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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1896
Page
8
Description lists a eight room residence priced under eighteen hundred dollars. Parlor 13 by 16 feet dining room 13 by 17 feet six inches kitchen 11 feet six by 12 feet reception hall 11 by 12 feet one chamber 12 by 23 feet three chambers 12 by 15 feet bathroom 8 by 9 feet pantry 7 by 8 feet. Bay and front veranda are noted.
The tintometer by J. W. Logibond measures color to gauge quality in substances from flour to general materials. It uses a graded series of colored glasses to match shades exactly, allowing detection of adulteration and revealing the vast range of possible color matches.
The piece notes that local observers claim the most eye problems occur from ages twenty to thirty. It also states Britain’s total railway capital investment is about five billion dollars.
There is a playful exchange about a conservatory superstition. A man claims no man left with a girl without a kiss, while the woman calmly says she has never doubted it.
A dialogue moment recalls Mrs De French risque tales and a mother daughter exchange about blushing. The daughter defends awareness, while the mother chides the lack of shame, reflecting social attitudes in Life magazine.
A Chicago Tribune item describes a burglar adding a sleeping watch and jewelry to his plunder, remarking that business in his line is pretty good tonight as he pockets items from a nighttime theft.
A humorous dialogue exchange contrasts perspectives on role and outcomes, noting a woman’s position at the end of trouble versus its start, with sharp lines by Mr Thinkum and Mrs Strongmind. The short item appears as a witty weekly quip from a newspaper page.
Agricultural hints describe a simple telephone craft for rural areas costing about 1.50. A durable line between houses up to a quarter mile apart uses four wooden blocks and two drumhead disks shaped and joined with curved cuts. The setup reportedly lasts 15 years with minimal maintenance.
Instructions describe assembling drum head vibrators and a wire line for a home telephony setup. It covers wiring, mounting at two houses, tensioning, routing through openings, and securing with nails and a button end. The piece notes proper angle, avoiding metal contact, and potential one mile operation in rough terrain.
An editorial argues counties should assign prisoners to stone breaking to cut costs and improve roads. It claims jail inmates seek idleness without work, and emphasizes that supervisors can implement this with little legislation, reducing taxpayer burdens and teaching honest toil.
Rural World reports on a so called model potato weighing a quarter pound and two inches in diameter. It notes waste and mediocre quality when used for cooking, compares it to two pound potatoes, and describes the kidney shaped tuber weighing three quarters of a pound as eatable.
A practical note on adapting wheelbarrows for winter use. Two wheelbarrow rigs help with icy ground, but wheels struggle in soft snow. The author suggests mounting runners to the barrow to improve mobility on snow covered surfaces.
Renewing the asparagus bed is described with methods to restart growth from old beds. Fragments discuss frost protection, placing young plants in frames or cellars, dense spacing for early shoots, and Rhubarb roots yielding early stalks, citing Meehan's Monthly.
G W Johnson notes how rhubarb leaf acidity comes from malic and binoxalate of potash while citrus fruits owe theirs to citrinid rich juice. He details acids in cherry plum apple pear grapes mango tamarind and more plus beet carrot horseradish Jerusalem artichoke and onion family aromas.
A Stark Bros. Orchard Bulletin letter argues against California dominance in fruit markets. It urges Ozark Missouri Arkansas and other states to grow more fruit, support local canning, and emulate England in preserving produce to reduce reliance on California crops. The piece cites labor and land costs in California and calls for regional cultivation and processing.
A Farmer's Voice excerpt advises varied winter cow rations and daily potato portions, with three feeds and stable repairs. It notes Pennsylvania oles dealers quitting business, praises shredded corn fodder for dairymen and horse owners, and weighs butter profit versus soil impact and fodder quality.
A market gardener in Minnesota profits from earliest vegetables using Salzer seeds and methods to yield 1000 bu per acre. He sells Salzer King of the Earliest onion by July at $1.50 a bushel, advertises 35 packs of earliest vegetables for $1.00, and offers a free seed catalog by sending 12 cents to John A Salter in La Crosse Wisconsin. The item notes a county fair novelty and references the Washington Star.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic that strengthens invalids and improves blood, skin, and vigor. It claims the product prevents malaria rheumatism and kidney issues and remedies constipation headaches and nervousness. A stray crude anecdote is included about a petty exchange.
Western Farm Lands announces the Corn Belt monthly paper issued by the Passenger Cailtybaca of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad. It offers reliable western farming information and experiences. one year subscriptions cost 25 cents, postage stamps accepted, at 209 Aduing St., Chicago.
Personal conductors lead excursions to California from Chicago every Wednesday aboard through cars with carpets, upholstered seats, bedding and toilet rooms. Route travels via Denver and Balm Lake with Sunshine all the way. descriptive pamphlet available from T A Grady Excursion Manager 211 Clark St Chicago On.
The text touts Phillips & Co tourist services on the Rock Island route claiming the fastest Chicago to Los Angeles travel time by one hour thirty minutes and noting over 125 000 patrons carried to and from California. It credits a well regulated tourist system and references seasonal behavior of a cited individual.
On the first Tuesday of each month the Chicago & Ssusteram line offers one way tickets to all points in the South at greatly reduced rates. The fast daily train from Chicago to Nashville connects with southbound trains. City Ticket Office is 280 Clark St. Chicago. Also theater news notes Schiller Theater updates and Sinbad staging beginning January 8th.
The advertisement notes McVicker's Theater in Chicago will stage Frank Mayo performing a dramatization of Mark Twain's Pudd n' Wilson following Rory of the Fill. The page also includes miscellaneous quotes and notices about income opportunities, nurseries, and medical tonics.
An old warning highlights dangers of mercury containing remedies for catarrh. It extols Hall's Catarrh Cure from I. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and orally taken, noting endorsements and that druggists offer the product.
Jones quotes none preferred borrowing where ever he could in Brooklyn Life.
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