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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
8
In Wathena a community dramatizes a Washington tale staged by settlers and cattlemen. Borden and Glade play rivals Cornwallis and Washington while Lizzie Dean inspires harmony. A prairie fire forces a dramatic rescue and crowns Borden’s courage over the Englishman.
A poem reflects on the early days of Washington and American patriotism with verses about the flag, thirteen states, and lessons from history. It is followed by a short note about barometric pressure and its effect on a man’s weight, citing the Washington Star.
Mrs John Tansey of Detroit recalls her family health scare and how Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People revived her daughter. She cites improved flesh gain and lasting use, urging mothers to keep the medicine for blood and nerve ailments.
A jumble of humorous lines and old advertisements. The text touts Flfall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee for catarrh derived deafness and promotes Hall's Family Pills, followed by a brief joke exchange about a theatergoer and a composer, all from a Pittsburgh Chronicle reprint.
The general appraisers of goods passing through the Custom House have made several decisions lately which, until passed upon by the Secretary of the Treasury, will hold good. But while there is stability in that quarter, no system failing in strength can be properly sustained without the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Hitters, a tonic and remedy for malaria, rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation and biliousness.
A compact reader’s page lists various items from medical ads to humorous quips. It notes Dr. P. Harold Hayes in Buffalo treating asthma and hay fever with free examinations, a Grain-O correction, and claims about Dr. Kline’s nerve restorer with a free trial bottle offer.
The New World notes rising interest in western Canada lands opened by the government for settlement. Manitoba, Assiniboia and Alberta are highlighted for diversified farming and stock raising, with favorable climates and minimal snow. Information on railway rates and pamphlets is available from Ottawa.
A jumble of reader quips and ads from multiple papers cites debt worries, a medical cure claim for consumption, a cure for hemorrhage, and a promotional offer from J Sherman a Mt Vernon specialist. The items mix with notices and humorous lines about debt and illness.
A promotional article extols Dr. Ayer’s Hair Vigor as a practical remedy for hair loss and dandruff. It claims nourishment to the scalp, restoration of color, and stops falling out. A testimonial from J. Guinn of Spencer Iowa is included, with an offer to request a 100 page cures book.
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