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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1881
Page
2
Poem fragment describes the Isle of Flowers with vivid flora and scenery. It contrasts beauty with ruin as the speaker and companions sail away, leaving only a noted rock behind. The passage echoes Tennyson and references New Poems.
Rosamond Vane and Philip Blount collide in a frozen New York morning as Blount helps a fallen gentleman, roping in Rosamond’s quiet firmness. Misunderstandings, secret passions, and social propriety strain two engagements until Blount and Rosamond realign their fates through shared hardship and renewed trust.
Captain Pritchard of Little Rock would not part with his dog Bruno for any price. In Memphis Bruno got separated, rode a train back to Little Rock by himself, hiding under seats until arrival, then sprinted home when the conductor announced Little Rock.
The Massachusetts Ploughman urges farmers to shape children through home life and nature. It advocates using winter evenings for reading, microscopes, and plant study, with flowering pots to educate and attract the family. It stresses parental example, social learning, and farmer child involvement in planning and clubs.
The Ithaca Journal notes a numerical curiosity where 1881 reads the same left to right and right to left, and demonstrates nine related properties involving 18 81 and the digit 9. It links operations of addition, division and multiplication to produce 9s and relates 1993 to a century's completion via one 9 per year.
Mr W G Strubbe of this city after eight months in Georgia and the Carolinas arrives with a native sapphire valued at 10 000 destined for Tiffany New York to be cut. Mines are in Georgia owned by Cincinnati interests. A sapphire found earlier is valued at about 50 000. The New York Herald also notes a remedy for animal sprains sores and bruises using creosote turpentine olive oil resin and rubs.
A collection of varied advice including cooking directions for puddings macaroons and bread using stale bread. Also notes on horse care diet for hens and drainage calculations. The text mixes culinary recipes with agricultural and home maintenance suggestions.
The article argues many mothers fail to prepare daughters for marriage by neglecting basic house duties. It urges teaching cookery and sewing at home, noting economies in avoiding full dressmaking and tailoring services. It also includes light quotes about a wake and a January health monthly tip.
A fragmented 1880s notice touts St Jacobs Oil curing a sprained leg after upstairs mishap at Hutchinsons Works. It markets Hop Bitters as a universal cure and hails Duranga Rheumatic Remedy via Gen John A Logan. Also cites Day's Kidney Pill, Plows care, Frazer Axle Grease, Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water with various vendor notes.
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