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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
4
A column from the New York Press surveys money, romance, travel, and marriage with sardonic humor. It notes how expenses outrun income for many, comments on women and social dining, and jokes about love, ambition, and the quirks of relationships.
Mr. Gurley has located in Armour South Dakota and bought a half interest in a law firm. Mrs. Welch mother of Mrs. D. B. Sigworth died in St Louis November 28 and was buried November 30 at Meta Missouri where Sigworth resides. Corner stone of new Congregational church to be laid next Monday at 2 pm with addresses by Rev Huggett Cedar Rapids and Rev Kinzer Marion. Schools close Friday next week with a student work display next Thursday and Friday open to the public.
Dialog on a woman's enterprise asks if she is a businesswoman and what field interests her. The piece cites city dispatches contrasting sensational murder reports with urban ambition and shifts to political gossip about Mr Bryan’s son-in-law and a Panamanian threat affecting the U.S. Navy.
The article surveys how ravens in Indian cities steal from households and open packages, while Australian satin birds collect nests materials like parrot feathers shells and bones. Arbor birds build long twig arbors weighted with stones, decorating them with shells and bones for aesthetic shelter rather than breeding nests.
On December 28 the Des Moines Daily Capital offers a yearly subscription for 2 dollars by mail, marking its sixth annual bargain day. Present subscribers may renew by paying 2 for 2004, with letters and payments sent to Safe Young in Des Moines. The Capital promises full AP news, strong market reports, and broad state reach.
Holiday ticket sale offers round trips at one and one third fare within 150 miles. Dates December 24 25 31 1903 and January 1 1904 with return by January 4 1904. Through service to New York City Boston and eastern points from Chicago Elevated Loop depot and city offices. No excess fare on Nickel Plate trains.
Nickel Plate Road will offer round trip tickets on December 24 25 and 31 1903 and January 1 1904 at one and one third fare for 150 mile distances with return good through January 4 1904. Club meals priced 35 cents to 1 dollar served in dining cars. No excess fare on any Nickel Plate train. Chicago city offices 111 Adams St Auditorium Annex Depot La Salle and Van Buren on the Elevated Loop. Phone Central 2057.
An advertisement lists 100000 acres of timber meadow and burned lands in Eastern Central Minnesota at 4.50 to 8.00 per acre and 200000 acres of prairie land in the Canadian Northwest at 5 to 8 per acre with payment terms. It also advertises Christmas and New Year excursion tickets within 200 miles of Monticello on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line for December 24 25 31 1908 and January 1 1904 return by January 4 1904.
A brick house with eleven rooms heated by fur nace and four lots at Chestnut and Fourth streets is offered for sale on easy terms. Everything in good repair. Signed 14th W. A. Overing. Farm for Sale or Rent near Monticello. Stephenson farm two miles from town with water timber and good buildings. Enquire at McLaughlin & Eby. Poland China swine for sale. Large heavy boned Poland China boars and Brown Leghorn cockers for sale located 314 miles west of Langworthy J A Colton.
A promotional note offers Chicago Daily Tribune with The Express for a combined one year price of $3.75 for local subscribers and $4.00 for out of county readers, valid November and December with withdrawal on January 1, 1904. It also lists new rail services from Chicago to Colorado and California via the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul lines and sleeper options to Denver and San Francisco. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is advertised with medical endorsements from Gov. G W Atkinson of West Virginia. Los Angeles Times notes a kerosene price rise and Rockefeller’s Christmas donation to the University of Chicago, amid opposition to higher education.
One hundred dollars a box is said by H A Tisdale of Summerton DC to have paid for DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve after twenty years of piles failures with other doctors. The salve is claimed to cure blind bleeding itching and protruding piles and other skin ailments. Sold by all druggists.
A Nebraska Journal note laments farmers abandoning plans to use corn shredders, indicating a shift away from aggressive harvesting methods and a return to traditional farming practices. The piece frames this as a redistribution of ambition among Nebraska agriculturists.
A classic health ad claims Electric Bitters ease trouble signs such as nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets. It promises to tone the stomach regulate kidneys and bowels stimulate the liver and purify the blood with full satisfaction guaranteed by O H Soetje, a local druggist.
In Peoria Journal speculation suggests Rockefeller may use rising coal oil prices to fund Christmas presents while Professor Harper plans a large stocking.
Beall, Mias., recounts his wife’s fall illness and rapid recovery after using Dr Kings New Discovery. He states four bottles cured her when all else failed. Drugstore guarantee with 50c and 1 dollar prices. trial bottles free.
Circular No. 11 by the Illinois Central Passenger Department collects twenty letters from Northern farmers in nine states now on Illinois Central and Yazoo Mississippi Valley lines. The letters describe farming success under new conditions and climate, opinions on the country and people, and guidance for those considering relocation. Free copies of Circular No. 11 and the Southern Circulars Nos. 1 to 11 are available from J. F. Merry, Asst Gen Pass Agt, Dubuque, Iowa.
A 190 acre Lovell township farm near Monticelo is offered for rent at 211 pounds. The notice lists agents Herrick and Bauder. Additional items promote fashion and household goods including holiday handkerchiefs from I. C. Wills and pillow tops from H. C. Wills. Stuhlers advertises trimmed house slippers for misses.
The remedy promises immediate relief for coughs croup and la grippe by acting at the source. It draws out inflammation heals and soothes and claims to cure by aiding lungs to provide pure oxygen to blood and tissues. Dr Armstrong of Delia Texas prescribes it daily and endorses it as best. Sold by all druggists.
In Hungerford England a yearly post Easter fete levies a penny from every man and a kiss from every woman within defined bounds. Two officers with wands collect the dues prompting playful courtship and a carnival mood drawing visitors to the quaint town.
The Memphis Times claims John Rockefeller is a public benefactor as kerosene infused with radium is said to hold immense value per grain. Readers are urged to extract radium from coal oil before filling lamps.
A medieval custom in Friburgen Brisgau marks the birth of Baden’s Duke by climbers scaling the 400 foot cathedral tower. They traverse risky one foot projections with a single misstep fatal. Those who complete the ascent and descent earn 5 marks and a dinner ticket.
Blunders area sometimes very expensive. The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver or bowel troubles. Gentle yet thorough and priced at 26¢ at O H Soetje’s drug store Fort Worth Record notes congressional action is uncertain but holidays will pass.
A historical promotion claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieves burns cuts sores eczema and piles quickly. The ad urges readers to keep a reliable salve on hand for accidents like runaway horses and everyday injuries.
A garbled list of times appears with irregular formats such as arrive and depart stamps. The sequence includes 4:10pm 8:25am 6:40pm 8:95am 6:50pm 6:28pm 9:24am 1:20pm and an invalid 35am, indicating OCR errors and inconsistent time notation.
In Yoakum Texas a large dry goods firm led by J M Haller plans to place pills in a palace car during trips east. He recommends DeWitt's Little Early Risers to colleagues for a dark brown taste, headache relief, and a restful morning. Sold by all druggists.
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