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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1897

Page

4

Flying Fish Industry and Market Life on Barbados

Off Barbados the Exocostus voli tans species thrives as a coastally caught staple. Night boats haul fish to shore where black fishwives load, carry, hawk, and auction baskets through town. Flying fish rise in shoals and leap up to 20 feet, then skim, with dolphins in hot pursuit.

Barbados West End Sambo London Graphic

Geese On The March Aboard A Steamship

Wild geese travel in column when marching long distances and even cross by ship. Observers note deliberate pace and tight formation with no jostling. In Antwerp a flock of 3 000 geese crossed to a steamer bound for Harwich, then moved aboard and into pens at sea.

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The Origin of Thanksgiving and Early Observances

A historical sketch traces early Thanksgiving in New England from early harvests to official days of thanks. It notes irregular fasts and thanksgivings, the governor’s proclamations, and the modern habit of presidents designating a national day. It then lists travel fare promotions and remedies marketed by J. H. Bacher & Co. with assorted anecdotes and medicine ads.

Susanna White Holland New England Anne Hutchinson Philip America Atlantic Pacific British America Gulf

One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed By Mother’s Testimony

Mrs Mary Bird of Harrisburg Pennsylvania credits twenty five cents spent on One Minute Cough Cure with saving her child from croup. The ad touts the medicine as a cure for coughs colds bronchitis pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. J H Bacher & Co promotes its safety pleasantness and reliability.

Mary Bird Harrisburg J. H. Bacher & Co

Tribune Adopts Republican Principles and 1898 Prospectus

The Tribune promotes Republican doctrine and loyalty to McKinley Hobart, offering subscriptions to Daily, Weekly, and Semi-Weekly editions with a new 1898 almanac and extensive pictorial supplements. It details prices, sample copies, club prospects, and forthcoming features including the Constitution and Dingley Tariff Bill analysis.

New York Tribune Republican Party United States McKinley Hobart Daily Tribune Weekly Tribune Weekly Tribune The Tribune Almanac State of New York Joseph H. Choate Congress

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