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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
4
A Baltimore News imprint presents Mrs May Riley Smith reflecting on motherhood. She recounts tenderness toward a child now lost and contrasts rapture with sorrow, noting how the living supplants the memory of a gone treasure. The verse laments missing mornings, kisses, and playful sounds once shared.
Olivia laments a devout conscience that burdens her social life and honesty. She recalls childhood rules, admission of misdeeds, and the wish to shed the weight of moral scruples while balancing fairness with popularity. The narration notes her lingering self scrutiny and social misperceptions.
Olivia frets over constant conscience trials and is torn by two marriage proposals from Charley and Harry. The narrator notes how relentless conscience shapes behavior, causes social friction, and prompts self examination amid Olivia’s confessions. The piece ends with a reflection on whether strict conscience benefits happiness or honesty.
A schoolboy at a prize exam offered a biased biography of Abraham claiming he had two wives Ishmale and Hagar. It states one wife stayed at home while the other was sent to the desert becoming a pillar of salt by day and a pillar of fire by night, provoking criticism in Woman's Journal.
A Center Street police court scene ends with an old darkey charged with shooting craps being discharged after mocking the magistrate. The prisoner insists he did not shoot craps while the officer swears he did, and the judge remains puzzled before releasing him.
Jones County records show a tax remission denied for Fliza Farley widow. The auditor ordered tax collection for 1901, and assessor compensation for multiple townships was set by days worked. Road and bridge petitions postponed to April. Public buildings committee approved coal and chimney service payments. Indemnifying bond for B Lynch et al approved. To be continued next week.
A poem lyricizes beauty as a force of desire and contradiction. It describes the beloved as forged by nature fire wind and rain, a figure whose aura blends joy and sorrow, power and mystery, with imagery of amethyst jewels and a single fierce rose.
A Times-Democrat excerpt explains that wearing eyeglasses is a learned balance, not nose shape. The clerk advises patience as the wearer develops the knack, noting experts keep the spring loose while the glasses rest firmly on the bridge and rarely come off.
A dialogue vignette from the New York Weekly where a young man explains how his engagement to Miss Blankie followed his day observing her on a railroad train. He says he followed her with an introduction and plans to marry, noting she traveled with her mother and showed kindness to her mother.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tanicts as a daily cure for colds claiming fast one day relief. It emphasizes a signature on every box as proof of genuineness and suggests the remedy cares for cold symptoms quickly.
The ad promises home cure for coughs and lung diseases with Dr Kings New Discovery, offering trial bottles free and a 50 cent to 1 dollar price, all bottles guaranteed. It also notes locust swarms have devastated Tokar region crops causing extreme destitution.
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for back and kidney trouble headaches sleeplessness and nervous disorders. It cites Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Indiana cured of a years long kidney grievance and a 105 year old Boston resident Mrs Mary Drew Peavy praising their health. The pitch highlights improved appetite digestion and overall wellness with a 50 cent price.
An ad proclaims Bucklen’s Arica Salve as the perfect healer for cuts burns sores boils and all skin eruptions. It claims pile cure and notes 25 cents a box in drug stores. Also cites Hetty Green predicting the twentieth century will exceed nineteenth century achievements.
An advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills safely stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisons, cleanse the system, and cure constipation and sick headache. The copy notes a 25 cent price at drug stores. It also lists Sir Curtis Lampson and Sir Enis Ashmead Bartlett among Americans knighted by an English monarch, aside from Hiram Maxim.
A collage of product endorsements and medical tip notes includes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with refund claims, One Minute Cough Cure urging early use, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digesting all foods, DeWitt's Salve cautions about counterfeits, DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills, and a historical note on cats worshiped in ancient Egypt with mummified specimens.
A Blackpool man selling athletic requisites is asked to supply cricket gear for a match this afternoon. The solicitor-like buyer requests amica court plaster and an arm-sling as he prepares to play against Jack Crossland, reflecting on legendary early cricketers.
The article notes that the ninety four street railway companies in Pennsylvania earned $24 447 181 in the fiscal year ended June 30 1900 illustrating the 5 cent fare impact. It also mentions various medical and product notices and an art fact about Venice doge's palace painting.
Public notice states a special meeting of Illinois Central Railroad Co. stockholders will be held in Chicago on Saturday January 26 1901 at 11 am. Registered holders may obtain free travel tickets for the journey to Chicago and back for four days before and after the meeting, countersigned by assistant secretary W G Bruen. Transfers books close December 20 1900 and reopen January 7 1901.
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