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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1879
Page
4
Poem by Spafford reflects on pine trees and their shifting shadows through ages. The speaker recalls elder years and wildlife such as eagles and panthers, and foresees future songs when winds blow. The verse blends nature with ancestral memory and mortality.
Jane Jones recounts a dramatic fortune arc from a rich upbringing with Maud and a broker father to a storefront venture on Polk street. After a troubled start in boarding houses and financial strain, a bold plan to borrow a thousand dollars from banker Mr Flood and the Nevada Bank helps fund Jones & Co. The venture grows, ma and Maud join, and the family moves to a larger shop with a milliner line, achieving a prosperous, hopeful ending.
The piece mocks Republican attacks on Governor Tilden and discusses alleged electoral vote schemes. It defends Tilden as innocent and criticizes Pelton and Marble for exploiting him, claiming he was unaware of plans to buy votes and that his integrity was used to mislead the public.
Petroleum V. Nascy defends Tilden and denounces efforts to buy votes. He vows to back a candidate in 1880 and urges an end to persecutions, claiming voters must see through unscrupulous followers and the burden on the innocent.
The speaker recalls political scheming around a long-ago election with allies and a Returning Board. He claims attempts to buy electors were foiled by lack of funds while criticizing fraud and corruption. The tone is retrospective and self served, noting stormy southward intimidation and uneasy recollection.
The article discusses W H Vassar testifying before the Teller Committee about political intimidation in Mississippi. It notes that Republican speech is labeled Radical, that elections allegedly involved terrorism and fraud, and it mocks a witness for siding with Democrats while claiming progress and rights for Black voters. It questions the sincerity of Democratic promises to grant Negroes constitutional rights.
A Western Rural summary explains how pasture lands lose bone earth, primarily phosphate of lime, through grazing. It outlines bone types and methods to restore fertility, notably composting with unleached wood ashes, and stresses prompt use by farmers and dairymen. The Indiana Supreme Court bans Sunday church subscriptions from being enforceable by suit. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is promoted at 25 cents.
The Indianapolis Journal notes that double barreled shotguns symbolize Democratic efforts to suppress black political participation in the state. It mocks Nast for depicting Mississippi Democrats dissuading a crowd of negroes with kind and conciliatory means from engaging in politics.
A Denver News report traces a young girl’s weeks of illness to arsenic in starch used for laundry. The physician noticed unusually lustrous linen, traced it to an old slave woman, and confirmed poison absorption via respiration in a peculiarly susceptible patient.
Practical notes on potato waste, sheep profitability, and farm lending conditions. A Vermont letter discusses debt risk and mortgagees as farmers struggle, followed by corn drill vs hill yields and a Saxony milk cooling method. Roast loin guidance concludes with carving tips and serving suggestions.
The piece argues for early maturing livestock and aggressive marketing to cut costs and taxes. It cites two year steers hogs twenty months lambs five months with profit from rapid fattening, and warns against old farming methods while urging study of breeds feeds and sales. It also recounts the Vineland soil lesson showing ignorance costs and intelligence pays off.
The piece argues that American education fails to prepare youths for life with thorough training in professions and farming. It praises agricultural colleges for linking education with labor, notes Eastern and Western shifts toward scientific farming, and urges recognizing agriculture as a multi science to elevate the farm and improve efficiency.
A historical ad style snippet touts Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as cures for catarrh and throat or lung complications. It promotes rapid aid, reputable merit, and references Fitch's Heart Corrector and Caroline Jackson's tobacco while urging readers to consult a 900 page medical adviser.
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