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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1898
Page
5
It promotes a thorough blood cleanse and system toning to prevent loss of appetite and a run-down feeling in spring. The preparation strengthens the body to fortify against illnesses in the hot summer season and is a small precaution with health benefits all summer.
The ad touts S S S as a superior herbal blood remedy that purifies the blood, renovates the system, tones the stomach, and renews appetite. It claims safety, containing no arsenic, sulfur, mercury, or potash, and urges readers to use it for a healthy summer.
A tour of keystones from London landmarks notes the five arch Henley bridge masks by Hon. Mrs. Dawson-Damer and other keystone sculptures. It highlights St. Bride’s doors, Guildhall Museum pieces, and plaster creations on Marylebone and Brixton façades, plus a Bagnigge House grotesque keystone in King's Cross road and arches near Lincoln's Inn.
Snippets from Chicago papers note a hushed exchange over a daughter's betrothal and a minor sum of money. The dialogue shifts away from finance as the couple considers the match. One quip compares hush hush coupling to a prizefight in a barn versus a public sparring contest with police in attendance.
The Louisville Courier-Journal recalls a June 1837 gathering at a Virginia Springs resort where figures like H. Clay Rufus Choate and Millard Fillmore joined southern planters. A midnight floor show featured Clay's Kentucky breakdown, Choate’s pigeon wing, and Rives’ double shuffle as guests enjoyed music and mint juleps.
Allan Hendricks explains the stock saddle’s Spanish American origins and immense strength for rope work. He notes pon dement, heavy build, high horn, and double cinch rigging to endure broncho busting, hauling, and lariat use in the western ground.
A Monticello Iowa postal notice dated April 25 1898 lists unclaimed letters including Appleby Dr G W Brown Irwin T Martin W E and D EF Posp P M awaiting recipients or pickup at the office.
The verse portrays Ursula in festive warmth and gentle grace as she works tomorrow to comfort the poor widow and aid men’s troubled hearts. Johnson notes her poised calm and kindness that sorrow cannot touch, while the speaker hides his own pain at her door.
A Connecticut sportsman recounts a tense crossing with a bull while hauling a boat across Eloys meadow. He hid under his boat as the bull charged multiple times, finally escaping when the animal tired and the creek was reached.
A sporting judge who feared prophets stops counsel Stammers from quoting scripture during a racing case. The baron jokes that prophets would sell their father for halfpence, noting fellow lawyer Mr Myer’s alleged bad influence. Also mentions palm tree suits and divergent student politics in Paris and London.
The School Board of Mosterio met after adjournment with Hicks Noyes Suirton and Tall present. Bids for renting the opera house were read. Hazlett's bid of 252 was accepted and the president authorized to sign the lease restricting use to school purposes and employing the existing janitor, with operations non interfering with the schools. The meeting adjourned.
A long list of real estate transfers and deeds across Onslow Monticello and surrounding areas, detailing various transfers among Jennie Underwood Amy Darling and others. Included are lot and block descriptions in Onslow Wyomin g Monticello and neighboring townships with amounts noted for some trades.
Round trip certificates to Cleveland Ohio and return via Nickel Plate road for Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum meeting May 18 25 1898 with three through trains daily and low rates. J Y Calahan Chicago agent offers information and tickets depart from Van Buren Street station. Also picture set from Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offered at depot ticket office with single parts ten cents each full set one dollar. 423 authorized to sell Cleveland return tickets at one fare and one third for round trip for Woman s General Missionary Society Presbyterian Church of North America May 10 18.
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