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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
4
An advertisement extols a herbal blood purifier and tonic named S. S. S. It claims to cleanse blood and strengthen digestion and nerves. Endorsed by Urbana Ohio resident B B Kelly and Cape May New Jersey resident Mrs He Siegfried who credit cures for eczema and breast cancer respectively.
Landor in early spring heavened by a perfumed glove reads a letter not meant for him. Eloise’s confession to a friend reveals doubt about Sandor Aldrich and his ambition. A bank career move follows as Landor seeks to prove himself to his father.
In a Chicago business saga, a 27 year old son takes head of his father’s Manila branch after proving shrewd, disciplined work. Katherine Clermont reappears at a social function as their relationship deepens, amid a backdrop of Melican and Philippine commerce.
People holding unused tickets can redeem them with the railroad company by writing to the general passenger agent, including the ticket and a stamped return envelope. The agent identifies the ticket, completes the bookkeeping, and the customer receives a refund check with an acknowledgment request.
Grammaticus in the Liverpool Daily Post explains that soldier arises from Latin solidus meaning wages. The term connects to soldiering as a paid vocation. The note cites Luke 3:14 where soldiers are told to be content with their wages, linking biblical language to the term.
A ragged urchin hides in a Main street secondhand shop reading a gilded love and adventure volume. The bookseller debates turning the boy away but lets him finish his read as closing time approaches and the boy asks, what time do you open tomorrow. Hartford Telegram reports a comic scene of petty culture and streetwise charm.
A brief dialogue depicts a rude young man apologizing for a yawn and a bright girl responding. She notes she visited Mammoth Cave last summer, prompting a casual remark in their exchange.
General Cox, praised as disciplined and unblustered, faced a mutiny where officers refused to lead their men. He confronted 600 armed soldiers unarmed at Cauley bridge, halted a riot, and ordered obedience. A private was shot by a quartermaster. the regiment later distinguished itself under Nelson and Palmer.
A Philadelphia Record anecdote describes a man who loses his seat to a woman during rush hour. He yields after she pretends to be Mr Jones, using charm to win the seat in a sly bunko maneuver. The piece notes how a single glance can decide a seating contest.
An anecdote recalls General Sherman visiting West Point during June graduation. He and the commandant inspect barracks and uncover a brick hiding a foot square hollow packed with tobacco and contraband. The cadets witness the moment as the general recalls making the hole as a cadet.
An offer bundles The Iowa Homestead The Poultry Farmer and Special Farmers Institute Editions with this paper for a four-paper one year price of 2.20. The package promises superior reading material for farmers and invites samples at the office for a short time only.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway sells reduced rate excursion tickets to southern resorts including Jacksonville Mobile New Orleans Savannah El Paso for return travel any time before June 1 1901. See coupon ticket agents for rates routes and times. A second sale for the National Creamery Butter Makers Association convention offers one fare round trip to St Paul with dates February 18 and 19 and return by February 25 1901.
Mrs. Ross Richardson of Laurel Springs New Jersey credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving her life from consumption after doctors forewarned she would die within a month She claims seven bottles cured her and she is now stout and well The ad touts the remedy as unbeatable for coughs colds pneumonia and related ailments with bottles 50 cents and 1 00 and free trial bottles at drug stores Also includes a short anecdote about a well behaved child asking for dessert and the plate being offered by a father
A Burlington fireman recalls severe pain and weakness until Electric Bitters revived him. The advertisement claims the remedy boosts life and vigor for weak sickly people. Also noted is Mrs. Marie Burroughs of Urbana aged 105 who remains hale and recalls dancing with Grant’s father, with her eldest child now 78.
In a recent interview Thomas A Tolison endorses electricity as a public school study alongside spelling and arithmetic. He also touts a worldwide famous salve claiming cures for cuts burns boils and other skin ailments with a 25 cent price at all drug stores.
Advertises High hour laws ignored by tireless workers and claims millions at work curing indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and stomach liver bowel troubles. Describes pills as easy pleasant safe and sure at 25 cents. Also includes a Kaiser quote about his daughter Victoria noting her awareness of the emperor.
An array of patent medicine claims tout Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with promises of digestion and instant relief. Other items endorse One Minute Cough Cure, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, and Little Early Risers with wide ranging notes on cures, endorsements, and notable figures such as D C Prader and mentions of Lord Curzon.
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