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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
7
A Chicago Times-Herald poem portrays a boy with patched knees cheerfully tossing a marble, swift to notice birds and joys of play. He shuns wealth and power, preferring simple happiness and the freedom of childhood over presidency or kingship.
Tony Buchannan tells how North Carolina bears raid hogs, corn, and sheep across Drownin’ Creek, Cape Fare, and mountain grass country. Squiah Blue and Joe Yandle witness a bear trap theft that proves the devils’ own cunning and warns po’ men to beware.
The Georgia historian recounts Adam Vanderer a Tallulah settler famed hunter and trapper with hairbreadth escapes. On a Union county mountain he avoided a rolling bowlder by grabbing a hanging oak limb after a near plunge over a cliff. Later a separate note reports Mrs Pauline Sharp’s burial in Columbia City Ind finding over $5000 secreted in her poverty plagued home.
The Aluminator electric bicycle light offers a compact battery in a leather case and a small heavily plated lamp with a silver reflector. It provides a powerful beam up to 50 75 yards, with a 8 hour run time per charge and easy recharging at any socket. Bicycle clubs already use a charging outfit for members.
Inventor O Z Mason of Bellaire tests a water tricycle claimed to reach 18 to 20 mph upstream with little effort. The three-ball aluminum frame rides on ball bearings, weighs 65 pounds, and can seat three riders. design features diamond-shaped frame and bicycle-like gears.
William Randall of Rochester opposes pacing in open competition arguing it harms heavier men and skews finishes. He proposes two classes and a full-time handicapper to ensure fair, clear results. He condemns women’s cycling contests as a degenerate sport and mocks sensationalized coverage.
English makers promote bicycle skates with two pneumatic wheels and knee support for women’s practice rooms in London. The device promises speeds up to 16 miles an hour on smooth surfaces, while facing questions about replacing bicycles or roller rinks.
A Chicago Chronicle note explains riders with accident insurance should check policies for coverage while biking. A London case found death or damage while on a bicycle not within policy terms, akin to skating. The article urges US policies to specify bicycle risks to avoid disputes.
Sol Yewell, renowned Indianapolis dramatist and correspondent, recalls his fight with locomotor ataxia following Civil War service. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring balance and heart strength, enabling his return to theater in Boston.
An apparatus from Uhl and's Wochenschrift uses a frame to hold bicycle wheels with weights for rider load. A wheel rests on a large pulley driven by machinery. projections on the rim create obstacles as the wheel rotates. The test runs about 12 hours, at a speed that equals roughly 170 miles of riding.
French sculptor engineer M. Pierre Roche creates hollow metal animal forms chilled by internal gas expansion to frost their exteriors. These snow coated figures cool warm rooms at balls and feasts. Also describes a steel tire rim that forms a spring tube with welded edges for spoke flanges and a roughened outside surface to prevent slipping.
The provided fragment contains a critique of an individual named Slyson, noting exaggerated pretensions of goodwill and a habit of jokingly pulling others' legs. No event, date, or structured report is present to summarize.
The fragment hints at a broken engagement and jealousy in a Tit-Bits style piece. Priscilla is accused of flirting while a Fiancé protests, with a terse line about beauty and charm. The tone is melodramatic and newspapery, reflecting serialized social gossip.
A Brookyn Life exchange notes that the congressman once knew much about public affairs but since his election he has been occupied with private affairs instead.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a defense against chills fever and malaria for emigrants and frontiersmen. It touts the tonic as strengthening the system before traversing malarial atmospheres and tainted water, aiding pioneers miners and travelers. A fragment references a wife lamenting trust in a grocer's sympathy.
A jumble of patent medicine claims and scattered quips from newspapers tout No To Unaee cure, Cascarets candy, St Jacobs Oil, and other remedies. Includes lines about health, revenue, and humorous dialogue, with misspelled product names and stray quotes.
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