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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
4
L. Marion Jenks reflects in Donahue's on a past city of memory and missing love. The speaker recalls white towers and sunlit hours as a bitter sigh of bereavement and the inevitability of life moving forward.
In a spring night scene Miss Collier steers a tense exchange with Lt. Stanley about Mauricia Meredith and Will Henderson. Stanley deflects with a claim they are merely friends while Miss Meredith, arriving with Kendall, shifts the emotional balance and fuels jealousy.
Miss Meredith wrestles with jealousy and duty as dawn nears while her lover Stanley prepares for march. Mauricia, claiming mere friendship, teases fate as the family prepares for an early set of orders and a tense mercy.
A New York Sun excerpt explains why shoe pairs are produced the same size. The left and right feet vary among individuals, but differences are usually slight and adjust quickly as wear occurs. The salesman notes that changing one shoe size would risk discomfort for other customers.
Dr Mritz Lange of Munich used X rays to watch a cat digest normally then stop digestion by placing a live mouse within reach. The finding shows worrying undermines digestion, dyspepsia, and overall bodily function, a caution echoed by observers.
Anecdote from Meagher’s brigade recalls a front line boast about capturing colors during seven days battles. A private, emerging from mud, declares he’d rather have Dennis McGuire’s whisky than all the colors of the rainbow, prompting a quick retort from the general.
The passage notes William Morris declined the poet laureateship offered by Mr. Gladstone, deeming the role purely ceremonial. It praises the Marquis of Lorne as the best fit for the post and reflects Morris’s socialist stance influencing his decision.
Cornhill Magazine lists indocility discontent slander jealousy and silliness as the five worst maladies of women. It claims these afflict seven or eight of ten women and says silliness is the root cause, urging self inspection and self reproach as remedies.
The Boston Post notes that men historically lived longer as medical science sanitation and health practices improved. It cites that in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries an 80 year old man was very aged and rare, and suggests normal age could rise to 100 with continued progress.
On July 28 the Nickel Plate Road will run an excursion to Chautauqua Lake at a single round trip fare. Write to General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago for particulars.
A list of unclaimed mail remaining at the Monticello post office, advertised July 24 1899, includes Remmer Joosten Julian Shadle Miss Olivia Forcum R Reider D E Ponp and P M.
Nickel Plate Road offers Chicago to Boston excursion tickets for August 11 and 12 at 19.00 round trip. Tickets return by August 31 when deposited with Fitchburg Railroad agent in Boston. Sleeping car accommodations should be reserved early. General Agent address 111 Adams Street Chicago.
Annie I Springer credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with curing a long hacking cough and sleeping well again. Queen Victoria era ads mention DeWitt's Little Early Risers and Witch Hazel Salve with claims of curing constipation liver ailments and wounds.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a dire illness with yellow skin and sunken eyes. After three doctors gave up, a friend recommended Electric Bitters, and one bottle sparked rapid recovery within weeks. At DP C. Prader & Co. drugstore in Paris a bottle costs 50 cents amid a city of many beggars.
Ad touts salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chaps chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Promises perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Priced 25 cents per box, sold by D. C. Prader & Co.
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