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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
2
James Ritchey of Armour Institute outlines beginner woodworking. Emphasizes buying high quality tools, and notes handsaws as essential. Includes techniques to file teeth and use ripsaw, crosscut, and backsaw with practical exercises.
Discussion on starting with few high quality tools and avoiding amateur options. Emphasizes a carpenter folding rule, 24 inch four fold as essential for measuring and layout. Advises habit of folding the rule after use to prevent damage and notes laws as important in on hand made work.
Instruction explains 20 inch handsaws best for small to moderate work, distinguishes rip and crosscut varieties, and covers tooth count, filing method, set, and cutting angles. It notes 6 point rip teeth for hardwood, 10 point crosscut, and the proper stance to ensure free blade action and effective shearing cuts.
An essay extols American press freedom as unmatched, contrasts with censorship in Russia and Europe, and defends free expression as vital for government by the people. It then shifts to technical discussion of saw teeth and cutting action.
Instructions describe holding, guiding, and starting a backsaw, testing edge squareness, and using light strokes. It covers blade selection, grip, posture, and step by step drilling practice with a test block to build accuracy for dovetailing and fitting work.
Margaret Sangster argues busy wives are the household spine and deserve breaks. A tired wife should take short absences for refreshment, while husbands support such rest. without change, marriage loses spark and children feel the strain of a tethered mother.
H. F. Wattson, hailed as the sweet potato king of Oklahoma, produced 5000 bushels last year and plans to plant 50 acres this season Mus tang township is the state's top sweet potato region and acreage is set to grow beyond prior years.
A Brookline clergyman on a world tour sends souvenir postal cards to church members and others, praising their charm as a simple way to recall friends. The cards may vary in artistic quality, but many are delightful and offer small pleasures from travel. The reader is reminded that little acts of thoughtfulness enrich life.
The article examines fulgurites or lightning holes formed when lightning fuses sand into glassy tubes. It notes they vary in diameter and depth, occur worldwide, and can be found in wells, sand dunes, rocks, and even copper, with examples from Mount Ararat and the National Museum collection.
A Florida light keeper reports a garfish carcass washed ashore at Anclote Keys. The description mirrors Regalecus glesne, a vast deep sea fish with a silvery body, red dorsal plumes, and a long flexible head crest, explaining many sea serpent sightings.
A traveler returning from Italy recounts a trunk cut open on the Rome to Genoa line with clothing valued at $20 stolen. The British consul noted a lady had recently lost her jewelry in a similar theft. TheLondon Truth criticizes Italian police and railways for inaction and urges travelers to insure luggage against theft.
A young preacher on his first charge receives a donation including an old horse and buggy. He proudly shows the gift to his father who jokes that it may be the same old horse that Jesus rode into Jerusalem. The exchange ends with the old man humorously affirming the notion.
A young physician asks the wise doctor for the secret of success. The elder replies that his rule is to discover what a patient wants to do and then he orders him to do it. The Chicago Daily News reports this exchange as a sharp medical anecdote.
An 1824 railroad time table states the locomotive will depart the depot every day at ten o'clock if the weather is fair. The conditional weather clause reflects early timetable humor and operational considerations of the era.
The record of railway disasters in the United States during the last three months of 1904 reads like a battle tally with 337 killed and 17325 injured.
Antwerp held the position as the world’s third largest port at year end 1908 with 9 039 318 tons of vessels entering. Only London Hong Kong and New York exceeded this figure in global port tonnage.
Town Topics notes Mrs. Park and Mr. Gayboy in comfortable circumstances while Mr. Gayboy spends his money on himself. The remark sparked chatter about finances and social standing in the community.
A humor line features a husband recounting a doctor’s rest cure for himself and a quip from his wife about her tongue. The exchange underlines light domestic wit and medical pretension in a period-voice joke.
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