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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1898

Page

8

Talmage on Club Life and Its Dangers in Cities

Rev. T DeWitt Talmage analyzes legitimate versus illegitimate club life amid city clubhouses. He compares refined cultural clubs to dissipating venues, warns how domestic life suffers, and urges turning from temptation toward faith and family, ending with a call to seek heaven.

T. DeWitt Talmage Samuel Gibeon Noth King’s Head Ben Jonson Brothers Swift and Bolingbroke Burke and Goldsmith Burke and Goldsmith and Jonson and Boswell England Ireland Scotland France United States Cosmos Chevy Chase Lincoln Clubs Union Leagues United Service Club Moncton Lotos New York Americus Century Club Army and Navy Club New York Yacht Club King's Pantry Club American Jockey Club Travelers’ Club Blossom Club Palette Club Commercial Club Liberal Club Stable Gang Club Amateur Boat Club Kremlin Tuileries Cropsey Bilerstadt Church Hart Gifford Sheridan Adirondacks

Durrant Dies on Gallows After Proclaiming Innocence

William Henry Theodore Durrant was executed for the Blanche Lamont murder at San Quentin. He faced the scaffold calmly, proclaimed innocence, and embraced Catholic faith at the last moment, with Father Lagan and a Catholic rite assisting as he declined Protestant minister Rev. Rader.

Durrant Blanche Lamont San Quentin Cal William Henry Theodore Durrant Rader

Atrocious Murders and Durrants Execution News

A long account covers the Durrant case with Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams, the Emanuel church, the 1895 disappearance and murder, trial details, and the 1896 San Quentin hanging. It follows subsequent public reaction and other 1896 notices from Lincoln and London.

Theodore Durrant Miss Lamont Emanuel Church Minnie Williams California Murphy Durrant

Digestion Link to Heart Health Boosts Patient Recovery

A Greensburg Indiana case shows bad digestion causing irregular heart action, mistaken for organic heart disease. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, the patient Ellen Colsom experiences appetite return, fewer choking spells, weight gain, and improved blood quality, suggesting digestion treatment can reverse heart symptoms.

Greensburg Ind Ellen Colsom Newpoint

Crib Wonder Sparks Tender Moment Between Couple

Soon after the Singleton family's first baby arrived Mrs. Singleton enters the upstairs room to find her husband gazing at their sleeping child. Tears fill her eyes as she recalls his deep love and he responds with a dreamy remark about the crib's value, noting it cost $2.50.

Norwegian Altian Sahara Sweehattan Christ Singleton N. Y. Journal

One Hundred Dollar Reward for Uncurable Catarrh

Public notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonials and distributor details are included. Also includes various advertisements and humorous quips from periodicals.

Hall I. J. Cheney & Co Props Toledo J. Cheney de Truax Toedo O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin

Beauty and marriage warned by a suffering sister letter

A dramatic exhortation urges young wives to preserve beauty for their husbands and health for maternity. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy and reproduces a reader letter from Mrs. R. S. R. of Chambersburg Pa describing relief from menstrual and nervous ailments after using the product and related treatments.

Lydia BE Pinkham

Self-Control or Life Without Munter and Related Works

Advertisement for J Wilson Ph D treatise The Rights and Wrongs of Men on Religion Laws Government and Civilization touts its plain style and advanced thought Prices cloth 1 50 paper 1 00 Courier Pub House Newark New York and comment by J E W Ware notes.

J. Wilson Courier Pub House Newark N.Y

Not Up to Date Dialog in Chicago Post Fragment

A dramatic exchange features a man declaring no prior love and a woman noting his approaching twenty one while criticizing his neglected education. The fragment captures a flirtatious, vintage newspaper dialogue style from the Chicago Post.

Chicago Post

Bathing Suit Moth Lore and Patent Cure Mentions

The fragment mentions a summer girl's bathing suit stored with camphor, a reference to Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial offer from 933 Arch Street Philadelphia, and various brief notes about poetry, intuition, and remedies including St Jacobs Oil as a cure. It pairs nonspecific quotations with ad style blurbs and a crime statement about harming children.

Somerville Journal Dr. Kline Archat Phila

Klondyke illustrated folder on Alaska gold mines travel fares

The pamphlet notes Klondyke as an illustrated folder about Alaska and its gold mines, with fare rates and guidance on travel to Alaska and what to expect after arrival. Free copies available by sending four stamps to Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Colorado California Klondyke Alaska Geo. H. Heafford Chicago

Fragmented quips and ads from old papers mix in one item

A jumbled OCR excerpt blends a burglary court scene phrase with a travel ad for the Wisconsin Central Lines and a comic dialogue about opinions on a novel. The piece also includes a health ad for Jacobs Oil and stray remarks about relationships and work life.

Terror of mothers and Dr Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral

A historical testimonial endorses Dr. J. C. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as relief for child ailments including croup and whooping cough. Mrs. W. J. Dickson and C. J. Wooldridge share experiences praising the medicine's rapid aid. The ad notes half size bottles at fifty cents and offers a free Curebook from J C Ayer & Co.

W. J. Dickson Stanford Eveleth J. C. Ayer Ayer Mra Stanford Hveleth Truro N. 8 Ayera C. J. Wooldridge Wortham Tex Dr. Ayer Wortham, Tex J. C. Ayer &Co Lowell Mass

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