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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
3
In the mansion the narrator hears muffled footsteps and seeks Bates the cook. Confronting Bates, the narrator finds him calmly reading Shakespeare, remarking on the play as a favorite of the master before the narrator storms off in frustration.
After a violent night, the narrator questions Pickering's motives and searches for his grandfather's hidden fortune. A note from St Agathas Sisters hints at Miss Armstrong’s intrusion, while Olivia's constrained life among nuns fuels resentment and a plan to torment guardians. The narrator questions Bates about the house plans.
The narrator, resident at Glenarm, navigates a tense exchange about vanished plans and a family inheritance. Bates hints the grandfather may have burned documents while Reverend Paul Stoddard visits, and the narrator contemplates allies or rivals among Sister Theresa and Miss Devereux as he learns more about the Glenarm estate.
Inside the venerable Fifth Avenue Hotel, readers are shown how its storied walls reflect national finance social life and national history, with legends of the era repeated in its grand rooms and halls.
The Fifth Avenue hotel on Twenty third Street in New York, planned for demolition, hosted presidents and statesmen since 1859. It housed Grant Conkling Parnell and Adelina Patti, along with notable staff, from long serving barbers to top waiters, and was a focal point for political and social events including Garfiel d s shooting era and Rosenalia La Reine des Voleuses era. The piece chronicles cherished anecdotes of guests and staff across decades.
Instructions on cleaning lamp burners wicks and chimneys. Gather all parts, boil burners monthly, rub or trim wicks, dry completely, and store clean. Use designated utensils and avoid cross contamination with food handling vessels.
North Carolina visitor Mr. Tom Pennell stayed with Mr. Moses Armstrong last week. He saw Armstrongs remarkable pet pig sweeping the yard and heard of a gander that can climb and shake an apple tree before eating the fruit.
A note from a satirical era complains about the heavy cost of leisure in a poor economy as some citizens choose to pay ten-dollar fines for minor amusements costing as little as sixty cents.
A Spare Moments writer notes circus animals react to storms with nervous pacing and calls for weather cues. The wise menagerie superintendent darkens cages and shortens elephant chains to quiet beasts. Veterans like George Conklin describe self destructive instincts in captive wildlife and need for humane, careful treatment.
Guidance for shrinking dress goods to avoid water spotting and shape loss. Soak a muslin sheet on a board with the fabric, wrap damp cloth, roll and weigh overnight, then dry and press with a damp cloth and hot iron before cutting.
A historical note describes sour milk as a versatile kitchen aid and remedy. It suggests baking with sour milk and soda instead of sweet milk and baking powder, feeding chickens, whitening cloth, removing stains, refreshing salt meat and fish, and claims buttermilk cures for indigestion and organ troubles, plus ivy poisoning.
The piece suggests marinating round or sirloin steak for a couple of hours then broiling in olive oil and vinegar. It notes olive oil enhances biscuits and cake, and gives a baking ratio of one tablespoon oil per cup of flour with one teaspoon baking powder. It also explains reusing fry oil after skimming and flavoring with a bay leaf.
A pale anaemic woman is advised to take a salt bath prepared from dissolving 40 grammes of gelatine in a quart of boiling water then adding 100 grammes of sub carbonate of soda and 50 grammes of sulphate of potassium. The mixture is poured into a hot bath to assist comfort on dragging summer days.
Warped and dry porch tables from rain and heat can be made useful again by covering them with common tea matting. This simple method shields them from wind and weather.
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