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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
3
The article discusses pasture land value and strategic use for stock, urging care to improve or repurpose fields. It then describes Icelandic women's dress on Sundays and festivals, detailing wadmel garments, petticoats, blue caps, gilt buttons, treja jackets, stockings, seal skin shoes, and the tall faldur worn with pins.
A collage of quirky notes on subjects from medicine to politics. It cites a chiropodist comparing feet to landscapes, a gossip about Miss Wantowed preferring the Pops, a horse’s diet life estimate, Missouri’s school spending, a German Christmas brine gift, and transit ridership in Baltimore and St. Louis. It also notes London fire brigades on Saturdays, Gladstone’s works catalog, London criminals per police, and mosquito behavior.
A Philadelphia mechanical engineer recalls his first engine test for the Jersey Central Royal Blue express, describing the brutal wind and hunger after a long shift, the hot crosshead guide, and the thrill of motion, followed by a second piece on The Hardest Work After Inauguration noting President duties and mounting office applications.
A wide range of topics fill this page including promises of productive South Dakota farm lands near Chicago with prices from ten to fifteen dollars per acre, rail excursion offers to Des Moines and New York, dates for state conventions, and notices about the Jones County Normal Institute at Monticello.
A physician suggests that about half of current deafness cases stem from parents who box a child’s ears. The claim notes a pattern of hearing impairment linked to such punishment.
Last spring planted trees should be cultivated or mulched now to protect roots and promote growth. Gardeners are urged to give these young trees steady attention during this warm spell.
A Chicago Times-Herald remark describing Chinese people as heathenish and noting debts paid on New Year’s Day circulates as a controversial older quotation. The comment, referencing race, reflects historic prejudice and public discourse of the period.
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