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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
7
A busy Broadway drug store scene unfolds as a demure woman browses a city directory while others seek addresses and offices. An irascible man, a hurried businessman, and a reporter crowd the line as she finally reveals she is choosing a tender name for her baby boy.
South Bend report notes J O Landeman was cured after three years of kidney disease and six doctors. He credits two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills for restoring health and recommends them to others. The piece also mentions a new Erie Railroad signaling project and a quip about suitors seeking dowries.
The Nickel Plate Road advertises popular passenger service with attentive porters for all classes, special care for women traveling alone or with children, and quality dining and sleeping car service with no excess fares. All trains depart from La Salle Street Station in Chicago. for tickets and routes contact General Agent J. Calahan at 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
An advertisement offers liberal terms and large profits for selling the Four-Track News, a travel and education monthly. George H. Daniels, publisher, invites agents nationwide from 7 East 42nd Street, New York, to inquire for full particulars. A humorous note ends the piece about a girl not fishing for a diamond ring in her mother’s washtub.
Margaret B. Sangster argues that many girls dislike algebra while praising mathematics as a discipline that builds perseverance and self control. She compares math to a foundation for education, warns against neglecting poetry and imagination, and cites a Kentucky boy who learns algebra unaided to illustrate intrinsic love of learning.
A mountain boy guided by teachers to pursue college, he rose to become a renowned professor at a great university. The story highlights Mathematics as a tool for broader study and personal achievement, urging Dorothy to believe in her potential and strive with all her might.
The article describes crafting a stylish bag based on a popular design. It uses a 10 inch circular cardboard base covered in silk or sateen, a 36 by 18 inch fabric panel, a 3 inch hemmed frill, six double-thick pockets with buttonholes, six six by eight inch pockets, and ribbon threading rings. Embroidered initials finish the piece.
An English paper notes swift theft detection and pursuit after an overcoat is stolen at 3:25 and recovered by 3:40. It contrasts efficiency with romantic delay, claiming British methods preserve sentiment while American pace speeds up, with varied dates showing a longer window before arrest.
The article urges varied hair care and fashion changes to avoid flat regimens. It warns against sticking to a single part and routine, comparing hair style to human habits and noting that flexible thinking and occasional changes help both appearance and life.
The piece notes extensive use of black trimming on light gowns to create striking effects. A pearl-gray gown features a wide black left design waist trim, black lace vest, and pale pink silk accents at neck and sleeves. Black trimming on white is also praised for its impact.
Rose hues appear in tailor made dresses for light fabrics and are paired with sheer blouses popular in current fashion. The new color trend emphasizes vibrant yet soft tones in wardrobes.
Farm and Home presents a handy movable bee house built with elm corner posts and pine bottom and top bars. The five and a half by three by four foot hinged tent uses cotton fabric with wire netting on both sides for light and air, allowing the top to open and stay secured.
A Maryland experiment station expert proposes selecting superior tobacco plants for seed by marking them with stakes or rag and placing a 12 pound manilla bag over the flowering heads before bloom. Bags are raised as stems grow to prevent injury, then seed pods are harvested with bags remaining, dried, and seed shells separated by weight for best results.
The piece criticizes selling unripe honey and warns it harms honey producers and consumers. It argues nectar must evaporate and weigh twelve pounds per gallon to be true honey and urges buyers to reject underripe products until proper ripening occurs.
Select about six hens that look lively and productive and breed them to the best full blooded cock. Keep a roomy breeding yard and raise the flock each year. Improve housing and warmth, provide sun, grains mainly wheat, a daily stiff mash, let them scratch for foods, supply crushed bone, and add occasional novelty feeds. Separate nonlaying pullets to protect nests and encourage steady laying.
A southeastern Iowa hog farmer installed a cement wallow fed by an underground pipe and drained by a tile system. Advocates claim mud baths aid cooling and health, while critics warn of germ buildup and favor clean troughs with water.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a simple roughage rack for feeding fodder to sheep. The yard demonstration centers on a clear rack design shown in the illustration, enabling efficient feed distribution and minimal waste.
A reader describes a roughage rack idea about 40 inches wide and 10 to 12 feet long. Two posts at each corner support an 8 foot high frame with a 15 inch ground gap. Inside, slanting cleats center feed and reduce waste.
A single handler can manage a large aggressive hog using a five eighths inch rope ten feet long. Cut three feet, form loops at ends, and tie the remaining seven feet to the looped center. Loops go over hind feet, rope passes between front feet and over the nose, then back through the short rope and tightened.
Parched corn, wheat or oats refresh hens and aid digestion. Regular varied feeding, not too much or too little, supports poultry raising. Cool season favors extracted honey over comb honey if there are empty combs. When adding a super, insert between the broad nest and existing super after bees start in the upper super, then cover the brood nest.
A speaker notes his hens stay fat and well fed yet lay no eggs all winter. He blames excess corn and suggests mixing feed with other elements to stimulate production. He compares corn to junk iron and coinage of gold to illustrate the point.
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaea Wisconsin writes that her husband suffered salt rheum on his hands and was bedridden with bandages until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. After one complete set, his hands became smooth and he remained cured. She hopes the letter helps others.
A clipped Philadelphia Record quote portrays a hardboiled figure who takes pleasure in denying requests and withholding favors. The speaker, described as stingy, relishes the moment when someone asks for a pun and is refused.
A Tribune note states that relying on both a water wagon and a brewery truck together proves ineffective. The remark captures a practical assessment of municipal or firm logistics.
Mrs J ET Gould of Chicago credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her kidney troubles and related symptoms like eye tremble backache and frequent pain. She states relief began in 1908 and she has been well since. Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo distributes the pills. price is 50 cents per box.
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