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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
3
President Taft sends a sweeping message urging Congress to adopt a tariff board and adjust duties under the new law while proposing economy measures across war and navy departments. He calls for judicial procedure reform, postal changes, ship subsidies, postal savings banks, and anti fraud steps, framing foreign policy and domestic finance amid rising prices.
London Chronicle notes a club lunch discussion on dreams where the dreamer is always the underdog facing horrible danger and never acts heroically. The piece suggests brave men may exist in sleep, but outside the dozen sleeping cowards there are none.
Britain imported 18 million dollars of meat from this country in 1908 and bacon and hams also rose sharply. Australia supplied sheep and mutton trade to Britain while the United States and Denmark led in total provisions imports with notable butter values. Dixie is described as an imaginary Southern U S locale celebrated in a popular melody adopted by Confederate armies during the Civil War.
Columbia University students adopt a reform step by banning mustaches, a policy described as commendable for the campus now enforcing facial hair restrictions.
An inventor applies stereo scope principles to film by using two lenses with synchronized shutters that open and close rapidly, eliminating flutter and creating a continuous moving image on the screen.
France’s coal output fails to meet demand though it rose over ten years from 320 million to 36 million tons. The figures highlight a widening gap between production and consumption.
Three year old Louise rides a fast electric car and watches out the window exclaiming to her mother about telephone poles appearing to run home. The playful observation captures a child’s quick, imaginative view during a transient moment.
Over the past two years American oil production has doubled. The total value added by oil exceeds the combined output of gold and silver in the United States by 16 million dollars.
A Missouri dentist claims rosewater can substitute for cocaine to numb gums during tooth extractions. He asserts that patient belief alone can prevent pain, suggesting potential use by physicians during radium treatments.
A Scottish inventor develops a new life-saving device capable of throwing a line up to half a mile, offering improved reach for rescue operations and maritime safety.
A nurse from Parsons Kansas explains back pain signals kidney inflammation and endorses Dean's Kidney Pills to relieve congested kidneys. She reports relief from sharp back twinges and irregular secretions after using the remedy, urging readers to remember Dean's. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A playful exchange notes that ice pudding once called such is now referred to as the north pole or the Cook's Surprise, reflecting evolving dessert names in playful kitchen chatter.
An old health note urges relief from rheumatic pains by a home remedy. It prescribes one ounce syrup of Sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris compound, and a half pint of whiskey mixed and taken in tablespoonful doses before each meal and at bedtime, with shaking before use. These ingredients are available from any druggist.
A London bus driver is hailed by an old clerical passenger and mistaken for Cardinal Mannin. They wager a shilling over the claim. When asked by the conductor, the passenger bluntly replies that the question is none of his business, and the driver confirms the truth at last.
The poem chronicles Maud Muller who prefers lasting fame from a future poem to marrying the judge. She toils in a meadow while the judge passes, sparking family dismay yet hinting at immortality through literature.
A clerk, Smith, announces he is going to marry. The joke hinges on his twin bride sister and his poor memory for which sister is which. The exchange ends with the punch line that he has not tried to tell them apart.
A Boston educator, irate with nervous exhaustion after forty years teaching, credits Grape-Nuts with alleviating constipation and boosting brain power and physical condition. She outlines a breakfast of raw egg, four spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts, and hot milk or water, praising its digestibility and overall health benefits.
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