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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1879
Page
4
Poetic diary entry from Harver's Magazine for June describing a night scene with Mabel at the gate where she and a suitor Harry Gray are discussed. The mother questions propriety as the lovers converse under June sky.
A poem praising a baby's soft pink hand and the innocence it represents. The speaker reflects on past pain and maternal grief, hoping the child will grow into a gentle, trustworthy woman and that a worthy partner will value the child's trust and the home it adorns. Laure Karl signs in New York.
A sixteen year old pupil recounts a brutal attack on a frontier school by Sioux raiders. Teacher Mr Fifield is killed as the youngsters, led by Charley Bean and Clint Gargill, defend the room with a wooden prop. Lettie Eastman vanishes amid the chaos leaving grave anxiety.
The Chicago Tribune analyzes George D. Tillman's published letter and its implications for the 1880 Democratic platform. It portrays Tillman as a Southern Democrat rooted in nullification and slavery, urging repeal of Reconstruction acts and possible Supreme Court overhaul to restore a prewar political order. The piece contends Tillman’s program signals a Solid South push to dictate national policy if Democrats win.
The speech by Senator Chandler of Michigan in the U S Senate warned that the current action mirrored past fights over slavery and Reconstruction. He argued Republicans and Northern allies had to vote for or against measures under pressure, citing history and accusing opponents of crowding supporters off the bridge and sinking into oblivion. He urged decisive action against alleged fraud in seating challenged Senators and noted broad public arousal against “dave trine” state rights.
A narrator recalls Lettie being abducted by three Native Americans during an assault on the schoolhouse. Lettie is later found tied to an ironwood tree, crying out as the assailants threaten to tomahawk her if she screamed. Mr. Fifield dies amid the chaos, possibly linked to the listener’s prior actions.
A mix of recipe snippets and kitchen advice as printed in a periodical. It lists measures for Puppina and cabbage salads, onion feed for fowls, preserved pineapple preparation, bread recipes, mustard sauces, and a chemical bleaching tip, plus general health and digestion analogies and a note on rights of way for farmers.
The article outlines three methods for obtaining a right of way across a farm: by purchase or grant via a formal deed, by twenty years of continuous and unpermitted use under a claim of right, and by necessity when the owner sells land leaving no access to a highway. It notes the legal requirements for each path and cautions against informal arrangements or misuse.
Advice from American Dairyman on herd culling to boost profits. Keep only cows that cover costs at current prices, reduce unpaying stock, and streamline feeding, milking, and cleanliness to raise butter and cheese quality and market prices. Maintain profit by precise timing and cost control.
Paris cor respondent notes a Parisian coffee seller who shows a feather and explains his trade of tearing wings from swallows to keep hats lustrous. He describes baited silk-thread snares used to catch live swallows, sometimes yielding hundreds of wingless birds daily, prompting moral concerns about animal cruelty.
The St. Petersburg Golos publishes the 1877 official revenue and expenditure report. Income 548,430,830 roubles, ordinary expenses 685,?. war costs 429,328,080. yearly deficiency 465,512,060. Ordinary expenses exceeded income by 3,213,080 roubles despite wartime trends in other nations.
Nellie Grimes, age twenty three and a half, who for eighteen years rode the continuous baluster on a six story Nassau street building, slipped from the upper landing and fell to her death after her mother advised against it. The incident occurred Saturday with a fatal outcome confirmed Sunday and burial yesterday.
Reverend Washington D G condemns clergy endorsements of quack medicine but praises Mop Bitters for common remedies. He asserts genuine merit in well-known remedies and trusts physicians daily, stating he and friends benefit and would not be without Mop Bitters.
A dialogue contrasts Mrs Brown seeking health in the White Mountains with Mrs White who heals atop city life using Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. The passage promotes Dr. Pierce’s remedies and other patent medicines as superior to mountain cures and lists various tonics, tonics and tobacco products along with a hotel scene.
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