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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1881
Page
2
An archival Harper's Weekly verse laments faded youth and passing time. The speaker recalls anxious companions, autumn harvest imagery, and deathly bells signaling an aimless, tiring life as May and past joys slip away.
Lilian Van Vechten clings to a dream of courtly life as her father Peter, a beloved hunter and distant diplomat, is sent abroad. After years of longing and tedium at the Lodge, she travels to Philadelphia then learns of his sudden departure and death, choosing humility and charity as she joins the Heavenly Embassy in spirit.
A New York correspondent notes arsenic in Jennie Cramer’s remains fuels debate over arsenic based beauty methods. Doctors describe dangers of cosmetics and extreme routines used to achieve white complexions, from lemon-juice blends to French compounds and Roman baths of asses milk.
A humorous collage cites notes on Spanish lace prices, old time slang, and social quirks from the Leavenworth office. It mentions a post office boot black, a Seventh daughter gag in French press, and a Louisville woman pondering why men in empty churches place hats in front pews. A nervous man seeks quiet in a store, hoping to avoid crowds per his doctor’s orders.
A survey of urban population, traffic through the Hoosac Tunnel in August, Jersey Queen milk production, Great Lakes shipbuilding, tea imports in 1880 and solar powered factory visions. Notes on iron ore in Swedish Lapland, future rail link, and kerosene easing joint separation in metals with iron ore predictions.
A mother comforts her boy who fears shadows from a window blouse and recalls her own childhood terror. The piece argues for parental confidence and open discussion to prevent long lasting nervous morbidities, noting how fear can be softened by practical steps.
A reader advises saving middle grains of corn for seed and notes a silver spoon in cans prevents cracking. Other hints cover mildew removal with chloride of lime solution and sun, puncture wound care, apple cake recipe, plain steam pudding, Clover hay cautions, Osage orange seed planting steps, rice cake recipe, and storage tips for freshness.
A letter argues for precise boundary marking between farms using stone monuments set seven feet deep and a map of the field. It notes the rising value of land, dangers of haphazard markers, and the cost effectiveness of employing a civil engineer to prevent future disputes.
Coral National Livestock Journal argues for staged training of young colts. Wait to three years before harness to allow joints to settle, use lightly for two more years, then employ them fully. Early hard work risks spavins, bone enlargements, and reduced future usefulness.
What Physicians say San Leanorn Cal Jan 6 1877 Dr KR V Pienen Buffalo NY Dear Sir I have employed your Pleasant Pure gative Pellety in my practice for four years I now use no other alterative or cathartic medicines in all chronic derangements of the stomach liver and bowels I know of nothing that equals them Johnny reminds a schoolmaster that soft tan turneth away wrath
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