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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
5
A poetic meditation on the city’s pull between wealth and the sea, portraying a ruined figure as a symbol of moral conflict. The piece frames the city as a power of Mammon perched above the vulnerable figure of Lea, embodying sacred and profane forces.
A jaded bachelor finds a diamond ring on a train and, after considering keepsake profit, grows romantic. He broadcasts a finder’s notice, receives hundreds of responses, and vows to locate the owner Beatrice a fair haired girl, envisioning marriage.
A man traces a lost hoop ring through advertisements and a spree of replies. A detective shadows him and a solicitor yields the ring to Bertha Perkins aka “B. P.” After wrongful arrest he pursues reparation, meeting the red headed girl who hides the truth behind milky eyes and a whistling departure.
The Saturday Review recalls Cordova at night with cloaked figures by barred windows and a vivid face behind iron bars, contrasting romance with comic opera. It then explains casting metals, noting iron expands on solidifying while gold and silver contract, affecting moldability.
A Detroit Journal excerpt describes an Eskimo girl charming guests at a ballroom as a bright smile lights the scene. A mother protests social life, lamenting dancing nightly through March and sleeping until August, while a spectator muses on youth freedom.
An Atlanta woman recalls her husband’s vision of a noontime funeral procession from their future home. He saw a white casket and familiar mourners, yet had no son then. Months later a son was born and died at age three, with the same funeral procession appearing at the gate, prompting speculation about occult experiences.
The Chicago Record advertises Pan American Exposition tickets from Chicago to Buffalo and return with multiple options and durations, plus a travel agent contact for details. Separately, a Monticello residence is offered for sale by G. H. Grovaz, with a subscription bundle offer for the Express and Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean.
A collage of tonic pitches touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and DeWitts Little Early Risers with testimonials from W E Bosworth and H B Pitts. Claims include cures for cholera morbus digestion aids and laxatives. Mentions tea history and local fare details.
July 8th special train over the C M and St P routes offers round trips at 50 dollars with stop overs both ways. Return tickets by August 31st. A 6000 mile daylight trip via Denver to San Francisco and return via Portland Seattle Tacoma Spokane Bismarck St Paul. Train consists of Standard Palace and Tourist sleeping cars from West Union Fairbault Mason City Dubuque Cedar Rapids. Berths available at low rates. contact C M and St P agents or John KR Cook West Union Ia.
Advertises Nickel Plate routes to Buffalo with three daily through trains and vestibuled sleeping cars plus dining on American Club meals plan. Notes Chicago depot locations and agent contact for folder. Also lists special fares for National Irrigation Congress at Colorado Springs and United Society of Christian Endeavor convention in Cincinnati. Mentions Dr King’s New Discovery and Rider Haggard’s farm travel note.
Friends of Mrs. L Pease of Lawrence Kansas recall her seven year bedridden state due to kidney liver trouble and debility until Electric Bitters restored her mobility in three months. The ad touts relief for headache backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness with 50 cent price. A Vermont physician's relatives sued the telephone company after a fatal lightning strike entered his room via telephone wires and won the damages they sought.
A report from Kirkman Ta alleges a gasoline stove explosion burned a woman severely. N E Palmer says Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed the running sore after best doctors failed. The ad promotes the salve for cuts boils skin diseases and piles at 25 cents. A note adds Vice Admiral Murray Aynsley of the British Navy died recently and reportedly built his fortune via Civil War blockade running.
A Boston man who recently wed a frail young woman is relieved after using Dr King s New Life Pills to restore her health. The ad touts cures for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and highlights a 25 cent price at a local drugstore.
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