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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
6
The article explains a contour adaptable irrigation layout for sloped fields. Water enters distributing ditches at an upper corner, flows into smaller ditches, and is turned laterally into furrows. Small earth dams provide temporary obstructions to regulate flow.
Instructions by W J Blanchard explain dipping water from ditches into lower fields using canvas dams. Describes materials timber scantling small brace and canvas cut trapezoidal, method to secure across ditch bed and banks, and how to weight edges to prevent leakage. Mentions permanent head gates for branching ditches.
A discussion from Ohio Farmer argues there is no fixed rule for washing butter. It weighs considerations of flavor preservation and shelf life, recommending two to three washes for strong or poor flavors, with temp control and minimal water remaining to avoid grain breakage and saltiness.
A historical note describes Beaver County Pennsylvania using county jail inmates to build and repair roads. It cites benefits from macadam highways, contrasts with limited adoption elsewhere, and argues for broader use of inmate labor on county roads. It also briefly adds a line about transplanting care for plants to keep roots moist.
A Colman’s Rural World notice from Glenville Minnesota urges patrons to follow strict dairy hygiene. The ten tips cover milking prep, milk handling, cooling, can care, and reporting violations to maintain high quality butter.
A published plan describes a dog exercise trolley using two posts a with ground braces a three inch confinement ring b over a wire from post to post c a bar and chain to fit a dog's collar and kept near the kennel Also adaptable for bulls calves colts and sheep The piece also emphasizes good cows pay profit and advises starting with quality cattle for lasting returns.
A westbound Chicago & Alton passenger train collided with a stock train five miles east of Mirshra ll Kansas City Missouri killing 21 and injuring many. The wreck caused fire destruction with several cars burned and a long list of identified victims including excursionists bound for an Epworth league convention in San Francisco. The crash stemmed from a miscommunication involving freight conductor McAnna and the second passenger section, on a curve above a high embankment, near seven o clock. The tourist sleeper bore the greatest loss, telescoping the engine and leaving passengers burned and scalded by steam.
The census office reports 28,411,695 Americans live in cities over 4,000, up about five percent since 1890. District of Columbia is counted urban, while state percentages range from Rhode Island 91.6 to Indian Territory 2.5, with many states listed in a scattered table of urban shares.
A major wreck occurred at 2 30 am on the Lake Shore route near Nottingham Ohio ten miles east of Cleveland when the Southwestern Limited collided with a freight segment. No passengers were killed. The engineer Frank Anderson of Buffalo and mail clerk O G McCullen of Cincinnati died. Injured include fireman William Ellett of Buffalo and several other crewmen and two tramps.
The Minnesota state pardon board approved parole for Coleman and James Younger, long imprisoned at Stillwater for 26 years over involvement in the Northfield bank raid robbery and murder, with action taken at noon Wednesday.
A miscellany notes emigration rates in England, a Dublin film producing Irish character writing, Londoners spend over a million pounds yearly on flowers, Liverpool is the most crowded English city, Suffolk farmers study Danish dairy methods, Christ's Hospital to modernize uniforms, cycling coast tour would cover about 2500 miles, a Hobbema landscape sold in London for 11250, UK cheese output is 40000 tons of 120000 eaten yearly.
Buck Creek Indiana July 15 Mrs Elizabeth Rorick reports severe rheumatic pain but after using Dodd's Kidney Pills she is entirely free from pain and symptoms She stopped the pills some time ago and has had no return Her case inspires many in Tippecanoe County to use the remedy and report wonderful results
A Baltimore woman recalls Dinah the servant from the South who was paid 24 cents for the Sun by a door-to-door man. Dinah quips that sunshine should be free like air in Virginia, highlighting cultural differences in a humorous domestic anecdote.
The Supreme Court in Buffalo via Justice Laughlin orders a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B. Hudson for Dr. Clark's Foot Powder and a Brooklyn dealer for infringement. The decision upholds Allen A. Olmsted of Leroy, N Y as owner of Foot-Ease and targets imitators using similar packaging to mislead consumers. Similar suits will follow against others infringing on Foot-Ease rights and advertising.
Ad for Hoxsle's Croup Cure calls it a life saver for children with no opium and a 50 cent price. An accompanying quip from the Atchison Globe notes a man is never so wretched that he forgets his bad habits.
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