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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
8
A concise guide presents a simple method to craft a lamp chimney water filter. The appliance aims to improve water clarity using readily available materials and household steps. The article outlines practical, time-saving tips for everyday domestic use.
The method describes preparing a lamp chimney with cheesecloth and cotton to act as a filter. Water is poured through until the filter fills, catching organic matter and iron rust while allowing clear water to pass.
Instructions detail washing lace curtains using cold water with ammonia, light agitation, soapy rinse, starch with alum for white and coffee tinted for cream, rinse and hang dry. Do not pin, line dry, dampen, then fold and let stand overnight. Iron like a tablecloth with careful folding to keep lines straight.
A cook browns a medium white onion then adds half a cup of rice with salt and pepper. The rice is moistened with a pint of boiling stock, not washed, and cooked uncovered until it absorbs all liquid. Finish with butter and twelve small sausages placed atop the rice.
Wash and scrape one quart Jeru salem artichokes cut in small pieces. Boil in salted water until soft. Drain and press through a sieve. Scald one quart of milk with one large slice of onion, remove the onion and add the strained artichoke. Soften three tablespoonfuls of butter and blend with two tablespoonfuls of flour, add to the soup and cook five minutes. Season with salt and pepper and one tablespoonful chopped parsley. Serve with croutons.
Peel and boil two turnips until tender then dice. Slice Bermuda onion thinly and layer turnips in a pyramid with hard boiled eggs and pickled beets. Serve with French or boiled dressing for a decorative salad.
Pound fine root ginger with one ounce. Peel lemon remove white rind and slice. Add one pound sugar and boil until mixture runs over. Pour in a gallon warm water. When blood heat add half a yeast cake. Stand twelve hours then bottle.
Cook centers of six large tomatoes with olive oil onion bacon chopped fine half teaspoon chopy parsley salt and pepper. Cover five minutes add half cup breadcrumbs fill tomatoes, dust with crumbs and grated cheese and bake thirty minutes.
Cut fat salt pork into small pieces and fry until light brown. Prepare chilled cucumbers sliced lengthwise, dust with peppered flour, and fry briefly on both sides as a delicate side dish to accompany the meat.
The county fair drew a large crowd and gate receipts rose, with the aviation exhibition by Jimmie Ward in a Curtis biplane surpassing expectations. Critics fault concessions and management, noting unseemly behavior outside tents at Anamosa and Monticello and warning licensees may have been deceived.
Montreal owned by B. D. Bly of Maquoketa won the 2:17 pace in three straight heats. Bell Bird of Mason City took second, Blackford Jr. of Preston Minnesota third. Best time 2:17 14. purse $200. In 2:80 trot Billy Mead of Mason City won first, Edwin II of Anamosa second, Novice of Vinton third. Cedar Rapids led motorcycle races with Anamasa close behind and Waterloo third. Jimmie Ward staged a high flight and Flo circled back from Cascade after 35 minutes in the air.
Rain threatened until noon but did not dampen crowds at the fair. Excursion trains from Oxford Junction and surrounding towns boosted attendance along with many autos. The amphitheater and hillside spots were packed as Jimmy Ward featured. Gate receipts near last year and ample concession earnings signaled a successful day.
Fayette handed Wyoming a 3 to 1 defeat in the opener while Monticello beat Warfield-Pratt-Howell 6 to 1. The Fayette Wyoming game featured sharp play from start to finish and a Wyoming miscue almost produced a hitless shutout for Fayette. The nightcap lacked intensity and was loosely played throughout.
Meisel of Cedar Rapids won first, Killinger of Center Junction second, and Dietz of Waterloo third in a seven mile race timed at 9 11. The laps included 32 seconds each, a mile in two seconds over a minute, marking the best time yet on the Monticello track. The trio stayed together most of the race.
Aviator Jimmy Ward gave spectators two flights. The first at two o'clock lasted about twenty minutes with wide circling around town. The second at five o'clock reached 3000 feet and extended six to seven miles toward Cascade, the Shooting Star appearing a speck on the horizon. Ward planned a motorcycle race and a height record but upper air currents were uneven and risky.
Otto Schodde visited Monticello last week at his father’s home.
Hugene Hanson of Milwaukee visited the Baker home for several days during the past week and continued into this week.
Six Campfire girls visited Ana Mosa Reformatory today to learn about the institution and its work with residents.
The public school opens next Monday September 9 with added facilities and broader studies. State superintendent designates it to provide normal instruction for aspiring teachers. The year’s teaching corps includes K D Miller as superintendent Mary I Jarman as principal Viva R Moore music and drawing Selma Suter mathematics Mable McCuskey English Emma Binggell history and German Selma Monroe home economics Katharine Hines 8th grade Harriet Walcott 7th grade Loraine Novak 6th grade Louise O Schneider 5th grade Mary Pond 4th grade Florence Foley 3rd grade Mary Locher 2nd grade Alice Cuoway 1st grade A Ruth Lank 1st grade B Elizabeth McCarthy preparatory Katharine Hines principal intermediate grades Elizabeth McCarthy principal preparatory grades.
