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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1929
Page
4
Aunt Milly shares back-to-nature picnic ideas with campfire cooking tips. Recipes include Chocolate Indians with eggs sugar and nut meats, broiled bacon and scrambled eyes, and Squaw Corn with bacon and canned corn. Also there's guidance on roasting potatoes in ashes and alternative steak cooking methods.
Iowa state health officials warn of a seasonal diphtheria rise with school openings and colder weather. They cite declining deaths from 1923 to 1929, promote toxin antitoxin immunization for ages nine months and up, and note the low cost versus illness costs. A related conference at Ames highlights rural life and agriculture.
The 1928 Year Book of Agriculture from the Iowa Department of Agriculture has been issued. It details the department's divisions and features reports on agricultural organizations and college extension work. Citizens may obtain a copy by writing to M. G. Thornburg in Des Moines.
Practical guidance on dairy cow calving nutrition water salt and minimal concentrate to prevent milk fever and digestive issues. Cockerels for roasters should range freely and grow to large frames for higher market value. Red clover makes good fall pasture but avoid overgrazing first-year growth to protect next year’s hay crop. Parsnip flavor improves with freezing and roots should stay in ground until frost ends to preserve quality, then store cool.
Governor Hamill proclaims October 14 through 20 as Country Life Week urging Iowa farm groups to build stronger organizations to implement federal agricultural policy. He cites national legislation aimed at economic equality for farmers and invites participation in the twelfth American Country Life Conference during the week.
Miss Edna M. Rhoads of Iowa State College notes monk's cloth offers versatile color options beyond natural. She describes a blue green cover for a bed in Ames, plus a ravelled pad for a desk chair and upholstery uses in cars, highlighting ease of laundering and comfort.
Davenport Times says Col. Brookhart has no more chance to pass a debenture than McNary-Haugen, likening his farm proposal crusade to windmills and calling him a Don Quixote figure of the farm belt.
London Graphic notes the careful advance work for royal presentations at court. A few minutes late can spoil a candidate, and hours of carriages and crowds gather on the Mall as debutantes await entry in daylight or near dusk, under stern scrutiny from fathers in court dress.
At a Royal Society meeting in London an instrument demonstrated internal views of a microbe using an eight thousand five hundred magnifying power. The device reveals interior organs of microbial life with high clarity.
The text notes that ancient peoples used four preservation methods namely drying heating freezing and antiseptics such as salt and smoke long before written records were kept.
Mara Evans recalls a peculiar white kitten resembling a polar bear cub brought by a carpenter from a city cold storage warehouse. He explains the cat family evolved from rats-killing stock kept in damp dark cold, now four generations old with seven in total, gradually returning to common looks.
The first English fishing book was written by the prioress of St. Albans during Cabot era. Thomas J V Jull notes "Fishing Julie" outlines lasting angling fundamentals with twelve of thirteen files still in use. Walton’s Angler (1668) remains a classic. an original copy once worth 17 pence now brings about $2,500.
Government creates Sequoia and General Grant national parks to protect giant trees. Sequoia hosts many sequoias 20 to 20 feet wide with the General Sherman tree, the largest. General Grant spans four square miles with a grand grove, plus three groves near Yosemite including the Wawona tree.
The passage cites Montaigne noting that learners gather knowledge from many sources like bees collect nectar, yet must transform it into something wholly theirs. It emphasizes personal judgment, instruction, effort, and study shaping original output. The author stresses authorship rests on what one produces from borrowed materials.
Weary William nearly lost a new job after his wife demanded a flying wage. The employer offered the job at his worth, prompting William to insist the arrangement would not do. He argues the wage should reflect his wife’s push for a higher earnings level.
The museum at Loma Peru acquired 300 mummies from the Pisco region plus other finds. Evidence suggests a pre Christ civilization with layered cities and buried older ruins. Wealth of embroidered tapestries and decorated pottery appeared, including animal and serpent shapes. A Nama design showed five toes on forefeet. Llama bones with similar cheeren guaran were found.
The ancient reference notes Cleopatra dissolving a pearl in vinegar to create a fizzing beverage, suggesting early curiosity about effervescence and taste. This anecdote highlights historic curiosity about chemistry and luxury consumption.
U S department of agriculture advise good hygiene as treatment for hog flu also called infectious bronchitis. Infected hogs need warm clean well bedded quarters, ample air and water. little feed for 24 hours. Thrifty hogs seem more susceptible. symptoms include spasmodic breathing and loss of appetite. A separate note records Emil Burrichter and family visiting Lost Nation with Albert Dickman family.
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