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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
1
A bird hunter beats his dog until an old man on his land stops him with a moral lecture. Limuel argues that kindness to animals reveals character, showing a dog serves man and deserves mercy. The dog’s loyalty and insight contrast with the hunter’s self focus, ending with the hunter promising to change.
A sharp, humorous critique of how advertising pages in magazines showcase revealing images, arguing such depictions would scandalize readers and blur lines between ads and fiction. The author laments the shift toward explicit corset visuals, calls for editorial restraint, and warns against vulgarization in reputable publications.
Dr. Clouston of Edinburgh warned the grip infection had far-reaching consequences with lingering nervous energy depression melancholia neurasthenia premature senility various paralysis neuralgic pains and a general incapacity to work.
A reflective fragment presents Carlyle on silence as depth resembling eternity and speech as shallowness akin to time, capturing a paradoxical view on communication.
A Baltimore style feature describes a three-compartment frying pan with a central V and a straight divider enabling three dishes to cook simultaneously saving fuel and utensils. It highlights use for single burners in small rooms and mentions women in arts programs preparing quick meals. Also includes Polish tarts dried peach pie and coconut pyramids recipes.
Melt half a cake of chocolate and combine with 114 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Sift 2 cups flour with 1/2 tsp soda three times. Beat 4 egg yolks to lemon color and 2 whites to stiff peaks. Stir 1/2 cup sour milk with 1/2 tsp soda dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water. Bake in layer tins. Fold with lemon icing from 2 egg whites.
The article advises practical paper uses for housewives including eightfold folded sheets hung over the sink to slide under hot kettles and keeping full sized printed sheets in the kitchen drawer to cover the table during work, then burn them afterward.
A Boston Post note explains prunes need no added sugar when simmered for hours. Slow cooking makes natural sugar release and produces a rich syrup, improving flavor and transforming prune sauce into a pleasant table addition.
A vintage recipe recalls chess pie as the meal’s centerpiece once common forty years ago. It explains yolks sugar and butter with milk, then a rich crust and a meringue topping from beaten whites, flavored and baked hot.
A hostess proposes a long narrow guest book with blank writing sheets inside and a pencil tied by a ribbon. The fly leaf invites guests to record any simple pleasant happenings during their stay for future memories.
Reports from Waukon Cresco and surrounding towns describe a cyclone hail storm Saturday night and Sunday causing washed trains and tracks, destroyed barns, ruined crops worth thousands, and livestock losses. One man, Joe Whalen, survived a severe beating during the storm, with several injuries and extensive property damage across Howard and nearby counties.
Frank Parker of Denver attempted to abduct his wife’s 5-year-old daughter at the Arthur Robinson farm six miles southeast of Kellogg. George Young, a former partner, intervened and struck Parker twice, fatally wounding him as Parker tried to leave with the child. Parker died hours later. Young was jailed and later deemed criminally responsible by a coroner’s jury.
In Farley, six year old Clark dropped a lighted match into a forty gallon kerosene tank at Ransom Bros hardware. Salt and extinguishers doused the blaze before it spread. The near catastrophe threatened adjacent oil sheds and two blocks of buildings already burned in past incidents.
Meager storm reports from northern Iowa and Wisconsin describe a damaging tornado that struck Dubuque. All telephone and telegraph service is down, rail lines near McGregor and Prairie du Chien are washed out, and Waukon loss of life fears grow as a courier reaches Harper's Ferry with word of wreckage and dead animals.
Mount Vernon William FB King, veteran head of Cornell College, has resigned as president after forty three years in office. He will remain as president emeritus though stepping down at the close of the current school year.
Hans Buelkas, a farmer near Shell Rock, shot and perhaps fatally wounded his 21 year old son Antone after drunken quarrel. The incident occurred at close range with a shotgun, and the father was arrested and bound over to the grand jury at a preliminary hearing.
A telephone operator recalls a ploy by a red headed cashier to prank Mr. Smith, whose wife supposedly calls him by feigning romance. The recollection highlights the playful power of telephone girls to alter outcomes and mock a bridal song with sly humor.
A playful regional line about loneliness in spring, noting a young man missing his girl and seeking company. The verse mixes slang and humor to capture a rural emotional moment.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a powder that cures painful smarting and nervous feet and ingrown nails. It promises comfort, easier shoe wear, and relief from sweating feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a free trial package offered by A S Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
Eva pouts as a cigar ash stains her cheek. Jack replies he will kiss the spot to remove it, and Eva asks how. Jack promises a kiss will fix the problem, restoring their playful exchange.
Important to Mothers urges inspecting every bottle of CASTORIA as a safe remedy for infants and children. The notice emphasizes safety and reliability amid a Nashville American example reporting quotes about a poet and a candid exchange on discovery.
An old fashioned advertisement touts Murine Eye Remedy for red weak weary and watery eyes. It claims soothing effect and offers a 49 page book included in each package priced around 50 cents. Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
An excerpt mocks passing a law to stop dogs from barking and suggests ordinary barkers law. The text notes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e from Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois and humorously critiques a man claiming kin with a pessimist as poor judgment.
Milo Wilcox, living near Wallin two miles from Red Oak, killed his 6-year-old son with a butcher knife, wounded his 11-year-old daughter and wounded his wife in a murder suicide attempt. The mother later inflicted injuries on herself. the boy died hours later while the daughter and mother remained unconscious.
A Windstorm at Lake Manawa three miles south of Council Bluffs caused about 5000 in damage. The Council Bluffs Rowing association saw docks washed away a steamboat sunk and several boats cast ashore with injuries reported. Lake level rose 26 inches due to dam breaks with surrounding farms flooded three to six feet.
A severe electrical and wind storm toppled Ringling's animal tent in Dubuque injuring one employee with a broken arm. A panic was averted in the main tent as two washouts were reported on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line between Dubuque and LaCrosse. Many wires down.
Will J. Rapelje 24, an Iowa Savings Bank employee in Rock Rapids, drowned after diving from a boat into twelve feet of water. Two friends searched but could not locate him due to depth and strong current. His parents live in St Thomas Ontario.
James Curtis, democratic nominee for county treasurer, reports his entire campaign expense at 2 cents. He filed the expense statement with the county auditor, praising economical campaigning and noting no corporate contributions were received.
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