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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1900
Page
6
Mistress Fisher defies danger in wartime Westchester County sheltering a neighbor from pursuing Tories. She uses quick thinking and a goose feather tube to hide him as a band of marauders approaches, while her husband fights alongside Washington’s scouts and returns through peril.
Mistress Fisher helps hide her rebel neighbor Joe Butler under an ash heap to shield him from pursuing Whig hunters. They search the house room by room but fail to find him, while she remains bold and steadfast, then frees Butler and contemplates a broader moral: dust to dust, ashes to ashes.
A nostalgic verse extols George Washington's virtues courage honesty and leadership. It praises his battles and moral character and thanks a builder for a grand structure honoring him. The poem expresses gratitude to Washington and his mother, urging admiration for virtue and youthful example.
A British soldier tells an American after peace how he could have killed Gen. Washington. The American asks why not, and the Englishman notes Washington kept prisoners kindly, and they would rather have shot an officer of their own.
Good farmers recognize the value of a full equipment of modern farm implements and machinery. The article urges inspecting current tools, considering new patterns, and studying catalogues now to prepare for future purchases, saving dollars later.
Mrs Jennie Fairbank, a Pacific coast poultry woman, describes a convenient roosting device. She explains using a 2 by 8 plank 16 inches long to arrange roosting and dropping boards.
A detailed, old fashioned carpentry description explains building dropping boards with floor anchor points, a cleated 1 by 8 board set 16 inches high, rafters sized 2 by 4 inches, and a slanting platform. It instructs nailing methods and chaff filling beneath to create an exercise floor and directing water to a box runoff.
A Farmer's Voice column advises promptly killing hens that lay eggs on the floor or in the scratching pen to prevent egg-eater problems and preserve winter profits. For hens stubbornly laying on the floor, confinement in a nesting box may help, but the hatchet remains the final remedy when necessary.
The excerpt argues uncertainty governs all ventures and cites high failure rates in merchandising. It praises early seeders who brave frost, noting their abundant harvests and prospering households, and echoes a biblical line about guarding the clouds before reaping, concluding that passive waiting leaves one behind.
The article contends no breed yields uniform eggs as Dark and Light varieties vary. It cites Cochins Brahmas and Langshans with very dark eggs but notes individual hens produce differing shades. Even full sisters show varied egg color, and among a hundred hens egg shades differ like leaves on a tree.
A letter from Minnesota farmer Alex Cameron to Canadian Agent Benj Davis describes settlers near Daleboro Assa praising Western Canada. He notes rapid land uptake, new houses, a planned church, and optimism about crops and the Wheat Field of the West while recounting a hostile incident that eased as settlers prospered.
Article notes cable laying in the Pacific gets encrusted with barnacles and seaweed, risking breakage, and compares to dyspepsia. It promotes Mostetter's Stomach Hitters as a cure and preventive for indigestion and related ailments. Sold by all druggists.
In a brief cartoonish exchange Mrs Mlatte asks why a load of ice is left at the door. Mr Flatte answers with a joking suggestion about heating the flat, reflecting lighthearted local humor from the Detroit Free Press.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney Co. swears as senior partner that his firm will pay $100 for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath is dated December 6, 1886 in Voledo County. The firm claims the remedy cures by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents and Hall's Family Pills promoted.
The Chicago Evening News notes a March 26 start for a thirty day trial at Charles City Iowa College with options in Preparatory Normal Commercial Shorthand and Typewriting. President J. Hirsch invites enrollment for low expenses and a test of a practical western college.
A Brooklyn woman writes that after nine years of illness during the change of life doctors failed to help and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound greatly improved her bladder and liver condition. She endorses the remedy and urges others to try it.
Readers report relief from change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Bridgewater, Illinois, customer praises rapid improvement and strong health, while another Bradford, Pennsylvania, user notes significant benefit during change of life.
Try Grain-O the new food drink that replaces coffee. It has rich mocha like color but is made from pure grains and is easy on delicate stomachs. Priced at 15 and 25 cents per package, sold by all grocers.
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens March 1 1900 as a desirable resort for health and pleasure seekers with ideal climate pure drinking water and best accommodations. Sleepers via Frisco Line offer travel convenience and write for details to the hotel manager or Frisco Line representative.
A Chicago Dispatch note describes Lane's Family Medicine as aiding digestion and bowel movements daily, supporting liver and kidney function, and curing headaches. It lists a price of 25 and promotes general health through daily use.
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