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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
8
A Tipton West Virginia resident credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for weakness and bloodlessness after a two year decline following a malarial fever. He endured indigestion sour risings and back pain before recovery and recommends the pills to others.
A Detroit Free Press cartoon caption recalls a law graduate who nearly starved after college but later prospered in vaudeville by balancing a barrel on his feet while headstanding, a humorous reversal of success.
A wry dialogue from the St. Louis Post Dispatch notes two people testing frugal living. The quip hinges on a “two can live as cheaply as one” idea when starting with a cheap couple.
Miss Mayzie C. Atkins of East Orleans Massachusetts describes chronic scalp irritation with sores and hair loss. After trying various products she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills as directed and reports healed sores stopped itching and hair growth.
The professor asserts pride in a new hypothesis while Mr. Comrox questions its novelty recalling an idea about their extinction lost to time in a Washington Star item.
Passengers from Chicago to destinations including Ft Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York City Boston and other eastern points are urged to choose the Nickel Plate Road Three through trains run daily with Modern Day Coaches and Luxurious Pullman Sleeping Cars to New York City with through sleeping car service to Boston and intermediate points Dining service is up to date with individual club meals priced from 35 cents to 1.00 and meals a la carte All trains depart Chicago from La Salle Station Address for details is J Y Calahan General Agent 113 Adams St Chicago Ill
A reader’s garbled line references Mrs. O'Brien Phwat medicine and Mrs. Riley Divila. Mike took too much and fell sick for ten days before recovering, per the brief and nonsensical clipping.
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a springtime herb medicine that purifies blood cleanses the system improves complexion and promotes natural liver kidney stomach and bowel action for all ages. The inventor describes a model appliance deemed likely to achieve large sales if marketed.
A collage of vintage drugstore pitches and quips includes Allen's Foot Trase claims and a Le Roy New York address for A S Olmsted offering a 25 cent trial. Also referenced is Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promising 30 minute itch cure and a Crawfordsville Indiana mail order hook. A jab about a politician needing brains closes the snippet.
Richard M. Pearce of Newark New Jersey reports a heavy cold with kidney congestion after night work. He cites severe headaches back and kidney pain and says after using Deans Kidney Pills the congestion and symptoms disappeared. The cure has lasted eight years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Yester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An 1840s style instruction details building a hay barrack 20 feet square with four durable timber posts buried four feet, octagonal form, bolted corners, iron posts, roof support via joist and wooden screw, and options for shingling tinning or thatching. It explains raising the roof in sections, bracing, and suggests using sills and girts seven feet from the ground to shelter hay and provide shelter for livestock.
A editorial argues the U S government should lead internal improvements including highways at home, criticizing reliance on local funding. It praises the Brownlow-Latimer plan and urges readers to request the bill from Hon. W P Brownlow. It also notes how funds used abroad could have built a national road system. The second item discusses how cow quietness affects milk fat content based on Fr J Lioyda’s observations, noting Jersey cattle’ calmness boosts fat and butter production.
Carrots and turnips can be left in the ground through winter and harvested next spring in good condition. The practice applies to all regions within central Ni nofa latitude and likely farther north.
The piece argues that foot and mouth disease, though mild and short, justified a half million dollar response to prevent wider outbreak. It urges farmers to adopt bright sunshine, clean conditions, and strict biosecurity, explaining individual livestock owners can be more effective than government bodies in protecting farms from disease.
A Farmers' Review item describes making a door prop from a 2x4 a 1x4 board a length of wire and nails. Cut the 2x4 to four inches square trim the board to a point at one end round the other end nail the 2x4 to the door a short distance from the bottom nail the rounded end of the board to the 2x4 side position the wire so it can hold the prop and door open when bent and released.
William J. Skillman says lime, sulfur and salt mix is best for San Jose scale louse, spraying orchards now through this month and next. He advises boiling the mixture to thorough blend and applying at once to kill scale on any tree.
Orange Judd warns that cottonseed meal and other organic fertilizers require caution in orchards. Mineral source fertilizers are typically more efficient. The note also mentions strong Chicago demand for good farm butter and observes that the “beefy” cow is not a profitable butter producer.
Detroit voters backed reform while Grand Rapids re-elected George E. Ellis by a 2720 plurality. Across Michigan nominees largely favored by Democrats and independents won mayoral races in Owosso Albion Flint Alpena Marquette Adrian Ludington and Traverse City as calls grew for a constitutional convention. Des Moines DuBuque saw a Democratic landslide with Henry Schunk defeating Mayor Berg and Keokuk council gains for Democrats.
Walter Wood and Stuart Wood of R D Wood & Co were found not guilty in a Philadelphia federal court of taking a rebate on a Winnipeg shipment. The charge involved the Mutual Transit company and the Great Northern Railway, with $1 230 at stake under the Elkins act. Indictments against the other companies remain unresolved.
The firm failed to open and ex-Senator A. J. Albertson was named trustee with a $50,000 bond. Established in 1866, the bank is not a corporation. Creditors are urged to avoid litigation as settlement proceeds. Liabilities to depositors and banks exceed $400,000 with about $250,000 in assets, much of which is worthless.
Thomas J. Wainwright, who claimed to be a Boston lawyer, was arrested after four weeks of police work across three cities. He is charged with robbing Dr. Nicholas J. Pinault of Minneapolis of jewelry silverware pictures and securities valued at $100 000. Wainwright, 28, educated and skilled, uses many aliases and is described as a top criminal.
Charles C. Dalgren of West Farmington pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the January 19 shooting of R. K. Lewis. Lewis, a wealthy farmer, capitalist and local politician, received a life sentence.
The coal strike began affecting services as Iowa Central railroad ordered cancellation of all but two trains on each of its six branches on Monday. The move reduces passenger and freight capacity amid the dispute, with local impacts likely felt in Marshalltown and surrounding communities.
A section of the Cornell Iron works plant at Cold Spring near Newburgh was destroyed by fire on Monday. About 200 workers were laid off and the estimated loss reaches 200000 dollars.
Wyoming lifts statewide quarantine on sheep from other states. Sheep entering the state must be dipped, but other restrictions are removed.
Consul General Bray reports Australia's duty on American harvesters fixed at 318.32 dollars, up from 187.35, while million in ice and refrigeration gear will rise in Canada this spring due to mild winter storage limits. Benedict notes Argentine demand for steel strips and cold storage growth, amid Italy’s artificial silk rumors. Guenther cites Berlin test of Krag’s electric stamping machine able to process 108000 letters per hour.
A passing set of quips unfolds about royalty in Servia and social scenes. A joke on the king's finances is followed by lines about marriage starting the silent exchange. A collector shows spoons and a remark about cannibals turning missionaries ends with a comic bite on a cold audience and a strong family surname.
A reflective column argues virtue without words, warns sin is often only discovered later, contrasts justice with mercy, and notes the folly of expecting disaster foretellers to gain followers while stressing the futility of complaining about weather.
A brief humor item notes a woman who joked about disappointment with a tailor ending in a punchline that she married one, reflecting light society wit in the page.
A Philadelphia woman describes years of coffee jags causing nausea nervousness sleep loss and headaches. She switched to Postum prepared at home and says her ailments vanished and coffee cravings ended. The testimonial credits Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and notes restaurant cooks misprepare Postum by not boiling it long enough.
A historical account of Lydia Estes Pinkham born 1810 in Lynn Massachusetts and her journey from teacher to creator of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It covers family, the 1878 financial crisis, early kitchen production, pamphlets and newspaper ads, the growth of the business, and the ongoing patient outreach run by Lydia and later her daughter in law Mrs Pinkham and successors.
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