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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
3
Window draperies have transformed home styling with filet lace panels gaining popularity for front windows and hotels. The article compares frame mounting options, urges coordinated floor decor, and notes materials such as serim cimity nets chintzes and cottons while offering care tips and related household uses for soda and pantry items.
Instructions describe making lemon drops from granulated sugar water and acetic acid heated briefly. Drops are formed on oiled paper, dried, then peeled from the paper with a knife and stored in glass bottles to stay dry.
A recipe combines green pears oranges lemons and ginger into a jelly. Pears and lemons are peeled cored and chopped, then cooked with water and sugar. The mixture is boiled for two and a half hours yielding about 611 glasses.
Other favorite cream cheese pairings include caraway olives chives and pepper. Cream cheese mixed with cream is molded in small cups on lettuce with Bar le duc or goose berry jam on top. A second salad blends cottage cheese with chopped stuffed olives and boiled dressing, formed into balls on lettuce leaves.
Instructions describe cutting off the legs of stockings that are unusable past the feet, measuring from waist to stocking top, sewing the cut leg to the stocking top, and fastening at the waist with safety pins both back and front. The result is a comfortable, secure fit with no sliding or misalignment.
A home tip suggests adding a teaspoon of cocoa to pumpkin pies to enhance flavor and improve taste. The note emphasizes a richer, more chocolatey finish for traditional fall desserts.
Matthias Campbell, Civil War and two Indian wars veteran, notes long back pain and kidney trouble healed after using Deans Kidney Pills. He and his wife report cures. pills sold by dealers for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
The anecdote about William Cassidy editor of the Albany Argus and Robert Pruyn at a past Albany political banquet highlights Cassidy’s humor. Guests debated finger bowls as napkin tips touched water while Pruyn moistened a napkin and cleaned his fingers.
Waverly Iowa Bremner county grand jury, after indicting fourteen county medical association members for anti trust violations, reports additional charges against Dr. W A Rohlf and Dr. O L Chaffee for conspiring to force an independent surgeon from a case after he refused to sign the union scale.
The jury in a bribery case failed to reach a verdict after multiple ballots. The judge declared dismissal of the panel, prompting a salesman to claim he could not be discharged because he was paid by the defendant's lawyer. The taunt highlights courtroom tensions and financial entanglements in a tense trial atmosphere.
An odd fable notes a multi millionaire who spoils his children with riches yet lacks time. The tale, cited as Ex change from Barker and St Luke, contrasts money with time in a moral on priorities. Nearby, a New York Times report describes a rubberneck wagon approaching St Luke's hospital with a nurse and a man mowing the lawn, joking that St Luke himself tends the grass.
A longtime school teacher recounts chronic coffee poisoning with symptoms like heart fluttering and tremors. After trying Postum, prepared as directed, she reports marked improvement and no coffee cravings. She urges others to read about well being in a Postum sponsored account.
Story describes signs in St. Paul showing 160 acre homesteads offered to settlers in Western Canada. It touts thriving crops—wheat, oats, barley, vegetables, apples—and cites Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as superior for cereals and produce. It notes $10 cost per 160 acres and outlines how to request more information via a postal card to the Canadian Government Agent and a free copy of Last Best West.
A compact witty reflection on aging and reputation. It contrasts artistic tempera with dreary vanity, mocks Has-beens chasing hair gains, electric brushes, and recipes, and notes the merchant’s tactic of selling what customers don’t want while the rest will sell itself. It ends with a remark on maintaining youth’s reputation versus aging.
A Bay City Michigan mother reports her daughter suffered an itching rash from infancy to age 18. Despite salves and specialist care the outbreak spread to multiple body areas. After using Cutiura Remedies the skin cleared, with improvement noted by May 20, 1906.
A mother questions her daughter return from a party as she looks pale yet recovers after ice cream. The piece endorses Defiance Starch as free from injurious chemicals and suitable for stiffening fine fabrics, claiming strong finish with less starch.
The Catholic Standard and Times quotes lines about Dudley needing whisky as he was run down and then being run in. The piece reflects satirical banter on liquor, law, and social judgment. It also mentions a cigar ad and a note about the pope's lace collection.
Toronto doctors form No. 11 Territorial Division of the College of Physicians and Surgeons to raise professional standards and fees. Minimums set: $2 for medical examinations for fraternal societies, $10 for minor operations, $50 for major operations, first patient visit $2, each subsequent visit $1, night visits $3, office visit $1 including prescription, and $5 for anesthetics.
A humorous exchange from Young s Magazine about marital quarrels and late returns. A wife scolds for hours while the husband admits he fell asleep, and she questions his love as if to test his feelings.
Oath by Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo firm offers $100 for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertisement cites endorsements and pills for constipation. Also notes states meeting yearly legislatures and praises Defiance Starch improvements.
The president of the Society of One Legged Men and an accompanying unt iambist reached Paris after walking from Marseilles, a journey of nearly 600 miles. They averaged over 11 miles daily despite their infirmity.
An advertisement offers a 48 page illustrated eye book and a free bottle of Marine Eye Remedy. It claims doctors and druggists endorse Marine cures for eye trouble, strengthens weak eyes, soothes pain, aids glasses wearers, and sells for 50 cents.
A Welsh rabbit defends itself by tying strings to a plate and toast to escape a predator. The column also promotes Defiance Starch for laundry, noting its strength allows thin application without harming fabric. A Washington Star quote mocks tariff woes alongside Nathan Straus’ New York milk booths using hot water and borax for bottle cleanliness.
In a Felixstowe England dog case a witness valued the dog at 125 dollars while another said it was worthless. The judge set damages at 62.50, deeming it a fair average. The article mixes unrelated ad copy and misformatted lines about cigars and manufacturers.
Miss Cresswell returns from a country visit to find her wardrobe plundered and a black patch on the lawn. Her brother Marin Confesses he burned the clothes to recover the key hidden in the bolero pocket, and now faces the stove as punishment in a Stray Stories vignette.
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