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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1881
Page
2
In this reflection Lyia E Hinman narrates Honest John and his wife facing poverty and toil. A shadowy Imp offers wealth in exchange for their troubles but the couple rejects it, choosing family and labor over hollow gold. The tale concludes that true riches lie in love and endurance.
In a South Kensington boarding house No 17 Albert Crescent the Blanchards live with a French governess narrator. Monsieur Paul Blanchard, twenty one and childlike, is cared for by his wife Madame Blanchard who is forty five with a grand wig. The pair are sociable and fond of each other while the narrator becomes their favored companion. They urge the narrator to accompany them back to France to study art in Paris and the winter plans unfold amid their playful warmth and concern for Pauls health.
An American traveler recalls Paris winter days with Mme Blanchard and Paul, the dramatic rooftop chase of Mimi the cat after stealing a wig, a daring rescue from a burning house, and a newspaper-ready ending that seals Paul’s hero status amid comic misadventures.
In Waterville Me the Prohibitory laws hinder professors from obtaining alcohol for experiments. The article describes a balloon frame house with a dense stone–siding method that traps heat, uses mortar between siding and walls, and claims high warmth with low annual fire need.
A string of humorous quotes from various papers mocks fashion, manners, and absurdities. Jests touch on marriage, finances, and travel, with references to Chicago, Detroit, Boston, and Iowa clergymen. Light satire hints at social quirks across American newspapers.
The 1880 U S census for New York reports 1 206 577 residents with 590 762 males and 615 813 females A floating population around 30 000 includes hotel guests and short term visitors Amusement and theater spending neared 87 000 000 with 60 000 000 spent in drinking venues leading to 48 191 intoxication arrests The city added about 35 000 births and lost 31 866 to death 213 467 families occupied 67 126 dwellings 20 000 marriages occurred 145 749 males and 172 777 females aged 15 to 30 stay in the city About 30 000 of the women are domestics Police arrested 71 699 last year 47 798 detained 23 899 discharged Violent crime rising Prisons admitted 30 823 habitual drinkers Charities distributed 4 000 000 and 141 765 were committed to alms houses prisons hospitals nurseries and asylums 115 826 Sunday school scholars in 418 schools Street Arabs estimated over 10 000, a growing criminal class.
The New York Sun recounts Barnum's elephants Chieftain and Maudice faking chills after drinking four gallons of whisky. The keeper refused more, the ruse ended as the animals resumed normal feeding, exposing a playful feint.
A compilation of at home stains removal methods inks from books with oxalic acid and sweetened flaxseed lemonade. Recipes for Boston Cake Apple Pie ala Transcendenti and simple dentifrices using chalk and orris root. Farm notes compare full and split manure applications, egg preservation by lime solution, sponge care tips, and cattle remedies for scours and diarrhea with lard oil laudanum catechu and flaxseed tea.
A New England farmer letter urges caution with salt or ashes near fruit trees. It notes most soils do not respond well to common salt and small quantities can still harm roots, sometimes killing trees. While some trials show minor benefits, overall use is not proven worthwhile.
The Massachusetts Ploughman urges deliberate annual planning for farmers. It stresses mapping yearly work, choosing crops, livestock goals, manures, fertilizers, and budgeting profits to harmonize all farm activities for productive progress.
A Sparta Wisconsin item describes a jealous husband demanding mail from a post office. He opens a scented letter that proves to be a milliner’s bill for 100 dollars. The passage also endorses St Jacobs Oil as effective for sciatic rheumatism from a local case.
The column mocks public trial by media as a flawed judge and comments on popular cures. It cites St Jacobs Oil and Hop Bitters as infomercial quackery, jokes about a Galveston rumor and a tuning fork critic, and advertises medical mail order books and Repine’s Russia Salve for skin diseases.
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