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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
8
On a moonlit pier in a seaside town a moneyless Ted faces leaving for South America after confessing his plan to take work to survive. He asks for the ring, she returns it with a counter demand to pawn it to fund their passage and wedding tomorrow.
A suburban grocer recalls giving a counterfeit half dollar to a ragged tramp five years ago. A well dressed man visits, reveals the coin’s origin, and credits the severest consequences of that act for his reform. He says the coin led him to sobriety, work, and financial success, and thanks the grocer as the kindest man in seven states.
The passage notes Sir Joshua Reynolds often painted from reflections, stood while at work, and rarely signed works. An exception is his portrait of Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse painted when he was sixty and she twenty eight. Siddons discovered embroidered words on the hem reading Joshua Reynolds pinxit 1784.
A Tennessee clergyman recalls General George H. Thomas on a Lookout Mountain platform. He quotes Thomas saying he would have halted the attack, yet troops rushed the battlements, elevating his fame while obscuring the valor of ordinary soldiers.
The Mary Setoun descendants guard a two inch skull shaped watch said to have been given by Mary to her favorite. The piece shows Death on the forehead with a palace and hovel and Horace quote, plus Time devouring all and eternity symbol on the back.
A historic desk or altar piece features a silver and gold skull with a hidden watch. One side shows the crucifixion and Marys, the other Adam and Eve among Eden animals. An openwork band around the skull bears emblems and Latin quotations while a Bethlehem stable scene unlocks within the jaw.
A comic exchange unfolds as a lawyer presses a young woman for her age Ten years earlier she cheerfully admits she was twenty three and the flirtatious banter continues with a playful jest about age.
Following in the ledger of the January board session a long row of names appears as poor, with many entries for sundry payments to individuals and firms. The items cover taxes, salaries, printing, bonds, office expenses, and supplies to various local entities and workers. Anamosa area figures and merchants appear among the listed payments.
A syndicated spoof notes that many pains from undigested food may be treated by Dr King s New Life Pills with a money back guarantee. The Detroit Journal remarks Vanderbilt fortunes rise this generation and mocks fashion ads for Rocky Mountain Tea by C H Soetje. Chicago News jokes about Congressmen and rate bills while promoting Hollister s Rocky Mountain Tea through O H Soetje. Milwaukee humor hints at city crime in contrast to protection.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a stomach rest and digestion aid. It claims to cure sour stomach gas bloating and other digestive disorders with a testimonial from L A Sopper of Little Rock Kentucky. A separate Kansas City Star blurb reports Russia bought an island in the Indian Ocean for a naval base and keeps location secret to block Japanese access.
A Chester Michigan postmaster reports his child recovered from a near strangulation after three doses of One Minute Cough Cure, praising its rapid relief. The Philadelphia Telegraph notes leather shoe prices may rise next summer, but heels should stay near last season's height.
Mrs A Young of Clay New York credits Electric Bitters for curing neuralgia of the liver and stomach and a weak heart after long illness. The Kansas City Journal notes a New York minister urging caution before marriage on a man’s weight. Guaranteed relief sold by H Soetje druggist 50c a bottle.
Fraud exposed as counterfeiters imitate Dr King’s New Discovery and other Bucklen medicines. Warning to the public to look for the Bucklen wrapper branding on all Dr King’s products to avoid imitations. Also notes perfumed gasoline in Topeka and cites Little Early Risers as a constipations remedy sold by druggists.
Norfolk man C Rivenbark Jr reports severe knee burn that blistered and pain stopped by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Soetje's druggist in Philadelphia markets the product as a healing remedy. The Philadelphia Inquirer also notes Russell Sage arguing men should save a quarter of income, while claiming he saves the other three quarters.
Bright eyes praised as a window to a woman's heart. Ollister a Rocky Mountain Tea promises bright eyes with tea or tablets priced 85 cents. The Kiburz building on Main Street is for sale at a bargain with inquiries to Sims Jas Voorhees.
Advertises exclusive Pullman trains from Chicago to Hot Springs and Mexico via Illinois Central routes. Describes special vestibule trains with dining cars and open top observation cars. Mentions Mardi Gras stopover in New Orleans and tours priced with all expenses paid. Represented by A H Hanson in Chicago and J F Merry in Dubuque.
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