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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
4
Myra Cloyd travels from a hollow social season to Rushville seeking purpose. A misrouted train brings her to a typhus hospital where Doctor Willis guides her into real relief work. She volunteers with his sisters, ultimately finding lifelong labor and love with the doctor.
A new hydraulic mining cartridge presents a safer substitute for explosives in confined excavations. A steel cylinder houses many pistons that expand when water is pumped in, pressing rock until it fractures. The method aims to be cheaper and capable of disintegrating larger rock areas than traditional blasting.
The London Chronicle notes chlorine’s discovery by Humphrey Davy in 1810 as an undecomposable element and the gas’s availability in salt from earth and sea. It warns that extracting chlorine is linked with sodium chloride processes, mentioning health impacts like tooth decay.
The text explains stars do not twinkle but appear to due to light scattering in Earth’s atmosphere. Interference from airborne particles causes the twinkling effect, which diminishes on unusually clear nights when less interference occurs.
The line describes an agent arranging a convenient three room apartment for a target tenant, framing it as a subtle form of revenge. The remark emphasizes a strategic relocation as a kinder yet sharp signal within a building.
A humorous exchange riffs on a dancer’s attire as a collector asks if beads count as clothes. The other replies that the beads are part of a costume, not garments, highlighting theatrical dress norms.
The wife of Congressman Taylor of Colorado notes that women have found voting quicker than matching silk pieces. She quips that voting does not take as long as silk matching, reflecting a playful political remark from the era.
A British front correspondent describes trench life in Flanders as the war of positions. Soldiers endure weeks in narrow ditches within sight of German trenches, sharing tea while danger and death loom from sniper fire and bombardment as they name foes and wait for targets.
In Akron Ohio a jury found hereditary traits in a horse insufficient to prove identity. Henry Arnecke sued Clayton Adams over possession of a horse bought for $200 at a sale. Arnecke alleged the horse was the one stolen from his stable and showed the stolen horse’s mother to prove it. Both horses lifted a left hind foot in a similar manner.
Edna Goodrich, former wife of Nat C. Goodwin, arrived from Europe with her Japanese spaniel Hoko, claimed as the world’s tiniest dog. She served seven weeks as a Red Cross nurse with the Belgian relief effort and did independent relief work in France. In France she met many Canadian soldiers, admired as magnificent men who asked to be cured to return to the front.
The article notes a common law presumption that if a husband and wife die together the man is presumed to outlive the woman, regardless of how short a time may separate their deaths.
Arnecke argued the trait was hereditary but the jury ruled in favor of Adams and awarded the animal to him, settled after evidence and testimony in the case.
Pemeta Oklahoma O N West a hay and grain wholesaler received a carload of hay in Santa Fe yards and found ban tam chickens hatched in a nest between two bales. The mother hen displayed strong disapproval as the unexpected brood sheltered in the hay load.
A war tale from Paris recounts Corporal Ugly and Sergeant Smiler, twin dogs of A. B. C. and G. H. Q. fame. Ugly, a dockyard rat catcher, earns stripes and a commission after bravely fighting rodents, then meets his double in the ring in a comic match that ends in a brotherly embrace. The British army laughs at the anecdote from Flanders.
Bismarck inmate Zesrarud Molen, who fled a four year term for horse stealing three years ago, was turned back to the penitentiary after being seized in Mar marth during a circus parade. He had traveled via Tacoma and Liverpool to Black Sea ports before gradually returning to the area.
Norman Chambers of Baltimore township shot a remarkably large owl in Hastings. The brown and white bird measured nearly five feet from tip to tip with two inch diameter eyes, marking one of the biggest owls seen locally.
West presented the outfit to a skinner who appeared to haul hay to the field. The report details a disturbance observed among workers during harvest activities.
Frances Louise Stark of this place is the only girl born in the Stark family in sixty six years and the sole grandchild of Mr and Mrs H8 Dover. She is described as the great granddaughter of the couple and the most kin in the area, reflecting a rare family milestone.
A gardening note warns of maggot attacks on asters and outlines preventive steps. Use wood ashes mixed into soil around plants and liberally dust tobacco at the base. The black beetle requires early detection and an emulsion of white soap and kerosene as spray.
L M Bennington describes hybrid carnation varieties that bloom within four to five months from sowing seeds. These plants are dwarf and bushy with varied colors and patterns, easy to grow like Japan pinks, and respond to pinching to produce multiple flowering stalks.
A horticultural note advises pruning shrubs now to halt excess seasonal vitality. Cut away branches after growth has developed, directing energy toward permanent, lasting development rather than wasteful regrowth.
Advice on spacing verbenas 18 inches apart and petunias phlox and balsams ranges from 10 inches to 2 feet. Crowded beds hinder thriftier growth and reduce flower size and fullness.
A beginner friendly guide highlighting easy to grow flowers. Sweet pea tops the list for decor and cutting, with advice on deep planting and supports. Petunia phlox drummondi verbena nasturtium calliopsis poppy marigold mignonette pansy ten week stock aster and snapdragon are praised for fragrance and color.
A country voice extols fresh blackberries as perfect when eaten straight from the bush. Sweeteners or toppings are unnecessary, and only the mushy shade-grown berries invite improvement by art. A Tennessee man returns from Oklahoma to savor real blackberries, declaring such a feast worth a paradise-like journey.
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