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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1896
Page
3
The lyric recalls a long life and reunion with a father figure. The speaker wanders through time reflecting on purpose joy and memory and imagines meeting again at a quiet home door and hearing How be ye Jim from the beloved voice in old age.
Alfred C. Newell memorializes Martha, a faithful enslaved woman who served the Howard family from childhood through emancipation and beyond. The funeral at 22 Richardson Street featured pallbearers from the Howard family as relatives and neighbors mourn the devoted nurse and caregiver who presided at births, raised children, and hid many memories of a fading Old South.
An eight year old San Rafael boy explains he left at five and walked straight home, but a mad turtle forced him to delay. His mother warns of punishment for falsehoods as he admits the truth about the delay. The item ends noting the Lycaon of the Cape of Good Hope as a native mastiff.
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes that Lincoln dodged inquiries about the fugitive slave law and secession, praising his record and warning McKinley mirrors his tactic. It argues McKinley will not outline a platform before the convention and will abide by St Louis platform, pleasing voters who seek a reliable leader.
The Iowa State Register notes that Grover Cleveland may issue another bond before leaving office. It warns further gold reserve declines could force new loans in Wall Street. A second bond could energize inflationists and hurt national peace and prosperity.
A compilation of editorial excerpts from major papers debating Democratic finance, tariff policy, and Cleveland’s potential nomination. They discuss treasury gold reserves, deficits, and the Republicans at St Louis, noting party divisions and possible outcomes for 1892.
A guide for amateur home decorators shows how to convert eight small boxes into a wall bracket without tools beyond a small kitchen saw. The plan uses seven boxes for the bracket and one as support, with steps for soaking labeling away, shaping the pieces, painting ebony enamel, and assembling with glue and painted matches as shelf supports.
Madame suggests a simple wall display using small cigar boxes as brackets fixed to the wall with screws or gilt plates. Add tiny china plates and knickknacks, and secure with brass plates and a gilt chain to prevent tipping or wall movement from door slams.
The New York Journal notes massage as invaluable for congestive headache relief. It recommends vigorous palmar finger rubs from scalp to base of brain, temple work, base neck rotations, and neck to shoulder strokes to drain veins, with cold water splash for prone women before cautionary baths.
The page mixes fashion color guidance for hair and complexion with a recipe for Strawberry Puffs. It explains which colors suit brown hair and blue eyes, advises pink for most young girls, and notes many greens and browns suit. it also details beating egg whites with sugar, strawberry juice, and baking drops on white paper to form cookies.
The straw hat from last season can be refreshed by scrubbing with a brush and pure castile soap and water. If yellowed after scrubbing, apply lemon juice to bleach it and press the brim straight with a hot iron. A new hat band completes the refreshed appearance.
The article notes a shift from voluminous silk and lace lamp shades to inexpensive paper shades sketched in water colors. It explains a simple method to craft a circular shade, decoration ideas like a bicycle trip design and Delft blue patterns, and mentions popular empire style options with removable edges.
Rebecca Bartlett from Minneapolis Housekeeper describes two poultices for lung congestion. The first uses corn meal mush warmed in a towel and applied over the chest with careful pressure near the collar bones, renewed every four to five hours. The second mixes flaxseed meal with water to a thick paste and is spread on cotton with optional camphorated lard, red pepper, and powdered speene for stubborn cases, renewed every two hours. camphor is not to be used on nursing mothers.
A simple horseradish cream sauce blends grated horseradish egg yolk salt and whipped cream. Mix three tablespoons horseradish with its vinegar squeeze dry then whisk in one egg yolk and a half teaspoon salt. Fold in six tablespoons whipped cream then serve on a small dish or with cold meat or poultry and garnish with parsley.
A housekeeper describes a simple home test for maple sugar using melting, crust formation, and proof by dissolving crust in water. The method claims that many maple sugars sold commercially are merely granulated sugar with syrup or sap boiled in, per the New York Tribune.
A neighbor recounts a buyer's complaint to a salesman about a thermometer. She notes hers read seven degrees higher than a cheaper model bought by the woman next door, prompting dissatisfaction and a request to exchange for a better one.
A brief, humorous remark on making a living by journalism. The speaker claims to be “advertising for a situation” while the other questions his journalism knowledge, reflecting old-time newspaper culture and wit. The line captures a trade-off between work and self-promotion.
A playful exchange reports a quick con at a gambling game where a man named Cawker is described as a Maud Muller type, with banter about clever tricks and money lost. The Chicago Tribune is cited in a dialectal quip about synonyms and old-time confidence games.
A nostalgic notice titled Little Missy Small-Size portrays a child named Littl Missy brown eyes sent from Heaven above to dwell within our love. Newell Ballard is named in Good Housekeep Tg.
The article explains how boys craft whistles from willow twigs during the sap rising season. It notes restrictions on material from willow when sap moves between bark and wood and marks the season as ending when leaves fully emerge. It mentions aldey as a favored wood in New England.
Instructions describe selecting willow or poplar, cutting a smooth rib, trimming the mouth end, and shaping a bark whistle. The process involves moistened bark, pounding, and a final notch and bark wrap. The piece recalls pleasant memories of making whistles in creek bottoms during youth.
A Montreal or Ishing Gazette note discusses bladderworts as aquatic carnivores with tiny jaws that trap small prey. It also recalls the hunter’s pitcher plant and a cautionary tale of a tenderfoot deceived by a dry swamp route, plus a note on bees and a Berlin mummy fraud revealed by the Chicago Tribune.
In a Chicago Record recounting, boy Skippie Partridge earns a mock justice lesson after a court tale. Neighborhood friends stage a pretend arrest game in the back yard, with Skippie as judge and others as policemen, prisoners, and jailers.
A Salem museum houses a cherry stone with a dozen silver spoons whose tiny fin ishes reveal under a microscope. Dr Oliver describes a stone carved with 124 heads including popes and kings. The piece, bought in Prussia for 15000 dollars, moved to England where its ownership sparked a chancery suit.
A playful mix of quotes from newspapers reflecting urban life. A shopper complains of long waits and inflated jardinieres while a Detroit item notes aristocratic taste in a hand, with a nod to a card game showing four kings and a queen.
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