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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
2
In a Bible lesson style narrative Jacob pressures Esau to sell his birthright after a hunt failed to yield venison. Esau, famished and only seeking immediate relief, agrees for food, prompting Jacob to claim the elder’s privilege by oath, reinforcing the line elder shall serve the younger.
A 4200 pound stone ball atop a base in Marion Ohio slowly turns along a horizontal axis. Investigations show no fastening, probable causes include differential heating and uneven expansion, with other theories dismissed as impractical or superstitious. Local officials and geologist Edward Orton weigh two physical explanations.
Dr. E Pahler argues the toothbrush harbors microbes and can inoculate the mouth leading to local and systemic infections. He promotes aseptic cotton pledges with tooth powder as a safe alternative and notes that boiling sterilization damages brushes. A shaving brush is likewise deemed objectionable.
English inventor A S Davis unveils a prasmic barometer using a thin quill air chamber and a capillary tube to measure air pressure. The device shifts mercury along the tube with atmospheric pressure, offering a compact light design whose scale converts mercury descent to true barometric pressure.
The text argues that sanitation is the best defense against typhoid fever for armies in peace or war. It credits Japan with exceptional skill in applying lifesaving sanitation under wartime stress, implying other nations lag behind.
A remark about Fitzsimmons being afraid to face someone is questioned as to whether the speaker delivered it directly to his face. The quotation’s attribution is uncertain and the claim’s credibility is unclear.
Plans for a canal across the Massachusetts peninsula will start soon. The route will be seven and one third miles long and excavation is slated to take two years.
A wry remark from the commencement season questions aloting men who claim to act rightly while doing as they like. The quip notes the conflict between professed virtue and self serving action. It reflects public skepticism toward leaders who justify conduct by liking their own choices.
A highly disappointed boy in Dodge City crawled over a fence to watch a baseball game and found that admission was free. The incident highlights lax security and a chance encounter with an unsupervised crowd.
The piece praises summer gowns in thin soft fabrics with filmy embroidery and graceful draping. It notes net fabrics as affordable options for small budgets, suggesting 59 cent yard net double width and five or six yards for a full dress, with lace yoke and cuffs as trimming. It favors plain nets over dotted nets and favors point d esprit.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes quaint baby dresses copy lounging robes by shirred and lace waistlines. Soft gray suede girdles studded with cut steel beads end in a steel buckle. Leather belts in varied shades match Russian blouse dresses with chiffon girdles and glittering colored spangles.
The piece discusses hat trims using pansies, rosebuds, lilacs, cowslips, and leaves, noting mixed success from incongruous combinations. It also highlights green tulle turbans and lilac wreaths, praising restrained use, and mentions automobile cloaks of silk, kid, silk rubber, cloth and homespun with silk rubber as most attractive and warm.
The article urges friendly travel conduct. Be open to helping strangers and sharing information, say please and thank you, and offer friendly tips. Avoid snobbery or curt replies, and welcome verbal exchanges with fellow passengers for a pleasant journey.
Simple pretty lingerie set described with chemise back plain front gathered and vandyked trim in torchen insertion. Knickers have lace fringe, frill at band, and vandyked inserts. Under-bodice matches chemise trim with tight top and gathered front.
The text exhorts nightly face washing with equal parts warm milk and water to keep skin fair and smooth. It warns against hard water and suggests adding oatmeal to soft water if natural soft water is unavailable.
A strong voice is key to self possession and fluent speech. Training the voice shapes clear expression and signals good breeding.
A London correspondent notes the second reading of the aliens bill aims to keep destitute aliens from entering England and signals broad support. The legislation seeks to shield British workers by curbing alien labor and imports, with Chamberlain calling it a first step toward broader protections and a push to bar foreign goods from competing with British products.
The New York Tribune notes that in 1893 American Germany trade totals 222 million dollars with two thirds raw materials. The piece argues the empire gains from access and that tariff discrimination would be harmful to Germany, urging avoidance of a tariff war and predicting German merchants oppose any exclusionist policy.
The Philadelphia Press declares Elihu Root the fittest successor to John Hay in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet. It cites his insight judgment and versatility as essential for foreign affairs and national leadership, praising his intellectual sobriety and capability to strengthen the administration.
The piece defends Secretary Wilson eight years at $8,000 salary heading a department spending $5,000,000 yearly to support an industry yielding $3,000,000,000 annually. It argues against charges from a Washington correspondent that the department is extravagantly run and wastes funds on useless experiments.
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