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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
7
A Victorian style notice discusses delicate silk and woolen undergarments and cautions against laundry damage. It advises hand washing with Ivory Soap dissolved in warm water, rinsing, gently squeezing, and line drying with pressing while damp. The article credits Eliza R Parker and the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway imprint.
Low rate Winter Tourist tickets are available via the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Mobile New Orleans Gulf Coast points Jacksonville Tampa Port Tampa Havana and all Southern and Southeastern Winter Tourist points. Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and elegant wide vestibule trains heated by steam direct from the engine. Address I L Harris St Louis Chas Rudolph Chicago Posey Mobile Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs opens February 23. Through sleepers via Frisco June.
A promotional notice touts a powerful locomotive pulling Pullman cars and dining facilities, promising a pleasant journey. It says two trains depart Chicago daily for St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth via Wisconsin Central lines and invites travelers to contact C Pond General Pass Agent Milwaukee for details.
An 19th century style ad notes Lane's Family Medicine promotes daily bowel movements for health and gentle liver and kidney action. It markets cures for headache with prices 25 and 50 cents and ties in other product lines like St. Jacobs Oil with comic lines about a doctor and undertaker. It mentions wages of sin and hard times and a mule kick anecdote tied to St. Jacobs Oil.
Testimonial style ad highlights Hood's Sarsaparilla as a perfect remedy for blood, kidney, liver and bowel issues. Anecdotes from Anna Sutherland of Kalamazoo Michigan, Elzasera J Girreus of Moose Lake Minnesota, and Albert A JagNow of Douglastown New York claim goitre relief, increased strength, better sleep and appetite, with strong loyalty to the product. The tone reflects a period advertising voice urging wise choice for better health.
In October 1776 the Whitby housed American prisoners near Wallabout Brooklyn. Abel Beman, a small Connecticut captain nicknamed Boy Beman, plotted a daring escape with seven comrades. Using a hidden galley and fog cover, they crossed the river and slipped around Manhattan to reach Washington’s headquarters and home, while pursuers scoured Muste and Sound for them.
The Bayonne Herald recounts a tale of Washington and Lee with a foxing humor about horse prices. A daring escape unfolds aboard the Whitby as seven companions, led by a boyish captain, flee in a fog bound galley while guards fire ineffectively. Washington and Lee exchange wry banter, noting Lee’s sly business acumen and a joke about widowly remarriage.
A courtroom exchange includes joking warnings about a lion and a tail in a cage as a judge notes Washington's birthday and cautions the defendant. The dialogue reflects light, quirky moments in a formal setting.
A brief caption presents Willie wishing to be George Washington and his papa asking why he told the truth about wanting more cake. The strip hinges on the idea that Washington could not tell a lie and the boy’s candid answer.
A New York Journal note reports a woman who insists she is 105 years old while presenting as 92. She jokes that she danced with George Washington, illustrating the tale’s humorous exaggeration.
A historical notice describes Russian railroad trains equipped with smoking cars for ladies, illustrating period etiquette and carriage arrangements.
An estimated 93 year old woman in Essex County England is described as perhaps the oldest living bicyclist and an adept rider. The text promotes Tipstetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive health measure for digestive diseases and chronic dyspepsia issues.
In Yonkers the Statesman notes holiday markdowns as shoppers ask if certain pillows are real down. Store scenes capture seasonal discounts and customer curiosity during the festive sale period.
New corn price details yield 13 bushels per acre while oats 250 bushels and pasture stock feed costs 25 cents per acre with 50 tons expected. Potatoes sell for 1 20 per barrel and Bromus Inermis praised as the great grass. A seed catalog offer worth 3000 dollars plus 10 farm seed samples.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has that rich neat brown of Mocha or Java but it is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 15 cts and 25 cts per package sold by all grocers.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad promotes winter trips to South Coast resorts in Florida California and the West Indies with offices in Louisville Kentucky offering descriptive folders. The short note warns of street cyclists and touts Allen's foot powder with a free sample offer while railing against covetousness and cold.
The bulletin advertises paying a weekly salary and expenses to a man to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture and insect destroyer in the country, with address at Perfection Mfg. Co. Parsona Kansas. A quip questions whether a camera is acquisitive for taking everything in sight.
A collage of vintage ads promotes Kemp's Balsam for coughs and Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with druggist samples. It also cites quotes on economy and humor, plus St Jacobs Oil for neuralgia and rheumatism and Piso’s Cure for whooping cough.
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