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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
6
A 1905 practical article argues against black in women's dress, urging bright colors and color discrimination. It explains color theory, lists primary and secondary colors, and promotes using color swatches to build color harmony for stylish, tasteful costumes.
The piece contrasts true need with feigned poverty and argues that relief belongs to the genuinely impoverished. It stresses the role of Christian philanthropy in Boston and praises organized public and private aid while condemning selfish parasitic poverty and endorsing charity as a moral duty.
The article argues color blindness vitiates art perception, notes color vision flaws may exist in one color only yet still allows admiration of nature. It attributes color blindness to disease and excess, cites four in a hundred men and one in four thousand women, and promotes temperance as a means to preserve color sense.
Milwaukee officials John C. Karel and attorney G. G. Gehrz returned from the Klondike with a cargo of about four million dollars in gold dust and bricks aboard the steamer Dolphin. They described chamois bags of gold, two large iron handles on chests, and the role of the U S Mint in Seattle as the main consignee for valuing and paying with government currency.
Berlin authorities claim foreigners reside by sufferance and may be ordered to leave without reason. Expulsion is rare, reserved for alien anarchists and agitators, and those who write malicious stories about court personalities. The Prussian government allows foreign reporters broad independence on policy matters.
A Kansas Natural Gas company pipe line walker describes the isolation and daily vigilance of patrolling 25 miles a day from six in the morning to six in the evening. He recalls monotony, fear of leaks, and mental strain as patrols grow with more lines and 300 to 400 men employed, earning $60 to $980 monthly.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet shows a character fearing inheritance taint on money and a proposal to marry to shield the tainted funds. The dialogue centers on family approval and financial stigma.
A short paragraph depicts a family dispute with dialogue about a sister's character. The exchange centers on a note of surprise at her appearance and behavior, highlighting a light, social tension without further detail.
A unique couple survived and celebrated a diamond wedding, a rare milestone after more than eleven thousand marriages or couples in the region. The article notes they are the sole pair among about 11 000 to reach this milestone.
The article explains how stock syndicates control subscriber actions under strict ethics and fear of exclusion. It notes managers push individuals to join unpromising deals and withhold profits, while insiders profit from later profitable syndicates and pressure subscribers to participate.
Rich from the War, Korea has filled its pocketbook with the fruit of the war. Since the naval actions at Port Arthur and Chemulpo, Korea enjoys a security boom and a thriving trade. The conflict created a brisk market for cereals and large scale native labor in troop movements and rail work, distributing millions of yen, but living costs for natives and foreigners rose 50 to 100 percent.
Feargus O Connor presented a petition said to contain at least 5 706 000 signatures. The public petitions committee had a clerk measure a yard to count signatures per yard and estimate total names by yard count.
A London cablegram reports the Japanese battleship Mikasa burning after a series of explosions on a moonlit night. Survivors helped by rescue boats amid flames and water ingress as the frigate Kaikoku Maru suffered damage nearby. Baron Yamamoto says the cause is unknown until refloatation. a commission led by Vice Admiral Misu will investigate.
The second mate argues that diver’s paralysis in pearl and sponge divers supports homeopathy by showing symptoms vanish under water. Divers suffer after deep sea work, then recover immediately upon submersion as they are carried to boats and dropped overboard, where they regain agility dolphinlike.
The article notes marine insurance dates to Caesar era with Claudius as the first insurer. During a famine he decreed that ships transporting foodstuffs injured in accidents would be replaced by the state, boosting the merchant fleet.
Chicago reports 22 dead and 43 vessels lost or damaged after a 36 hour gale. Underwriters estimate 450000 dollars in lake shipping losses as harrowing details emerge of the Tasmania foundering near Detroit River and the J. W. Jones capsizing on Lake Michigan with crew fatalities and rescues.
Moscow on October 23 reports seven of nine main trunk arteries blocked by a railroad strike. The capital’s commercial life is cut off from most of the empire, with only a northwest enclave including St. Petersburg and the Baltic provinces connected. Government moves to deploy railroad battalions to restore traffic amid revolutionary disruption.
Beloit Wisconsin October 23. Sereno T Merrill died Sunday at age 90. He arrived in Beloit in 1846 and became Beloit's first college teacher, an original board of trustees member, and lifelong board participant. He built Beloit's first paper mills and worked in the iron and other industries. Merrill held city offices and served in the Wisconsin legislature in 1876 and 1877. He was Wisconsin's state commissioner to the Vienna world's exposition in 1878 and commissioner at large to the Paris World Fair in 1876 by President Hayes appointment.
Five men believed drowned after a catboat was run down by a tug off South Yonkers on October 23. South Hudson Boat Club members heard cries in heavy mist, spotted a capsized sailboat, and found the boat with its side stove in as rescuers approached.
A launch with nine men all from Philadelphia collided with a barge in the Delaware River near Beverly New Jersey. Six occupants drowned and three were rescued by the tug Bristol. The launch had been hired by eight of the men most from northeastern Philadelphia. Captain Winch and his son were aboard to help operate the boat.
In Knoxville Tennessee on October 23 a party keeping watch over the dead Dock Carroll on a remote mountain top reported a killing they claim was accidental. Sam Beasel and Hoyt Norman are jailed for murder while Joe Mitchell a boy is under arrest accused of robbing Carroll’s body of any money found.
Utica New York workers in the job printing trade have ended a strike that began October 3. Employers concede and agree to implement the eight hour day starting January 1.
New Orleans report as of six p m Sunday shows two new cases bringing totals to 8 361 cases and 435 deaths 73 patients under treatment 2 858 discharged no new deaths recorded since yesterday aucune
The Newport Vermont region experienced the strongest quake on record early Sunday. A single brief shock toppled crockery, shook houses, and sparked alarm, accompanied by a sound likened to a distant explosion.
In Pittsburg on October 23 a Sunday shipment sent roughly 15,000,000 bushels of coal from the harbor toward the south within 43 hours.
A Stephenson County Illinois subscriber describes a self made bag holder with a two inch strip frame a six by eight inch square wood back a sheet iron hopper slanted at the top holes bored in a bolted strip and hooks at the bottom to hang bags The device allows one man to do work that two would otherwise require and the top bag end lasts longer than the bottom though some fear bag tearing
Farmers must apply complete fertilizers early in orchard development and rotate to soil building practices as trees mature. Planting white clover in grass with acid phosphate and potash, in a 5 to 1 ratio, can supply about 400 pounds per acre of nutrients the trees need, prompting better fruiting.
The piece notes U S prune consumption surpassing 100 million pounds last year. It credits France and the Danubian provinces for most supply until 1886 when American grown prunes entered the market, boosting domestic output. California leads with 3.7 million trees in Santa Clara County and about 110 million pounds produced, with drying season trays noted. Secretary Wilson and foreign producers are cited regarding market shifts.
In a Farmer Furrow column a writer laments a well fed hog that roots the bluegrass sod and claims the animal acts from inborn cussedness. The author notes worms under the sod entice the hog and suggests keeping her off the ground when it is soft to prevent damage.
The author urges brief notes on year’s mistakes and disappointments in field and garden to guide corrections next year. It stresses capturing exact methods once more clearly to avoid repeating old blunders and to improve future planting.
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