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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1880
Page
2
A speaker recalls gifting a blue flower to a beloved, whose eyes mirror summer skies. The blossom, once sweet and serene, is crushed and lost to memory, leaving the speaker troubled by fate and the ache of separation. The poem reflects reverie, longing, and the irony of preserved sentiment fading with time.
An elder of the Epoi recalls a prophetic vision during a gathering by the Yarra Yarra. Windaru and Condilla face a fate of land loss as white settlers bring firewater, iron, and weapons, transforming the Epoi, while a death-song marks the tribe's decline and disappearance from their homeland.
A Virginia tale records a young Bishop Wilmer of Alabama outwit a local infidel during dinner. When asked what became of Moses body after a devil angel duel, the bishop replied no archangel would contest with the devil over the infidel’s body. The infidel conceded, laughed, and bet five hundred dollars on his preacher.
A compilation of kitchen tips and recipe notes from the Michigan Pomological Society meeting. It covers raspberry jam methods, ant control with alum water and ink, a dry bread dip, varnish recipes, fruit diet cautions, quick cake tricks, potato seed quality, vegetable curry, Indian pudding, and a veteran speaker on summer fruit sanitation and access.
The article describes a homemade water filter using animal charcoal iron filings and sand for clean drinking water. It discusses purification steps including washing iron filings, slow filtration, and optional chemical additives to destroy bacteria. It also notes no current US iron sponge manufacturers and suggests sourcing iron filings from foundries with purity checks. It then shifts to Greek dream interpreters called Oneirocritics and a tale of a dream of an egg predicting treasure under a bed.
The text profiles Dr. RK Pierce and the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, noting a Buffalo base with a hotel auxiliary and a London branch. It credits vast, systematized operations, a catalog of remedies, and medical outreach to the East Indies and China, plus a 1000 page medical adviser. It mentions his political service as an 18 term State Senator and Congress member.
The piece notes a peak in cheap book production with twelve new titles from the American Book Exchange New York. It hails the Revolution publications for literary quality and broad circulation potential. An exhibition in Rochester and dealer endorsements accompany brief ads for Frazer Axle Grease Hunt's Remedy Renorne's Russia Salve Wintort's Fever and Ague Tonic priced at one dollar.
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