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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1879
Page
3
An old magazine piece laments missing loved ones amid storms and separation. It recalls weary mornings on a pier head watching the sea and reflecting on absent prayers, with a log book showing names crossed out and a sense of loss surpassing earthly life.
Aunt Clackett traps herself in a closet during a tea party with Dorothea and guests, provoking a storm of jokes and accusations. The party ends with Miss Clackett revealing her safety, forgiving remarks, and leaving a will favoring Dorothea. A later note reports Canada’s trade shift toward the United States over Britain, with import increases and decreases in five years.
Ex President Grant’s Chicago visit drew veterans as Emory A. Storrs spoke on Reconstruction and conciliation. The speaker argued for enforcing constitutional rights and declared that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments guarantee political equality for all citizens. He warned that State rights and delayed justice threaten national unity and urged decisive legislation to protect voting rights.
Richard Grant White argues in December Atlantic that English conduct betrays genuineness in actions and speech. He describes welcome hospitality, nonintrusiveness, responsibility for guests, and the subtle social signals of greeting and parting, ending with a remark on resilience in a man’s life.
Homemaker advice covers hedge planting with apple seeds clipped to shape, potato paring and frying, turquoise glow with turpentine and alum in water, and fabric care with starch. It also offers colt training tips, onion frying in hot fat, a simple biscuit-like bake with lard and butter, and recipes for caramel coloring, quince jelly, and a liver and lemon sauce for fowls.
The Polyphemus nearing completion at Chatham Oceanfront promises an ironclad novelty with steel construction and a convex deck. Its kite shaped midship, 240 feet length, 40 feet breadth, and 20 feet drafts enable rapid speed up to 17 knots with five thousand five hundred horsepower. Offense relies on a ram, steel spar, and Whitehead torpedoes while subsurface ballast and water tight compartments improve survivability. a large released ballast massif of 300 tons sits outside the keel to adjust buoyancy if compartments fail.
Farmers are urged to consider notices about the Gilt-Edge Butter Maker claiming butter output rises six to ten percent with better flavor color and quicker churning plus improved keeping qualityTestimonials back the claims and proponents say it will bring a handsome price rise for butter produced with the preparation.
An 19th century style advertisement proclaims Warner's Safe Biters as a cure for poor appetite digestion skin diseases and an enfeebled constitution. The copy offers 1000 to anyone who proves a better medicine of its kind, signaling bold marketing claims.
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