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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
8
An ad-style piece touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for blood impurities and various ailments. It claims benefits from coughs to cataracts and includes testimonials about improved hearing and relief of eye soreness linked to blood impurities.
An advertisement for Hood's Pills claims it cures liver ailments and is a non irritating cathartic when taken with Hood's Sursupsrilia. The copy emphasizes safety and compatibility with the combined remedy for digestive relief.
Economists cite railway travel as a barometer of commerce and a revival appears with the Lake Shore Limited daily filling from New York to Chicago. The New York Central adds a standard sleeper on trains leaving New York and Chicago on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, promising comfort without higher fare, highlighting the line’s leadership in modern rail travel. A separate ad pitches buying a farm in Marinette County Wisconsin on favorable terms, contrasting rent with ownership.
Lucinda B. Chandler, a leading Chicago figure and president of multiple associations, writes to Dr. Hartman praising Peruna as an effective remedy for catarrh of the stomach and indigestion. She notes personal relief and similar satisfaction among friends.
Poetic verse describes Nellie with dirt on hands and face, Bonnet off, and a chaotic scene as she presents a jelly cake made of white sand on rocks and dirt. The playful, rustic display centers on Nellie as the charming subject of admiration.
Instructions from Chicago Record show how to craft dolls sleighs from light pasteboard with folded flaps, glued edges, and runners. A seat and cloth-covered bottom complete the toy, with decoration left to the maker.
A Paris museum display shows a Congo adder feeding on duck eggs. Despite a small body the snake swallows large eggs using backward teeth in its neck to saw the shell. An anecdote then notes the Prince of Wales’s humor and fondness for short sermons at Balmoral.
Ancient Palestine featured extensive mountain terracing with many terraces existing in historical sites. The terraces show early agricultural practices and landscape modification by past peoples.
An English wheelman who recently pedaled through Burmah describes the natives as charming and compares them to Italians of the east. He notes four months of rain, wet days, and bamboo huts offering little protection, yet observes the natives thrive in their shaky dwellings.
A British brig sailing with a favorable breeze was followed by a flock of small birds. The crew fed the birds as they returned, then a sudden change in the weather prompted the captain to reef and prepare. A tornado swept the region two days later as the birds disappeared at port.
A letter discusses Rockford Illinois and Le duc Alberta with notes on low railway rates, weather, cattle, crops, and farm life. It covers soil, timber, fences, distance to coal, livestock, wheat yields, fruit, hogs, prices, and shipping tips. A separate ad paragraph promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Grain-O coffee substitute.
Czar, a large Saint Bernard owned by C. A. Parmenter of Exeter and Portsmouth, is famed for intelligence and music. He sings in tune, following his master note by note, and enjoys the company of a six month old baby girl now in the home.
A medical missionary in Sechuan notes a highly distinguished patient, wife of Sai-Yai from Tien-Tsin in Chih-Li province. She arrives with rich gifts including a fowl, a duck, 60 eggs, cakes, and a leg of mutton, and previously sent eight stocks of chrysanthemums.
A rich man with a prominent nose overhears two ladies loudly chatting. One remarks on his nose, then asks if such a nose is seen before. He retorts that it is his deaf brother who cannot hear the din, ending the tale with a witty twist.
Cycling has captured the Orient with Indians Malays Chinamen and Japs all cycling. A Calcutta based cycling association for Indians was formed recently. Races planned for Madras at month end awarded first prizes from 100 to 175 dollars.
A promotional notice invites readers to request a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder by mail from Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York. The ad claims it relieves chilblains, sweating, damp swelling and foot pain, eases tight shoes, and treats corns bunions and ingrown nails, noting availability at druggists and shoestores for 265 cents.
The article frames Kipling's next story as a potential best seller for propretary publishers and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure. It claims the tonic heals indigestion constipation biliousness nervousness and more and touts malaria fever and ague prevention as a benefit of a run-down system. The Chicago Daily News quote suggests bold wording about risk and courage.
An old ad notes German Coffee Berry and Java Coffee seeds sold by Salzer Seed in La Crosse Wisconsin. Packages cost 15c and 8c, with a single 30c purchase to obtain all three packages and a free catalogue. Also mentions Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as remedies.
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