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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
3
A Missouri judge fines grocers in a crackdown on baking powders containing alum. New York Health Department seized alum mixes sold as baking powder and dumped them. Health authorities warn substitutes tempt manufacturers while urging consumers to demand reputable brands.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a doctor claiming that automobiling will foster a more active and athletic populace, remarking humorously that it means people who walk and dodge.
A Leeds Saturday Journal excerpt narrates Mr. Hodge of Orchard Grove Newton Abbott praising Vogeler's Compound after recovery from severe indigestion. The letter claims the remedy cures indigestion dyspepsia and stomach disorders and liver and kidney troubles, with 23c and 50c sizes and free samples available from St. Jacobs Oil makers in Baltimore.
The Inter Ocean decries pasting multiple wallpaper layers as a breeding ground for filth and disease. It cites health officials urging legal action and endorses Alabastine as a sanitary wall coating while calling the issue a costly enough safeguard to avoid risk.
Earliest Russian millet advertised by John A Salter Seed Co offering 5 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre. Prices: 50 lb bag $1.90, 160 lb bag $3.00 with low freights from La Crosse Wisconsin. Also mentions Dr Kline remedies and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with 23c price and money back guarantee.
Police found George Butler and his wife and six children dead in a South State Street hovel. A half-filled salmon can and a drug bottle suggested Butler poisoned the meal then killed himself. He had earlier lamented unable to support his family.
The will leaves an estate valued over 300000 with about 250000 in personal property including notes bonds stock and cash. Real estate totals about 50000 and includes his home in Washington and property in East Hampton Long Island and Brooklyn. The widow receives one third and the remainder is shared equally among children and lineal descendants. The executor named is Washington Loan and Trust Company and the will dates to February 3 1898.
Democratic members of the insular committee reported four Philippine measures during a late caucus. A Jones Va. resolution urged reconciling differences with senators to push a single bill in both houses. The Democratic plan envisions independence with July 4 1911 as the date, while Republicans argue for either temporary or complete government forms.
Grass mattings in summer tones fill shop windows with inexpensive, attractive designs. New protective furniture shoe coverings showcase crafted weave and color. Slips and sleeves feature elbow to bell shapes. Framed wood photographs and two to three openings appear in many frames. Cameos return in classic shell carvings including profiles and romantic designs.
Manila April 22 court martial ordered for Gen Jacob H Smith who commanded U S troops on Samar. The panel includes Generals Wheaton Sumner Bell Bisbee and Colonels McIibbin Rafferty Dougherty Markley Lee with Maj Harvey Carbaugh as judge advocate and Col Charles Woodruff for the defense. The charge is conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. trial set for Thursday. Washington reports also outline senate philippine committee actions on witnesses for the water cure and testimony from Grover Flint about abuses by Maccabebe scouts and army men with references to Weyler Cuba.
In Kansas the drought prompts Bishop Fink to require daily prayers across eastern Kansas Catholic churches until rain returns. Western and central Kansas report extreme heat with 90s. Topeka notes 94 and 30 mph winds with downed wires. Nebraska reports 103 in Phoenimax Fairbury and snow in the Black Hills.
Simple hotbed preparation and care outlined for readers. Instructions cover sash sizes common 3 by 6 feet, layout with east to west orientation, north side raised six inches for sun exposure, front and back plank sizing, frame ends flush with side planks, and a cleat to prevent sash slippage.
Instructions from Ohio Farmer by C HT Hickox describe constructing a hot bed with a stay across the top, site selection, digging a deep pit, layering manure and soil, setting the frame and sash, and letting it sweat. Advice covers ventilation, watering, shading, and a weatherproof shutter to save labor.
The Hague reports Queen Wilhelmina remains in a precarious state with doctors unsure when a crisis may come. An extraordinary cabinet council met, with rumors of regency decisions denied by authorities. A Daily Mail dispatch from Castle Loo downplays gravity yet notes hopeful recovery prospects amid national grief.
A six story Vincennes apartment building at Thirty sixth street and Vincennes avenue burns. The blaze leaves thirty families homeless and the city’s fashionable building a mass of debris. Loss estimated near 200000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Court of Common Pleas in the Napolean La Joie case, upholding the reserve clause and affecting NL players now in the American League. Frasier and Bernhardt were later withdrawn. NL may seek injunctions against players reporting to AL games.
The April storm in southwestern Oklahoma claimed seven lives. At Leger Mrs. James Johnson died when a house blew onto her tent. Reed and his wife of the Frisco construction corps suffocated by a falling tent. Mountain Park reported three dead and lightning killed Adolph Foutz at Lone Peak. Frisco camp near Leger destroyed. Tendrick buildings leveled. Faxon stores blown down.
Facts cover London fowl consumption, dukedoms granted to British commanders, land use by hedge and ditch, widows and widowers in Britain, mammal bird reptile and fish counts, rocks found by survey vessels, warmest towns, mean temperatures, average weights by region, peers jury rights, times of high and low tides at London docks.
Popular Science notes include the armadillo with 92 teeth, the eel’s two hearts beating at 60 and 160 times a minute, and 172 species of blind creatures known to science. It mentions a Siberian winter rainbow, air renewal through walls in a room, volcanic dust’s global reach, and wind erosion shaping sandstone formations.
Agricultural Epitomist argues that overproduction prompts farmers to adopt truck farming. With a good market, perishable crops like strawberries must be marketed promptly to smaller towns and consumers. Success hinges on aggressive marketing, perseverance for small profits, and substantial upfront labor and soil management.
A letter from Anna B. Fletharty of Chicago extols Peruna as a health invigoration after personal and family illness. She credits improved appetite digestion and sleep to the remedy and notes her late husband’s leadership at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The piece cites Dr Hartman and Peruna’s claimed efficacy against pelvic catarrhal disease and lists endorsements from other women and a Maryland congressman.
The text notes that girl growth peaks at age 15 and boys at 17, mentions 1871 Germany having only elect cities above 100000, a palm tree with 30 to 50 foot leaves, and Danish married women moving a plain gold ring from the left to the right third finger.
Lancaster New York April 21 Mr John Remers postmaster of this village recounts a four year battle with diabetes After two years of medical treatment he stopped medicines and used about ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills He claims rapid improvement and attributes his recovery entirely to the remedy urging diabetics to try it and to write for information The letter notes the pills are on sale in every drug store and that Remers is now strong and well
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