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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1879
Page
4
A fragmentary poem mocks Niagara Falls and modern expense as it lampoons grand rhetoric about nature. The speaker satirizes tourists and hotel charges while invoking the river’s thunderous voice and the feeling of awe. The piece ends with a quip about the Creator and lavish entertainment costs.
A poetic meditation on fog lifting across the day from dawn to evening. The speaker notes morning mist yields to sunlight and clear skies, with images of a mast, a shifting sail, and renewed hope as the fog gradually dissolves into a radiant noon and purer evening vision.
A comic tale of Gertrude Sprague who pretends to marry Mr. Genius H Popkins after he funds her stitching, only to discover his kindness, deception, and a genuine romance with Spinny, ending with Gertrude widens to a real life in Weebrook with Popkins as husband and father.
Edward Eggleston recalls a Bethel school spelling contest in which a clever boy mis-spells onions as onion swirling into a topsy turvy display. The master disciplines the student with a sharp strike after a triumphant shout.
In a formal veto message the President returns House bill 2448 confirming objections to an act limiting Chinese immigration. He discusses Burlingame Treaty rights and the need to protect Chinese residents, noting independent provisions that would affect treaty obligations and free emigration policies. The message argues the treaty forms a single instrument and emphasizes safeguards against servile immigration while acknowledging past immigration patterns and policy considerations.
In a March 1 1879 message President R B Hayes urges Congress to revise the Burlingame Treaty with China. He argues changes must preserve peace and protect citizens while avoiding abrupt abrogation of treaty protections. He cites precedent from 1808 with France and warns against sudden immigration policy shocks.
A German report credits Herr Robert Franz with discovering a large set of Bach manuscripts hidden in a loft, bound to saplings with strips of paper. The find included about 120 violin sonatas but weather exposure likely ruined the music. The article notes mixed expectations for public reception compared to other classical discoveries.
A collection of kitchen instructions covers slaw and cabbage dishes, broths, breads, puddings, and breakfast hashes. It includes guano fertilizer notes and a short item on Major Harrison Osborne fatally shooting J B Martin after a dispute over a clock melody.
An advertise claim hails a remedy as a pure universal cure that cleanses blood steadies stomach improves kidney and liver function and prevents disease. It notes thousands praise the treatment and invites readers to try it with a prompt to view another column for details.
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