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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
6
Miss Emme Shirley of Killbuck New York says kidney disease caused headaches dizziness and weakness for two years. After taking twelve boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills she gained six pounds and feels revived. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A vignette from Dr. George A. Gordon describes a witty Irishman at the gates of the afterlife and a joke about admission. The second snippet promotes Fi ance Starch claiming stronger finish allows thinner, purer fabric starching and less paste buildup on laundry for better wear.
Rimer concedes trouble wooing his muse while Crittick quips that the muse’s feet are clumsy and cannot get away from him. The exchange shows playful banter between the two speakers.
An array of old advertisements offers remedies for tired feet and teething infants, promotions for Allen's Foot-Ease and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, plus brief quips about undertakers and political campaigns. The lines promote products like Lewis' cigars, emphasize trial offers, and poke light jokes about public life.
An article advises on building a durable cement dipping tank cheaper than wood. It details hole size eight inches larger than interior, slanted exit end, mortar mix one part cement to three parts sand, a box form for three walls, and reinforced footing with 2x2s. It warns against simple interior plastering for larger animals and suggests proper placement near hog pens.
A veterinary-focused notice outlines grease legs in horses, linking scratches to poor blood and improper feeding. It states draft horses and round-boned breeds are more prone, especially mares nursing colts then overworked. Recommendations include better feeding, rest, boiled grain, linseed, antiseptic wash, cooling liniment, and gradual recovery.
Guidance on optimal pig weaning practices highlights delaying weaning to at least ten weeks, ensuring sow milk supply, feeding with hull-free soaked grains, and providing side troughs. Advice stresses keeping pigs with mothers if possible, avoiding relocation at weaning, and maintaining comfortable beds to reduce stress.
A farmer argues against confining a broad sow during farrowing after a run on pasture in warm weather. He warns confinement leads to fever, poor outcomes, or death, and urges keeping her outdoors with shelter and light protection for the sow and her litter, noting it requires little extra work and improves chances of success.
An Illinois farmer’s sketch shows a hog house with a door from base to top and two windows each side. The structure rises 614 feet in front and four feet in rear with an 8 by 8 footer. The Prairie Farmer notes the door eases entry and the side windows provide ample light for the pigs.
Advice on livestock care and feeding urges scalding troughs with hot water, opening ripe tumors for cleaning, and using carbolic acid wash. It warns on pig handling, recommends foot-rot dressings of blue vitriol red lead and nitric acid, and notes bells for cows in woods. It claims clover pasture and corn best for fattening hogs and stresses mixed rations.
Writers describe a practice where breeders cycle in new sows yearly to replace aging, unproductive stock. The strategy limits impact on overall hog production while testing young stock for profitability.
Philip Beisiiegel writes from Cayley Alberta describing rapid wealth from homestead patent worth $30 per acre, 320 acres bought at $7 per acre, 15 head of horses and 30 cattle, Calgary and High River lots, and a total worth of about $13 000 after less than three years, with substantial grain and garden sales.
A hostess famed for big houses boasts premature white hair and a love of antiques. At a tea a debutante sipped from a blue, century old cup. The hostess quipped the cup was a hundred and fifty years old, prompting the debutante to remark on its careful preservation.
An elderly Maine minister testifies about a brawl where one man was hurt. He describes Salson as slashing and enticing the victim with a crowbar through a series of pokes and blows to persuade him. The testimony paints a vivid but odd picture of the incident.
A park official muses that stray dogs in good humor could generate power by wagging their tails all day, proposing a row of tamed dogs to power a trolley line, joking that Niagara Falls would be no match.
The Columbus Journal notes that the perceived gravity of the crime of bigamy varies with the criminal’s business connections and social acquaintances, reflecting a debate over how society should judge such offenses.
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermillion South Dakota writes of ten years of painful itching and widespread sores that finally yielded to Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap after trying many doctors and costly remedies. He reports hair regrowth after fourteen years of suffering and a total outlay of fifty to sixty dollars. August 18 1906.
Henry Thomas Spindler died in Brentford England aged 84. For many years he was connected with the old London Gun and served as proofreading assistant to Charles Dickens. He possessed relics of the novelist including proofs with Dickens's alterations.
Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and cure remedy for infants and children, to ensure proper use and avoid improper administration.
A playful exchange about a grass stepmother unfolds in a Puck style vignette. The speaker asks about the age of children linked to Mr De Ivorce and a former wife, while the other clarifies the stepmother role with a wry twist.
Ad snippets mention Krause's Headache Capsules for indulgence in food or drink with 25c price by Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. Des Moines Iowa. Also Lewis' Single Binder cigar marketed as most satisfying smoke, sold through dealers or factory in Peoria Illinois. Ends with a quip about persuading a woman by getting her to say she won't.
A Wisconsin reader Emma Stolt reports relief from backaches and inflammation after using Peruna, crediting a neighbor for the tip and calling it a godsend for sick women. A Missouri reader Miss Theresa Bertles says six months of Peruna cured catarrh of the stomach bowels and internal organs and declares Peruna the best medicine.
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