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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
6
A children’s verse by Ethelwyn Wetherald warns Polly to manage the five pairs of twins during a candy making night. The playful request imagines twins making treats and mischief before chores and scrubbing bathes the sticky children clean.
In Rutland Vermont Nero a massive German and English mastiff owned by Judge Wayne Bailey measures seven feet four inches from tip to tip and weighs about 285 pounds He stands nearly three feet tall and has a 62 inch girth with a 32 inch brass collar His daily meal is a pan of corncake and milk He is gentle with ladies and children but wary of strangers and Nero has attracted high offers yet remains with Judge Bailey
An astonished spider responds to a tuning fork as if hearing a buzzing fly. A man tests the sound on a web using a long thread and travels along strands to locate the source. The spider retreats then dances with pleasure, seeming to enjoy the fork’s music.
A playful exchange as a wife urges daily letters to ease a three week absence. The husband jokes that nightly curtains will help him sleep with the lights on, in a light Chicago Daily News vignette.
A forking log worker fell into the Ottawa River near the Chandiere falls and was swept toward the cataract. He clung on a shallow rock table and, with bankside observers watching, a derrick hoisted him to safety using ropes, saving him from certain death.
On Van Niekerk's Cape Colony farm a large baboon attacked and killed several dogs as the farmer, armed only with a knife, leaped in to defend his livestock. The struggle ended when he drove the blade into the ape's body, saving himself from a fatal blow.
Cassidy says after six weeks out they succeeded in getting back their jobs. Puck notes the strike was a success.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune lauds Lyman J. Gage for 1900 with an accrual surplus of 79 537 06 0.18 and total receipts of 669 595 431.18 against expenditures 590 068 371. For 1901 a surplus of 80 000 000 is forecast and 1902 an excess of revenue over outlays at 26 258 237.76.
The Albany Journal argues the ship subsidy bill is not dead despite opposition headlines. It contends delays due to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty show continued Senate action and predicts enactment, warning that defeating the measure benefits foreign ship owners over expanding the American merchant marine.
The excerpts quote editorials and opinions on Grover Cleveland Bryan McKinley and party fortunes. Comments critique Cleveland plan to empower rank and file and praise Republican dominance in the future, with references to subscription support for Bryan and electoral margins in midwestern states.
A young man known for closeness stays the night with a friend. Restlessness haunts the night until the host wakes him to calm him. The sleeper claims he dreamed he was with Miss Bud during a storm and saved a dollar by waking early, fearing a costly coupe. The Louisville Times cites the tale.
A passenger recalls accepting a counterfeit lead five cent piece from a man who suggested passing it off. The conductor refuses to use the coin and later learns the passenger was shorted as he bought a cigar and received four nickels in change. The tale ends with the passenger noting the giver must have thought him a chump.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from regrains. It claims gentle digestion for delicate stomachs and similar taste to coffee, at about a quarter the cost. It suggests 15 to 25 cent packs and notes benefits for children.
An old health ad promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement and general health benefits. It touts gentle action on liver and kidneys for a sick head ache with prices 25 and 50 cents.
Detroit Free Press notes that heavy labor, open oysters, and dairy work persist as burdens of civilization. It questions embalmed beef tins and warns that cheerfulness eludes dyspepsia, suggesting White's Yucatan as a remedy.
A brief Baltimore American exchange notes Mrs Proudleigh and Mrs Nexdoughre discussing a daughter who plays piano by ear. The skit hints at a humorous, domestic remark about musical talent and interpretation.
Constance cautions that the admired machinery is only in Mr Flashleighs head while the Ohio State Journal notes observing remarks on his unusual hose described as exquisite clockwork by Beatrice.
A brief notice echoes a linguistic remark from the Indianapolis Journal. It notes confusion over pronoun usage and mentions a cape girl as an imitation, highlighting concerns about authenticity and wording.
The New York Press quotes a scientist who claims the Gulf Stream is a myth. The remark suggests science may erode mainstream beliefs leaving only esoteric Buddhism and unusual notions as comfort.
Dr Llewellyn Jordan of the U S Treasury and West Point graduate praises Peruna claiming a month of use heals months of suffering. The ad touts catarrh as a systemic disease cured by addressing nerve centers with Peruna and offers a free medical book from the Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
In 1890 US mineral production reached 619 million dollars and 1809 figures show 976 million. The American red gum wood is used in London for street paying. Danes export premium butter while buying cheap butter from the United States. Boston remains the copper mining hub with significant profits and dividends of 23,384,100 in 1900.
Letter from Mrs I D Hyde of Telsom South Dakota dated December 31 1900 credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing her three year heart pains and improving her child's weak kidneys. She urges publication to warn others and notes the medicine’s price as 50 cents a box and availability at all dealers.
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