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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
4
City families can raise a small flock to supply eggs using kitchen waste. A four-hen minimum fits tiny yards with 20 square feet per coop, while 10 to 15 hens require about four square feet each. Proper care, cleanliness, and confinement boost laying and reduce disease risk.
Farmers Bulletin 889 from the United States Department of Agriculture invites citizens to raise hens at home to supply eggs and meat, aid the war effort, and earn thrift stamps. It explains how to start and care for a backyard flock, free on request from Washington, D C.
The United States must boost meat production to support the war and prevent overseas shortages. The Agriculture Department urges a major increase in home poultry stock and consumption this year, citing the 1918 Agricultural Situation Part XI report.
Ducks can be raised profitably on farms but are less adaptable for income than chickens. Market demand for eggs is weaker, and the duck market is concentrated in large cities. Pekin ducks resist disease better and allow successful artificial hatching, while green ducks fetch high spring and summer prices. Farmers usually sell ducks in fall.
The notice praises pale vented hens with good laying rates and contrasts them with poorer layers. It recommends corn bread and milk as a first chick feed. It urges encouraging duck production due to their rapid growth.
The article weighs three costs of a house: initial price, annual maintenance, and market value. It ranks exterior wall materials by durability from stone to wood and lists roof coverings from tile to tin. Durable walls incur little carrying cost. cheaper materials need higher upkeep.
A House Beautiful excerpt by Harry Irving Shumway stresses thorough fire stopping in houses. Properly filled partitions and stairways with brick and cement confine fires to their origin. This reduces the need for axes and buys time for firefighters.
St. Paul Pioneer Press argues against dictionary worship by elites who fear coining new words. It asserts usage by writers and speakers, not dictionaries, forms a language, and notes writers borrow from French to coin terms when absent from English. The piece contrasts Shakespeare’s root forms with modern reliance on slang and dictionary prescriptivism.
The text discusses the disputed origins of lace with Flanders and Italy contending for credit. It explains pillow lace as lace made on a pillow to achieve proper height and reduce handling, and needle point lace as designs formed with a single needle and thread. It notes machines struggle to imitate buttonhole stitches essential to lace.
The story recounts a shopper with a fluffy-faced dog asking for a No. 3 AA shoe while a shoe salesman suggests bringing the child to fit the feet, illustrating a humorous exchange in a Richmond Times-Dispatch retelling.
Two women share knitting work with one making stomach protectors for soldiers. The other asks about the purpose and the response notes the army travels on its stomach.
A veteran actor asks about the role of the young Giddybody in a new play. The manager replies the part opens far too late for him, implying mismatched age and casting timing.
The fireless cooker offers economy of time and fuel, allowing meals to cook while housekeepers attend to other duties. It uses a heated radiator and tight insulation to keep heat, enabling long slow cooking for meats, cereals, and stews, with guidance on construction and safe use.
The text warns that germs thriving in warm food multiply quickly and are not killed by merely warming. It advises thorough cooking and notes that a glass of hot water with lemon can aid complexion. It also suggests drying wet shoes and applying vaseline so children's footwear stay soft by morning.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn cure. It claims a small bottle from druggists removes hard and soft corns and toe callouses with no soreness, urging immediate use and calling it a Cincinnati genius discovery.
Mrs Flatbush asks to secure the carpet before golf but Mr Flatbush prefers golf first. He fears smashing his thumb after golf would ruin his game, whereas smashing it before could take him off his game entirely.
A promotional advertisement extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the cure for backache. It links Dutch reliability since 1696 to sturdy Holland households and urges purchase from reliable druggists with a money back guarantee and insistence on the Gold Medal name.
A natural-born orator can deliver a monologue so engaging you forget to judge the argument. The quote notes that a close friend may refuse leadership, and that every situation has its place and story.
The piece notes how American tourists who stumble with French are often surprised by the French ability to respond in fluent American vernacular. An example shows a Yankee trooper asking directions and the French replying with a playful turn of phrase highlighting mutual linguistic wit.
A Buffalo official endorses Peterson's Ointment promising to rid sufferers of blind, bleeding, or itching piles for 30 cents or money back. The ad cites skin diseases and promises mail orders with prepaid charges.
A sarcastic remark frames a meeting between a missionary and visitors. The exchange hints at strategic planning as the missionary seeks an appointment in a setting described as vegetarian heathens. The dialogue emphasizes tone over a clear action.
Adam falls for Eve in a timeless romance revealing the origin of affection. The note frames love as a foundational event in human experience with mythic resonance.
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