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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
7
A reflection on sharing God given beauty and air across hills and fields. The speaker notes the rose, brook, and landscape are owned by others yet grants sight and scent for personal peace and quiet delight in the scene and the maiden’s presence from a distant inspiration.
A family seeks a distinguished name and assumes Brander for status. After exhaustive searches in genealogical volumes and the Historical Society, the father learns the ancestor was a brander, a criminal branding official, making the great grandfather Mulligan, not a Brander.
The Ladies' Aid Society formed in 1861 cared for Confederate soldiers buried in Columbus hospitals. In January 1866 Lizzie Rutherford suggested a memorial day to decorate graves, prompting letters to other chapters and the adoption of April 26 as Memorial Day for Confederate dead in several southern states. The second item notes the Rev Septimus Smith known for ready made sermons and late night card games, and a Sunday morning surprise as he read an old farewell sermon.
The piece notes that the phrase marriage knot has historic roots in Babylon where a priest tied together strands from the bride and groom forming a knot. This ritual symbolized the binding nature of the union and was given to the bride as a token.
Inmates of Willard State Hospital for the Insane perform substantial labor including farming 1200 acres supplying food for patients, making clothing and shoes, and building a railway to the Lehigh Valley line. Similar productive efforts are noted at Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane and in European systems.
An Oriental Sporting Magazine item describes blood from Hare for infant illness and other charms. Black monkey magic involves killing the animal and using blood and skin to avert harm. Peacock leg supposedly cures deafness when oil is applied. Owl and eye dusts are linked to love and release through ritual preparations and words.
The Camden Messenger recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy as an excellent cure for coughs colds and croup based on family use. The Minneapolis Times notes the Filipinos are a bad lot but urges giving the school teacher more time.
Fr D Reynolds of Mansfield Ohio recalls his child’s night with croup and how One Minute Cough Cure quickly relieved the breathing storm. The advertisement touts the remedy as safe and immediate for coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and similar throat and lung troubles appealing to families and children. It also notes a unrelated remark about Funston.
An appraiser named Wakeman stands firm against resignation, declaring he preferred the booted official stance. The item appears amid a column of advertisements and short notes on public matters.
Advertisement for De Witt's Little Early Risers claiming liver stimulation and bowel relief without gripping. Promotes a clubbing rate of $2 for Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and The Express for one year and urges advance payment to renew subscriptions.
An old promotion claims jewels and health funding, urging women to protect health against coughs and bronchial troubles with Dr. Boschee’s German Syrup. It asserts early consumption protection and lung healing, noting availability at A Kempf and referencing Green’s Almanac. The Globe-Democrat denies links between Mexican earthquakes and Pan American Congress actions.
M S Mead of Attleboro Massachusetts reports relief from dyspepsia after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and notes improved digestion allowing cheese mince pie and nuts again. He urges others not to overeat and claims the product digests food. The Denver Post recalls public memory of Dewey's presidential hunger and forgiveness.
An 1836 Chicago testimonial from J. P. Becker praises Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets for after meal digestion relief, claimed stomach cleansing, blood enrichment, fresh breath, and reddened lips. The product is chocolate coated, said to purify blood and act as a nerve tonic, priced 25 cents, Lakeside Medical Co. Chicago, sold by D. C. Prader. The note also mentions a Mars message breakthrough in the Salt Lake Tribune.
The ad proclaims Electric Bitters as a tonic and blood purifier to restore health after grip attacks. It claims to strengthen nerves and rebuild energy, noting relief for stomach liver and kidney issues. Sold by D. H. Soetje with a Washington Star display and 50 cent price.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio recalls her three week old son's pneumonia improving after Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The letter claims the medicine saved his life and notes its reputation as a cure for coughs colds and lung diseases. O H Soetje guarantees satisfaction with 50c 1.00 and free trial bottles touted by Chicago Journal comments on the Schley case.
H Seever of Kenton Tenn suffered a severe bilious colic and used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Three doses cured him permanently. The druggist recommends this remedy for severe colic and cholera morbus. For Atchison Globe water seeks its level but whisky tops.
Advertises a medicine sold by O. H. Soetje’s drug store promising to cure aches pains cuts burns bruises inflammation piles boils ulcers felons and skin eruptions with a pay-if-not cured guarantee. Priced at 25 cents.
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