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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1881
Page
2
A Bohemian court tale follows Nannie Barberi, a Italian girl whose life with her bear-master lover begins as a fairy tale. The transformed man returns years later, seeking a renewed bond, and Nannie affirms her steadfast love in a final bridal vow.
A Boston Post tale recounts Mr. Gallagher seeking arsenic to poison a dog at Dr Slups drug-store. The doctor tests him with powdered chalk and feeds the dog real meat, exposing Gallagher’s plan. An officer escorts Gallagher to the station as the doctor vows never to sell poison to him again.
A compilation of practical facts and figures on glue strength from chalk, draft horse capabilities, humidity effects, coal gas safety, printing presses shipped to France, horse mill speeds, stamp duties on cards, steam heat efficiency, St Louis grain shipments, ocean steamer speed, hydraulic cement from blast furnace slag, alcohol in putrefaction, and horsepower comparisons.
A mosaic of quips and jokes from various papers including Lowell Courier Boston Triwiscript Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press. Tiny samples joke about silks coal fire and weight on sleds with a coffin sale and a boy in class.
A collage of home remedies and gardening advice includes tips on pinching overly vigorous houseplants, preparing sweets like ginger snaps and citron cake, and using lawn ashes to improve poor grassland. It also covers tree care after snow, coal oil as a frost remedy, and gentle colt training, with notes on neuralgia treatments and orchard mulching for pears and apples.
George Bovard, a young Methodist minister, fell for Clara Shaffer while at Mercer’s annual conference. With funds from Dick Wright, Shaffer traveled to New York to board a ship to India. Bovard chased to New York, found her aboard, proposed, and returned to Mercer as husband and wife. The couple's journey continues amid Bovard’s work in India.
The passage discusses evolving dining conventions and how etiquette varies by country. It contrasts French resistance to knife use with practical fork tricks in the United States. It notes adaptable habits, from rice handling by refined hosts to cultural norms like the Japanese and Pasha practices, underscoring that different people follow different rules.
Representative Geddes of Ohio and his first wife Mrs Amelia B Gass from Manafield were wed in 1848 at the same place and on the same date as his present bride and her former husband. The surviving pair, after 32 years apart, were remarried by the original officiant who had presided over their prior ceremonies.
Advertisements praise Jacobs Oil and Durang's Rheumatic Remedy as cures for rheumatism and pain in trusted newspapers. Claims include quick relief, universal usage by merchants and readers, and prompts to order pamphlets and samples. Brands like Piso's Cure and Frazer Axle Grease are promoted with price points and distribution notes.
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