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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
4
A Chicago Record writer recalls an Englishman whose tardiness saved his wife from anxiety during a deadly fire at a cold storage building. The tale contrasts old world caution with modern steamship coal efficiency and ends with a historic diplomacy anecdote about Bismarck and Wrangel over forgiveness.
An ailing Detroit woman, Old Mrs M, voices a comic paradox about in law tensions. She explains that consulting either a homeypath or allypath doctor would anger both her daughters Harriet and Kate, their spouses, or both, leaving her no good choice but to die.
A fragmented clipping cites Noah reacting to an art cow and note of irony in the Detroit Tribune. It includes an advertisement for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a pile cure and a testimonial for G. & C. headache capsules from Julia Camp of Monticello Iowa.
A Colorado mountain ride tale describes an eagle sighting followed by a mystery when a dense cloud produced a stonelike ice mass that contained a rifle bullet. The observer, Colonel Clark BR Westcott, offers a natural explanation involving moisture frozen at altitude. The account echoes a Chicago Chronicle curiosity and a variety of marginal items from other papers.
A historical financial page records transfers and balances across multiple funds. Items include tax collections, auditor fees, school and road funds, insane and soldiers relief, and warrants redeemed. The document documents balances on hand and contra entries as of January 4, 1897 with committee notes.
An endorsement from Mrs. Arthur Simmons describes her three week old baby's colic easing after Dr Hand's Colic Cure. The ad notes Dr Hand's Remedies for children sold by druggists at 25 cents and praises a physician in Patricksburg Indiana for accurate presidential predictions.
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