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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1882
Page
2
Fragmentary verse by Ella Wheeler Wilcox urging resilience after wrongdoing. The lines counsel facing shame squarely, living bravely, and earning honor before death. The text appears from a Chicago publication header.
A young woman named Mrs Arden visits Mrs Granger at a derelict sea side house. Granger, once bold and desolate after loss, is moved by Arden and her child Effie. Arden’s faith softens Granger’s heart, and Arden helps Granger heal while planning aid for sailors families. Years pass and Arden’s husband dies. Granger then helps Arden and Effie reclaim a home and a life of charity.
Dr H J Ditmers, long time veterinary investigator for the Agricultural Department, reports on swine plague experiments from the last season. He finds carbolic acid prophylaxis, in small doses, most effective to prevent propagation, while noting it cannot cure existing morbid changes. In herd trials near Champaign Illinois results varied with management and water access, some treated groups recovering while untreated inoculated pigs showed disease.
A miscellany of domestic tips and agricultural notes. It covers home remedies, curing and preserving prunes, making camphor ointment, improving meat by parboiling, and preventing apple freezing in transit. It also discusses cattle color prejudice, root sprouts in trees, rust prevention for farm tools, and a resin polish for tools and implements.
An article discusses butter flavor linked to cream sweetness, cows’ feeding quality, and manure. cites U.S. dairy cow totals, regional growth, and per capita cheese and butter consumption. It highlights linseed cake as a moderate cattle feed, and compares milk production to beef gain, with a Cedar Rapids meeting noting transport costs to Liverpool.
The article argues farmers need practical and scientific knowledge of feed values to economize and keep stock in good condition. It cites mismanagement from extreme hay diets or excessive corn, warns of wasteful practices, and urges balanced rations using straw and low-value feeds when combined with richer foods to improve profitability.
The piece argues that creamery use relieves women from dairy labor but may bring losses to dairymen and farmers. It praises female skill in butter quality, notes men lack the same neatness, and cites market reports linking queenly dairy periods to higher butter prices versus June creamery gains.
Prof Arnold outlines two paths for dairymen. One devotes the whole farm to milk production, the other uses dairy as a supplement in mixed farming. He argues specialization yields expert knowledge, better stock selection, optimal feed, and higher milk yield, with finest butter and cheese produced when manufacture is a specialty.
The Cleveland Herald notes amber cane sorghum as a valuable soiling crop for dairies. On well-prepared land it can yield multiple cuttings, stays green when stored, and provides palatable juice. It promises high milk production and potential sugar for farms in the North. Chicago butter dealers crackdown reported with arrests and fines.
A former U S consul on a Cunard voyage recounts aiding a gravely ill young man with rheumatism using St Jacobs Oil. The treatment restores mobility and health, enabling the traveler to return home to Missouri. The tale ends with gratitude and a promise of contact if the reader visits Sedalia.
An archival ad urges using Dr Pierce’s Pellets to cleanse the stomach and bowels and prevent or shorten health crises. It emphasizes that timely dosing can spare significant suffering and is marketed through druggists and a folksy proverb about time saving nine.
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