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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
2
Plans and cost estimates outline a brick foundation seven room house for about 2500 dollars. Includes pine interior finish, parlor grate, plate glass, blinds, and extensive carpentry, masonry, roofing, and trim details with listed quantities and prices.
The Tinguanies, a Philippine tribe, are described as the archipelago's nearest native architects. They build cottages of bamboo and grass thatch, yet, like other tribes, they use no nails glass or tools beyond a hobite in construction.
A sample weighing finds 1,000,000 dandelion seeds equal a pound. The tunny, a Mediterranean fish, visits our coast in summer, growing up to ten feet long and weighing as much as 500 pounds.
Folish women are renowned for the beauty of their hands and feet. They praise the fineness of the hands as the top charm. The coast water is warmest along the English coast in August and September and coldest in April.
A column urges thrift and industry to avoid homelessness in old age, stressing saving early to buy a home. It warns against delaying and paying rent for years, noting that disciplined saving can lead to homeownership free of debt.
A tortoise with extraordinary resilience has survived extreme trauma with several organ removals. Reports note a brain removal still left the animal living for three months, and a heart beating for about 50 minutes after excision, highlighting nature's surprising endurance.
The Chinese in America favor dried ducks imported from China over locally available options. They say pond foods near the Canton river impart a flavor they prefer, influencing their tastes and purchases.
A buoyant feature extols transforming an attic into a charming retreat. The piece imagines a white and rose decor with lace drapery, a bureau back, and a small garden on the roof leads. It suggests practical layout ideas for seating, storage, and a bedchamber.
Practical advice on personal care and remedies from brushing teeth to facial care and hydrating practices. It covers posture exercises for shoulders, raw meat and fish digestion notes, mouth rinses, and home remedies for congestion, neuralgia, toothache, colic, headaches, and other common ailments.
A simple arts and crafts idea teaches making a calendar from wallpaper. Choose a modest floral design such as yellow daisies or pink and yellow chrysanthemums, cut group blossoms neatly, mount on a dark backing, add a calendar pad and a ribbon bow with a hanging loop.
A historic formula describes Heliotrope perfume blending rose petals tonka beans orris root vanilla musk and bitter almonds for a fragrant sachet. The mixture uses four ounces of rose petals two ounces of tonka beans eight ounces of orris root one ounce of vanilla one half drachm of musk and four crops of pil of bitter almonds.
Revival of crochet lace fashion appears steady with a chemise top design. Instructions use two balls of No 40 cotton, a fine hook, and create wheel motifs joined into a yoke, sleeves, and gusset with multiple rows of treble stitches, chains, and slip stitches.
Trunk tray covers crafted from China silk or silkeline feature a double fabric with cotton batting, thickly perfumed with sachet. Edges are bound with matching wash ribbon and the surface is quilted or tufted. Making one for each tray is recommended.
The fashion of carrying reticules or wrist bags grows in popularity with gun metal chain work and exquisite real stones adorning many of the prettiest pieces.
Willie-Pa explains wintersports as the merchet go south and play the races in a response attributed to the Philadelphia Bulletin. The fragment outlines a casual notion of winter activities tied to racing events and travel.
The Troy Times analyzes a new four year cycle in U S politics under President Roosevelt. It compares legislative zeal to 1893 and predicts strong party unity on railway and canal issues, with possible extra sessions and swift Santo Domingo action while contending oppositions underestimate GOP cohesion.
The Chicago Chronicle warns Republicans that embracing municipal socialism in street railways could expand to ownership of many other services. It cites Bryan Hearst and other reformers promoting state and national ownership, arguing private property and Republican principles are at risk as reformers align with Democrats and socialists. Chicagoans may later seek explanations amid this debate.
Across multiple papers opinions frame Theodore Roosevelt as leader of all Americans while William Jennings Bryan faces accusation of stealing thunder. Critics worry trusts will collapse before an election. Fairbanks is praised on oath and in Senate work, signaling strong political leadership nationwide.
Garfield’s comprehensive inquiry into the beef trust finds no basis for alleged extortion or vast profits. The 1902 results show low margins, with maximum net returns at 2.3 percent and minimum 1.8 percent, challenging public panic and calls for harsher action.
A brief exchange between Mr Blunt and Miss Cleverly explores truthfulness and politeness. The Detroit Free Press presents the dialogue as a light moral reflection on flattery and honesty.
Listings announce special 1905 excursions to Port Arthur Beaumont Lake Charles Galveston Houston San Antonio and other KC Southern points with 21 day ticket limits and stopovers both ways. Travel literature available from B G Warner GMTA KC S Ry Kansas City Mo. quote from Success Magazine closes item.
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