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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1881
Page
2
A poetic meditation on family duty and moral example. A son follows his father's path through wintry hardship, urging others to tread in the father's track. The piece urges virtue, resilience, and leaving a lasting example for future generations.
Jasper Surridge schemes to win Acantha Edliffe for her money after learning she is the heiress to a grand fortune. Their uncle Clabaugh plots with him, but Acantha’s confession to Hubert Luttrell and a sudden marriage reveal the ruse. The plot collapses as the new spouse is Luttrell, not the schemers.
In a tale from CGodey’s Lady’s Book Miss Edliffe rebukes Jasper and Surridge for unwomanly and unmanly conduct while Mr Clabaugh confesses he orchestrated the exposure. An informant reveals a scheme involving teachers posing as waiters for money and adventure.
The article urges standard sheet sizes for double beds and promotes unbleached cotton as durable and stylish. It covers hems, trims, pillow slips, and table linen usage, noting midwinter bargains and practical shopping advice for kitchen and dining textiles.
Mark Twain laments the dwindling Mississippi from Cairo to New Orleans. He cites historical mileages, notes a 242 mile loss in 176 years, and mocks scientific extrapolation while praising the humor of scientific conjecture.
A collage of quotes and wry notices on manners, pedantry, wives, servants, and social foibles. It cites editorials from Yonkers Statesman Brooklyn Eagle and others, with humorous anecdotes about domestic life and human folly, reflecting late 19th and early 20th century sensibilities.
Over the past decade the royal lottery raised 3124,000,000 for the Italian Government from 1,786,183,772 tickets. An American locomotive once costing 7000 dollars now brings 10,500 with delivery delays to 1882. Ostriches fetch high prices in South Africa, while tin corrosion from fruit acids worries scientists. Timber growth projections for maples, willows, ash, and walnut are given, and finally a windless watch by A R von Lohr uses a lever and pawl to track steps.
Instructions cover kedgeree recipe with rice and fish, a pie plant pie, and a boiled fruit pudding. It also reports on Chemung County Tobacco Club views on hill manure, costs of crops at Kansas State Agricultural College, and tips on sowing hardy versus tender flower seeds and vegetables.
A well known lawyer with no partner uses a telephone on leave from the court to obtain judgment in his own case from a Justice of the Peace. The exchange confirms the defendant’s status, residence, and notice, leading to a judgment for the plaintiff and swift police action. The episode is reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A historical note describes using honey water in gallon mustard jars to trap codling moths at night. The observer marks success with reduced fruit damage and notes timing, jar maintenance, and safe removal to protect bees while eradicating moths over time.
Springfield Republican reports on Parsees in Bombay wearing distinctive cylindrical hats studded with gilt specks as a badge of persecution. The piece notes immense wealth and display, with luxury carriages, Arabian horses, and ornate dress among men women and children, contrasting reverent endurance of hardship with opulent eastern splendor.
A column recalls Highland regiments adopting clan tartans after 1745 and details which units wear specific patterns such as the Forty second and Mackenzie tartans. It notes Admiral Bythdsen’s life and honors, plus brief notices on remedies and local comments from Wisconsin and Cambridge press.
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