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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
5
A dramatic monologue personifies Niagara as a power harnessed by modern industry. The speaker, Edgar Jones, boasts of turning turbines and guiding electric lines, imagining Niagara serving factories, lamps, and transport while vowing to resist mortal control yet remaining bound to human use.
Sylvia and Jim clash over Jim s return and a hinted engagement as they discuss love and friendship on the Riviera. The scene reveals suspicions about Edgar Jones and the strain of marrying friends, with sharp dialogue and social tension.
In a drawing room scene Jim confronts Sylvia about Edgar Jones and his love life. Sylvia denies motives tied to money while confessing a romance with Jones. The narrator hints at knowledge of the affair, then remarks on public exposure as Jones and Sylvia part with civility.
A jeweler explains watches race differently with each owner noting that some timepieces run fast with one person and slow with another. He recalls clients who lose or gain time after cleaning and even demagnetization, attributing it to changes in vitality and temperament rather than rules.
A recipe for corned beef hash mixes chopped corned beef and cold potatoes with water milk and butter. Season with white pepper and cayenne, then heat and bake until the top browns.
Diet guidance for stout women includes allowed animal foods greens fruits cereals and tea or coffee with water. Avoid highly seasoned foods pastries sweets fats from meat and heavy starches. practice light meals and regular activity with moderate exercise and adequate sleep.
A pocked and ragged African American man from Orange County Virginia enters the White House after luncheon, prays in the East Room, tours the mansion, peeps through keyholes, and greets a White House guard with a message for the president before departing. The incident draws wide curiosity among staff and onlookers.
N.Y. World hails an Italian princess as the era's most remarkable female sovereign. The report praises her lionlike courage, Amazonian physique, Jeanne d Arc spirit, rifle marksmanship, revolver skill, and six languages. It lauds political savvy and worldly polish.
Brides in Alfveld lower Hungary lose wedding gifts as health authorities ban a local custom. Brides wash with soap and comb guests and coins are tossed in a basin. Doctors blame the practice for spreading disease amid an ophthalmia epidemic, prompting government action.
The Adama Massachusetts post office shows a Smith family hand on appointments. Peter Smith, a Republican, nominated to succeed his brother Fred Smith, a Democrat, with Carl Peter as Fred’s successor as chief clerk. The arrangement aims for four-year continuity and satisfies patrons, per Manchester Union.
A published design outlines a $2,200 ten room house with rubble stone foundation and heavy timber framing. It specifies room sizes, finishes, flooring in pine maples and red oak, double floors with tar paper, tin gutters, gas piping, and a first class ready-for-occupancy condition, signed by George A. W. Kintz.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports Dr. George Kellogg’s theory that humans have two brains with crossed nerves. Each side governs opposite body parts, and habitual use of the right side biases the left brain. Advocates urge equal use from infancy and note ambidextrous figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Angelo.
A Chicago Inter Ocean report describes McKaren Moore’s field of electric lighting using a single rotator and coils to transform current for multiple tubes. The system promises low hardware needs, long life, and safe installation with crytal white diffused light for homes and dramatic effects for theaters.
Dr. John 8 Billings reports a disinfectant method using formaldehyde to sterilize old patent office book covers and kill germs including measles and smallpox in hours. The piece also cites a sleep regulation theory claiming brain blood flow controls sleep with pillow height, promising waking precision without narcotics.
Dr Thom alla of Berlin reports from Schering's gelatoid a new flexible transparent material for lenses. It can be hardened in amyl acetate and when broken will not splinter. It resists moisture, stays cooler than glass near heat, and does not ignite.
Nellie Chaffie and Birdie McGinnis cease speaking, Birdie plans a forthcoming wedding and mentions George's upcoming birthday. Nellie suggests a prank by showing him her false teeth, eliciting a sly smile. The exchange appears in the New York World.
Dr J Blaikie president of the Edinburgh Royal Medical Society states after extensive experiments that the tubercle and diphtheria bacilli are not altered by exposure to X rays.
A new coffee substitute named Grain-O made from pure grains is advertised for all ages. It is said to be gentle on delicate stomachs and indistinguishable from coffee, offering savings. Packages sell for 15 and 26 cents.
Storiva did not tell her tale to the world yet she was proud. She called out “fourth” to an elevator boy and proclaimed the third story below hers before exiting and climbing the rest of the way up.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease to cure painful swollen feet instantly soothe corns and bunions and stop sweating or tired aching feet. Promotes comfort and fits tight new shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. trial package available via Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A witty exchange suggests adding a religious department to the Sunday edition. The editor contemplates whether such a section would pay, while mentioning a personal scrap file of bishop jokes.
South Dakota presents first rate farm lands near markets with rich crops of wheat and corn. Prices range from ten to fifteen dollars per acre and up, appealing to tillers of the soil seeking profitable opportunities a day’s ride from Chicago. For details contact Geo. EL Heatford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, Old Colony Building, Chicago.
A Washington Post quote describes a private secretary to a national capital official who is new to his role. A newspaper woman questions when the chief will be in, and the clerk replies he has no idea. She quips that he looks it as she departs.
The Wisconsin Central Lines run two fast daily trains between Chicago and Ashland via St. Paul and Minneapolis touching key Central Wisconsin points. The company also advertises thousands of acres of fine farming lands in Northern Wisconsin for sale. For details contact Jas C Pond, General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee.
A Clara Clewell era note from the Clewland Leader describes a burned child’s fear of fire contrasted with a man who bets on horse races, highlighting a sharp moral or social contrast in local commentary.
Daily Burlington Route train from Chicago at 130 p.m. offers a sleeping car to Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Denver. Detachments and connections handled through the Chicago office at 211 Clark Street.
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