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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
2
Wyoming June updates record residents visiting Cedar Rapids Dubuque Anamosa and Omaha. Tradesmen travel for business. several residents attend church events and funerals. The article notes a cement sidewalks ordinance and upcoming church anniversary plus a large Alumni banquet. Fred Tebo’s Montana burial is reported with funeral details.
Communities report measles in several homes Alfred Meiers Thos Ahlrichs and I KE Folkers. Fireworks of news include a June wedding Eda May Cramer to George J Van Buren at the Cramer home. Miss Florence Hubbard misses graduation, Herman Specht underwent operation after head injury, and travel to Monticello for commencement and Alumni banquet.
Trene Montague of Chicago visits family of Jesse Tomlinson. Mrs Jessie Matthiessen of Monticello visited Miss Charlotte Chase. Children's Day exercises planned for Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Sunday School. Miss Low Sears returns home from school duties with a raise of five dollars monthly next year. Mrs Gilbert travels with her daughter to Barville Illinois for a long visit. Johnson Brothers shipping hogs. Clay township duo Charles Leonard and English Brothers ship one car each. Uncle John Alexander, 86, fractured three ribs after a fall while visiting Will Alexander. M W Kent, from Armstrong, moves to Cedar Rapids to start a real estate office, selling to M B Winnard. Stephen Walsworth, county pioneer, marks his 77th birthday.
Last Saturday a birthday event took place at the home of Jas Tracey, son-in-law, on one of his farms. About 40 old neighbors joined for dinner and the guests reported a fine time.
A Winterton man credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health after five doctors failed. The ad touts bitters for blood poison stomach liver and kidney troubles. Also promoted are Kodol digestion aid Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and DeWitt's Little Early Risers by O H Soetje and associates.
An article notes average men cannot hire physicians for minor ailments and promotes five Chamberlain remedies for bowel issues cough pains skin and stomach problems. It advertises one bottle of each at 1.25 dollars sold by Q. H. Soetie in Cleaveland Leader. It also mentions fur trim trousseaux as this year’s swagger trend.
Mrs. 18 D Clapp reports her son nearly died from lung and throat trouble but was saved by Dr Kings New Discovery. The medicine is advertised as a guaranteed cure for coughs colds throat and lung issues with a trial bottle offered for free and prices 50 cents and 1.00 by O H Soetje.
A Peoria Herald-Transcript quip questions whether owning one suit and feeling shame or owning many and misplacing keys offers a better life. The wry line reflects everyday thrift and the comic anxiety of clutter.
Prompt pleasant remedy for coughs and colds Kennedy's Laxa tive Cough Syrup recommended for babies and children but suitable for all. It contains no opiates and does not constipate with honey and tar and tastes nearly as good as maple syrup. Sold by O. Ti Soetje.
An editorial snippet urges immediate care for a child with diarrhea using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil. It notes the product is sold by O. H. Soetje. The Toledo Blade mentions a car ride this morning with no peekaboo waist fashions observed.
An 1890s style advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with claims of aging reversal. It emphasizes a woman’s improved complexion and youthful, round features, selling Tea or Tablets for 35 cents through O. H. Soetje.
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin says four doses of De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills gave more relief than any other medicine and he continues taking them for a perfect cure. The pills claim to help backache weak kidneys inflammation of the bladder and urinary troubles. A week’s treatment costs 25 cents and are sold by O H Soetje.
Advertisement claims the pills cure a fatal condition described as stoppage of liver and bowel functions and promise guaranteed satisfaction with a money back option. Product priced at 25 cents and sold at O. HN Soetje's drug store.
Dr. Wiley advises the proper method to eat steak or ham is to bolt it down in chunks, aligning with a long awaited professional endorsement for quick lunch eaters.
O S Woolever, a noted LeRaynville NY merchant, credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing his piles twenty years ago. The product is said to heal every sore, wound, burn or abrasion and costs 25 cents at O H Soetje's drug store. Topea Capital notes that after marriage a man must work harder and often spend time holding a baby.
Pain relief claims for stomach cramps colic and diarrhoea through Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by O. H. Soetje.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a science based vegetable acid preparation that digests food in the stomach to provide rest. The note asserts conformity with Pure Food and Drugs Law and lists O F Soetje as a seller in Peoria Herald Transcript. It also adds a humorous onion breath line about smokers.
For scratches burns cuts and insect bites the salve is marketed as soothing cooling and healing. Claims it is the best remedy and urges customers to buy De Witt's. Sold by O H Soetje druggist.
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