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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1895
Page
6
A vivid October night gathering at North Carolina farmer Marie Tom’s lot shows entertainment for a crowd of darkies with corn shucking, music, dancing, and spirited social mixing. The piece notes vivid costumes, beverages, and rowdy moments before dawn.
Electric Bitters is promoted as a versatile medicine for all seasons. It claims to relieve languor, liver sluggishness, headaches, indigestion, and malaria poisoning, with prompts cures and a price of 50c and 1.60 per bottle at J. H. Bacher & Co.
Household Hints offer quick fixes from old times. Vinegar removes garment spots while farina rice yields white fluffy kernels with lemon juice. Mustard and salt serve as emetics. egg white brightens leather chairs and book bindings. Duck stuffing uses mashed potatoes and English walnuts. Beef salad combines thin roast beef with horseradish cream and onion juice on lettuce.
Reverend J Gunderman of Dimundals Michigan praises Dr Kings New Discovery after his wife suffered pneumonia and grippe with terrible coughing fits. He notes rapid, satisfactory relief and mentions trial bottles at J H Bacher Co drugstore with regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
A Blackwood's Magazine excerpt recalls officers quitting early over pedantic demands such as sock prices and exact phrasing. It cites a board report on a horse accident where simply saying the leg was broken drew reprimand, leading to a dry refinement that tibia was fractured.
A nostalgic ad styled line lists Castoria as a remedy for infants and children over generations. The verses claim relief for a sick baby a crying child and a nursing mother. The piece evokes vintage consumer culture and product familiarity.
Monticello November 29 1895 the board of education met approving minutes and bills for the teachers fund contingent fund and related expenses. The wiring of the new school for electric lights was referred to the buildings and grounds committee with power to act. The session adjourned. Also noted is the old church canon stating Christmas decorations must be removed by February 1.
Real estate transfers show numerous grants and deeds including W F Joyce to Josiah Walston in Wyoming land. Hamilton and Ganser transfers in Cass and Wayne. Eva Weaver from Ganser. J E Woodlot3 in Ellison’s add Martelle. Catherine D Halsey to James A Day in Madison. Mary E Berry to Frank N Lathrop in Oxford Mills. Dunham to Dunham in Monticello. various other parcels in Bronson, Wyoming, Cascade, and surrounding areas. The entries include multiple scattered parcels, owners, and sections with several names and parcels referenced.
An 19th century advertisement touts Bucxien Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions promising a cure or money back. It is sold by J H Bacher & Co at 25 cents per box.
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