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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1881
Page
2
A poet praises a mother in a lyrical piece praising her gentle soul and charitable nature. The speaker notes the mother’s radiant kindness, gray eyes, and universal love inspiring devotion, ending with a prayer that her memory endure.
Hulda Dane urges Stephen Holden to take the Hillsboro farm on shares. She supports him despite community stigma from his prison past. His horse medicine saves Amos Banks’ herd, restoring trust, and Hulda’s faith leads to a proposed marriage with Lydia Mayo’s blessing.
The article argues for a balanced diet to grow pork with both fat and lean. It cautions against heavy corn feeding and advocates noncorntagitive nitrogenous foods such as oats peas wheat bran and mid dlings along with grass and skim milk. It notes Canada can mix grass peas barley and corn for fat and lean pork and urges fibrous food for pig health.
Advice urges farmers to select seed ears with fully ripe kernels and straight rows, from stalks that produced at least two sound ears, and to keep ears dry and separate. Recommends leaving husks on small lots and tying outer husks for barn storage while rejecting inferior stalks to prevent transmitting defects.
A dated compendium of kitchen tips and farm advice. Recipes cover beef rolls lemon pie pickled cauliflower boiled apples and apple holy poly while additional guidance discusses cleaning poultry houses caring for land and horse moon blindness with remedies and cautions. Western Aural is cited.
The article argues that modern farming increases output per unit area, with England moving away from long rest cycles toward continuous cultivation. It credits Liebig and others for inspiring soil analysis, notes France maintains summer fallowing, and praises indirect benefits of improving plant nutrition understanding while urging sustained, intelligent soil care.
A collage of light anecdotes and spoof quotes from clerks and papers. Included are a Bartlett pear tip about sharing the big end, a note on a man in South Carolina serving time for concealed weapons, a quip about locomotive whistles from France and England, a Michigan fisherman's longevity remark, a Detroit exchange on St. Jacobs Oil, a tame verse about Hughes, a Indianapolis tale of rheumatism cure, and a neighborly barter joke about a yard of material with a kiss as payment.
The ad touts Golden Medical Discovery as a potent remedy for a wide range of ailments including skin issues and consumption, claiming cures with its use and directing readers to the World’s Dispensary for pamphlets. It also notes a fashion inquiry about Parisian dress and hair arrangements. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is advertised with a guarantee and druggist availability.
Advertisement notes that using Dr. Pierce's Medicines saves money for workingmen. Dr. Pierce's 4 Plan at Purga tive Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery claim to cleanse the blood and system, prevent fevers and other diseases, and cure scrofula and humors. Sold by druggists. The riddle answer is Ohio.
An old advertisement warns that coughing may lead to consumption and promotes Piso's Cure as a remedy. It claims quick benefit in early stages and lists prices of 2 cents or 1 dollar, available from druggists.
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