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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
5
A veteran motorman narrates his daily hardening from five years on the electric car and the clash with passengers, beer wagons, and self serving conductors. He details near misses, lawsuits, threats, and the public’s bloodthirsty tendencies while he doggedly protects the company’s interests amid feigned sympathy and blunt bravado.
A whimsical vignette from Elizabeth Rosser in Youth's Companion flows through a sunlit stroll. A merry bumble bee, a singing bird, a playful brook, and a sad child share tiny queries about their journeys, from honey groves to sea shores and schoolrooms.
A naturalist praises gray squirrels from Ingersoll's Wild Neighbors noting their wide North American distribution and hardiness. The piece highlights the tail’s name origin Sciurus and the shade tail nickname, plus a detailed portrait of a mother teaching her young, including patient guidance and playful family scenes.
In St Nicholas John Ward’s article the Leaning Tower of Pisa is described as a delicate, fairy like structure built from hollow brick, leaning 13 feet yet safe, with galleries and iron reinforced walls. It notes Galileo and the tower’s bells including the Pasquareccia and its solemn history, plus anecdotes about the tower’s ascent and nearby monuments.
In a Kentucky town a man known for his kindness to animals died six years ago leaving pets including a large white cat. After the funeral the cat vanished, the daughter remained in the house, months turned to years and the cat was thought lost. Recently at dinner the white cat reappeared and has since evaded all inquiries about its long absence. Flighting with togs in Japan features tops used in battles. very hard wooden tops plated with metal rings clash to determine a winner.
Willie pretends to be sick to avoid school and tells his mother his teeth ache in a humorous, spontaneous moment reflecting his ploy to stay home. The anecdote captures a child's awkward excuse and parental reactions in a simple family vignette.
A four year old Ned admires a bright star and is told it is three times as large as Earth. He counters with a logical reply that if so it would keep the rain off, prompting a fatherly explanation about perception and reasoning.
In a brief exchange Mrs. Gilgal notes flour is costly while Mrs. Teaspot dismisses the issue, saying they merely buy bread. The exchange reflects household concern over rising grain prices and ongoing food costs.
Two ladies discuss the war's moral impact on society and family. A child boasts of fighting Spaniards with a tin sword while the father defends free speech about Spaniards, highlighting church membership and parental discipline in a Washington Star item.
A family scene recounts a mother wishing to join the fight and a father joking about her courage. Johnnie recalls soldiers marching as the mother expresses patriotic fervor and fantasizes about battle, while the father teases about a broom and gun in the back room.
The letter from Jefferson City recounts Herman Eveler of 811 Main St addressing aftermath of la grippe seven years prior. After failing with doctors and remedies he tried Williams Pink Pills for Pale People per a St. Louis article and reports restored health, renewed energy, and business vigor. The note cites the pills as a cure for shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and general debility, with a notarized sworn statement from Adam Poutszong on May 24, 1807.
Advertisement promotes Grain-O as a non stimulating beverage that nourishes and cheers without disrupting sleep. It claims to resemble coffee in taste and appearance and targets nervous young and child consumers. Get a package from your grocer today and try it in place of coffee. 15 and 20e?
The policy of this country regarding foreign complications remains conservative. The Monroe doctrine will be sustained, but patience and prudence will restrain public exuberance. The healthiest course for rheumatic and malarial patients is Hoarsetter's Stomach Bitters, which also cures kidney complaint and dyspepsia.
A quotation from the Chicago Times Herald extols giving a woman a book on chafing dish cookery to persuade her there is no place like home. The remark frames domestic expertise as a beacon of home comfort and belonging.
Up to Date notes that wealth cannot buy happiness as Netter quotes claim wealth may buy a coronet, suggesting status rather than joy.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. W. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, are vouched for by J. Ent Truax and Walding Kinnan & Marvin. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and priced at seven cents per bottle. Testimonials free. Trall's Family Pills promoted. The ad ends with a proverb about silence.
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