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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
3
Miss Margaret M. James describes six years in city schools and a nervous collapse. After a period of despair she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring blood, sleep, appetite, and strength enabling her to resume teaching. She notes others in her circle also benefited and that pills are sold in drugstores worldwide.
The piece argues that knowledge of people varies by gender and that wisdom in women persists despite missteps. It notes no man surpasses a good woman’s view, while a bad man’s view misreads a woman. It discusses fairness, motherhood, bloodlines, and unequal marriages as common yet solvable tensions.
A collection of quirky twists on familiar proverbs. The lines mix humor and archaic phrasing about prudence luck and warning against overconfidence. Several entries riff on common sayings with altered wording.
The report notes Great Britain produces about 90 000 tons of butter annually and Denmark sent 420 million eggs and 1 780 000 hundredweight of butter to the United Kingdom in 1904. It also cites a 40 percent rise in American-built automobile exports over the past year and mentions Montreal housing the empire's largest flour mill capable of 6 000 barrels daily. Hand spun thread fetches up to 240 per pound for fine Brussels lace.
A Rome New York matron relates coffee upset her stomach and caused dizziness and nerve irritation. She switched to Postum Food Coffee and regained appetite health and vigor. She credits Postum and the booklet The Road to Wellville from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
A satirical survey compares idleness across nations. It contrasts English stiffness with French cafe lounging and Italian road life, detailing Italian holidays as extended lounging with meals, chats, siesta, and social games, while noting German idleness is not judged.
Philip Verrill Mighels portrays arrival at a new mining camp set in a natural amphitheater of mountains. He details a tented town sprawling over ten square miles, a chaotic corral of mules and baggage, a crowded bunk tent, a stray cow, and a thunderstorm that mixes music from saloons with ominous thunder.
A section of Mont Blanc was sold for 30000 dollars and will be cut into granite squares for construction. The rock is a world famous glacial-age deposit from Mont Blanc, carried to the Rhone valley at Monthey.
In a New York tearoom a fashion grows to serve small pitchers of Melted sugar with iced tea. The sugar is melted with a touch of boiling water making a smoother sweetener than powdered sugar which may contain marble dust or cornstarch.
A town resident criticizes Windig saying he once acted confident and knowledgeable. The remark recalls his recent six month absence and mentions his prior acceptance as a juror at the court's last term.
An old world concept is compared to modern steamship power. The text states every Atlantic voyage generates more than enough thrust to raise Nile stones and build a pyramid, highlighting immense industrial capability.
Carlisle D. Graham of this city and William J. Glover of Baltimore swam the Niagara River lower rapids from Flat Rock to Lewiston on Monday afternoon. The four mile course took 26 minutes for Glover who led early. Both wore life belts and neck rings. Glover's lead narrowed after Devil's Hole and Graham closed the gap by the finish near Lewiston.
Across Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati New York and Washington temperatures climb into the mid nineties with Pittsburgh reporting 92 to 110 in downtown readings. Dozens of heat related deaths and a spike in infant mortality accompany the midsummer disaster as workers collapse and contend with extreme conditions.
United States Consul General Ma son at Berlin reviews Germany's approach to early stage insanity as a physical, possibly curable disease. He contrasts it with limited US and British mercy programs, noting 22 psychiatric clinics and praising Kiel Giessen Strasburg Merlin and Munich for advanced equipment and scientific methods.
The French plan an immense solar furnace where reflectors of over 6,000 mirrors focus heat to reach about 3,500 C. The device, built with rows of 4 by 5 inch mirrors, measures 35 feet across the top and depth, 18 feet at the base.
Mrs Bluffer plans two new trunks to travel with, quipping she will take them along to make an impression at the hotel even without enough clothes to fill them. Mr Bluffer questions the purchase.
In St. Petersburg M Witte says Russia’s emperor decides peace terms not he and that he will follow imperial instructions. He fears Japanese terms may prevent an accord. Dowager Queen Marguerita plans an autumn tour from Spain to Portugal then to the United States. In Litchfield Minn Rev J R S Morgan drowns in Lake Lane after his boat capsized.
In Rochester New York on Keuhaake Bay Miss Maude Masten of Pennyan and Miss Remer Faulkner of Mansfield Pennsylvania were drowned when a rowboat overturned. Four others were rescued after a difficult recovery. In Sheboygan Wisconsin on Monday Joseph Swinski aged 16 and William Prom aged 24 drowned in the Sheboygan River after cramps struck while swimming.
Santos-Dumont praises the 15 mile dead against headwind Lebaudy flight from Meaux to Kasferta at 14 mph as the greatest step toward practical aerial navigation. War Minister Berteaux ordered departure and sent a report officer while Hussars guarded the crowd at landing. Experiments with the airship continue.
Mrs. Benj. Wilson of Moravia allegedly regained weight and health after four years of sugar diabetes following use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The account quotes her husband and mentions cures for kidney disease including Bright's Disease and rheumatism. A second testimonial praises Dr Pusheck's Khuro and claims weight gain and improved health.
Medicine advertisement claims relief from headaches by treating the root cause with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It markets as a cure for dizziness and constipation, avoids powder side effects, priced 50 cents and 1.00 with money back offer.
Old advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Hase relieves hot sweaty calloused feet with a trial offer and a two cent price. It urges no substitutes and lists Allen at Olmsted The Boy N Y. A remark about red ants having a picnic appears from Chicago Chronicle context.
A column extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for the blues and female troubles. It quotes Mrs Rosa Adams of Louisville who reports relief from nerves, lassitude, despondency, and vitality after using the remedy and invites readers to write for advice.
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