head with mortising and iron braces, riders can press teeth into soil to pull roots, teeth clogging requires periodic lifting and cleaning.

Thrifty German Builds Winter Greenhouse Empire

A German farmer learns by trial and error to profit from winter greenhouse farming. After costly failures with heat, pests, and fumigation, he studies successful gardeners, implements optimized soil and climate controls, and expands to multiple greenhouses. The venture grows from a $75 first harvest to about $1,500 yearly net, meeting high demand.

Hog Management For Next Summer In Clover Pastures

A farmer advises allowing hogs to graze on clover and bluegrass next summer to maximize range and reduce corn feeding. He notes that corn is costly and supplies limited muscle-building nutrients, so increasing forage improves growth while lowering feed costs.

Feeding Hens on the Farm Balances Ration for Better Eggs

A farmer writes on using on hand feeds to boost egg yield. They mix wheat oats and corn, pumpkin feed, scraped meat scraps, buttermilk and skim milk, and saved offal for hens. Variety raises output but must avoid overfeeding.

Ohio

Piano Case Chicken House

An illustration shows using two piano cases joined back to back to form a hen house. The backs are removed, a roof created from the end boards, and a door, lighted end sash, and ventilation openings fitted. With two cases, total cost including tarred paper or shingles should not exceed five dollars.

Orange Judd

Poultry Upkeep Tips For Healthier Flocks And Better Eggs

Advice urges washing bird legs when not smooth to curb parasites and protect egg markets. Emphasizes early chick care, ready housing, and profitable broilers and fall layers. Recommends alfalfa as green feed, a poultry yard patch, avoiding fat hens, disease checks, and profitable scratching sheds for winter to boost egg production.

Good Time to Set Hens in March and April

The article advises setting hens in March and April to allow brood rearing during moult. It notes that this timing keeps hens occupied and suggests that laying in the fall is hindered after turning off a dozen fine chickens.

Lincoln day tributes across cities highlight celebrations

In Pittsburg Maine congressman Charles E Littlefield Boston veteran Buegene N Foss and West Virginia’s Joseph H Gaines with Brig Gen John A Johnston spoke at the Merchants and Manufacturers association Lincoln day banquet. New York’s Republican Club dinner named Tremain toastmaster with honors for Lincoln and the party. Washington observances at Burnside Post No 1 featured Graff Couden and others. Roosevelt’s letter of regret read along with messages from Fairbanks Cannon and Schley.

Pittsburg Charles E. Littlefield Maine Buegene N. Foss Boston Joseph H. Gaines West Virginia John A. Johnston Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association Charles H. Grosvenor Ohio Lincoln James F. Burke New York Republican Club of Walcorf-Astoria Henry Edwin Tremain Abraham Lincoln Horace Porter Republican Party J. 8. Funsett United States James T. McCleary Minnesota Washington Congregational Church Burnside Post Department of the Fotomac Grand Army of the Republic Graff Illinois H. N. Couden Home of Representatives Tasker Roosevelt Vic.rresident Fairbanks Epzaker Cannon Admiral Schley

Fatal Portland Fire Ravages East Morrison District

A blaze at the Mount Hood saloon and lodging house on the east Morrison Street bridge end in Portland kills at least four people and injures ten or more. Watchman Nathaniel P. Young dies heroically while trying to rescue horses. total loss estimated at 50 000 with 22 horses destroyed.

Portland Ore Morrison Street Willamette River Nathaniel P. Young Eddie Dailey East Side Transfer Company Young Transfer Company

Root urges military measures for China protection

Secretary Root plans continued military precautions to defend American life and property in China. He told congressional callers he regards the need as a duty, despite no imminent uprising, citing disquieting reports of anti foreign sentiment and an anti American boycott.

Washington Feo China Root Tait

Worker crushed by falling timber in pile driver incident

Minneapolis report states Peter Heinzelman, while guiding a large timber for a pile driver, slipped and fell. His head struck the pile, the suspended weight descended, crushing his head.

