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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
4
A barber claims frequent hair cutting weakens roots and causes baldness. He alleges if cut every six months or yearly, a person would retain or gain hair, citing hair tubes and nourishment. The tale ends with a confession that he has cut hair for 15 years and moralizes about conscience.
A Detroit Tribune piece quotes a horse editor doubting the practical use of cathode rays. A rival reporter jokes that future tech could let people see through newspaper jokes, provoking a wry exchange about scientific gimmicks.
In North American Review the private life of Wendell Phillips is recounted as an ideal of selfless love and moral strength. He joined the abolition struggle with intellect, wealth, and fervor, always placing his wife Anne Phillips at the center and refusing to leave her side even in illness and impending death.
Dean Hole recalls a man born near Niagara who longed to see Lodore after reading Southey. In a trek across lakes, he finally asks a countryman for the waters’ location, only to be told he is sitting on Lodore itself. The anecdote blends travel longing with a playful punchline.
A reflective poem about memory and family heritage told through a grandmother’s patchwork quilt. The speaker sees ancestors and past friends in the quilt’s faded silk pieces, honoring humble lives and their lasting imprint.
The New York Sun reports that the Haskins method preserves wood by treating green timber with air pressure and high heat. Sap compounds are distilled and retained within the wood, coagulating in pores to form a moisture resistant, impervious, and indestructible fiber mass.
A German admirer defends St Bernard dogs after an English traveler criticized the breed for raiding a luncheon basket. He argues the dog’s act reflects concern for innkeepers in mountain regions, noting a summit inn offers a good lunch at moderate prices. The critic’s habit of carrying food up from below harms local inns.
Floquet was famed as a suave flirt at social events. He impressed guests with witty compliments and deft flattery. At a party he lifted a lace handkerchief claiming it could not belong to any guest due to its unique perfume, naming three famed beauties. His keen sense of smell let him identify guests by scent at his wife’s receptions.
Mrs Boston asks if her daughter's cold is improving and about the temperature. The doctor, momentarily distant, says it is just above the freezing point.
Philadelphia reports annual material production valued at 525 million dollars. The data highlights the city's manufacturing scale and economic activity without detailing specific industries or firms.
An old advertisement urges mothers to buy Dr Hand’s Colic Cure at 25 cents for infant distress and Dr Hand’s Teething Lotion for teething pain. Claims quick relief by easing wind and calming nerves, with sold by all druggists. Also notes world tea crop totaling 465 million pounds.
In a frontier tale from the Detroit Free Press, Joe Peters, a Confederate deserter, escapes capture as his wife lures 20 pursuing Union soldiers into a hillside avalanche. The landslide swallows the party, leaving the cabin burned and Peters later recovering. The wife’s bold action and bitter memory haunt the area, with locals wary of night visits to the Richland land.
Advertises free sample bottles and a Guide to Health booklet sent to H E Bucklin Co Chicago and J H Bacher Co drugstores. Claims the products are guaranteed to help with no cost. Readers are urged to try the remedies at no expense.
A humorous London Tit-Bits quip notes burglars in Uptown stealing all valuables except the mortgage, contrasting Uptown and Downtown with a wry twist. The joke hinges on the idea that financial obligations remain despite theft.
Send your address to H. E. Buck len Co in Chicago to receive a free sample box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad claims the pills cure constipation headaches malaria and liver troubles and are purely vegetable and safe. Also notes a price of 25 cents per box and lists J H Bacher & Co as sellers. A separate note mentions the prince of Naples being refused by a European princess due to his garlic habit.
An 19th century style ad promotes Buckien's Arnica Salve as cures for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent price per box sold by J H Bacher & Co.
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