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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1898
Page
8
A poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Confederate Veteran honors a man named William Davis who refused to betray his principles under threat of death. It chronicles his refusal to speak for clemency, accepting execution over compromise, and portrays his steadfast loyalty as a heroic testament to manhood and loyalty to a cause.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows Mr Trimmer, a bashful young man, attempting to illustrate a labial salutation for a curious girl. He blurts out he might illustrate it, agrees to draw with eyes shut, and the pair share a humorous moment ending with mutual understanding.
Notes and Queries explores how the term clairet for red wine appeared in medieval sources. It cites Basselin using clairet for wines near Tours and Beaumarchais mentioning the term in Figaro as contrasting Bordeaux and Burgundy wines.
The Boston Traveler quotes Mr Grees paynt objecting to real food on the banquet table. He explains his role requires him to rise after a few bites and declare that he cannot eat tonight a strange dread comes over me and he will seek the quiet of another room. The rest of the company is pleased.
The passage notes that the Boers pay well for Birmingham supplied firearms, possessing the best money can buy. It describes them as connoisseurs in selecting shooting irons, quickly discarding inferior articles, and credits constant practice as the secret of their extraordinary marksmanship.
M. V. Lore of Lyons reveals that ancient Egyptian physicians named grain and perineum in medical papyri. The terms appear in the famous Ebers papyrus, but the exact meaning had not been proven.
The Paris to Marseilles telegraph network runs entirely underground in iron pipes laid 4 feet deep with manholes every 3,000 feet. The project cost 7 million dollars. The rest of the notes include congressional ages for pages and salaries for senators and representatives and a remark that early cannon balls were stone.
A 19th century advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the cure for grippe and general malaise. It claims liver and kidney benefits, renewed energy, and guarantees a cure or refund, with sales at J. H. Bacher & Co. for 50 cents a bottle.
Lewiston Journal recounts Junius Brutus Booth mentoring young Mathias Currier Kimball known as Yankee Glunn. On opening night of Richard III Booth improvised, Kr mball panicked but improvised a line and drew the crowd. Booth praised his Yankee persona as the key to lasting fame and advised him to stay in that mold.
Cork once a waste product now saved and pulverized for many uses. It enriches linoleum, fills refrigerator walls, and may aid lighter plaster molding. Prices range 3 to 8 cents per pound depending on fineness and demand grows as applications expand.
In a conversation from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph two men discuss that modern dramas are presented by select companies of players and note the absence of actors today. The exchange focuses on posters as evidence of the acting arrangements.
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt presents a fable dialogue where a dreamer asks what to do as a king for a day and a practical man replies he would borrow money to live on. The exchange contrasts vision with pragmatism in a concise parable tone.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve is described as the largest selling salve worldwide. The ad warns of counterfeiters targeting buyers and urges vigilance when purchasing the product from J. H. Bacher & Co.
An advertisement claims annual world consumption of £37,000,000 and urges readers not to be imposed but to insist on Dr. Sawyer's Little Wide Awake Pills as a radical cure for constipation dyspepsia biliousness and liver complaints. A Kempf.
Dr. Collignon used the Broca scale to track newborn skin tones from pink to lilac to leather brown and chocolate in several cases, arguing the negro baby is pink at birth and darkens with age. He compares epidermal pigment across races and notes sun, climate, and illness affect tint.
The count and countess argue over marriage and alien origins. The count declares his doubt about marrying, the countess retorts she would rather be Martian than human. The count then dies on the floor, ending any divorce suit.
The piece discusses social distinctions at formal events with a humorous exchange about telling guests from servants. It also mentions the One Minute Cough Cure praised for quick relief from colds and coughs, and notes several advertised products including a postal card counting/binding machine and Dr. Sawyer's Arica and Witch Hazel Salve for skin healing.
A rustic poem narrates Maud Miller and a judge entangled in wheat market woes. The judge proposes amid a harvest, they wed, but a cheat by Maud and the judge’s realization expose the folly of dollar wheat. The ballad laments class and fortune rising from grain.
The Monticello Congregational Church traces its beginnings to Rev. E. P. Kimball's 1860 ministry and the schoolhouse meetings. It notes the organization on Sept 18 1860 and formal organization Nov 13 1860, with early members and fundraising efforts for a meeting house. The cornerstone was laid May 14 1867 and the building dedicated Jan 26 1868 amid rising costs reaching about 8400 dollars.
An advertisement extols the Graphophone as a self singing instrument with limitless repertoire and home entertainment potential. It promotes catalogue No 30 from Columbia Phonograph Company Chicago and claims low cost compared to a cheap instrument.
Ada B Hart of Groton credits a near fatal lung illness to recovery after taking eight bottles of Dr King's New Discovery and endorses its power for consumption. An array of remedies from J H Bacher Co including DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and Little Early Risers pills are recommended, alongside various medical quips and anecdotes.
An old advertisement promotes a universal salve claiming to cure cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions and to cure piles with a money back guarantee. It lists a price of 25 cents per box and sale by J. H. Bacher & Co.
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