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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
4
Organized under the State Banking Law with liability of stockholders same as under the National Bank Act. Paid up capital and surplus fund described. Money loaned on approved security. Deposits received subject to check on demand. Interest paid on time deposits.
The New York Sun piece presents a playful soliloquy on whether a girl should ride or refrain. It chronicles inner conflict facing social norms, the lure of the ride, and a plan to take a riding lesson despite fears and gossip.
California Letter describes the borax fields of Death Valley as the deadliest labor for men and horses. Teams of up to forty to sixty horses pull 8,000 pound wagons with 20,000 pound loads under near 140 degree heat. Horses live only months before breakdowns or death from dust and heat, water is scarce, and drivers risk deadly thirst.
A Pearsons Weekly note details surprising yawns from marine life. The turbot yawn described in vivid terms, its mouth twisting and jaws distending from lips to gills. A cod yawn is noted as exceptionally wide for its size.
A collection of colorful epithets for rulers and heroes such as Alep Arslan called the Valiant Lion Arioch of Assyria named Lion King and Gus tavus Adolphus Lion of the North Louis VIII Lion King and Richard I Lion Hearted. It notes the first white child born on United States soil Virginia Dare born August 18 1587 and mentions nails and tonics with promotional tones.
A New York Sun piece describes the jovial hunter who lifts camp spirits on dreary days. The cheerful man brightens moods, boosts wood gathering efforts, and fuels a big campfire that spurs storytelling. Even visiting women spark happiness in a drizzly Moose River camp.
A caustic critique of calling on neighbors as a social duty. The author condemns unwanted visits as idle, intrusive, and hypocritical civility, urging terseness and purpose in any social calling while warning of shaming names for refusing. Source notes Lippincott's.
Gilbert Watkins, a blind man living on Brush Street, travels widely without guidance. He walks from the city to Los Angeles and back using memory of landmarks, noting objects along routes to return safely. He relies on friendly helpers when going somewhere new and compares his navigation to a cat’s sense.
The speaker recalls Count d Aure entering La Fleche before age eight and a brutal hazing by a veteran, later General Baraguay d Hilliers, who crushed his finger. The tale, shared by Th Bentzon in Century, frames a lifelong bond born from that rough initiation after the first empire.
A girl listens to children’s riddles and explains the idea to her father. She misreads a riddle about a blind curtain on a pole and two men sloughed, then hints that she also does not see the point. She now practices on riddles with real meaning.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt jokes about medical advice to quit religion and drink. Other items tout One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as quick fixes. The reading habit is praised by Trollope.
A couple rented a Dublin house in Ireland for six months with their daughters. A long sealed room held old owners’ belongings. An old lady in a shawl appeared and vanished, then stood in the doorway by the hearth. The visitor later identified the two sisters who had lived there, matching the description, and one had died at Geneva.
The Grecian portrait is praised as the perfect human type with a continuous forehead to nose line. It notes a non receding forehead distinguishes Grecian from Egyptian profiles and the hollow at the nose root is nearly gone in ideal form.
A mix of brief items from a 19th century column includes praise for Victor Emmanuel as a gallant leader, notes on the new moon predicting rain or snow, a coinage proposal Hatwife for theatergoers, a booster line for DeWitt's Little Early Risers, and a quirky household cat tale from Pete Berry.
The piece argues that city noise disrupts patient quiet essential for recovery, noting street and shop sounds disturb the sick in warm weather. It condemns all social classes for creating noise, likening everyday sounds to painful sensory assaults and calling for consideration of public health over urban bustle.
Blackwood's Magazine argues that 40 years of modern warship development show naval opinion swings between experiment and experience. It warns against overvaluing recently proven weapons and notes that past conflicts fixed one factor as decisive, then others followed.
A compact verse about small daily joys and the balance of sorrow and happiness. It extols light work, warmth, love, and trust in life’s cycles, concluding with farewell and hopeful rhythm.
The advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a quick remedy for colds and croup. It claims rapid results compared to old post boy delivery and notes high earnings for Madame Patti, with social commentary on medical delays. The piece is presented by J. H. Bacher & Co.
The tallest tree in the United States stands in Tulare County California reaching 275 feet in height with a base circumference of 106 feet. The giant tree attracts visitors and is a notable natural landmark in the region.
An old advertisement urges mothers to buy Dr Hand's Colic Cure for 25 cents to relieve infant colic and wind. It also promotes Dr Hand's Teething Lotion for teething pain, sold by all druggists, claiming soothing relief and restful sleep for babies.
A historical note discusses the legal start of the New Year shifting from March 25 to January 1 in England in 1752. A humorous exchange features a surgeon quip about liver location and a salesman touting DeWitt's Little Early Risers. A stray wartime-style joke about a Sunday paper and a testimonial from Julia Camp of Monticello Iowa appears.
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