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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
6
In a town hall scene the Thompson twins lead classmates to sacrifice their Fourth of July money for Sallie Manson. Dottie and Tottie present two boxes of coins to Miss Swinton to buy care for Sallie, sparking pride among teachers and peers.
In Abington Fifth Ward two classrooms serve different grades with Miss Swinton as principal of the lower school and Mr Sutphen of the upper. The Thompson twins entertain questions about a story Sallie Manson cannot recover from illness, and the teacher confirms the tale’s truth while seeking a month at the seashore for Sallie’s health.
In a rural Fourth of July scene children pool money to help Sallie under Miss Manson and Aggie Davis. Tom Trott publicly challenges slander and leads a collection of over 200 dollars from both schools. The tale ends with promises of patience and future plans as the community supports Sallie’s stay with relatives.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press notes celebrations with guns firing and crackers popping. It praises the men who organize and buy the fireworks in a festive tone.
The column notes R. Crockett’s indexed scrap books for material and reports Eben Holden’s England reception as mixed. It mentions U S government ordering Howard’s Mosquitoes for the army, George Croal’s survival tale at 91, Sherlock Holmes revival by Conan Doyle, Cole Younger as Stillwater prison librarian, and his self-made educational progress.
Urban life contrasts in Paris and London with many workers at night. A St Louis corner sold for 350000 in 1891 recently fetched 1000000. Galveston plans beet oil from Beaumont wells to fight mosquitos. A Denver runaway horse rode inside a moving trolley for a block before stopping.
Bees eat 20 pounds of honey to make one pound of wax. Wasp destroys 80 to 120 flies daily. UK cats number about 7,000,000. Flounder lays 7,000,000 eggs yearly. turbot 125,050,000. A crow may destroy 700,000 insects each year. Oyster temperature 2 degrees. human 99 degrees. Camel carries 400 pounds for 40 miles daily. Ox carries 200 pounds up to 24 miles daily. About 200,000 mustangs once roamed the Arizona New Mexico Texas plains. most are gone. remaining wild horses mostly extinct.
The chronoscope can register bullet velocity in millionths of seconds across 100 feet. A study of 1000 unvaccinated children found 360 with smallpox pitting, while only two of 1000 vaccinated showed the mark. Digestive observations note Rice eggs and venison ease. pork cabbage and eggs require four hours. Air dust in a London suburb numbers 20 000 per cubic yard. at Charing Cross 500 000 dust particles exist but only one microbe in 38 000 000 of the atoms.
Mrs. Hartley of 221 W Congress St Chicago suffered indigestion exhaustion dizziness and backache and was cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges recognizing nervous symptoms and credits the product with restoring regularity sleep and nerve calm for women.
A Royal inquiry notes that London fever hospitals can house up to 6 000 patients. Scotland has 5 151 constables in 1 000, equating to one officer per 847 residents. UK foxhounds total 15 000 with most in England, followed by Ireland and Scotland. Eagles once in Lakes of Killarney have been exterminated. Mexico plans to boost horse breeding under President Diaz with new contracts for breeding farms.
Jetmore Kansas July 1 Mrs Anna Jones Freeman daughter of Mr GQ G Jones Burdett and a leading Modgeman County figure suffered chronic headaches back pains and kidney trouble. After starting Dodd's Kidney Pills she improved within days and by a week was free of pain and illness, with growing demand spreading in Pawnee and Hodgeman Counties.
A survey of late 19th century global facts notes declines in England and Wales crimes from 185923 to 168024 between 1878 and 1898. It also records varied international items including Japan opening ports in 1858, grain yields in Britain, Paris electric cab service losses, a Bishopton blast, Russian paper imports, a Volga sturgeon catch, and Eleonora Duse’s baptism cradle incident in Venice.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Rage powder claiming to cure burning aching feet and soreness from new shoes. Mentions easy relief, cooling ingredients, and availability at druggists and shoe stores with a 2 cent sample request address in Le Roy New York.
A fragment from a Philadelphia designer line and a quip about skirt cuts appears alongside a curious 1000 date inquiry and a Cleveland Plain Dealer note on a troubled girl who harmed herself by treating nerves. The item blends social banter with obscure references and a brief domestic anecdote.
A Philadelphia Record fragment shows two characters arguing aboard a ship with comic misprints and phrases about a cure named Hoxsie's Croup Cure Noopium. The dialogue hints at urgency and a possible discovery or action on deck.
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