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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
8
A lone speaker describes a rough ascent attacked by thistles and foes. The path tightens under a scorching noon sun as scarred hands struggle to lift the weary feet toward a craggy height. The journey nears its end with night approaching and silence surrounding the trekker.
Willis faces a deadly choice with a rival and a trap high above the dome at St Peter's in Rome. Montanari challenges the man who wronged Rosetta as they struggle over a perilous plank and a potential murder.
An aside in a Baltimore American piece has a husband joking with his wife to head home as the children prepare to recount stories of their own cleverness. The scene captures domestic wit and family dynamics in a casual newspaper aside.
The Washington Post notes a government program to erect a chain of military stations along the northern border. Fort Sheridan Fort Snelling Vancouver Barracks Fort Ethan Allen Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley are the largest posts receiving funds for barracks and expansion to host full regiments cavalry and artillery units. Additional posts like Plattsburg Niagara Falls Fort Sam Houston Fort McPherson and Chickamauga park are planned or enlarged. The strategy emphasizes northern defense against Canada and ties growth to British naval power at Halifax and Esquimault.
The article describes a bread company requiring every worker to pass a medical exam and wear provided clean garments after showering. It notes sterilized water in mixers and paraffin-wrapped bread to prevent contamination, highlighting strict production hygiene. It also includes short items about an undertaker using glue to fix a wig and Rev. J F Bingham returning from Italy, plus an orchid prize sale involving a Kenilworth grower who named a rare plant Mabel Whateley and sold it for $1,000.
A brief human interest line notes how a woman's tears affect a man, reflecting social sentiment in a local times paper. The remark underscores emotional reactions in everyday life within the period's tone.
A garden feature of nine purple leaved Prunus Pissardi trees in a circle around variegated Cornus mas shrubs faced overgrowth and San Jose scale. The author details cutting the plums to stubs, washing to remove scale, and the Cornelian cherries’ recovery, noting future pruning if needed.
Wm. W. Hutt argues before the Ontario Farmers' Institute that woodlots receive neglect and stock browsing, yet with careful planning and regular cropping they can yield steady fuel and merchantable timber, increasing in permanent value over time.
A detailed description by H. M. Hess in Epitomist portrays a watercress farm where cress grows on a grid-like mud bed of shallow, continually flowing canals. Narrow paths and plank bridges shape a chessboard pattern. harvesters cut twice daily with knives, placing trimmed greens back into the running water to stay fresh.
Nurserymen and fruit growers report fumigation as the only practical method to control insect pests. The gas is deadly to living pests and kills plant lice and aphis when properly generated, though insect eggs survive.
An old physics professor explains that sunlight enters a hothouse as light waves that become heat on striking objects. The heat waves are too long to pass back through glass, so heat accumulates, keeping the greenhouse warm even on cold winter days.
John Jackson notes a sorting table chute for apples potatoes or seeds. He stresses not leaving fruit on the ground after picking but placing immediately on the sorting table and then into barrels. The chute should slope from a higher upper end to a lower end to speed handling.
The piece argues that neglecting soil fertility reverts farming to nomadic practices. It states that one cannot obtain returns without labor and expenditure, and soil is farmer capital. If the soil is drained without restitution, the farmer risks bankruptcy.
Chestnut trees need proper soil and moisture to thrive, but many waste places could support them. The nuts offer valuable annual income while timber harvest waits. He who plants for his children, unless very young, should consider such trees.
The Boston Herald notes that locating and chartering harbor obstructions is essential for safety, though it incurs high costs for warships like the Massachusetts to determine hidden dangers.
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit district organizer for the Royal Templars of Temperance writes of five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria, aided by Peruna after doctors failed. She claims six months of use and fifteen bottles restored her health, urging other women to try the remedy.
The article warns that pelvic catarrh causes nervous weakness in women and insists the condition can be permanently cured. It urges letters to Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio for personalized advice and treatment recommendations.
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