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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
6
A street accident case at a county court features a witty exchange about conductors. An electric tram collision prompts a plaintiff witness to face a sharp remark from a young barrister who mocks a so called living lightning conductor. The witness responds with a fatherly rebuke about proper conduct in court.
A schoolmaster asks for the longest sentence, a boy volunteers with the line imprisonment for life, delivering a grim punchline to the grammar lesson.
Warren's Corners New York April 20 Testimonial from Mr A B Smith who suffered years with kidney pain and poor sleep describes severe back pain urination issues and fluctuating urine. After four days on Dodd's Kidney Pills he improved rapidly and by day five felt better and remained cured months later. The piece ends with a quoted aphorism.
An assembled set of 1900 era advertisements mentions Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty feet and swollen aches, with a 25 cent price and drugstore availability. Other ads promote Bromo Quinine for colds, Despondene quotes, stove trademarks, and various sayings from newspapers and notable figures.
A preacher argues that Abraham looked for a heavenly city while Lot chased Jordan’s riches. He warns against earthly flat living, urging believers to seek a mansion in Heaven and to value family, children, and divine home above worldly housing. He recalls a dying mother’s faith and stresses eternal home over earthly comforts.
The weekly crop summary notes corn planting underway from Kansas to North Carolina with southern regions ahead. Winter wheat is generally excellent but hurt by freezes in the upper Ohio Valley. California outlook favorable while Oregon and Washington lag, with one third of acreage to be resown there. Spring wheat nearly done in parts of the Midwest, scarce in North Dakota, and oats promising in southern states with central valleys near completion.
A violent northeaster batters the Atlantic coast for 24 hours, with Jersey shore resorts and Coney Island suffering severe damage. Waves flood to near the first floor of the Coney Island pier, bulkhead breaches, and damaged bathhouses. Seabright reports houses and boardwalk damage and rail line disruptions as traffic stops.
A fire destroyed the home of Miss Phoebe Heeley and Miss Libbie Heeley at Bear Creek near Milwaukee. The elderly sisters 75 and 86 lived alone on a large farm. strong winds aided the blaze. both feared murdered for a hidden fortune. Coroner's inquest set for next Saturday. A separate report from St Paul notes Mrs Rose Poissant burned to death at her daughter’s Ripley county home.
Dublin reports the Irish national convention unanimously approves in principle the Wyndham land bill and tasks John Redmond and his party with securing major amendments in the Commons. Amendments adopted by the nationalist convention would be accepted by landlords and tenants, aiding passage of the bill.
Wed amid splendor in Newport Rhode Island Reginald C Vanderbilt youngest son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt married Kathleen G Neilson at the private villa Arleigh at noon Tuesday about 150 guests mostly from New York attended marking the early social season of 1903.
M Diefender fer of Wood River Nebraska won the fourth grand American handicap shooting event at Kansas City on April 17. He defeated nearly all notable shooters at the 16 yard line with a score of 91 out of 100. Louis Boies son of Gov Boies died in Waterloo Iowa at age 39 from typhoid fever on Friday.
Adin Brittain of Selitan Ohio reports three months of Peruna use brought relief from heaviness in the stomach bile and fainting spells. He invites readers who do not derive prompt results to write to Dr Hartman President of Heartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for free medical advice.
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