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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1882
Page
2
A lyrical unnamed speaker traces a brook winding through ridges and meadows. The stream nourishes oaks pines and grasses, sparkles in summer light, and entertains birds and minnows amid storms and sunshine. The verse promises enduring, joyful movement through nature.
Lord Lydbrook learns Eva Marchmont plans to marry the groom known as Mr Charles. He invites the lover to dine at Highnam Hall to avert a family scandal. The dinner collapses into farce as Mr Charles reveals his vulgarity, and Eva flees after the humiliation.
In a corral of harsh dialogue a young man is mocked as a fool when a note from a sister is revealed. Lord Lydbrook exposes the imprudent scheme and warns the intruder to desist or face punishment as family tensions flare.
In 1880s era turbulence prompts calls for scientific methods to predict and divert cyclones. The essay argues meteorology can reveal origins and paths, proposes underground shelters and sentinel watches, and cites disasters like Grinnell and a Chicago News framing, urging practical protection until universal prevention is found.
A collection of agricultural tips and home remedies mentions pest control with fruit yields favoring birds, currants ripening longer after coloring, early jelly picking, and dried corn as a wholesome food. It includes a woodchuck anecdote, a bread and water thirst remedy, a potato beetle treatment with London purple, and a recipe for apple fritters with brandy.
In Little Rock Jay Gould entertains a peculiar visitor who extorts time value. A mathematician claims Gould earns $1 per second, prompting a discussion about payment for ten minutes. Gould then offers $400 instead of $600, refusing further negotiation as the stranger presses for cash. Separately, notes reveal the National Mercantile Travellers Association ending the word drummer, and a Fremont school board decision removing German and singing.
A practical guide advises delaying fruiting in first year plants to boost new runners and establish strong beds. Use young non fruiting plants to create vigorous generations, plant a new bed yearly, and avoid bearing in initial years for a larger future harvest. Strawberries flourish on land suitable for good corn, with careful selection of plant stock.
The article discusses managing lodged grass and clover on farms. It argues that cutting early prevents lodging and preserves hay quality, with a possible second cut easier than one stretched out. It notes labor savings and suggests two crops can yield better hay for young stock. An added snippet mentions a Stockton California case where a forgave divorce suit hinges on implied forgiveness.
State Superintendent John W. Akers announces dates and conductors for normal institutes in multiple Iowa counties. Towns include Centerville Audubon Belle Plaine Vinton Waverly Clarksville Atlantic Mason City Cherokee New Hampton Osceola DeWitt Denison Leon Manchester Des Moines Lemars Jefferson Pleasant Bellevue Sigourney Keokuk Keosauqua Winterset Oskaloosa Knoxville Albin Corydon Smithland Northwood Chariton Des Moines Creston Smith hind and other locations with sessions ranging two to four weeks starting in July and August. Republican and Democratic state conventions set for Des Moines Marshalltown August 2 and August 16 respectively with delegate ratios and railroad rate arrangements noted.
A hurricane struck Hosper causing severe destruction in a five mile wide path for fifteen miles. The Presbyterian Church schoolhouse carpenter shop and twenty five residences were destroyed. Henry Gawe was fatally injured. The storm passed quickly from west to east with marked variability in damage along its path.
Report describes a Boston wharf encounter where an officer deemed a device an infernal machine and sent for superiors. It proved a discarded electric apparatus from telephone workers and no harm occurred. A separate Baltimore case saw a policeman jail a defenseless man, with the judge fining the officer after a complaint. Also notes a sunny noonday starlight interview myth near Gunnison Colorado and Guadalajara arrests of two women accused of stabbing five men.
A patchwork of testimonials and quack claims touts Dr Guysett and Kidney Wort tonics and other patent medicines. Ads warn against bogus Hor Bitters and promote skin cures, tonics, and devices with minimal medical verification.
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