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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
5
A damaged OCR snippet shows numeric values and garbled text. The readable parts include prices like 6.00 and 2.80 with scattered terms and codes. No clear event or entities emerge beyond monetary figures and separator-like tokens.
State cases listed with Moss and Joyce against M P Sigworth and MB Kenyon. By J H Abel Deputy. WID Mites Auditor.
A five-person party including seconds and a surgeon witnessed the Hamilton Burr duel. Burr fired at word. Hamilton reeled and fell, mortally wounded, with Pendleton regretfully noting the lack of intention to shoot. Hamilton died that afternoon after revival attempts.
In 1694 Admiral Edward Russell hosted 6 000 guests in an Alicante garden. He served the largest bowl of punch ever brewed, a twenty gallon lime juice and brandy blend with Malaga wine and dense sugar. A boy in a boat refilled cups as rain threatened.
A Scottish schoolmaster in Banffshire once scolded a girl for wearing an overlong crinoline urging her to remove hoops and come back as God made her. In another incident a catechism exam led to a corporal response when a pupil challenged God’s end, prompting a sharp rebuke.
A Philadelphia Press reader asks what Alfred Lord Tennyson meant by the line The charm of married brows. The letter ponders whether the remark referred to married women's beauty or to eyebrows meeting in the middle, noting Arabian Nights depictions versus Western grooming practices.
In the Baltimore American snippet, a child recalls fishing with his father Pa who instructs to bait the hook and eye, capturing a small, rustic scene of guidance during a family outing.
A brief quotation from the New York Times notes a wife lamenting no gown fits and a husband blaming it on servant turnover. The Montgomery Advertiser adds that higher living costs are offset by longer lifespans, keeping overall expenses even.
Nickel Plate Road offers round trip fares at one third from Chicago to Buffalo for December 24 25 26 1904 and January 1 2 1905 with return January 4 1905. Three through express trains daily to Ft Wayne Findlay Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and eastern points. Through Pullman sleepers and dining car service with meals 35 cents to 1.00. No excess fare. Chicago depots at Van Buren LaSalle and Auditorium Annex. Further details from John Y Callahan General agent 111 Adams street Room 208 23 wd.
A survey of horseshoe superstition across nations explains its universal appeal. From Chinese door charms to Turkish crescent symbolism and Irish legends of Ireland rising, the iron horseshoe is tied to protection and luck.
In Marken, ITol land, most men are at sea in boats leaving few on land. Those who appear wear odd headgear and voluminous knickerbockers with clattering wooden shoes. Dutch fisher folk look clumsy yet are handy in a boat as farmers’ wives handle farm work.
A New York senator describes a ride with a motherly older woman who asked a question. He discovers she is deaf and shouts his answer. She reveals she was struck by lightning last summer, tying the dialogue to electricity.
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows Ascum noting Jiggins' growing wealth and Dr Swellman revealing he prescribed a European trip this morning. The doctor recalls a past practice of treating the same complaint with sodium bromide.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote recalls a proposer insult where he told her she was one in a thousand and she believed she belonged with the Four Hundred, prompting rejection. The fragment captures social snobbery around courtship in era reportage.
Mrs Dearborn recalls June weddings while Mrs Wabash confirms multiple dates including the Sth the 10th and 16th. She mentions shifting to October as her marrying month, reported in the Yonkers Statesman.
An old style advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a cure for indigestion dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles. The copy promises gentle yet thorough relief and mentions a price of 250 at Soetije's drug store.
Urges mothers to watch for coughs colds croup and whooping cough in children. Promotes One Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy, harmless and pleasant. Sold by all druggists.
Letters from J L Tucker of Center Alabama and Mrs Samuel Gagge of North Bush New York praise DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a universal family remedy for piles cuts burns fever sores and other ailments. A Cleveland Leader remark quotes Editor Watterson on hope and faith regarding a colonel.
Spencer Iowa resident Geo A Thomson testifies the remedy cured twenty years of dyspepsia after trying doctors in Iowa Chicago and even Norway. He urges all indigestion sufferers to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure sold by all druggists. Chicago Post mentions Attorney Alton B Parker in a separate note.
Dr King s New Discovery is touted as a cure for consumption with a testimonial from IT R Beal vE Beall of Mississippi claiming his wife recovered after using four bottles. The ad promotes trial bottles free and price 50 cents to 1.00, guaranteed by O A Soetje and O H Scott. News briefs note Port Arthur garrison counts and a Tillman Roosevelt item.
Advice on first aid promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a reliable cure for burns cuts sores eczema and piles with quick soothing effects. Available for 25 cents at Soetje’s drug store in Kansas City. The Port Arthur laps indicate a strong Russian coach this season.
DeWitts Little Early Risers are praised as mild and effective liver pills. The product is advertised as pleasant and suitable for children and delicate individuals, with strong users calling them the best liver pills sold.
The Des Moines Daily Capital marks its seventh annual Bargain Day on December 28 1904 offering a full year for 2.00 by mail for both new and old subscribers. Existing subscribers must cover dues to January 1 1905 and the 2.00 for 1905.
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