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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
6
Claims the medicine holds the record for cures of female illnesses and cites certificates from Lynn authorities proving a million women restored to health. States Mrs Pinkham answers letters from women only and offers a free book with these certificates.
Clyde Fitch's The Moth and the Flame plays a week at the Columbia Theater starting January 21. The work is praised as highly original with a strong first act, intense second act, and a notable unconventional last act. The company is said to be adequate and faithful to the Powers' Theater production.
An assortment of vintage drug advertisements touts Kemp's Balsam for coughs and drops for dropsy, with free sample bottles and low prices. It also features claims about honey of horehound and tar cough remedies, pills for toothache, and wry quotes about debt and capital.
Ad copy for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promises a one day cure for colds with a refund if it fails. Advertises 25 cent price and telephone rate terms, as seen in the Philadelphia Record.
London reports slow British progress amid ongoing fighting near Ladysmith. Gen Buller provides no Monday news while observers note heavy casualties and entrenched Boer positions. Reports from Spearman Camp and Pietermaritzburg cite Dundonald and Warren movements, with rumors of Boer retreats and extended bombardment conditions.
In Batangas province Manila reports two U.S. infantry units under Maj Johnson and Maj Muir defeated about 800 insurgents at aal town on Saturday. The Marietta gunboat shelled the town as insurgents abandoned four cannons two captured. Two Americans were wounded and ten insurgents were found dead.
A collection of cautionary lines on betting, stock markets, intent, resolutions, and domestic wisdom. The sayings advise patience in betting, skepticism in assurances, and practical insight from experience, with a Chicago Daily News flavor.
Washington reports tally of Gen Otis and MacArthur cables detailing actions in Panay and Luzon. Forces crossed mountains near San Joaquin and Antique river, capturing rifles and cannons, burning rice, and disrupting insurgent lines. Casualties described as light with numerous skirmishes and prisoner releases. naval convoys moved toward Albany province and Leyte.
Washington reports the special committee on Brigham H. Roberts finds grounds to remove him from the House. The majority votes to declare his seat vacant citing refusal to testify and disqualifying polygamy facts. The minority urges swearing him in then expelling him for polygamy.
Bradstreet notes general trade and prices stay balanced with broad demand yet quiet speculative activity. Steel rails orders ramp and production remains tight while cereals soften abroad. lumber wins support from lighter winter stocks and improving spring outlook. Failures total 242 in the US and 40 in Canada this week.
Washington reports a series of cables from Manila detailing ambushes in Laguna and Batangas provinces. Lieutenant Ralston and 384 men suffer casualties as a pack train is lost with 22 horses captured by insurgents.
North Brookfield Mass January 20 Martin Bergen catcher for the Boston baseball team of the National League killed his wife and two children then took his own life at home An ax killed Mrs Bergen and one child a razor killed the other child and the man authorities attribute the act to insanity with prior suspicions of mental derangement connected to his behavior with managers last season.
A quake near midnight Friday in Colima causes structural damage and fatalities. Seven dead and sixty wounded. local surgeons attend the injured as scientists trace the tremor to Pacific subsoil activity. Reports suggest volcanic eruption was not confirmed and details await coast reports.
Indianapolis reports that about 40 000 miners in the anthracite region near Scranton and Shamokin plan to strike after a long period of unrest. Delegate I D Hays of the Ninth district says a general walkout is unavoidable as workers feel unrecognized by operators.
Taylorville, Jan 17 Fred Sib ley found guilty of complicity in the murder of Miss Jane Brunot near Pana and sentenced to life imprisonment. Accomplice Henry Brunot pleaded guilty earlier and also received a life sentence. The murder victim was Henry Brunot’s aunt.
Louisville January 17 The Republicans led by Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall declare at a Galt House conference that they will fight to retain the offices for which they were elected and hold the certificates. The stance is described as irrevocable.
Firemen and possibly conductors and engineers on the Baltimore and Ohio system will receive a wage increase dating from January 1. The raise will be close to ten percent across the railroad.
A Detroit public schools physical culture teacher Miss Elizabeth Carnes has launched a health oriented campaign against fashionable garments. A Yale study from Wellesley indicates western young women have larger heads and greater lung capacity than eastern peers. Berlin sewing workers earn only 30 cents a dozen for fine shirts. Mrs. Henry Havemeyer hosted 200 dozen roses at $30 a dozen for a New York room decoration. Meiji seminary director Qhson Sakurai in Tokio notes American women’s schools influence Japanese progress. Clara Bett Martin’s victory in two major Canadian cases challenges barriers to women lawyers and supports Lady Aberdeen’s leadership.
The medical profession notes rising stimulant use tied to nervous exhaustion and poor blood. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as strengthening the stomach to restore energy without harm, claiming to cure dyspepsia constipation and nervousness.
A man asked for a pen to endorse a note at a large stockbroking concern. The pen sputtered and blotched his signature, prompting him to cast it aside with Tak on it. Bystanders quipped about shaving notes all day.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. All who try it like it and it has the rich seal brown color of mocha yet is made from pure grains. The most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. Priced at 14 and 15 and 25 da per package. Sold by all grocers.
In Collier's Weekly humor, Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith debate misnomers. A civil engineer is mocked as a teller who withholds facts in a bank. A bachelor quips widows weep from lack of a husband, not loss.
Belva A Lockwood the Washington DC barrister and 1884 presidential candidate praises Peruna in a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company describing its use for cold catarrh hay fever and nerve weakness also noting catarrh can affect pelvic organs and women are especially prone. Free booklet Wealth and Beauty offered to women by The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
The advertisement urges parents of afflicted children to write for corroboration of the claims about Cur Curea Cure Cure products. It promotes a full 1.25 set including Coricura Scar Ointment and CuricuRA Resolvent to cleanse skin and blood and soothe irritation, claiming cure where other remedies fail.
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