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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1881
Page
2
A speaker recalls a dinner where a famous beauty captivates with wit and grace. The guest's praise shifts from appearance to the woman’s animated discussion of science, politics, and culture, leaving him astonished by her knowledge and poise. The piece ends with a playful confession of envy at her eloquence.
Mrs Norris and her husband drift apart over trifling disputes and differing desires. A final rift after she attends revival meetings leads to separation, a grave for their son Eddy, and a cold reconciliation as they face an uncertain future. Both recognize mutual fault and choose to part while clinging to hope of forgiveness.
A Florida correspondent recounts using a seven-eighths inch rope a hickory stake and a beef bait to snare a large alligator. After a failed initial pull the party lassoes the beast by tying the rope to a wagon axle and drives two miles home with the alligator battered and the wagon wrecked.
The California fruit canneries produce a stock worth 2 million dollars annually and are expanding. California wine and grape products reach 3.5 million dollars, with 10 million gallons of wine and 450000 gallons of brandy in 1880, while new vineyards span 8000 to 10000 acres. Napa and Sonoma show strong growth, with Napa's wine output rising from 297,670 gallons in 1870 to 2,160,000 last year. Land suitable for wine growing costs 35 to 125 dollars per acre.
A Detroit case at Central Station Court features a sailor named Sam Flint who tells a rambling tale about wandering from lake chopping wood to Detroit seeking work and turning to drink. He is warned and released into spring slush with a light admonition, not jailed.
A collection of quips and witticisms with mock headlines and puns. The items reference jokes about crowbars spelling beans with a capital B, a nine year old sick glutton, weather vanes, wives and wealth, and a Burlingiton lumberman displaying a coat of arms with the motto I saw.
A travel sketch contrasts table d hote Europe with American expectations noting six oclock seating an hour or two of formal dining and a minimal multi course sequence. The piece ends with a quip from a Yankee and a warning about wasted meals. The Maine Fish Commissioners tag hundreds of salmon with indestructible metal markers and seek reports from captors to expand their records.
A colonial style cooking excerpt describes fried bread dipped in honey called torejas, croquettes made from steamed rice and eggs fried in lard, and an apple float with lemon and egg froth. It also gives a mustard recipe and notes on soil depth for onions and corn starch pudding with eggs and flavor options.
A Minnesota letter details cattle lice on two-year-olds in a cold barn with thriving parasites. Remedies include whitewashing, fumigation, mercury ointment with risks, tobacco decoction, kerosene and lard mix, and sulfur with salt for cattle access. It also notes Tumacacori Church near Tubac Arizona, built by Franciscans in 1554, and a 80 000 coin and jewel burial find by Rome priests.
A historical contrast traces maple sugar making from log huts and kettle methods to modern sugar-houses with advanced equipment. It contrasts community, labor, and cooking processes from past practices using troughs and open kettles to today's streamlined sap collection and heating systems, noting preserved craft amid change. References Harper's Magazine and local notes mention evolving techniques and a Massachusetts pigeon shooting ban.
A collection of advertisements and health claims highlights various products and figures. St Jacobs Oil and Hop Bitters are praised by notable names, with endorsements from clergy and officials. Other items promote Piso’s Cure, Higgin’s Eureka Salt, Repvixe’s Russia Salve, Frazer’s Axle Grease, and Dr Isaac Thompson eye wash, all presented with testimonial style language.
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