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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1897

Page

5

Curious travel scam and river monster tale merge in column

A storyteller recounts a Chicago merchant duped by a Missouri drummer who sold him a fake TPA pass to ride free to St Louis. After mishap returning home the joke collapses revealing a misread gesture and a lesson in travel ruses. The piece then shifts to a London lecture on refrigeration comparing various machines and their limits.

Chicago New York St. Louis Missouri Yuno Vuno

Fish Problems Hint at Dirty Water Preference

A West Side observer questions how fish reach landlocked ponds formed in old quarries and flooded pits. He notes stagnant waters, little vegetation, and foul odors as likely factors in sustaining animal life in isolated basins near Cicero.

Chicago News Cicero Dead Sea

The Marrying Kind and Quick Health Cures

A collage of quips and ads notes changing gender roles with playful jokes about attire and marriage. It cites DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Witch Hazel Salve as remedies for constipation and skin ailments, plus One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and bronchitis.

J.A. Perkins Antiquity DeWitt J. H. Bacher & Co Mary Bird Harrisburg

Senator Ioar Recollects Forty-Five Years in Public Life

C. D. Gibson to contribute serial drawings in 1908 including A New York Day and The Seven Ages of American Woman as part of political reminiscences by Senator Ioar who has spent four-and-a-half decades in public life.

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The Tribune Promotes Its Editions and Almanac

The New York Tribune offers The Daily and Weekly editions with strong Republican alignment and value. The Semi Weekly adds a 20 page pictorial supplement. The Tribune Almanac for 1898 covers Constitution, tariffs, elections, and official statistics. Copies available by subscription and mail.

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