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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1880
Page
3
Prince Yousuf faces a troubled stalemate as a mysterious message tests loyalty. In a tense game of chess and fate, the keeper’s loneliness, a sudden distraction, and a distant bugle signal shift the contest toward an unforeseen ending.
The narrator recalls Emily known as Em, from age fifteen to almost eighteen, a bright, sympathetic girl who inspired authorship in him and formed a tender, complex bond. Despite poverty and limited world experience, her warmth and charm lit others' lives, while her growing feelings complicate a parting on an expedition.
A narrator recalls a past romance with Em, now a mother in Ryde. He returns years later to find her as a married woman named by a child’s kiss, watching her with new lovers and a ring of children, while he grapples with longing and acceptance. The scene resolves with his leaving her life again, cherishing memories of the beloved as My Little Sweetheart.
Practical guidance for farmers to reset a loose or thrown horse shoe at home. Lists affordable tools a farmer should keep, steps to tighten or replace nails, and tips to avoid hoof damage. Encourages self sufficiency and time saving on the farm.
An American farmer recounts trialing a new English technique that avoids hilling and favors sun exposure for crops like mangels sugar beets cucumbers and beans. After a dry season the English methods produced better yields while his own crops suffered, prompting a shift to a more ornamental soil approach. The piece also notes a New York auction sale of a 1710 Protestant Episcopal Prayer Book and contrasts Scotland's population with London’s postal district.
A collection of kitchen formulas and home remedies for cakes pies and puddings, plus farming tips on timber timing and potato hill methods. Includes recipes for molasses cake dried apple cake beefsteak pie and tapioca tomato dish with cooking steps and observations on plant care and soil.
A historic kitchen article outlines two soups: a pea soup with butter, peas, stock, spinach and herbs, and a June July julienne soup using mixed summer vegetables fried in butter, then simmered with stock and finished with peas and asparagus. It notes equipment like a root-cutter and warns the army worm near Boston.
The article notes Chinese naming by birth circumstances such as Midnight or Rain and playful names like Ought-to-a-Boy. It highlights Hartmann in Berlin as a vast animal collector and showman. It mentions the University of Chicago awarding a Doctor of Music to H R Palmer and references Rev. Robert Collyer’s early work life. It ends with clipped notices praising Dr Pierce medicines and Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure with sensational claims.
Day's Kidney Pan is extensively used by our best citizens and has effected wonderful cures. It is the best Kidney remedy sold in this locality says W. K. West Druggist.
An old ad lists Frazer Axle Grease as best in the world from Frazer Lubricator Co with facilities in Chicago New York and St Louis. It also promotes Witrort's Fever and Ague Tonic at one dollar and touts Redding's Rua éia Salve for inflammation reduction along with Natronan Yeast and C Gubert's pure Corn Starch as reliable products.
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