11 Jul 1889
Page 1
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1889
Page
1
The Montichlo Express notes weekly Thursday issues by J W Doxsee Heitor and Prop r with no further contact details. record indicates a small local newspaper listing in early era.
The Monticello July Fourth celebration featured a long parade with diverse wagons floats uniforms and exhibitors including Miss Ida Weir the Goddess of Liberty and many young riders in Knights of Pythias caps. Public speeches by Hon. G W Lovell and Hon R M Bush followed a sizable grove picnic with entertainment from pigeon shooting target shooting a four minute horse race a greased pig and a fireworks finale.
The piece argues that husbands share equally in making home a bright peaceful refuge. It condemns the notion that a tired mother must overexert herself to please an overbearing husband. It calls for mutual effort to keep the home pleasant for all.
The article discusses benzine and kerosene as effective bed bug remedies, with a formula using corrosive sublimate alcohol and turpentine. It notes variations in preventive tips, warns about new servants and guests bringing bugs, and mentions bed bugs found under tree bark with related biting insects like conorrhinus sanguisuga whose bites are painful and bloodsucking.
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