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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
8
A lyric reminiscence on meeting a beloved, describing a spark of surprise and a shared island of sapphire skies. The speaker recalls years passing, the dreamlike portrait of love, and longs for another moment like this, as blissful joy eclipses all else.
Rex confesses he left New Haven after learning his friend Verne loved Mrs Verne Violet Wray to restore the wife’s happiness. He engineered jealousy by misplacing letters, faced exile, but sees Verne and his wife reconciled with her as the happiest wife. The narrator notes the act as a risky friendship.
Judge W R Bernard of Kansas City states Canada derives its name from a Spanish explorer’s disgust at finding nothing on northern shores during a gold rush era. He compares the term to the modern slang no thing doing. The article also notes 1,188 female prisoners among 8,945 taken to Moabit prison in Detin last year.
Among the negro races centenarians are abundant and the reason lies in natural law. They sleep much, so a centenarian spends 50 or 60 years awake out of 100 while a white man is awake about 75 years of the time.
From June 21 to 26, 1906 a large agricultural exposition will be held in Berlin with a special division for preserved food articles. Entries include dairy dough potatoes fruits wines and extracts meats and beer with money prizes diplomas and medals awarded. Exhibits will be sent to the tropic to test preserving capacity.
A light exchange quotes a Detroit Free Press remark about photos flattering people. The conversation notes how appearances in print can mislead, even as one party admits a photo may flatter.
The New York Times notes tiny jewels in electricity meters act as bearings for the meter’s pivot. Diamonds or sapphires in cup shapes polish the concave interior, ensuring accuracy, with diamonds now favored for longevity though costly.
The Chicago Journal reports a naming controversy as a family plans to name a newborn Mamie after the maternal grandmother, prompting dismayed reactions and warnings of possible lifelong impact from observers.
This brief item from the Somerville Journal reflects on the aging of time and human limitations with a succinct, reflective tone. The piece contemplates progress and aging in a concise newspaper-style remark.
In a modern view diplomacy is likened to horse trading, as a once awe inspiring word becomes a practical craft. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes the shift from idealized diplomacy to pragmatic bargaining in international relations.
An advertisement in a German newspaper promises three free packets to anyone who can prove that tapioca causes health damage. The bold inducement seeks evidence of harm and offers immediate gratis samples in return.
A dense OCR page lists multiple State v. cases with Harvey and Stickley naming several defendants across a courtroom docket, followed by local notices. Poultry market needs in Monticello include hens and spring chickens for higher seasonal prices. Real estate and land bargains across South Dakota counties are advertised, along with medicinal ads for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Kodol for Dyspepsia.
Nearby the White City in Chicago the greatest western amusement spot is The Alamo in Cedar Rapids. It offers vaudeville music and specials for 10 cents admission with acres of shade picnic grounds and nightly lighting. Open every evening and Wed Sat Sun afternoons.
Mrs Jennie Duncason of Haynesville Maine at 70 credits Electric Bitters with curing twenty years of chronic dyspepsia and restoring vigor. The ad touts benefits for stomach liver blood and general debility and notes a 50 cent price at O H Soetjes. A Michigan man claims wolves kept him from returning home, an odd note in the Atlanta Journal.
A fragment notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures for cuts burns wounds and skin eruptions with Mrs Grant Shy praising it as essential housekeeping. Guaranteed by O H Soetje druggist at 25 cents. A Kansas City Journal quip mentions Senator La Follette not eating meat for ten years subsisting on railroads with Wisconsin politicians as a relish.
Mrs Mary Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie New York praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as the most pleasant laxative she has found noting benefits for stomach liver and bowels. The product is guaranteed by O H Soetje druggist and priced at 25 cents. The Topeka Journal quips about keeping the weather man on duty after decent performance.
J W Coulter of Leslie South Dakota credits Dr King s New Discovery with relieving years of lung trouble asthma and a bad cough. He says relief was immediate and a permanent cure followed with guaranteed bottles at O H Soetje s drug store 50c and 1 00 trial bottle free Buffalo Express notes forty thousand college graduates this month and things not yet perfected.
An auction of 1980 acres in Lovell Township lists a base price of 87.50 dollars per acre with five thousand dollars cash paid upfront and the remaining balance due over time.
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