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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
8
A humorous exchange from the Ohio State Journal frames autos as modern mortality makers. Questions about what an automobile is and does reveal stereotypes of chauffeurs, fines, and reform while noting speeds around 50 miles per hour as not fast for cars.
A bookseller notes a literary craze across the country with patrons seeking odd titles. A woman asked for The Creases while a man sought Dry Am I, and another puzzled buyer asked for Thad Wait a Minute, later returning for Tarry, Thou Till I Come after writing the title down.
An exhibit in Chicago features a papyrus with a theft complaint directed at a police chief who served 2092 years ago. The note hints at issues like porch climbing and burglary, suggesting little change in criminal threats across centuries.
A London News quip tells of a professor better at Greek than golf who, after a round full of fooled shots, asks his caddie for advice. The caddie replies that it is easy to teach Latin and Greek to caddies but it needs a head for gowif.
A district cannot build new schools this season but may tint interiors with Alabastine. The coating colors aid pupils’ eye health and offer a sanitary rock base that resists germs. Sanitarians endorse Alabastine as the proper wall material for crowded rooms.
An old advertisement mix features Allen's Foot-Ase for foot ailments with a 25 cent price and free trial offer, plus a testimonial claiming Piso's Cure for Consumption saved a life. Also includes a Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cold cure claim with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee.
A Civil War era poem from Henry Denver printed in the Springfield Mass Republican extolls the plow share and peaceful fields as a symbol of freedom. It envisions a united North and South under liberty with a gun salute and green banners.
A reminiscence of Mickey Emmett once a freckled barefooted Elwood Kan. boy now Illinois Central railway superintendent recounts his 1872 Fourth of July balloon ascent at Lake Contrary. He describes his mother’s sacrifice and his initial reluctance before the balloon rose with him aboard.
A diary style recollection describes a dramatic balloon voyage above St. Joseph and the Missouri River as the earth seems to drop and then rise again. The narrator watches lakes, lights, and horizons shrink, recalls a Fourth of July storm, and recalls a rescued landing that prevents serious harm. He vows not to return to balloons, yet values the experience.
An Omaha boy writing from his grandmother’s home asks his father for a dollar to buy firecrackers and a box kite for the Fourth. He mentions 30 cents saved, wants a pistol and caps, and notes Sunday school stories and the family’s good health.
Dickey asks for a toy for the holiday and is led by Mr. Stinsey to a summer kitchen where a large bundle of paper bags saved over a year from grocery stores and other places is revealed.
A reader recalls a near disaster from a high altitude balloon escape that ends with a safe landing near a lakeside hotel. The narrator notes fear as the balloon descends and credits a reassuring professor and his mother with relief after the incident.
Two men joke about July Fourth plans and their jobs as a fireman and an ambulance doctor, reflecting lighthearted chatter in Chicago. The exchange reveals workplace camaraderie on a holiday lead-in.
A Chicago Record Herald remark humorously notes how boys enjoy the Fourth of July while a wife’s aunt, harmlessly living with the narrator, reacts with a fit to every firecracker. The quip captures light domestic amusement amid holiday revelry.
Indianapolis reports the national Mine Workers union continues sending three carloads of provisions daily to strikers in West Virginia as the eighth week of the anthracite walkout ends. Secretary Wilson says no funds were spent on the anthracite strike and locals prepare for a long siege while delegates are sent to the Indianapolis convention. A Wilkes-Barre Citizens Alliance offers rewards totaling 5000 for boycott and intimidation crimes, with 1000 for conspiracies and 500 for hanging.
A Midland railway excursion train descending Ute Pass from Cripple Creek struck a broken rail. Seven cars wrecked. Francis M Taglish a renowned local musician died instantly and 85 passengers were injured with several fatally. Mer English served Queen Liliuokalani as private secretary and wrote the proclamation before dethronement. English was Oxford educated and practiced law in England and Colorado.
In Springfield on Monday Judge Cartwright granted a supersedeas in the case of Dr. Orville Burnett of Chicago who was convicted as an accessory to the murder of Mrs. Charlotte Nichols. Burnett was sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary and will remain jailed in Chicago until the Supreme Court convenes in October. The jury found him an accessory before the fact.
Council Bluffs Iowa July Otto W Roderick of South Omaha confessed at the inquest into Clark Moyer s death that he and two companions beat the jail clerk to death after an insult on the street. Roderick was the first witness and is in custody. police seek his companions.
The village of Conway, Jarimore County, 88 miles north of here, suffered total loss in a Monday blaze. Fire starting in Rushiska Van Dradeck hardware store destroyed three general stores, a drug store, two hardware shops, a meat market, two hotels, a tailor, a dwelling and a millinery shop. Insurance coverage stands at about 30000 dollars.
San Francisco adopts an eight hour police day while New York ends free police transport. Trenton replaces some wagons with rubber tires to curb night noise. Boston Museum of Fine Arts gains amber objects of antiquity and Egyptian and Italian tomb figures. New York hosts an exhibition of antique Persian Turkish and Russian rugs and metalwork led by a large Iran carpet said to have belonged to the shah's family for 200 years.
Mrs D Arnold president of the German Woman's Club in Los Angeles reports relief from a four year womb tumor after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She took twelve bottles with no relapse and credits the remedy with restoring health and possibly saving her life. The ad urges women with uterine related symptoms to use the product and warns against other medicines.
In London Punch style, a customer complains a waiter spilled tea down his back and the head waiter orders the waiter to bring a full cup immediately, illustrating brisk service recovery in a bustling teahouse.
Draughon’s Business College chain operates eight campuses in Ashville Atlanta St Louis Shreveport Montgomery Fort Worth Galveston and Little Rock offering a superior course and placement help. They announce special summer rates for early entrants and invite requests for a catalogue.
A patient asks for natural looking teeth and the tooth carpenter assures that Tomalke teeth are so natured they seem to ache, reflecting a period voice from the Chicago Daily News.
Travel deals announced with round trips from Portland Maine to Chautauqua and back for $14, mass transit promotions extendable to August. Additional fares to Providence Rhode Island and schedules for July 7 8 0 and August 1 extensions. Full details from Gy Daly Chief A G P A Chicago.
A terse, opinionated note questions consumer vulnerability and the ease with which people lose money amid bold claims. It mocks a figure or brand named Atch and references the Globe as the source. The piece defends caution and warns readers about financial risks.
An ad promises a Chicago to Norfolk voyage via York and Virginia resorts on Old Dominion Line Steamers with meals and berths free from Norfolk. the dealer notes the rough greenback given in change and the professor remarks on its filthy look.
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