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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
4
In a Denver Post clipping a maiden mockingly rejects a suitor who boasts of untried lips and a first kiss. The exchange highlights playful flirtation as the man seeks a kiss while she dismisses the idea as training.
A collection of aphoristic lines on faith duty and church life. Reflections urge godliness amid loneliness, the value of practice, and cautions about overblown rhetoric in sermons and meetings.
The Iowa State Bar Association will conduct its annual session at Council Bluffs on July 16 and 17. An evening banquet at the Grand Hotel features toastmaster Hon J J McCarthy of Dubuque with toasts by C C Nourse Des Moines H M Towner Corning R M Haines Grinnell Geo F Wright Council Bluffs W L Eaton Osage and W N Treichler Tipton.
Readers should ask if the fakir sat by them when sick, helped replace a burned barn, served as pallbearer, supported them in hard times, paid town taxes, and would work for the town against all others. If he cannot meet these tests, he deserves less consideration than local businessmen who do.
The county plans a July 9 meeting at Center Junction to select 16 delegates for the state convention. The county treasurer arranged with Lovell State Bank to handle taxes in Monticello Lovell Castle Grove Richland Scotch Grove and Wayne townships. For the United Society of Christian Endeavor annual meeting in Cincinnati July 6 to 10 1901 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers tickets at one fare plus 2 for round trip.
The passage extols the ocean’s size, noting eight of eleven parts of the globe are sea with an average depth of 12,000 feet. It estimates the salt mass at 1.5 quintillion tons and lists the diverse elements and metals found in seawater, including arsenic and gold.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls Midgely’s humorous reply about his new sweetheart’s height saying she is as tall as his heart. The anecdote notes the moment the girl’s stern father entered the parlor, causing his heart to drop.
Joaquin Miller holds 700 acres in the center of a newly found Texas oil belt after purchasing the land years ago as an investment. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised for liver and bowel relief in the scanned piece.
A shy man, after six months of nerves, finally asks a girl to marry him. An accidental glance at a wall motto reading Love One Another sparks courage, and his partner replies with a quiet yes in a Detroit Free Press quotation.
Local real estate ads offer lands from 360 to 450 per acre in central Minnesota with easy terms. Monticello residence for sale on reasonable terms. Travel rates to Colorado Springs for National Irrigation Congress event. Health ads praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve with testimonials. Censures on taxes and pills noted. Three generations of Oberlin graduates highlighted. Public notices include coin fact and transatlantic steamer mention.
A Henderson North Carolina citizen, Mr. Kelly, comments on calmer reactions with new remedies for a health issue. Mrs Nation reacts wryly when told her husband will not live with her, expressing relief that David is gone.
Friends recall M A Hogarty’s yellowing skin and jaundice. After doctors failed, he used Electric Bitters and reports a complete cure after two bottles. The ad promotes the stomach liver and kidney remedy at 50 cents via C H Soetje. A Dr Stein claim of ancient records found in Chinese Turkestan is noted.
The discovery excites demand for cures of consumption and related diseases. O H Soetje sells large 50c and 1.00 bottles with a money back guarantee. The Manchester school system lists 47,000 scholars and 1,577 teachers. Evening schools serve 16,399 pupils and 966 teachers.
An old advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as curing eruptions fever sores boils ulcers carbuncles felons and more. It claims anemia or fever sores vanish and lists uses for cuts corns burns and piles with a 25 cent price at O H Soetje’s. A separate line mocks a man named Upnose with a supercilious Chicago visitor look at the Buffalo Exposition.
An 1860s style ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming they aid digestion and appetite. The note cites a 19th century statistic that over 15 million buffalos were killed within U S borders between 1860 and 1882.
Advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with promise no cure no pay, price 25 cents, claiming rapid cold relief. It also endorses De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for hemorrhoids, warning against counterfeit products. Signed D C Prader.
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