Under the post office appropriation act, Postmaster General Hitchcock raised rural carrier salaries from 1000 to 1100 a year. The move affects 30000 carriers with proportional raises on shorter routes, effective September 30. Local carriers welcome the adjustment amid high horse-feed costs and winter travel over 24 mile routes through snow.
Miss Olive Cramer returns from Siloam Springs Arkansas. Nellie Livingstone of Center Junction visits the A W Cramer home. Fred Harken plans a silo. J Noble drives cattle to Chicago. John Hasler’s new silo built. Ted Wilder of Fayette visits his brother and heads to Chicago by motorcycle. Halsie Noble and Bertha Harkey visit Cedar Rapids. JA Worlie delivers 25 steers to Homer Hubbard for 100 dollars each. Issie Noble takes a teaching post in Marshalltown. Jones County Fair draws many visitors. moral concerns noted over fairground acts. Mrs A W Cramer and Mrs Wilder attend Buck Creek church fair. Mrs Gr J Heiken visits ill sister in Linn County.
The Harvester Trust formed in 1902 under Roosevelt, with capital stock of 120 million but assets around 20 million. Moody's notes water capital, while actual properties valued at 20 million. DOJ prosecutions were halted by Roosevelt, then Taft pressed charges, upsetting Perkins and McCormicks who funded the bull moose anti Taft push. Farmers backed the trust via higher machinery costs.
The Stone City Journal notes the coming general assembly may be run by a three party balance with 108 senate members and a lean toward reform. It recalls 1911 deadlock when Kenyon was chosen and predicts potential shifts on joint ballot amid Moore and Hamilton factions. The piece contrasts editorial takes on Wall Street and Roosevelt fundraising.
J Henry Harper recounts Helen Keller meeting Henry Irving at Laurence Hutons home. Keller felt at ease with Samlet and visited the stage. Irving lent his Framlet eyeglasses as a memento, then remembered Keller is blind and was struck by the potential faux pas.
The article notes ancient Chinese flying machines and woodcut depictions, mentions early medical practices such as X ray hints from a fifth century B C physician and an 1800 year old surgeon using anesthesia, cites centuries of syphotism banned by law, and records boxer ranks drawn from vegetarian societies.
A Washington Star typo on a Crestville editor’s notice sparked poetry profit for the office boy. The error turned "Poultry taken in exchange for subscriptions and advertising" into "Poetry taken in exchange" and he sold a quarter’s paper daily from the wastebasket for two weeks.
Bida will be received for 150 tons of Christopher six inch Illinois coal to be delivered at Center Junction or Amber by November 1. They will be received by the board of supervisors on or before noon of September.
The ad claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures eczema rashes tetter chafings and crusted humors in children with perfect safety. It also heals accidental injuries such as cuts burns and bruises. Pill or salve priced at 25 cents at O H Soetje’s store.
Dr J T Curtiss of Dwight Kansas reports he cured eczema with Electric Bitters and says it cured him too. The note claims Medric Bitters purifies blood and helps eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils running sores and boosts liver kidneys bowels digestion and strength. Price fifty cents and satisfaction guaranteed by O H Soetje.
A collection of ads lists BULLS for sale two Holstein bulls aged three years and four months from G W Lundin Bellevue Iowa. FARMERS urged to bring hens and springs to Monticello Produce Co. Windmills agency for Perkins Eclipse Star with repairs available by Leroy Clark. FREE TUITION offer from Humboldt College opens Oct 8. FOR SALE a 9 room house with 3 lots and outbuildings. another house with barn and one acre of fruit. a carpet loom listed. 80 acre farm 34 miles south of Anamosa with 45 acres under plow and various outbuildings priced at 7000. contact C L Gould Anamosa.
The Waterloo Business College in Waterloo Iowa offers ten jobs for young men and five for young women to work for board while attending school. Light duties ensure no interference with studies. First applicants secure positions. Term starts September 3.
Two farms adjoining each other totaling 332 acres with good cultivation and sturdy buildings. Each parcel includes two large barns two houses two windmills and a silo. Inquiry welcome on Cascade road 3 1/2 miles east of Monticello. 4w5 David Schneiter.
Notice to all interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in Jones county estates have been filed with the District Court Clerk. A final hearing and approval is set for Monday March 11 1912 at the court in Anamosa Iowa. Named estates include Rettig Gibson Magee Matthiessen Witt. Clerk J H G A Harper.
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