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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
6
Correspondence from Wyoming August 4 reports Will Chamberlain visiting the old home. drug store sale to C D Walrod & Co. several residents listed with travel plans and illnesses. Cattle shipments to Chicago, bridges needing repair, churches and local moves noted. road justice mentions roads remaining impassable after floods under new law.
Onslow updates from August 4 mention visits by Jos Milner and Geo Jepsen from Oklahoma. Mrs. Fadley dies in Clay township. No street meeting last Saturday due to rain. Dr. Knittle reports a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Robb Scrogg ie. Alex Heminway visits with sister Mrs D A Walters. Mrs. Daugherty and Irene Hall visit Maquoketa. Floyd Richardson returns from Linn County. Contractors Shipley Coder near Center Junction prep plaster. Mrs H F Paul returns from Missouri with niece Pearl Welch. A little daughter of Mrs Ortha Johnston is gravely ill. Mrs Bert Walters family visits Davenport. husband now employed by government. Mrs Hartnett dies near town. mother of Mrs Dalley and Mrs Spoo.
Local events include a residence remodeling by Dawson and a baby girl born to L B Robison. Dr. Young did business in Monticello Monday. Miss Alice Dawson returned from Clinton. Rev Lockard led M E church services. Lawn party invited for F L Coder and wife. Visitors from Dubuque and Rock Island join local hosts. About 25 youths went to Newport and others traveled to the Dakotas for low rates. The M B H church welcomed about 15 probationers after sermon. Family visits to the Anamosa penitentiary noted.
Castle Grove reports unusually heavy rain on Saturday with roads badly washed in places. Haley’s barn has been re shingled and local berry picking trips have occurred around Hopkinton. Several residents report hog losses this summer. Emma McCollough returned to Rock Valley after a month here. Mrs. Marshall Noble of Galveston mentioned.
Temple Hill reports light grain yields as threshing begins in the vicinity. Rains have drenched roads and made some paths nearly impassable. Binder noises ease while mower work continues on hay. Sisters of St. Francis returned from an annual retreat in Dubuque.
A health ad claims mental despair precedes suicide and promises Electric Bitters as a tonic that strengthens nerves and revitalizes the body. It is advertised as a regulator for stomach, liver and kidneys with a 50 cent price and satisfaction guaranteed by O H Soetje, druggist. New York Telegram notes crop reports and Washington activity.
The advertisement urges buyers to seek the DEWITT name on DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve boxes noting pure witch hazel as the active ingredient. It praises cures for cuts burns bruises boils eczema and piles while warning of counterfeit products and naming KE C De Witt & Co Chicago as the genuine maker sold by all druggists. The Chicago News comment on Generals Miles and Grover Cleveland appears as a side remark.
Albany Georgia’s W. 5. Philpot reports relief from a bilious attack after taking one De Witt’s Little Early Risers. He praises its gentleness versus calomel blue mass or other pills and notes pleasant effects. Sold by all druggists. Philadelphia Ledger reports a Harvard full back marrying a $5,000,000 heiress.
An ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as essential for minor injuries and burns claiming it can prevent fatalities from burns sores ulcers and piles. It notes the product is sold for two cents at O H Soese's drug store. Cheago News mentions Oyster Bay's best season runs in months without R.
An old newspaper ad extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as a cure for intolerable pain and bodily distress from over taxed organs. It also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion and digestion enhancement, and A B C Family Tea as a natural kidney strengthener, with druggist assurances and low prices.
A traveler in Japan recalls rushing to catch a Tokyo train with a six inch canary cage. He is told live animals must be separately booked, but a Japanese girl decorates the cage with rice paper turning it into a parcel. She then invites him to her mother’s home for tea, and he later catches his steamer to Yokohama.
Claiming nine in ten childhood illnesses spring from stomach disorders, an advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as suitable for children and adults. A Nashville mother testifies her three-year-old son, once indigestion plagued, recovered after one bottle. The Boston Transcript notes a vulgar dinner gag at Asbury Park with menus printed on $20 gold certificates.
J F Hughes of DuPont Ga recalls a stubborn right lung access that doctors gave up on. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for consumption with quick health restoration and a return to strength. The remedy sells for 50c and 1 00 with trial bottles free. The cloud maker ad promotes A B Tea at 25c a package.
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