This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
8
Poultry authorities urge ample ventilation in the first quarter to keep hens healthy and maintain high egg production. Damp walls and impure air weaken flocks, causing colds and susceptibility to diseases like roup. Use removable windows, angled top openings, and rain guards to optimize air flow without drafts.
The Christian Science Monitor questions who introduced the ukulele to the United States, noting 20000 Portuguese in Hawaii and that natives initially faced little opposition to the instrument compared with the later national spread. The issue centers on responsibility for its U.S. arrival, not Hawaii.
A new typewriter attachment feeds a fresh sheet as the prior page is removed. Allied France supplies show about 23,000,000 knives and forks and 11,000,000 spoons since the war began. A tea wagon with electric heat control keeps edibles hot. A fire hose nozzle with adjustable settings boosts stream efficiency.
Practical home tests from Q Extension Circular 41 guide women in identifying misrepresented textiles. Methods cover absorption, transparency, wrinkling, fiber ends, sizing, burning tests, and distinctions among cotton linen wool and silk to reveal adulteration or dressing.
The University of Wisconsin bee farm demonstrates that honey has comparable food value to meat per pound. The university promotes beekeeping statewide, noting Wisconsin produces about 1,500 tons of honey annually and has vast undeveloped land suitable for bee pasturage.
The piece urges thrift and optimism during wartime, urging Americans to save sugar and ration food. It promotes poultry fish and seafood to feed families and allies. It includes Baltimore Chicken recipes with steps for frying braising and oven baked biscuits and a margarine topped bake with baking powder and spices.
Ten rules advise on furnace and chimney setup for fuel conservation. They cover airtight furnace base, leak checks with flame, chimney height, straight smoke pipe, undamaged grates, asbestos covering for surfaces, dampers to regulate drafts, fire door dampers, and an automatic draft regulator. Tight building envelopes are urged for maximum efficiency.
A reflective verse about striving for greatness despite possible failure. The speaker acknowledges untested strength and possible setbacks yet finds comfort in striving for love and meaning. The piece centers on inner resolve and the dignity of effort over assured triumph.
Walter J. Meerschaert of the Ninth Line regiment tells the Chicago Association of Commerce Belgium’s army has grown to four times its October 1914 size, holding twenty eight miles of front. He says recruits come from under Germany’s wire and that men up to forty one are called, with self supporting status and factories abroad producing munitions and cannons. Adjutant Meerschaert is a Chicagoan. Alfred W Wishart reports from MCA work on German ships later moving troops.
A collage of wry exchanges and cartoons poking at the coal shortage. Citizens, officials, and a weathered motorist debate blame, gloves in lagging orders, daylight saving, and the need to stay warm as winter bites.
A quirky Brindleburg exchange jokes about meatless meals and power shortages. Residents mention Fido and the cook going without meat, one shared lightless nights with a single theater for all, and a druggist’s quip about improving hot soda with a fine nozzle.
A discussion on cattle feeding as a manufacturing process argues that beef cost follows feed costs. It notes that feed mix and efficiency determine 100 pounds of beef, and questions whether cattle feeders currently receive the proper cost price to cover labor and investment.
A New Hampshire dog hater calculates the yearly cost of 5,000,000 dogs at 182 million dollars and compares flour needs to fuel a nationwide flour convoy, noting the heart pangs of 5,000,000 children if pets vanished, citing Popular Mechanics.
After two years of shelled ruins in Lassigny, wells were dug out by Germans and later filled. The Red Cross sourced and delivered water pumps, enabling villagers including children and elderly to access fresh water again. A grateful woman offered baked apples and water as thanks.
United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to harvest natural ice this winter and store it for summer. Preserving ice boosts ammonia for fertilizer and explosives, reducing coal use by American ice plants which burn about 15 million tons of coal annually.
The article advises regular meals and moderate exercise such as brisk walking with arm swing to aid digestion and circulation. It warns against excesses like alcohol, stresses pure air, and cautions the very young and old from extreme cold to prevent congestive or infectious colds in changing North Atlantic winter climate.
The snippet warns against relying on neighbors to judge a man. It notes a exceptionally kind man may be nice to his wife’s relatives. It suggests cleverness does not guarantee honesty. It adds common sense plus etiquette advice without deeper context.
An article surveys over 100 potato cooking styles endorsed by the United States Department of Agriculture. It lists methods from boiling and baking to lyonnaise mashed fried and croquettes, noting varied preparations for chips, salads, stews, and meats.
I J Haugen a fifty year old Norwegian from near Clinton Ja claims a new wood chopping record. Before the current lumbering season he chopped 6207 cords. He works summers for county farmers and in winter heads to timber lands. He began counting his career at age twenty and has averaged two cords per day since then.
The piece argues that diverting floodwaters in the central valley for hydroelectric development could eliminate the need for coal in the United States. Engineers assert this approach would transform wasted water into abundant power, reducing coal usage nationwide.
The Spokane Spokesman Review notes a trend toward cash payments for customers carrying their groceries home and lowering prices for undelivered goods. It highlights how cents accumulate on bread and coins rise to quarters, which can buy war stamps yielding four percent.
The Mexican treasury department bans export of aniline coal tar dyes and natural artificial vegetable dyes. The move will impact United States cloth manufacturers as dye supplies diminish from Mexico over the past two years.
In a brief exchange, a household discusses limited coal supplies with a small stock already in the bin and a promise of more within a week or two, highlighting fuel insecurity.
Cardinal Bourne warned in Westminster Cathedral that the Vatican played a historic role in European affairs and condemned a secret British peace negotiation clause excluding Holy See input. He noted the Vatican’s displeasure and called for acknowledgment of the Holy See’s place in world events. Pope Benedict welcomed Wilson’s address as seed for peace and urged prompt German responses.
This meditation argues that Christ must be the preeminent object of God's counsels and our faith. It warns against humanitarianism placing humanity before Christ, and stresses that eternal life, justification, sanctification, and blessedness hinge on faith in him alone. The Scriptures reveal Christ as the central author and target of revelation.
A reflection on how ideals shape human conduct and life as a sequence of purposeful acts. It cites Bishop Westcott noting that ideals are the meat and drink of life, supporting and ruling individuals.
Lucy Larcom reflects that God does not give only for the individual self and that the divineness of gifts is shown by the urge to share them with others.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.