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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
4
Aunt Rhinocolura Betz of Betzville pursues a directoire gown after a postal order fits poorly. She tries drastic weight loss methods, but the gown arrives with the split on the side of her wooden leg, leaving a comical crowd disappointed.
A mother and son visit Ostend hostesses query grace at the house. The boy cites a 30 days grace remark from a man with a bill, causing confusion and a hurried departure. The page also notes a poemish list of tainted things reflecting social critique.
Deacon Hardesty invites Mr. Muntoburn to attend next Sunday as Rev. Dr. Up-Off Preaches. Mr. Muntoburn questions the preacher’s eloquence while the deacon praises the clergyman as the country’s most wonderfully successful debt raiser for the church.
Omissions of history describe Romulus building a wall around Rome and Remus jeering. Evanston mentioned as guard against break in. The boxing contest in the new city ended with Remus permanently knocked out, a result well known.
The Yale address to alumni signals Taft’s pledge adherence and continuity with Roosevelt era reforms. The essay argues the administration is young, seeks time to prove tax reform and law enforcement, and maintains commitment to the square deal in national business matters.
The Jacksonville Times Union argues tariff controversy won’t forge lasting party rifts. It notes Louisiana Republicans claiming Democratic leanings voted with Republicans, urges exclusion from Democratic caucus, and defends Louisiana protectionist stance linked to sugar industry across parties.
A New York editor urges Taft to delay tariff revision until the platform principles are matched by data. The piece argues congress cannot craft a scientific tariff without a permanent tariff commission to provide necessary differential labor cost data.
The New York custom house faces an investigation with several dishonest employees dismissed and others to go. Collusion with smugglers has lowered duties via false weighing and invoicing. The piece argues Dingley era duties are too high, noting the two dollar per gallon spirits tax spurred fraud and reduced revenue under its force.
Washington Star analyzes the push for an income tax as constitutional and revenue worthy while the corporate tax faces court rulings. It considers replacing, repealing, or preserving the corporation tax based on treasury needs and customs duties, amid a political canvass and public opinion.
In a political obituary tone the piece lists the deaths of prominent Democrats including Grover Cleveland and John M. Palmer and laments the loss of party leaders while reflecting on Democratic principles and leadership. It follows with a brief note on German interest in tariff debates and a government filing to publish transmitted information.
The article portrays Mr. Taft as a sincere advocate of honest tariff revision. It notes a rebuke-like Philadelphia in Senator Aldrich’s insinuations in a Senate debate. Rhode Island Senator Aldrich’s remarks are read by many as questioning Taft’s good faith on tariff reform.
A New York dispatch reports that despite the Aldrich tariff, wool and woolens duties remain substantially the same as current levels, yet clothing prices have spiked in anticipation of the bill. The piece notes the bill has sins enough without a sudden rise in attire costs.
Dr. William Davis Foster of Kansas City was elected president of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He created a 77 piece gavel from woods representing every state, territory, Germany, and France, with each piece numbered and biographical notes in a Gavel Book. The ends are gold, and the handle is ebony with ivory tip.
Washington rumors claim Secretary Wilson may retire from the agriculture department in December with Charles F. Scott of Kansas as his possible successor. The White House has not discussed the matter, and Scott says the president has not mentioned it to him. Scott, long a Kansas congressman and editor of the Iola Register, chairs the agriculture committee.
A boy named Jimmy sobs that a teacher’s Bunker Hill line led to the eagle scene in the zoo. He fled after police chased him for sticking sticks at the eagle, crying that he does not pay to be patriotic these times.
A comic exchange features a client asking for a will written on slate to thwart heirs. The lawyer questions the object, and the client replies that the slate will prevent heirs from easily breaking the will.
Instructions describe cleaning and boiling a shoulder, reserving stock for soup with celery onions and rice or noodles, then roasting with optional stuffing. Use leftover meat to make jelly from bones, fat reused, greens served as side with a budget claim of under one dollar and potential bone sale.
A nurse’s list item extols a bread jelly inspired by Mrs. Gaskell. Toast three slices of stale homemade bread to light brown. Simmer with water until jelly forms, then strain. Flavor with lemon, nutmeg, and orange juice, sweeten, pour into moulds, and chill until firm.
Baltimore reader recalls long misery from irregularities and pain, then credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with renewed health. Advertisement claims the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous complaints and invites letters for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Guidelines instruct ironing lace and embroidery on the wrong side first and iron frills lace bands sleeves and collars before the main piece. Silk fabrics require cambric between iron and fabric. Damp handkerchiefs and serviettes are pressed with center finishing. Body linen is pressed on the right side while table linen is pressed on both sides with wrong side first.
When milk is scarce the water used to boil rice can be saved and cooled to form a jelly. This jelly serves as an economical milk substitute in soups and many dishes, avoiding thickening steps and enriching casseroles patties and other foods. A cup of rice yields about a pint of jelly.
Instructions describe boiling sausages to remove skins then placing them in a baking dish and covering with a batter of flour corn meal milk egg salt and pepper. Bake until brown for a savory dish.
A practical substitute for veal loaf uses two pounds of round beefsteak and half a pound of salt pork ground together. Season with salt pepper and a pinch of nutmeg, add one egg and enough dry bread crumbs to form a solid loaf. Bake in a moderate oven for about an hour and serve with a thick gravy. This method saves on cost.
Mix two tablespoons corn starch with water, stir into boiling water and cook five minutes. Add lemon juice and beaten egg yolks with sugar. cook until thick. Fold in stiffly beaten whites, chill and serve in punch cups with whipped cream.
A home tip advises rubbing old silk with kerosene over silver to remove dark stains quickly. The friction brightens the piece and the shine lasts longer, with an optional dry rub using a second silk cloth for extra luster.
Select four or five large apples and slice them. Peel and slice six onions. Fry apples and onions together in hot pork fat until well done and brown. Serve not.
Williams jokes about the ease of pen ink as his neighbor replies with a dry line about having an inkling while blotting trousers.
A playful exchange between a young inventor and a typewriter manufacturer introduces an imagined device. The inventor claims an extra key would blur bad spellings so typists avoid blushes.
A brief dialogue panel from the Philadelphia Record portrays Bjones as a constant source of trouble. Henpeckke jokes about marriage as a solution, reflecting playful newsroom chatter.
A frank remark to a mother suggests the daughter’s voice reveals potential for a brilliant future in watercolor painting. The exchange frames a budding artistic path tied to color and imagination.
A concise reflection attributing to Gladstone about each person having a rightful place and vocation on earth.
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