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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
2
In a dramatic plea from Poland, a Polish woman abroad describes brutal mobilization in the czarist war and the mass misery of families torn by conscription. She urges American mothers to pressure leaders toward peace and stop the massacre.
A Paris tribunal hears a man charged as a vagabond who claims to pose for a patent antifat advertisement. He describes wearing gutta percha to inflate for before and after pictures and earning money from a chemist. Paris is rich in odd trades such as professional witnesses who seek payment for court-room testimony.
The passage recounts a novice’s struggle with a Japanese dinner as described in Child Life in China and Japan. The author notes floor seating, cramped legs, and the challenge of using chopsticks while a maiko and nesan assist, causing laughter and a lighthearted scene.
A taciturn Providence barber notes a quirk among customers. He recalls a real estate agent who visits weekly with a tiny fringe and asks for careful trimming while admitting guilt over shaving him. He muses that nine of ten bald men act similarly and that those with hair avoid him.
A fictional citizen pleads for help from a beggar in a Puck magazine sketch. The man claims trusts caused his wife to lose her job by shutting down the factory. The exchange highlights public anger toward industrial power and labor disruption.
The remark notes a limit reached by a speaker who stops short at the phrase something on account, suggesting an incomplete elevation of effort or consequence within the discourse.
The Denver Republican notes that Tolstoi offers to furnish Russian villages with libraries. It counsels that when an American millionaire launches an advertising scheme, he should ensure it is copyrighted in Russia.
A New York Sun excerpt depicts Vulcan-like figure Stingy Smith declining to offer trading stamps with his thunder bolts, asserting a firm stance in a playful mythic exchange.
Mildred, a compassionate woman, shelters a young burglar in a moonlit drawing room. A months later encounter on the university lawn reveals his identity as her benefactor, who returns a ring as he seeks reform and a better life.
A poem haunting a harsh wind figure asking the speaker what he wants and where he is. The verse contrasts the cold winter storm with the poor man’s plight and ends with a blunt racial remark about ostriches and Kaffirs.
In Zeals Wiltshire two young women at the rectory were found unconscious one died before aid arrived the other recovered. A stove flue connected to the main chimney smoked heavily overnight a missing pet pigeon blocked the pine and released poisonous gas. The coroner's jury ruled death by misadventure.
Mrs Cummings questions Ned the old time servant about taking two weeks off to attend a funeral in town. Ned insists the friend will die and be buried on the twenty first, though the corpse is not yet dead, and Ned hints at an impending hanging. The tale blends dialect and rumor into a curious family scene.
A fortnightly shampoo and occasional hair tonic keep hair healthy. Skin care includes olive oil for jaundice, glycerin and rose water for dry skin, and a cleansing routine with a skin food and massage. Eye wash blends distilled water camphor water boric acid for inflamed lids. Foot health warns against tight shoes. Tepid baths suit skin. hot water strips oils. Turpentine used on corns with care. Distilled witch hazel and borax reduce pores. camel hair brush used to clean pores.
A young author visits an editor over a returned manuscript. The editor bluntly faults the work for imperfect orthography and advises improvement. The man learns the word orthography means correct spelling and usage.
A Woman's Magazine recipe details sweet potato buns. Bake dough formed from boiled potatoes creamed with cream, folded with flour salt and baking powder, into small egg sized rounds, baked twenty minutes in a hot oven.
A simple method uses a heaping teaspoon of cocoa with a little more condensed milk per cup. After thorough mixing, add boiling water and boil five minutes on the stove. The milk sweetness eliminates the need for sugar.
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