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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1882
Page
2
Poem excerpt describes a relentless riverlike emotion that sweeps the heart in a mill wheel, endlessly pushing toward unknown shores. Narrator wonders if the wheel will break under the mighty pressure as the heart wears away. Ella Wheeler quoted in the Chicago Tribune.
Mrs Blinks rejects small nuisances and acclaims a watchdog ideal. Blinks buys a cross bullmastiff named Towser, who arrives in a dry goods box after a rough journey and frightens the milk and other tradesmen away, then roams the yard while the couple hopes for gentleness.
A town story recounts Blinks and Mrs Blinks enduring Towser the dog whose misadventures include killing pets and attacking a minister. Financial ruin and legal suits follow as Towser’s exploits worsen, culminating in the Barking Ban: Blinks hires a man to remove the animal and vows never to own another dog.
A piece on the burden and value of the unwelcomed family member who depends on others for food and shelter. It argues for charity within the home, noting the dignity of caring for the lonely and injured, with examples from literature and a reflection on hospitality. Also mentions mosquito sleep aids and an old portrait of Peter Stuyvesant found in Buffalo.
The English clergy list reaches 26 000 names, with a 6000 increase in 22 years. The Agricultural College at Hanover Illinois will admit women for a dairy centered course. Indian officials seek Indian youth training in mechanic arts to promote profitable industries under English rule. Kentucky boasts extensive higher education but poor primary schools with 250 000 illiterates. The Welsh Presbyterian Synod of Wisconsin reports progress and discusses forming a new synod for Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska.
A Tribune reporter observes Japanese and Chinese fans on a streetcar and investigates their manufacture and cost. Wholesale buyers in Chicago explain prices fell from costly imports to 20 to 30 cents per dozen as new factories arose in San Francisco, with fans widely used for advertising and featuring handwork on bamboo sticks and printed papers.
A Boston Gazelle correspondent recounts Peter Cooper’s daily routine at his office in New York. Seedy locals surround him as he exits, exchanging greetings and a small coin donation for a meal. Cooper explains he gives out change to these old friends, hoping to avoid disappointing them.
A collection of scattered quotes on agriculture and farming practices. It covers year round radish cultivation, a cork-bleeding stop after dental extraction, timber foresting for profit on poor land, and growth of sheep teeth. It also warns against overextending farm operations without adequate capital or labor.
The Chicago Times argues owners should plant trees and grasses on the roadside strip between fence and public road. Favorable species include sugar maple, basswood, ash, hickory, and evergreens, while willows, poplars, locusts, and white maples are cautioned against. Planting spacing and local climate influence success.
The Dalton Massachusetts paper mill crafts bank-note paper used for National Bank notes and Government bonds. Workers count and package sheets into 1 000 sheet bundles and guard them in fireproof vaults before shipment to the Treasury, a process watched from pulp to vaults as closely as gold.
Mrs George Cartwright and Miss Mary Berger saved the Elk Creek bridge near Drains Oregon by wrapping burning timbers with soaked outer garments until carpenters arrived with a hand car. About twelve feet burned. repairs done that night and trains not delayed.
A garbled letter page extols Hop Bitters and Kidney Wort with dubious cures for dyspepsia, liver, and kidney ailments. It mocks prejudice against medicines while listing a flood of products and testimonials from random names, promising quick relief and urging readers to try the tonics and tonics’ trials.
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