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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
5
OU invites interested readers to join the strongest up to date dressmaking program supported by sixty neighbor pupils who have already enrolled. See them and hear their experiences and endorsements. Don’t claim you lack time or resources to enroll your daughter.
A persuasive appeal urges teaching daughters dressmaking and home skills. It argues the trade confers lifelong value, compares daughters to older generations skilled in cooking mending and sewing, and warns against doubting a girl’s ability to learn. It links self sufficiency with social restraint.
A quip filled exchange from the New York Herald parodies social flirting and widowhood. Istha recounts offers and fortunes while characters mingle with playful banter about aging, vanity, and backbiting among women noted in the clip.
A Georgia farmer notes signs of genius in a boy, contrasting his odd behavior since an accident with a mule. The Atlanta Constitution quotes the farmer's reflection on whether genius runs in the youth's head and what sparks the change in him.
Baxter and Blaxter discuss Miss Blumster in Brooklyn Life. Blaxter notes she once was highly regarded for honesty but has recently fallen from grace. Baxter asks how, and Blaxter answers she has started telling her age.
In Philadelphia Press style notes a kitchen mishap as the new cook reportedly attempted to light a fire with benzine, prompting skepticism about reliability and safety. The exchange hints at concerns over the cook’s competence and judgment.
A brief exchange of letters turns abruptly to breakup as an unnamed man writes of a limitless love and the woman replies with a humane quip about sending it by freight. The snippet ends with the couple parting, leaving the exact context and identities unclear.
A Washington Star quip features Mr Bliggins rejecting philosophers as pretenders to enjoying hardship. The remark plays on skepticism toward philosophers and the notion of luck in life.
In a Chicago News item, Totters the slack rope performer was passed over for a job, Snages quips that his application failed because he was too tight. The brief uses a playful exchange about rope walking.
In a playful exchange before the judge, Gerald proposes delaying the engagement ring while Geraldine jokes about wearing it on the wrong hand. The judge remains amused as the couple discusses secrecy and timing.
A verse describes a wife’s distress as a husband masters every home task until, dying, he leaves her in the lurch. Separate ads tout brass Sun burners praised for durability and odorless operation, Davis' Hardware promotions, Model store listings, and Pecan Oil for horses from C. W. Brown.
A Colusa California man reports relief from rheumatism after using Electric Tilters. He claims the medicine cured his liver and kidney troubles and general debility. The product is offered by O H Soetje, a local druggist, with a satisfaction guarantee. A Washington Post note adds that Boston mosquitoes may be repelled by music, suggesting near human intelligence.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for bleeding protruding and itching piles after years of suffering. A customer from Summerton South Carolina reports two boxes cured him months ago with no relapse since. The pitch ends by noting the salve is sold by druggists and referenced by the Kansas City Star.
The notice promotes Dr King New Life Pills at 25c a box via O H Soetje in Cincinnati. It mocks a rival auto race substitute and advertises a veterinary remedy or oil for galls and healing without scars. Also mentions Swine Exhibit at Iowa State Fair with 1700 hogs last year and a new pavilion.
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana praises Dr Kings New Discovery claiming it cured severe consumption after other medicines failed. She bought three bottles at one dollar each and gained 58 pounds. The ad touts cures for coughs colds grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with trial bottles free at Soetje's drug store.
The ad explains catarrh of the stomach from overloaded digestion and decaying food irritates the stomach lining. It claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure helped J. R. Rhea of Coppell Texas after years of failure with doctors and medicines, and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Ad promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a non gripping laxative that stimulates stomach liver and bowel secretions without irritation. Claims health benefits for constipation biliousness and liver troubles and notes sale by all druggists with price of 250 a package.
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