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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
4
Man seeks audience with manager at theater box office
A dignified man with a smooth face asks for an audience with the manager at the theater box office. The box office clerk invites him in and comments that the manager may be seeking audiences himself, as reported by the Philadelphia Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
A Clandestine Mail Order Scheme Revealed
An exchange uncovers mail order houses Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward using numbered labels to conceal buyers. Packages lack buyer names, with only a code and street address showing the shipper. The scheme aims to hide origin while aiding clandestine purchases away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Tea for a blooming complexion promising wrinkle relief
Advertising copy touts health and beauty benefits with lines about attention to care and a blooming complexion. It urges trying a tea described as A, B, C with a price of 25 cents per package.
Inter State Fair Marion speeds offer four $1000 stakes
The Marion Inter State Fair speed program runs August 17 to 21 featuring four $1,000 stakes the only state racing association this year to offer such. Event lineup includes daily 2:40 trot 2:15 pace and running dash schedules with additional races and vaudeville acts from Five Barnvards Frees Brothers Bunt Brothers Gennett Sisters Rice's show and Sealy Parsons predicts a strong fair with large exhibits. Marion track holds the state record of 2061½ cents?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Managment
Frees Brothers
Bunt Brothers
Gennett Sisters
Rice
See’y Parsons
Paul Du Chailla’s Generosity Revealed in Death
The New York Times recalls Paul du Chaillu’s charitable nature who died poor despite lending large sums to supporters of his work. In London and Paris, Americans stranded abroad benefited from his generosity helping them secure passage home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paul du Chailla
London
Paris
Alhambra
du Chailly
New York
du Chaillu
Paul
Self destruction warned and prevented by tonic claim
A Sioux City Journal snippet promotes Electric Bitters as a preventative against despondency leading to self harm. The ad extols the tonic as strengthening nerves and regulating stomach liver and kidneys, priced at 50 cents with guaranteed satisfaction by O. H. Soetje, druggist. It ends with a proverb about preferring a whole aisle over crowded seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Soetje
Sioux City Journal
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Branding Alert
Consumers urged to seek DeWitt on every box as counterfeit salves flood the market. The genuine salve uses pure witch hazel and bears E. C. De Witt & Co Chicago branding, with broad druggist availability noted by Sioux City Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
E. C. de Witt & Co
Chicago
De Witt’s Little Early Risers Praised by Albany Reader
Albany Ga resident W S Philpot reports relief from a bilious attack after taking a single De Witt’s Little Early Risers, noting it worked better than calomel and blue mass and felt pleasant. The Sioux City Journal notes the sentiment and promotes the pills sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Philpot
Albany Ga
Harry Risers
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Healing
An old Sioux City Journal note touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as essential for preventing death from burns, sores, ulcers and piles. The ad claims the salve is the best on earth and sells for 25 cents at O. H. Soese’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Soese
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promotes Digestive Health
Advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for indigestion allowing full eating and proper digestion. Claims stomach prep for reception retention digestion and assimilation of food to produce healthy blood. Mentions availability from druggists and ties to Sioux City Journal quotes about social scenes and beauty norms.
Kodol Dyspepsia Care Promoted for Children Too
An Nashville mother cites her three year old as a well baby after one bottle of Kodol Digest fits indigestion claims. The ad asserts most childhood illnesses arise from stomach disorders and that Kodol helps growth by digestion. Sioux City Journal notes the claim as reprinted advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carter
Central St
Nashville Tenn
Nashville
End of Bitter Fight Ends with New Discovery
J F Hughes of Dupont Ga describes a long battle with a lung abscess who was given up but recovered after using Dr King s New Discovery for consumption. He credits rapid recovery and full health restoration to the remedy sold by O H Soetje s drug store with 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes and free trial bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcos Bozzaris
H. L
F. D. Stout
Dubuque
Manager
Lockheart
Nuthurst
Rustique
Cora Belmont
Russia
Lord Russell
Kramlin
Nutburne
Cheyenne
Nora Wilkes
Robbie Wilkes
Gussie Wilkes
Wilkes Bird
Allerton
Bonnie
Thomas W
Oscar
Barnhart
Ashby V
George Wilkes
Rachael
Advertiser
J. F Hughes
DuPont
Dr. King
O. H. Soetje
End to It All With Dr King’s New Life Pills
An advertisement claims Dr. King’s New Life Pills relieve unbearable pain from taxed organs and other ailments. It touts gentle, thorough relief and urges readers to try them for 5 cents, guaranteed by O. H. Soetje, a local druggist.
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Harger & Blish
Gen. Agts
Tom
George
Jack
Miss Ryder
Didyth
Miles
Giles
Ping
Graspit
Pong
Chicago News
Ryan Reporter
Bill Dugan
Clinton
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Mfrs
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Geo. Wilkes
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Jones County
Dubuque County
Anamosa
Young Blaze
Davidson Bros
Hil
Ward
G. H. George
Save
South
J. F. Munny
Iinois Central Railroad
Dubuque, In
Montcell Tre Bank
National Bank
Farwell
WW. M. Hicks
H. M. Carpenter
H. 8. Richardson
Direotors
Frank M. Hicks
K. Burles
John Schweitzer
John McDonald
G. Henry George
William Stuhler
O. H Soetje
Dar I Talim
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