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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
1
A narrator describes Japanese life with children carrying babies on their backs, open shops, and homes visible behind shop screens. He recalls coinage and a wedding rite of nine cups, the bride in white, and the go-betweens guiding the marriage which ends with bed wine after a long ceremony.
The design features a four by four foot coop with a three foot rear height and two and a half foot front. It uses tongue and groove or straight-edge boards, one-half to three-fourths inch thick, with hinged lids secured by cleats and a front one inch mesh wire. An interior corner nest measures four inches deep and 15 to 18 inches square, depending on hen size, and the board floor is covered with sawdust or sand. Food and water access is through a front lift door.
Buxton resident Buxton-James A. Watkins pursued his wife through eleven blocks at night. He wounded her with a razor, inflicting multiple injuries before citizens and a watchman intervened. Watkins was overpowered and jailed. the wife lies gravely injured but alive with doctors treating her.
A Davenport civic federation meeting of about forty leading businessmen adopted resolutions backing enforced mulet law provisions. They called for closing hours, women and wine room exclusions, bonds, removal of screens, no gambling, and urged limited prosecutions while a committee of seven representatives oversees enforcement.
Martin E. Davis, arrested as he left his wife’s bed at a Des Moines hospital, plans to defend against a murder charge with expert testimony claiming Mrs. Davis died from worry over him, not the bullet. He awaits district court without bonds, in jail.
William Duncker and Herman Hansen, lifelong friends from this city, were found dead in a Ranchester Wyoming hotel room with revolvers in each hand. Officials say the two likely were murdered by a third party seeking their money. Duncker’s mother, Mrs. J. Asthman, plans to ship his body home. Hansen’s may be sent to Indiana. Both men were about 25.
Miss Geneva Smith 23 daughter of Rev Smith confessed to police that she murdered her newborn infant and hid the body under her bed. Physicians say she acted while insane. She is held for the grand jury on murder charges. Carl Stemple was arrested on seduction charges sworn by the girl's father claiming paternity.
Corydon banker Leroy Ware pled guilty in district court to fraudulent entries at the defunct Farmers and Drovers State Bank in Seymour and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Twenty one indictments remain to be heard, with public frustration over not exposing the full bank scandal.
Centerville physician Dr. W. C. Griffith waived examination to the grand jury on a murder charge in the second degree. The alleged operation was performed at his office with the husband of the patient present. Mrs. Jessie Ball Russell, 19, wife of Charles Russell, 20, of Mystic, died after a brief illness following a treatment paid for by her husband. Bond set at $3,000.
Coroner reports two Iowa youths Sheridan Wyon Herman Hankin and W S Buncker died by their own actions inside a Ranchester hotel. Buncker reportedly shot in the mouth with a 32 caliber revolver, Hankin self-inflicted wound to the temple, bullets matching the weapons. No signs of struggle or disturbed room detected.
A blaze at one o clock in the morning consumed the Walker block in Eldora. Total damage estimates reach $30,000 with $138,000 insured. Origin blamed on matches in George Jepsen store. Two story frame structure with brick veneer. building loss about $4,000 uninsured. Maccabees occupied second story. their logs and entire property lost. A barber shop on ground floor also burned entirely.
A farmer analyzes his farm to locate losses and gains and finds poultry yields the highest profit. He shifts resources from beef and hogs to poultry, improving housing incubators and management to secure winter layers and broilers, proving hens convert feed into money efficiently. The piece promotes poultry as a top money maker and businesslike farming.
Advice on breeding uniform birds with the right color and variety, keeping flocks manageable, preventing dampness to avoid disease, and testing hens that lay daily. Follow incubator manufacturers instructions exactly to ensure success.
John Diffenbaugh of Creston fell victim to a local clairvoyant, Prof. Faye, who used a magical hoti panyanobi bag to claim and return his $150. The bag supposedly protected the money but yielded only worthless paper when opened as instructed. Authorities found the medium absent and have not located him.
Oskaloosa reports delegates from the Sixth district chosen by unanimous vote. Major John F. Lacey of Mahaska county and Hon. M A McCord of Jasper county named as the district’s national convention delegates.
A blaze in Fort Dodge burned out the Holbrook Drug company causing $8,000 to $10,000 in damage. The fire’s cause is listed as unknown and no injuries are reported.
For five years to 1904 05 India cultivated 755 900 acres of indigo. In 1905 06 acreage fell to 320 400, a drop of about 44 percent, then 329 800 in 1906 07. With new cultivation and extraction methods claimed to cut costs, natural indigo may again grow in acreage and output.
The piece argues neglecting fowls yields no profit and compares poultry care to crop farming. It lists pests and hazards like lice mites rats cats hawks and thieves as weeds that choke success. It warns that lazy farmers cannot succeed without diligent husbandry.
Rinse milk utensils with cold or lukewarm water. Wash thoroughly with hot water and a cleaning preparation other than laundry soap or inferior washing powder. Rinse with clean water and sterilize by exposure to steam or boiling water for at least ten minutes.
The article warns overheating harms chicks by damaging blood and vitality. It advises filling the incubator, keeping eggs at proper temperatures, placing large ends higher, testing for bad eggs, and maintaining a warm dry room. It also covers lamp maintenance, wick replacement, and machine oil for smooth operation.
Bee Culture correspondent reports on unsatisfactory sliding covers for shipping cases and proposes a method using front and back nailed sections with ship-lapped middle pieces to hold the cover in place. A thick card lift tab on one section aids removal, with printed directions suggested on the lift paper.
Farmers report combining orcharding with poultry raising is profitable as shade from trees sustains fowls in summer and droppings benefit trees. Although fencing is a challenge, expanding fenced orchard areas costs little more than other land and reduces fowl escapes.
Kansas focuses on farm youth education through corn contests. The state agricultural college fields seed corn to county fairs, rewarding top ten ears with a special course. Last year over 6,000 boys entered. this year participation is expected to double.
A farmer writes in the Orange Judd Farmer on hog pasturage preferring clover but contending with Jundé grass and rape this year. Pigs roam orchard areas beneath trees and access fallen apples. He provides corn feed, skim milk twice daily, ashes and salt as stock foods, pure water, and shade from sheds and trees.
An Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold eight thousand eight hundred dollars of seed and produced 300 tons of hay. The notice advertises the John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offering original seed catalogs with samples of Billion Dollar Grass and other products. It promises green food, high yields, and a mail-order seed deal with a small postage and sample package for fourteen cents.
An old-time druggist declines a suitor for his daughter Amy. He explains he cannot give Amy away since she is promised to his partner’s son, but offers the suitor five other daughters instead as a consolation prize.
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