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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
3
A twenty one year old book packer and a department store clerk in a crowded city share a hopeful romance after resisting a criminal temptation. Each faces pressure from dull work and social expectations while planning to stay true to themselves and to each other. They pledge to fight the pressures together.
Noted catalpa in Gray's Inn gardens, once shipped from the United States by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1598, was planted by Lord Francis Bacon. A later shoot produced a finer tree, whose progeny was sent to Philadelphia, now flourishing there. The Raleigh line is thus back in its ancestral home.
Detectives recovered bonds worth 1600 dollars discarded in a garbage can at the rear of a Chicago lodging house. The loss was attributed to a mistake.
Reports from Serbia describe a devastating typhus outbreak with at least 4 000 cases in Valjevo and thousands of deaths among doctors and nurses. Austrian prisoners, apart from a few enjoying wine after a Budapest opera, face grim conditions as Nish floods with refugees and poverty.
Orvell Dorman of Rome New York just turned 100 and still refuses to sleep with windows open unless hot. He avoids tobacco swearing and credits a clear conscience and hard work for his long life. He values privacy and has letters from President Wilson and Gov Whitman on his birthday.
Olga Hills seven years old, daughter of John Hills former Chicopee Mass Unitarian pastor, is sought by her mother who has failed to gain custody. John Hills, now English professor at a Tokyo commercial college, abducted Olga after a 1912 divorce gave custody to the wife. The mother followed to Japan, but efforts to recover Olga have been fruitless.
A horse bought in Chicago by Abraham Smoker strayed from its stall in Muskegon. It followed the streets to the Goodrich wharf, ran onto the lake ice, and plummeted through near the harbor mouth before firemen rescued it. A onlooker likened its instinct to that of a carrier pigeon.
Arbuckle Colusa residents dispute being home to the largest California black walnut. F W Schutz near Sycamore slough reports a 102 foot height, 22 feet 8 inches circumference at ground, 19 feet 9 inch circumference nine feet up, 120 foot shadow, and 46 years since planting in 1868 by D Arnold. The University of California agricultural department sought data for a forthcoming reference book.
London correspondent reports widespread drunkenness in Russia despite total prohibition with methylated spirits as the chief tipple. Finance ministry runs competitions for rendering methylated undrinkable and for usable spirits, totaling about 350000 dollars in prizes. Citizens resort to counterfeit eau de cologne and kvass flavored drinks, with fatalities linked to methylated spirits and a push to allow low alcohol beer to compete.
In New York, Mount Sinai bacteriologist Dr. Harry Plotz announced to the New York Pathological Society that he has discovered an anti typhus vaccine. The 25 year old physician spoke during a period of Serbian typhus spread, drawing praise from peers for the timely and important breakthrough.
A quirky observation notes that a catfish breathes and moves with 4 286 bones and muscles, highlighting its surprising anatomy in a concise, factoid style.
Cleaning season advice covers washing methods for different finishes. Do not use soap on painted or varnished surfaces, wipe in the grain, and maintain polish with oils or clear water. Weekly light cleaning helps preserve polished or varnished furniture.
Soap should be stored before use by removing wrappers and heating in a hot oven on a tin to moisten then cooling to harden it lasts longer. Add epsom salts to wash water to keep colors from fading. Soak sponges in salt water then rinse and air dry to remove slime. Drain sardine oil and turn out the fish. Serve hot biscuits folded in a napkin in a sweetgrass basket.
A kitchen bread item describes making yeast risen doughnuts. Ingredients include yeast, warm milk and water, sifted flour, nutmeg, eggs, butter, sugar, and salt. The method covers preparing a sponge, multiple risings, rolling to a quarter inch, cutting, proving, and frying to yield about three dozen doughnuts.
Instructions for making date suet pudding. Stone and chop dates, mix with beef suet and bread crumbs, sugar, and add egg milk and flour with baking powder. Combine thoroughly, mold, steam three hours, and serve with lemon sauce.
Cut two large tart apples into small pieces and mix with one quart of cranberries. Add water just to show through the fruit. cook until tender and strain. Measure the juice and use the same number of cupfuls of sugar. Cook 15 to 20 minutes to make a firm jelly with a mild cranberry flavor.
Simple recipe lists ingredients for oatmeal cookies using butter lard milk flour oats sugar vanilla and salt. Instructions state to roll out and bake with half the quantity enough for a small family.
A thrift kitchen note suggests slicing ham thinly, removing the skin, frying in sausage fat, then browning. Serve with hot potatoes, tomato soup, hot corn bread, and a dessert to finish.
Chop four baked potatoes and one Spanish onion fine. Slice one green pepper into large rings and place on lettuce leaves. Fill rings with the potato onion mix and heap mayonnaise on top.
In Matthew 8 14 15 Jesus heals Peter's mother in law by touching her hand and the fever leaves. The sermon links fever to sin and argues Christ offers rest through contact with the divine, citing Augustine and Spurgeon and urging service unto the Lord as the healing path.
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