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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1905

Page

7

Dolly Is Accosted By A Former Lover In A Theft Scene

Dolly, once a dazzling flirt, confronts Nate Brown, an old love turned desperate in a house robbery. He confesses he spent trust funds to launch a business and risked a burglary to save himself. Dolly admits fault, offers help, and later announces their engagement while friends label it romantic.

Olly Nome Sweet 16 Yime Dolly Nathan Brown Nate Brown Brown Wate Baron Daly Nathan Theodora Haight Chicago Tribune

Noiseless Warfare and Beecher Map Quip

A poem fragment depicts a noiseless battle with wireless signals and silent thunder. Henry Ward Beecher is quoted about preferring Kansas fame as a map feature over Hall of Fame praise, noting no Beecher name appears on Kansas maps.

Henry Ward Beecher Kansas Hall of Fame Beecher

Boa Swallows Horse in Brazil Tree Tragedy

In Goyaz a giant boa constrictor, 37 feet long, died after drowning in a flooded tree at Senor La goeira’s hacienda. The serpent’s stomach contained broken horse bones and half digested horse flesh from a mare missing a week. The head was recovered intact, indicating the horse was swallowed head first.

Goyaz Brazil Senor Lagoeira

Dwelling in Tents of Wickedness in Lot’s World

A sermon recounts Lot’s life in Sodom focusing on his worldly ties and his daughter Adah’s death after wedding festivities. It argues Lot’s dwelling amid wickedness harms his family and warns Christians to flee worldly pleasures and return to God’s presence.

Lfe Lot God Sodom Abraham Long Hell Adah Biigestobe Mrs. Lot Promised Land

Lingua of the Ball Field Editorial Praise

A Kansas City Journal baseball writer is praised for bold vivid phrasing and slang filled style. The piece contrasts him with conventional editors, celebrating the free lance craft and its appeal to readers who understand Anguistic vagaries and energetic metaphor.

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Gambrel-Roof Barn Design Shuns Heavy Timbers

The Marmars' Review praises a barn plat that spawns more barns than any other plan. It features a frame built from small timbers, strong enough to endure Dirkota prairie winds, avoiding long heavy timbers to keep costs within limits.

Marmars Dirkota Prairies

Diagram of Thug Barn for Farm Building Plans

This 48 by 64 foot barn plan features a 16 foot wide arable and hay bay, a cattle stable with concrete floor, six eight foot horse stalls, a four room harness area, and a 1 000 bushel grain room. It notes cost considerations and phased construction using stable roofs first to avoid material waste.

Spring Feeding of Cows Advice for Spring Rations

The article guides dairy farmers on adjusting cow rations in spring to match temperate days. It recommends smaller fat forming portions, more clover hay, oat straw, and careful use of silage or silage alternatives. It warns against early pasture turning and stresses keeping cows in yards until maintenance rations are secure.

Ali Arm and Arm and Live Stock Journal Liles

Electric Street Lighting in Cleveland Sparks Early Public Interest

In 1879 Cleveland installed 12 arc lamps in Public Square, drawing crowds and mixed expectations. The lights, kept burning all night, required nightly carbon replacements until the inventor devised the double carbon lamp, a design that became widely used and legally challenged.

Cleveland Charles 4. Brush

Old New York Graveyard Tales of a Quiet Cemetery

An East Side politician recalls a small Jewish graveyard on New Bowery between James and Oliver streets. Gifted by Louis Gomez in 1729, it spans about 60 by 75 feet and now holds roughly 30 worn headstones. It sits behind St. James church, among the city’s oldest Catholic churches.

St. James’ Church

Farmer and good roads show New Jersey lead in road savings

New Jersey, praised as the most progressive state for roads, is cited by its road commissioner as showing large savings from good wagon roads. He notes wheat transport costs from Chicago to New York at nine and a half cents per bushel by water, three cents by road over five miles, and nine cents per mile on sandy roads.

New Jersey Chicago New York

The Farmer as a Business Man Embracing Bookkeeping

The article argues farmers should adopt systematic bookkeeping to boost farm profits by pruning unprofitable crops and letting skilled men manage profitable production. It warns that ignorance of numbers leads to debt and stresses farming as a business requires precise methods like other commercial enterprises.

Dont Be Hasty On Cattle Culling And Breeding

A historical note argues against quick slaughter of dairy cows. It urges preserving cows with good breeding for at least a third calf before deeming them unprofitable, promoting longer productive life and fair chances to recover value.

Mulch for Orchard Explained by Tree Care Note

The message stresses mulching an orchard, noting ten well mulched trees produce a stronger orchard than twenty by neglecting weeds and starving trees. It emphasizes proper mulch and attention to every tree for growth.

Growing Sugar Beets Says Michigan Expert

Prof I A Jeffery of Michigan Agricultural College urges early spring plowing not to injure land and thorough firming of seed beds. Use 16 pounds of seed per acre, plant in 18 to 24 inch rows, thin to eight inches, and adopt wide rows to save work and boost beet growth.

I. A. Jeffery Michigan Agricultural College

Outdoor Feed Rack for Barnyard Cattle and Horses

A Michigan farmer shares a DIY feed rack design. The frame uses 3x4 inch scantling, about 18 inches wide, two feet high with six inch extended slats, eight inches apart, rounded ends to prevent shoving, and a bottom panel for cleanliness.

Michigan

Cows Worth Keeping On Dairies

An article argues farms should identify which dairy cows to keep and which to cull. It notes many farms fail to do this, keeping both good and poor cows year after year, causing ongoing losses and unprofitable dairying. It emphasizes evaluating herd value to improve profitability.

Cool Milk Quickly After Milking to Preserve Flavor

The note advises straining and cooling milk swiftly to near 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Rapid cooling preserves quality and prevents sour milk, which commonly results from delaying cooling after milking.

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