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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
6
The Russian government sets a reward of 10000 rubles for the capture dead or alive of Murad Kisilun, a famed Caucasus brigand alleged to have killed over 300 Russian soldiers and policemen. Officials urge citizens to aid in bringing him to justice.
In Paris a tale from Westminster Abbey hushes the throne of history. Henry IV died in Westminster Abbey in 1413 and a minister named Shepherd collapsed there after a speech. Elsewhere Viscomte Jacques de Gruart and his bride have completed a world tour funded only by the viscount’s painting profits, winning a $60,000 bet and traveling through Europe, America, Africa, and Australia.
Mrs. D. C. Wedding of Hartford Kentucky describes a two year illness with chills fever rheumatism indigestion kidney and liver issues. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills she recovered fully gaining fifteen pounds and returning to duties. She praises the remedy as building new blood and restoring overall health.
A Prairie Farmer writer explains using small pine gates hung on a two inch gas pipe track to block off alleys and feed rooms during milking. The author notes eight such gates per barn improve handling and even help prevent loose stock from entering safe zones.
Road tarring on a large scale is reported in France ahead of the Grand Prix. Using the Lassailly method with heated tar and spreaders, two six-driver gangs and eight sanders covered 500000 square yards in about ten days. Finish shown as a fine road, with excess sand swept away by four wagons, and costs deemed economical compared with ongoing road maintenance.
Farmers adjust costs with alfalfa boosts and favorable harvests. A practical tip notes using an old mower section for cutting bands and securing bean stacks with stakes, stones, and oil-cloth protection for bad weather.
A farmer advises using a strap and buckle around a cow’s hind legs to prevent kicking during milking. Wrap twice around the left leg above the gambrel, cross between the legs, and buckle the right leg tight. This method keeps the cow standing, prevents foot in the pail, and avoids teaching bad habits.
The Farm Journal urges timely ditching before fall rains to improve drainage. Start now to begin the work. coming years offer chances to finish the project.
Alkaline and saline soils arise from dry climates where limited rainfall fails to wash out salts. A lake county pond in Illinois illustrates how evaporation concentrates chemicals in soil near an outlet, creating barren patches. Lowering the outlet or damming the pond to leach salts offers practical, low-cost remedies.
The illustration shows Agropyron caninum also called awned wheat grass related to quack grass. The note details its roots and relation to common lawn grasses as part of a botanical snippet.
Government to tighten enforcement of rural free delivery road requirements. Routes must be well maintained and passable at all seasons with no unbridged creeks. If roads deteriorate, service may be withdrawn. carriers will report conditions and communities at fault bear the blame.
If plums are stung by curculio pick off the damaged fruit to destroy undeveloped larvae and thin the crop to yield larger fruit.
J D Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia reports severe kidney trouble with gravel and sand in urine for years. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills for three years he stopped passing stones and no gravel since, though he kept a collection of 14 stones. He calls the pills a fine kidney tonic, sold 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Beckmann recounts a coon that rinses odds and ends in a bucket, especially an empty bottle held to its chest, roaring with defense when disturbed. Groos notes bears doing similar tasks, such as a polar bear rolling and rubbing an old pot in a water trough, standing upright and using forepaws like a washerwoman.
Mrs George J Steese of Akron Ohio testifies that after three doctors failed to help her daughter with a severe skin humor her sores healed quickly after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She emphasizes the quick recovery and would pay more than seventy five cents for it.
Italian stage star Eleanor Duse vetoes plans to celebrate her jubilee as in England and France. She refuses publicity and shuns stage makeup, preferring a near natural appearance with graying hair. Aunt Mary’s Quiet Funeral becomes a misprint tale of a New England spinster buried with full military honors.
A Missouri physician testifies that stopping coffee and using Postum improved his long standing nervous heart trouble. He prescribes Postum for patients whose coffee harms them and notes better flavor and vital sustenance. The testimonial cites his own case and endorses The Road to Wellville booklet.
A playful editorial note suggests a wife can be a valuable asset when a married couple faces finances. It argues a wife’s name on property can protect assets in a humorous tone. It also mentions Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes as a preferred option over 10c cigars.
A collage of vintage notices includes a fake cure ad for catarrh promising a $100 reward and testimonials for Hall’s Catarrh Cure, a mocked physician tale about cocaine, and a Big Four excursion offer to Virginia and southern states with one fare plus $2 and a 30 day return window with stopovers.
Cleon C. Shoff of Cleveland starts a class in the city Y M C A boys department to teach office duties and proper department work. Great Northern Railway offers low colonists tickets to the Northwest with Chicago departures, Seattle Portland Western Washington 33 dollars, Spokane 380.50, plus routes to Montana Idaho Oregon and British Columbia. For details contact Max Bass at 220 So Clark St Chicago IL.
The Port of Hong Kong is described as one of the world’s busiest shipping centers mainly for inland transshipment to China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Siam and nearby areas. It is characterized as a small island with limited population that produces little and consumes less, despite handling extensive trade in transit. The note highlights tourism and railway connections to Niagara Falls and other regions, offering brochures via Geo. W. Vaux in Chicago.
An ad imitates Swma praising secret merit and notes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e cigar made of rich mellow tobaccos. It identifies the dealer as Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois.
An odd, fragmented note mentions Mia Winslow and a series of historic herb and patent medicine claims. The text alludes to products for children and a symbolic animal race with Camel possibly favored by Nature.
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