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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
4
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a permanent cure for stomach, kidney and liver issues. It claims benefits for nervousness sleeplessness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria and offers a 50 cent guarantee by O H Soetje.
The report notes heat extremes ten degrees north of the equator and unusually cold readings in northern Siberia surpassing Nansen’s pole measurements, highlighting unusual global temperature contrasts.
Advertises Bucklen's Arnica salve as proven effective for piles burns boils corns felons ulcers cuts scalds bruises and skin eruptions with thirty years of cures. Claims best and cheapest at O H Soetjes drug store for 25 cents.
The Walton family was away Friday forenoon when a thief entered their home by a window and scattered drawers. Fifty dollars in cash, plus more found in a spare room, were stolen. A separate report notes a drowning of two horses after a road incident near the Buffalo River injures a farmer and his wife. Carter McCumpsey, jailed for years in a penitentiary, died from a gunshot wound after shooting his sweetheart. A local calendar ad scam involved a man named Shayne detained by deputies. charges may not hold.
Dr M H Culkina remains sick at home while L F Scott dies and is buried in North Mineral cemetery. J F Cohoon and T G Tasker sell 134 acres in Clay township to Wm Fletcher, who returns to Iowa. John Holub Sr dies from a fall in his home. Dr J W Kirkpatrick's barn is destroyed by a storm two miles southeast of town, continuing a July Fourth unlucky sequence.
Anamosa residents F C Ellison and wife depart Monday to Spirit Lake for Festal week and the Grand Commandery conclave. R M Corbit sets up practice in Clarence after graduate studies, praised as upright and promising. Rev Alvah Gee of Hitchcock visits relatives in Jones county amid county crop bulletin notes. The Iowa weather bureau reports varied crop damage with oats and corn outlooks and harvest progress across districts.
A sty causes notable eyelid pain and swelling before it bursts to discharge matter. Early cold applications can help, but later moist heat with a poultice or poppy head fomentations often provides relief. Manage overall health with mild tincture of steel and small morning applications as advised by Isabel Brown, M. D.
A cat owner describes his animal's reaction to its reflection. The cat first shows surprise, investigates behind the glass, then watches the image intently. It pawed at the glass and compared movements, appearing to conclude the image was its own before calmly walking away.
A reflective discourse from All the Year Round contrasts truth and deception. It argues honesty is accessible to all through effort, while lying requires imagination memory and skill to weave into reality. It cautions conscience can derail villainy, framing virtue as universal and vice as trainable yet perilous.
The piece describes cave-dwelling animals that live in perpetual darkness in the Mammoth Cave system in the United States. It notes that while some so called blind fishes have rudimentary eyes, lack of use leads to degeneration of optic nerves and ganglia.
List of unclaimed letters for Monticello town post office includes B Buchanan Chris Arduser Frank Vincent Blance Jefferson Andrew Kern John Allen Jack Allen Liead Farmer and more. Travel ad notes New York and Atlantic City round trip fare 18 dollars via Nickel Plate Road July 17 81st with 12 day return and stops at Chautauqua Lake and Niagara Falls. City Office 111 Adams St John Y Calahan Chicago agent offers details. 4w3. Putnam Fapeness Dyes advertised. Max Pemberton quote on slander.
Des Moines Capital reports a proposed Chicago and Northwestern extension from Anamosa Indiana to Parkersburg Iowa covering about sixty miles via Walker and Waterloo. Plans call for widening the Mississippi Clinton Bridge to carry two tracks during years of reconstruction, with traffic rerouted over the bridge meanwhile.
The Milwaukee Harvester Company promotes the Milwaukee Harvester No 10 as superior and market leader since 1888. O C Hunter sells harvesters and mowers with repair stock. travel ads note Nickel Plate Road round trips to New York Atlantic City with stopovers and meal plans. John Y Calahan is the Chicago general agent.
Dorchester Massachusetts woman suffered years with severe lung trouble and obstinate cough. After doctors failed she used Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and was cured. Coughs colds throat and lung trouble sufferers urged to try it. Cure guaranteed price 50c and 1.00 trial bottles free. Dewey not discussed as a Presidential possibility by certain editors.
The notice promotes outdoor time for children and warns to guard against accidents in open air sports. It extols DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for quick pain relief and wound care, citing a testimonial from J B Johnson of Swift Texas. It also warns against counterfeit products and mentions Aguinaldo and Admiral Dewey in a broader editorial note.
An 1890s style advertisement promotes De Witt's Little Early Risers as a gentle remedy for constipation and its illnesses. It claims the pills stimulate the liver and improve bowel action without griping, preventing headaches dullness eruptions and serious illness.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as an immediate, safe remedy for coughs colds croup throat and lung troubles plus quick relief after exercise cooling. It emphasizes prompt action and safety for all ages.
Over taxed digestion causes dyspepsia nausea dizziness headaches and liver and bowel discomfort. Dr King s New Life Pills are gentle thorough and guaranteed to cure. Sold at H Soetje s drug store. Aguinaldo has fallen from power in a dull heavy thud. Pittsburgh Gazette reports.
The ad extols Boschee's German Syrup as a celebrated German physician Dr A Boschee remedy. It claims rapid relief of coughs lung troubles and offers three doses for ordinary coughs. It notes two million bottles sold yearly and United States introduction in 1868. Aguinaldo reference in the Washington Evening Star is included as a citation.
A newspaper ad touts Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets from Lakeside Medicine Co Chicago as a quick relief and permanent cure for indigestion. One tablet after meals aids digestion by helping the body extract nourishment, with a 25 cent price. Also notes Jm Prof Heilprin on Mount Pelee eruption.
Verona Missouri resident J W Spalding recalls his mother’s long distress from indigestion and general ill health. After two years on Kodol she improved quickly and, at seventy six, eats anything with no adverse effects while keeping a bottle handy.
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