02 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1886
Page
1
The verse paints a dreamlike scene of secret vows and poetic passion. A speaker praises a beloved figure carved in fervor and recalls a night of music and ardor. The lines invoke imagery of stars, gardens, and a palace shaded by a singer’s lute as loyalty endures beyond time. James Whitcomb Riley is referenced in the quotation.
In a social circle, Mabel questions love as a choice while Agnes urges reason. Mabel chooses passion with Frank Gauss, while Agnes flirts with two suitors from New York and Boston. A mistaken path toward wealth reshapes loyalties, ending with a decision to wed for love.
The San Francisco Bulletin notes the Utah Nevada plateau between the Rockies and Sierra is set to become the nation’s greatest cattle range. Large tracts, up to 250000 acres, have already been bought, drawing Texas and other western herders westward amid settler pressure. The shift promises both cattle and eventual farming growth for California interests.
A compact survey in The Nineteenth Century contrasts Confucian values with European morality, noting Chinese regard for virtue over material gain, differing views on Christianity, and admiration for English honesty while highlighting European militarism and modernization via native enterprise and steamers.
The Ballinger Texas Buchetin describes its modest newsroom with four box walls forming nine rooms of 12 by 16 feet. An inverted pine editorial chair, chrome inscription Polly wants a cracker, and a makeshift desk atop a Saratoga trunk portray a humorous self view of the paper’s editorial and local pages.
Five years after a fall in Denison Texas Lida Garrison injured her arms and lost use of them. She adapted by painting using the toes of her left foot and has learned to create art despite the disability.
A Portland tran script contributor shares cucumber pickling methods with notes on brine timing, daily cucumber harvest, vinegar heating, and jar management. The piece covers mixed pickles or chowchow with specific vegetable quantities and spices, and suggests alternatives for limited gardens or markets.
A essay explains kerosene lamp operation and maintenance. It stresses treating the lamp as a machine, cleaning wicks and burners, and refilling with fresh oil to avoid smoky light and poor combustion. It urges careful daily practice to prevent faults and complaints.
The article argues a dining room should feature a central carpet mat large enough for table and chairs, with an inlaid floor beyond. It warns against gloomy rooms and dark carpets, recommends soft wall paper and bright drapery, and notes a cheerful dining space is crucial while an exclusively used dining room tends to feel unpleasant.
Practical home technique for stains on Brussels or ingrain carpets using camel hair pencils and dye. Salt sprinkled on spring carpet clean turns bright. applied method includes thorough washing with aqua ammonia, soap, hot water, and careful drying, followed by dyeing to restore color after staining.
Slice cabbage fine and line a wooden barrel with cabbage leaves. Layer cabbage several inches thick, salt lightly, and pound to compact. Repeat until barrel is six inches from top, cover with leaves cloth and weighted board. Add water if brine does not rise in two days, check every two days, lift scum as it forms, rinse and repeat until fermentation stops in three to six weeks. Store warm then cool cellar. one pint salt per full barrel.
For fifty years smoke has been seen issuing from Florida swamps with no explained cause. Explorers report impassable bogs yet near signs vanish. Scientists favor a vapor formed by swamp conditions unseen to insiders but visible from afar. The public clings to a swamp opening discharging blue smoke from an underground source.
A slim, wiry climber repeatedly ascends and descends a town steeple amid a watching crowd. He recalls fear, nerves, and technique learned from an old mentor, stressing focus on work, not danger. He notes few climbers endure, emphasizes balance, eye position, and avoiding stimulants.
Newport records describe Mayor Powel as aristocratic and wealthy and well respected by both elites and common citizens. When encouraged to run for mayor only twenty five of one thousand seven hundred voters could be found to oppose him.
Mr. Thomas P. Smith of Trezo & Co. pulled a one inch and two half long needle from the muscle of his left forearm. He recalls no entry wound and had no symptoms beyond a brief pain before noticing the needle. Physicians say such objects move via muscle action rather than circulation, and note rare but known cases of objects passing through tissues without harm.
An argument by Christine Terhune Herrick in Good Housekeeping supports using a frying pan as a practical substitute for a gridiron when wood fires delay coal. Dry the pan, heat it well, lay meat on, turn often, and season to taste for near broil-like results.
A San Francisco Argonaut excerpt mocks male smoking habits, contrasting public decorum with private use. It condemns smoking in mixed company and in public streets, while permitting after breakfast and after dinner indulgences. It characterizes cigarettes as harmful to boys, pipes for workers, and cigars as a luxury for the wealthy.
A young woman from Pottstown found a cent dated 1881 embedded in the yolk of an egg she cracked for cooking. The article does not reveal the egg’s date of laying.
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