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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1881
Page
2
A prose fragment extols curiosity and the urge to learn The author contrasts the restless mind with rules guiding both man and child The verse lauds the morning glow and ponders what the evening may reveal.
Isabel Eastman and Lottie Mayell visit a farm yard to escape gossip and hear about Nathaniel Leigh. A cabbage pyramid becomes a playful stage for flirtation and a confession, ending with Isabel's marriage to Leigh. The scene blends humor and romance in a rural setting.
A Louisiana planter equates twenty Pecse to one hoe-hand in cotton fields. Charleston plans a 12000 to 15000 spindle steam cotton mill. Irish-moas commerce at Scituate, Mass. totaled 825000 with 7856 barrels cured. Switzerland population now 2,900,000, up 120000 since 1877. Swiss North Carolina colony claims silk potential from mulberry. U S cattle slaughter 11,826,000 yearly producing 4,088,800,000 pounds meat valued at 608,200,000 dollars. Maine youths contest for Stillman Allen prizes totaling 800. first prize 200 for 2256 pounds corn, second 50 for 1983 pounds. Iceberg estimate 27 million cubic feet, weight about one billion tons, grounded in half-mile deep water. Lewiston Maine has about 600000 spindles, expected 400000 more in ten years. Maine 676,685 spindles with Lewiston housing about half. Maine cotton use 112,361 bales yearly employing 11318 in mills. Cotton imports into Lewiston at 40 cars daily. Edward Dennison of Odessa Delaware wins 100 premium for beets yielding 12.35 percent sugar. other premium prizes awarded in Delaware for sugar percentages and tonnage. Seven additional beet growers receive rewards for under sixteen tons.
A collage of quips from several papers mocks weather, manners, and politics. It includes jokes about Canadian weather, bilious skin, ink durability, and a sleigh party to Branford, ending with a defeated candidate’s Halifax outburst.
Bret Harte tells of boarding a San Francisco to Oregon voyage and being denied a stateroom by a curt agent. A miner recognizes him from The Luck of Roaring Camp, offers Harte a two-bunk berth, and declares he will shoot the other passenger for privacy if Harte pays sixty.
Reading in a reclining position may strain the eyes. Tips cover rust prevention for wood screws, fertilizer via ashes, corn and oats feeding, and desserts. Also included are horse feeding guidance, cabbage and apple preparations, pork cake recipe, Canadian Johnny Cake, humane farming advice, footwear care with tar or wax mixtures, and pruning directions for shrubs and roses with March timing and growth guidance.
A historical note describes two experiments: folding wet paper into a tiny box and suspending it over a lamp to boil water without burning the paper, and melting lead on a paper tray with heat conducted away by water and lead, leaving the paper intact.
The piece discusses a horse ailment called splint and a home remedy using amber oil spike oil turpentin g mix applied twice daily with fatty grease or beef bone marrow. It also reports a Whitehall New York family described as unusually tall and heavy with four adults totaling 751 pounds and 24 feet 7 inches combined height among ten children looming tall for age.
A brief on candy making with a molasses recipe and cooking tips followed by a collage of quotations and anecdotes. It references Mrs Malaprop, Governor DeWitt Clinton, Fall River ice locomotion, St Jacobs Oil testimonials, and various promotional notes about Hop Bitters eye care and Durang’s Rheumatic Remedy, all in a scattered news-clip format.
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