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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
8
A roaming correspondent portrays Constantinople and Smyrna as calm on the surface amid looming war. He notes Turkish leaders and troops, imperial harem rituals, and a market paralyzed by conflict while mines guard the Dardanelles and 60,000 Turkish troops encamp near Smyrna.
Denatured alcohol or industrial alcohol is made for use in industries arts and power production. It can be produced from any starch or sugar containing substance and became widespread after the 1906 denatured alcohol law exempted industrial use tax while rendering it unfit for drinking or medicinal purposes.
A newspaper note quotes mutual satisfaction about a marriage of convenience between Doom and Miss Mix. He cites inability to keep a cook and she cites inability to afford a chauffeur as the practical basis for the match.
A mother and daughter debate leaving a social event as the daughter hopes for one more evening. She jokes about not going home until she has a batting average of 1000 with a young man who has not yet proposed. The playful exchange reflects light domestic humor.
Fresens a small commune in Neuchatel Canton housing about 200 people. In a remote valley it lacks a railway roads electricity cafes and public buildings. The president acts as judge lawyer and gendarme earning 24 shillings yearly.
A reader asks what wealth means. The reply frames wealth as having money to take a vacation whenever convenient for the bearer. It highlights leisure time and financial flexibility as core value.
At Iowa State College Ames Dean Curtiss leads a program to blend Shire Clyde and Percheron qualities aiming for a versatile draft horse. The effort weighs conformation standards from all three breeds, favors strong pasterns, oblique shoulders, deep bodies, and balanced backs to suit local conditions and improve American draft stock.
A compact biography of William McIntosh known as the Scotch Indian. It details his Creek lineage, his double dealing with the U S government, and the 1826 Milledgeville siege that ended his life. The piece notes his motion to cede Creek lands and the collapse of his power.
Article explains nitrogen as the key element deciding soil fertility and crop richness. It notes nitrogen’s essential role in air, plant and animal bodies, and how soil nitrogen levels affect production of food and animal products.
The article explains pairing peas with tomatoes in mixed rows to maximize space. Plant peas as soon as soil is workable and set tomatoes after last frost around May 13 to 20. When peas and tomatoes share rows four feet apart, four foot intervals require removing some pea plants. The method has succeeded in Pennsylvania.
A cautionary note about onion profits warns that readers chasing $1000 to $2000 per acre risks hasty overplanting. It advises evaluating soil and climate suitability as well as market and storage prospects before starting with a small half acre.
Nine parts corn and one part tankage form the best and cheapest ration for growing stock. The mixed ration reduces corn use per pound of gain compared with a corn only diet.
A historical portrait tracing Ivan IV of Russia from a four year old puppet of nobles to a feared czar. It covers his brutal education in cruelty, the 1560 bereavement’s madness, massacres at Novgorod, seven marriages and attempted remarriage, and later partial reform before dying in 1584.
A historical reflection notes that blaming the high cost of living on middlemen and on farm and merchant combinations is not new. It cites English trials in which Chief Justice Kenyon urged juries against forestalling and price manipulation, referencing Rusby and an appeal to Adam Smith.
In a shop a famed actress asked for an alligator skin traveling bag. Lacking that material the clerk offered leather. She challenged the skin claim, and the dealer quipped wrinkles are out of vogue while noting the bag is made from a magi sage aged alligator skin.
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