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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
8
Whitelaw Reid at Phi Beta Kappa address at Vassar cites 654000 divorces in 20 years. Narrator notes 32700 per year 2725 per month 681 per week 97 per day and four per hour. Classmates debate population 70000000 in the country as a narrow view of life.
An artist recounts a humorous trip to a state asylum. He spent time with an inmate and noticed a clock at the stairs differed from his watch by minutes. He asked the Irish doorkeeper if the clock was correct, who quipped that it would not be there if it were right.
A Missouri clergyman Rev Jos Pope shares a statement from George Toel ferer, a German farmer in his congregation, praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for rheumatic pain relief and restored farm work ability after using multiple boxes. The Glasgow Evening Times quotes a joke about work and pay.
Advertisement claims a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee. Customer testimonials include Mrs Thos Robbins of Norwich in 1900 praising Piso's Cure for Consumption. Notations emphasize skepticism of relying on others experiences and time as a force.
The approaching season forecasts a mannish gown with severe lines and menswear fabrics. Silk remains essential with drop-skirts and silk waistlines, while economizing on trains. Rich autumnal tones like grape and blue red dominate, with short street skirts, long coats, and French belt shaping.
The article surveys fall silk and cotton waists and winter cottons as wardrobe staples. It notes long shoulder lines with various yokes and sleeves, trim options like buttons and tucks, and stocks matching waist materials. Millinery features white and black turbans, plumes, quills, and decorative toques with blue and green satin straw accents. Ell en Osmond e.
The Philadelphia Press comments on Miss Passay praising her goodness and charity. The discussion centers on her motto to treat others as she would want to be treated, with playful doubt about affectionate gestures.
In Yonkers a kindergarten teacher prompts students to name what moves quickly from place to place. Tommy volunteers but answers with a humorous misstep saying a cook. The exchange captures light classroom humor from a Yonkers State Man item.
A self contained mollusk, hidden for over a year inside a Bermuda coral fragment in the New York Aquarium tank, now emerges to feeds when tapped at its door. The creature, about an inch long, has bored into the hard brain coral and guards its polished cell from outside threats.
An analysis of female charm as a dangerous power, citing Queen Draga of Servia as a prime example. The piece notes her persuasive tact, her dress sense, and the way she swayed kings and courtiers, suggesting charm as a coveted but perilous quality few possess.
In Oyster Bay on Long Island Sound the president reviewed a vast U S navy in peace time. Twenty one warships formed two columns with destroyers flanking and the Mayflower led the proceedings as President Roosevelt acknowledged salutes from each ship. The ceremony concluded with the fleet moving toward Portland and the Mayflower returning to Sagamore Hill.
A brief humorous exchange recounts Stern swearing off drinking at about 10 o clock yesterday morning and losing a bet after being caught in a saloon at seven in the evening. The tale ends with the quip that ten hours is a working day.
A German contemporary notes American made lawn tennis golf and cricket shoes have appeared on the German market with imports steadily increasing.
In St. Louis, Judge Rogers ruled the Western Union may dismiss workers and maintain a blacklist for others in the Commercial Telegraphers' union case. In Connecticut, Frank Shirtleff killed Mrs. Schofield and himself amid jealousy. Finland and Hong Kong reports detail disasters, accidents, and unrest affecting workers and communities abroad.
Chronic nervous distress indigestion and dizziness afflicted women with irregular menstruation backache and lassitude. Despite doctors relief the ads claim Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured many including Mrs Fromenou Honiano and Mrs Bowans urging others to try it.
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