Minneapolis Minn Peter Heinzelman

Railroad Fire Destroys Roundhouse in Ridgeway

The Rio Grande Southern roundhouse and two engines were destroyed by fire in Ridgeway Colorado on Monday. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.

Ridgeway Col Rio Grande Southern Roundhouse

Twenty-One Bodies Recovered After Mine Disaster

Charleston West Virginia February 13 Twenty one bodies have been recovered from the Parra mine in Fayette county and it is believed only one body remains to be found making the total fatalities twenty two

Charleston W. Va Parra Fayette County

Captain Joseph S Brown Dies at Desk in St Joseph

Captain Joseph S Brown aged 70 longtime assistant postmaster and prominent Mason in Missouri dropped dead at his desk in the federal building St Joseph from apoplexy. He had served 6 years in the postmaster’s office.

St. Joseph Joseph S. Brown Federal

Veronica Steam Trawler Lost Off Scotland With Ten Crew

London Feb 13 The Veronica steam trawler of Stavanger Norway is missing off Lossiemouth Firginshire Scotland with a crew of ten aboard. Authorities fear the vessel may be lost and search efforts are underway.

London Veronica Stavanger Norway Lossiemouth Firginshire Scotland

Anxious to Sell Dr Washington Gladden on Speculation

Dr Washington Gladden voices warnings about speculation in a chat with two youths from Pottsgrove. He contrasts incantation with prudent money sense, recalling Ben Smith and Asa Jones as he resists risky stock ideas and jokes about Greenland Improvement as a preferred, purchasable option.

Washington Gladden Ben Smith Asa Jones Pottsgrove Poe Asa Greenland Ben

Cure for Skin Disease By Cuticura Remedies

A testimonial from Claude N. Johnson of Walnut Kan notes relief after using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills. He reports two years of eruption and continual itching ending with a complete cure after following the book guidance and purchasing products. Date cited June 5 1905.

Claude N. Johson Maple Grove Farm Walnut Kan

Minister’s vow: seven hearts made happy in marriage trio

Parishioner asks if the seven weddings were done for nothing. The minister replies he joined three couples, earning seven happy hearts, with a curious quip on the outcome and intent.

Nothng

Exciting Limited Rail Fares From Chicago to South Regions

Round trip Home-seeker tickets at very low rates go on sale for 21 days on Nashville Chattanooga Tennessee and St. Louis routes covering Tennessee North Alabama and Georgia. Liberal stopovers allowed. Chicago fares are 25 percent below the one way rate. Contact your home agent or write to Biiard F Hill N P AN O St L Ry Marquette Bldg Chicago IL.

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Jouia Ry Tennessee Alabama Georgia South Chicago Biiard F. Hill St. L. Ry Marquette Bldg

Staged Quip Highlights Family Fortune Theme

Humorous exchange shows Stella commenting on face value as fortune and Bella noting long venality of aristocracy while money has not touched their family for generations. Source reflects light social banter on wealth and status.

Stella Bella N. Y

Odd Advertising Claims and Wit From Old Newspapers

The clipping cites a dubious cold remedy promise with a refund guarantee on Laxative Bromo Quinine and notes witty lines about authorship, time value, and the contrast between square deal ideals and practical results. It blends ads with quips from St Louis Globe Democrat and Atchison Globe.

B.W. Grova

Tumors Conquered Without Operations by Pinkham's Compound

Read letters of women cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Fox and Miss Adams report tumor relief without surgery and renewed periods after treatment.

Lydia E. Pinkham Fox Miss Adams Lydia I. Pinkham Lydia KB Pinkham Fannie Vox Bradford Lydia B. Pinkham Roy Lydia Pinkham Fannie D. Lox Lydia BE New England Lydia H. Pinkham Lydia KB. Pinkham Luella Adams Seattle Wash

Anemia Cure Claims From Dr Williams Pink Pills

A First person testimonial from Mrs. Thos J McGann of Plainfield New Jersey describes severe anemia relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She details headaches irregular heartbeats swollen legs and recovery after about twelve boxes with renewed energy and pink cheeks.

Thadantmia Dr. Williams Dr. Williams Medicine Co Schenectady, N. Y

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