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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
10
A feature on a compact four room farmhouse design with frame exterior and concrete foundation. It highlights a wide front porch, a large living room with fireplace, dining room with central light, compact kitchen, pantry and wash room, four upstairs bedrooms and a screened sleeping porch.
The border method divides fields into strips with levees and runs water down each slope. It suits alfalfa, clover, and other forages as well as grains, with potatoes and sugar beets possible with minor border adjustments. Suitable soils are loams with a permeable subsoil, and costs are low when conditions are favorable.
Extension agents explain how thorough culling raises efficiency for poultry producers. Texas saved about 40 thousand dollars last year while Maine saw around 1,804 dollars. Demonstrations in Maine and Texas led to widespread adoption and substantial value from removing non producing hens.
The article explains Hanukkah the Feast of Dedication as an eight day Jewish festival starting on Kislew twenty fifth. It notes Judas Maccabeus and elders restored the Temple in 1654 B C and rededicated the altar with eight lamps or a growing lamp count each night symbolizing Jewish liberty.
The Camnavalet museum received a relic claimed as the knife used in the Paris guillotine during the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. A Belgian collector donated the item, said to have passed through the Samson family, famed for the era’s execution work.
A Louisville Courier Journal quips about Boston advertising tactics. The brief remark denies circus methods and signals skepticism toward sensational press agents in promoting the erudite city.
A brief restaurant sign from the Boston Transcript era states No nuts served with our 35 cent dinner. The fragment hints at a period menu and social context mentioning nuts and pricing, reflecting vintage dining norms.
A Maid and a Man joke about a horse stopping for kissing couples along the road. The horse is noted as faithful, with the man and maid contemplating their own part in the scene. Source from Louisville Courier-Journal.
An exchange about a joke purchase reveals a quip on hens clucking to music. The dialogue contrasts a buyer’s curiosity with a shopkeeper’s witty response about an operatic cackling chorus.
The article explains cabbage culture stressing rapid growth and fertile soil for solid heads. It notes Chinese cabbage as a separate species and claims soy bean hay resists weathering, while well prepared soil simplifies summer care.
Early and frequent inspection can keep pests under control. Daily checks remove yellow eggs and destroy striped egg layers on potatoes while watching for cabbage worms. A small hand sprayer with arsenate of lead solution makes quick work of these jobs and helps keep the garden free.
It is of the utmost importance that the top of the pile be kept hollow or flat so rain will keep the material wet and prevent burning and fertility loss. Do not let the pile round on top as it should absorb rainfall and not shed it, the nearer level it is kept the better composting will result.
The article explains how to distinguish male and female ducks by sound. Hens quack in a coarse voice while drakes do not quack and instead emit a hissy or sibilant sound described as a high pitched quack.
Warm weather brings gape worms to some areas. Prevention includes turpentine in water and scattering air slaked lime around coops and runs. Hoeing crops should be a last resort with constant team movement. Plant trees on poor land. wheel hoes save money by reducing hoeing costs in busy seasons.
The note urges homeowners to clear yards and barn areas promptly in spring. It advises planting shade trees if none exist on the premises, suggesting doing so this season.
Police captured Lemhagen after he shot at Patrolman Emling and his brother during a burglary at the officer’s residence. Officers found a false panel behind a Maen chest exposing $87, plus hidden compartments in walls holding rings, watches, jewelry, and a revolver. The suspect, a carpenter and locksmith from Indian Village, is linked to the East Side burglary spree.
Miss Rose Bessaye, a 28 year old nurse in Dr Ernest Kutcher's office in Brighton Heights New York, was doused with acid on the right side of her face and shoulders. Police have James O Brien in custody after the attack occurred when she answered a rear doorbell ring and saw him with a bottle. She declares O Brien had pursued her despite her requests to stop.
J Arnold Cobley of Vancouver a University of Idaho student ate 80 eggs for breakfast and a hearty chicken dinner later in the day. A three legged colt on Hafalvorsen farm Alsask Sask is nearing its first birthday and may be sold to a circus. In Belgium women have held railway postal and telegraph work since 1882.
Detroit reports Raymond Nolan alias Wuilters, age twenty, held for forgery in county jail. Deputy summons Fred Nolan, his brother, for a talk with their lawyer. Raymond recalls seeing Fred after fourteEN years and asks about their long separation. Fred avoids discussion, denying contact.
The report describes suicide notes found in Eugene K. Martin's apartment after his death. Readings include lines about weariness, a failed effort for life, listening to wireless during the act, and a final farewell to Alice with blessings and love. The handwriting grows weaker and ends abruptly.
Terbert Wilson formerly a minister, in jail for mail robbery near $1,000,000, shot and killed his alleged accomplice Terbert Cox just after guards thwarted a jail break. Wilson and Jaddie O'Brien had escaped prior to capture and were on the bridge when deputies closed in. Cox had planned to testify for the state at Wilson's trial amid reported bad blood between them.
Police investigate alleged arson bets between Riverhead New York volunteer fire outfits after a blaze was started to beat rivals to a call. A crepe draped truck and betting rumors heighten the inquiry as authorities seek the truth behind the claim.
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