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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
2
A poem praising a western girl with beauty and charm. The verse extols her eyes like blue skies, rosy cheeks, a winning smile, golden brown hair, soft voice, and light laugh. It frames her youth as winsome and hints at a future secret lover among western prairies.
In a candlelit Metropole room Lydia unpacks a dream honeymoon while recounting a troubled past from a cruel arranged marriage to Sir Geoffrey Thorp. Dick Meynell supports her as her husband Vernon arrives, announcing a final claim and threatening ruin. Lydia burns the hope of escape with the fateful note Pick Me Up.
A newspaper clipping links the habit of eating quick lunches to rapid weight gain. Bread and pastries supply the fattening calories, with complaints about cost and quality when dieting. Anecdotes claim many diets fail to curb fat growth without affordable options. It also shares a humorous anecdote about a Quebec chief justice testing hotel fuel rules.
Professor Sloane notes Napoleon labeled Eckmuhl operations his masterpiece in strategic execution. The Century essay traces the five day campaign from Thann to Ratisbon with successive battles marking French victories. Cowper’s bells evoke memory and rural calm as memories awaken.
The piece recalls the 1892 election era, contrasting business leaders who favored free trade and cautious tariffs with a demand for protective duties. It argues a shift when Cleveland took office and Carlisle’s treasury stance led to factory and mill closures, urging voters to back McKinley to restore Republican economic policy and prosperity.
Officials estimate the fiscal year ending June 30 1896 will show a deficit around 25 million dollars. Customs receipts reach about 137 million with a likely finish near 165 million. internal revenue about 146 million. miscellaneous about 15 million, totaling roughly 327 million in receipts. Expenditures expected around 352 million, yielding the stated deficit. The three year total deficit ends near 136.86 million.
San Francisco Chronicle reports Illinois Congressman Hopkins comparing McKinley and Wilson tariffs. He cites deficits and costs in customs collection under Democratic rule, noting more workers and higher expenses, and argues reciprocity losses harmed farmers while Republicans would win in the election.
The Newark Advertiser argues the tariff question dominates the 1892 campaign, backing McKinley for protectionist policies. It contends fears about the economy merit strong duties, reciprocity, naval build up, and public works to restore prosperity.
The clashing wings of the Democratic party threaten to produce two presidential nominees in Chicago. The Illinois, Vermont, and No. Ohio alignments push the McKinley boom while plus tariffs and reform debates ripple through papers like the Chicago Tribune and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Instructions from the Chicago Tribune advise longer cooking of cornmeal mush and corn bread to remove the raw taste and improve digestibility. Step by step, heat water with salt, whisk in cornmeal, boil ten minutes then simmer an hour, mold, chill overnight, slice, bread crumb fry.
A simple corner seat is explained using boards and denim with a wall fastened base, a decorative back board, and optional curtain. Cushions and pillows create comfort, a rug and table with books and lamp finish the scene for relaxed hours at home.
A simple belt accessory to hold embroidery scissors with a yard and a half of ribbon brass rings a safety pin and a patent hook. Finish with a bow sew the pin for fastening run the ribbon through rings cross and secure the hook to hold handles. More rings and silk crochet add firmness.
Instructions describe assembling four cardboard covers 24 by 814 inches, two with white nen and two with buttercup yellow skin. Attach narrow yellow satin ribbons to create swinging hinges, add white flannel for needles and a silk or thread glove-mender to one side, producing a dainty gift with hidden hinges admired by onlookers.
A Detroit Free Press editorial urges individuals to perfect their own conduct first by doing their best in every setting from shop to pulpit. It calls for personal diligence, earnestness, and self discipline before judging others, prioritizing self-improvement and nearest duties.
A recipe outlines Orange Cream Sponge Cake with mixed baking powder flour and orange rind, plus a milk based cream and subsequent layers. An unrelated washing method describes cleaning white veils with soap, starch and air drying. A London woman markets sympathy as a purchasable commodity with appointments for interviews.
A New York Post style discussion notes the blouse waist remains popular despite criticism. It appears in high class dress displays and on evening wear, crafted from satin, chiffon, lace, and velvet, valued for trimness and adaptability. Rose blooms replace rice at weddings as a fashionable gesture.
Dialogue shows Mrs Bigwad accusing the poor of lacking charity while Mr Bigwad counters they give nothing, noting their own poverty. The exchange highlights vanity and social judgment in a terse domestic confrontation.
A collage of brief bits from periodicals includes a corn bread recipe hint, playful exchanges about kisses and doctor visits, a misread sign gag on Sixth Avenue, a jab at clubs for women, and a punny exchange about bears and sheep reflecting light humor from era newspapers.
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