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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1881

Page

2

Monticello Express notes editor and proprietor

The Monticello Express editorial note lists Joan Blanchard as editor and proprietor, indicating leadership of the Monticello newspaper.

Doris and the Sheepfold Love in Rural Verse

A ballad where the speaker wooes Doris amid pastoral imagery of flock and lambs. He pledges protection as they drive sheep home through blooming heather, seeking a lasting bond. The poem, attributed to Arthur J. Munby, blends rural toil with tender affection.

Frontier Incident and a Forsaken Family

In a rain soaked swamp a carriage sinks and a young white stranger helps guide a troubled traveler to a North Carolina cabin. Loyd Stratton, driven by his brutal father to violence, is captured after a gun ordered by the old man. The mother and Loyd later seek a new life and church, with Loyd reading and changing for the better.

Loyd Erie Miss Maria de Hosses Mary Stratton Lona Dende Lilo Tike Jeff Jarvis Carnel Bertie Loyd Stratton Strattons Abont Lomet Darling Joull Garfield Gawrfield Guiteau Arsut Hubbard Bros Chicago Mark Twain The H.R. Hinckley Canal Street

Meteor Fire Burns Grass Near Adams Street Porch

A Wednesday night event near Adams Street between Fourth and Fifth described as a five fall struck in Shepherd’s furniture yard. It resembled an electric light with a sky rocket-like hiss and ignited grass that burned to a wooden sidewalk. firefighters cooled the area and a Register reporter verified the scorched spot.

Frank Harbauer Adams Street Fourth Shepherd's Furniture Repairing-Shop Harbarer Shepherd Register Harbsuer Springfield Ill

Variety of Factoids on Industry and Agriculture

A collage of notes reports paper furniture trends Ohio eggs in New York supply chains Chicago brick production rises Little River Tennessee gold finds salt from Great Salt Lake vast tobacco acreage and output marble quarries Hawkins County leeches demand in Western states California raisin business and vineyard profits steam engine limits to economical motor sugar crop in Louisiana and vacuum pan gains rice yields show year over year growth

Pennsylvania New York Chicago Little River Blount County Tenn Great Salt Lake United States Hawkins County Newton L. L Witte California W. Armstrong British Association New Orleans Picayune Louisiana

Wit and Wisdom and Oddities Chronicle

A collage of quips and extracts from various papers with jokes on wigs marriage gender roles and street manners. It includes satirical lines about Mormonism stage lines coins holes in silver and a long anecdote about a Chicago editor and a New York drunkard.

Texas America Detroit Free Fress Norristown Herald Chicago New York Buster Post

Old fashion farm tips and patent medicine notices

Readable fragments cover cooking dairy farming horse care rabbit dish and health ads. Tips range from lard for grouse cake-pans to onion vinegar and Carolina sweet potato bake. Also includes medical ads for Dr Pierce and Hall’s oil with patient anecdotes and a St Jacobs Oil testimonial.

Man Confesses Wild Fish Tale Before Court

Elijah Gould, with a black eye and torn shirt, claimed a four foot fish weighed thirty seven pounds after weighing on four scales. The judge joked the teller would be fined but let him go, noting such a fish story proves he is not in his right mind as spectators laughed and groaned.

Ike Mary Addeneth II Stratton North Carling Nathan Samson Rexeodre Loyd Tie Pieter Jvist Lonte Old Stratton Jake Doad Coats Jarvis Matt Elijah Gould

Soak Corn for Hogs How To Do It

A Kansas Farmer article explains soaking hard dry corn restores eating quality, speeds digestion, and accelerates hog growth. Soaked corn plus milk and green feed can yield 250 pound pigs by eight months, ready for market by December. Small setups use kerosene casks. larger operations tank systems. Also note Mendon Vermont reports a family selling dog fat as a consumption remedy.

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