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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
8
At St Barnaba’s fair Margery Lane clashes with Miss Pamela Catherwood over a purse theft accusation. The scene ends with Margery saving a burning setup and earning forgiveness and a future with Melville Warwick, who pledges to win her.
An English nobleman attends a church service and, as a collection is announced, lays florins and sovereigns on the pew, matching and surpassing a boastful little snob. As the plate arrives the duke quietly adds one more and pockets the rest, leaving the snob with a show of six coins back in hand.
Disraeli's letter to Carlyle offered a pension and a G. GC. B. Carlyle recalled the moment a treasury messenger delivered the letter and described its generous and magnanimous phrasing. He praised Disraeli's merit insight even as he noted minor grammatical slips in the missive.
A study notes that the poisonous mechanism is shared by insects and reptiles. It explains that fangs and stings have hollow channels for venom to flow into wounds at the moment of incision. The sting of a scorpion mirrors that of a rattlesnake in its lethal action.
A light exchange between Mrs Mildly and Mr Mildly about men and cleaning humorously contrasts gender roles. Collier's frames a playful domestic clash over dirt and virtue. The dialogue pivots on who shapes a cleaner world and who hunts for dirt.
The text argues fatigue stems from worry or boredom rather than sheer overwork. It suggests humans are built to work, while noting concern about temporary hours and Dr. Cater’s temper in pondering the issue.
The New York Herald reports many creatures mimic their surroundings to avoid detection. A Catalina Island fish uses color and kelp-like fins to blend with kelp. crabs imitate leaves and rocks. deep sea spiders attach seaweed to their shells to appear as rock or plant life, showing surprising intelligence in evading predators.
A neighbor jokes about Mrs Salter’s vacation at a farm. She retorts that the chickens were well behaved and slept at the back while they stayed three weeks. She notes farming folk are often more particular than city folk suppose.
A Scottish minister chats with parishioner John about aging and rheumatism. John responds with humor claiming both legs match his aging, while the minister notes old age brings more than it seems. The exchange highlights aging with wit rather than sorrow.
In the Pent-Yand firth a maritime warning recalls dangerous rocks and currents. An official notes the two lighthouses on the Skerries claim there is less chance of wrecks for fishermen, contrasting wracks with government beacons and safety measures.
Advertisement notes a Crood house and barn with six acres within Monticello corporate limits. Mentions pasture for a cow and a brief health ad for Hel liater's Rocky Mountain Tea and DeWitt's Early Risers. Includes a testimonial from Mack Hamilton and a line about marriage and dyspepsia remedies.
Nothing is more in demand than a medicine meeting modern needs for a blood and system cleanser. Dr King’s New Life Pills claim to cure stomach and liver troubles and are sold at O H Svette’s drug store for 25 cents guaranteed.
Harriet Howard of New York recounts skin trouble from Salt Rheum and eczema and credits Bucklin's Arnica Salve with healing. The product is advertised as a fast healer for cuts burns and sores at 50 cents in O H Soetje's drug store. Kansas City Star notes Senator Mitchell of Oregon sought vindication and achieved it, unlike Senator Burton.
Three reasons mothers favor One Minute Cough Cure are its harmless nature its tasty flavor and its effectiveness in ending coughs croup and whooping cough when other remedies fail. Sold by all druggists. Los Angeles Times notes a joke about Washington bureaus containing drawers who draw salaries without earning them.
An ad extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion and stomach trouble claiming it digests meals to rest and strengthen the stomach. It asserts permanent relief and system purification, with sales through all druggists, and notes a Washington Times item about a New York preacher resigning to enter life insurance work.
Advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as adding to the physical by digesting and enabling the body to appropriate food. It alleges pleasant taste and broad health benefits with strong wording about digestion and strength, and notes availability through all Kansas City outlets. It then shifts to a political quip about a Pennsylvania judge praising a woman in the kitchen.
An Indiana man’s letter credits Dr. King’s New Discovery with curing his wife’s consumption after three doctors gave up. The ad claims the product kills germs, relieves a dose, and is sold by O. H. Soetje with trial bottles. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised as a beautifier. An electric cradle is mentioned for nurseries.
Purported cure Electric Bitters touted as remedy for malaria and jaundice with claim it outperforms quinine. Customer letter from Henrietta Texas describes a brother saved from malarial fever. Available at O H Soetje's drug store for 50 cents. Roosevelt canal remark ends fragment.
The advertisement urges using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for sores burns boils eczema and bleeding and proclaims it the purest and best. It instructs readers to obtain the genuine salve from all druggists.
A G A R special offers standard sleeping cars through to Denver with no change. Trains depart August 31 from Farbault Austin Mason City Decorah West Union Dubuque Cedar Rapids and September 1 from Perry Spencer. Free reclining chair cars depart Emmetsburg and Calmer August 31. Travel is promoted as a low cost Colorado trip. ask ticket agent for rates and full itinerary.
Plaintiff Miles Cook seeks a declaratory judgment to establish title to parts of Section 30 and Section 31 in Township 83 North Range 1 West, Jones County Iowa. The suit traces interests from Elihu Warren to Benjamin Freeman and heirs, alleges tax deeds and executor deeds, and asserts adverse possession for over 11 years. Defendants named include Hamilton Freeman Martha Ringer Casander Brown Carline Miller Jane Tedford Eliza Lamb Eliza Hitchcock Lovink Freeman H Freeman Louise Rorick and unknown heirs. The suit seeks quieting of title, estoppel of all defendants and unknown claimants, and related relief with publication in Monticello Express. Dated 1905.
Public notice from Jones county Iowa appoints H M Carpenter as administrator of Seymour Bennett deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the district court clerk and all debts should be paid promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello July 4 1905. Attorneys Fitzgerrald and Warner Marion Iowa represent the estate.
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