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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
8
Letter from Miss Guia Gannon of Detroit to the Amateur Art Association extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. She cites relief within six weeks and urges other women to use the remedy. A forfeit of 35000 is noted for authenticity proof.
A compendium of marvels: Lapps have among the shortest heads while Eskimos are excluded. The solar system drifts about a million miles daily, debated as drift versus universal rotation. Java forests host spiders with webs strong enough to require a knife. Munich’s cathedral spider weighs four pounds and fuels life with lamp oil. A Texas spider spins a four by two foot web and lures a family of six on to a drifting airship voyage across the prairie.
London covers 442746 acres while Havana shipped 20814 millions of cigars in a year. England has 42 missionary societies and the United States 49. Russia shows 12000 locomotives, many built abroad. The Royal Academy caps paintings per artist and paper measures for reams vary from pauper to printer's ream.
A sermon celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the Living Lord. It traces the threefold Easter message: man’s sin, Christ’s triumph over death, and the disciples’ Go tell commission. The piece emphasizes personal witness, the need for regeneration, and the danger of paganized Easter observance.
The text extols spiritual life maturing toward vigor and joy, comparing an aging outward body with a renewed inner self. It quotes age as no barrier to enthusiasm and faith, noting the old angels are the young, and exhorting earnestness as life’s passport to satisfaction.
A letter to the editor argues that railway and real estate interests oppose American settlers moving to Canada. It claims 87,000 Americans have already settled in the Canadian West since 1897, with letters denouncing Canada likely funded by vested interests. The piece urges readers to contact the Canadian Government Agent for rates and land information.
Two signals of kidney illness are described and a testimonial from J F Wainwright of Pulaski Wisconsin describes severe back pain and kidney disruption relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes mailing a free pretrial and lists price and availability from Poster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York and local druggists.
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