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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1881
Page
2
Poetic sketch of Ma Juno and Jowland swamps rich with tufts of reeds and ferns. Dusk steals over the vale as fireflies flicker, gicama on clover beams sing, shadows ripple in dell and forest, and gems scatter across fields.
John Barton visits a Philadelphia street-house with his sister Mrs. Carmichael and Mrs. Blake. Miss Daffodil hides in fear as Barton, posing as a bachelor, tours the home and later is revealed to be a married man, triggering gossip and heartbreak among the women.
Mrs Blake and Miss Daffodil laugh over a mistaken engagement rumor about Mr Barton. A sealed packet containing a ring causes confusion until Mrs Carmichael reveals Barton is an old bachelor and not married. The group reconciles, the ring is returned, and Barton pursues marriage prospects while securing a house for Mrs Carmichael.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a Gunnison case where a county judge dismisses fear and Scots fairness marks a court. The Michigan innkeeper openly challenges a counterfeit dispute and is fined twenty five dollars while the judge boasts of multilingual bravado and rapid roughhouse handling.
The text explains how in the Arctic Circle the sun remains above the horizon for months in spring, creating a perpetual day. It describes the initial confusion and restlessness, the loss of sleep and appetite, and how people adapt by darkening tents and traveling by night to use frost for sledging.
The Panaman Star and Herald notes a slave trade along the Brazilian frontier. Indians of Caqueta sell captives from tribal wars to Brazilian traders, sending prisoners down the Amazon to be sold to planters for perpetual servitude. The paper urges Colombian government action to end the disgrace.
A report notes a shipment of 100,000 Eastern trout to be transplanted into Nevada streams. Other items include tiny nerves compared to head size, France sugar beet land values at 300 per acre, and a 2700 pound Nashua iron ingot cast for a shaft.
A collage of quips and puns from various papers lampoons clever lines about doughnuts death notes and lovers. It features jabs at reporters stock kings gambling conductors and poets with jokes from the Boston Post Detroit Free Press and San Francisco Wasp.
A well known politician and a fast horse enthusiast are caught fishing at a private pond guarded by a charcoal burner. The sign reads eight dollars per trout or arrest. The owner claims payment is for teaching them to read and they pay reluctantly before leaving in secrecy.
A collection of domestic hints and recipes from the Springfield (Mass) Republican notes on pruning evergreens, feeding horses, jelly and pudding making, decorative scrap-bags, carrot in cream, fried potato balls, and plant science. It also discusses cucumber melon crosspollination, and a safe tethering method for cattle using a long chain with a swivel and ground pin.
The article extols spices as nature’s finest products deriving aroma from sun and diverse plant parts. It lists pepper, allspice, nutmeg, mace, clove, mustard, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and curry, noting origins, uses, and effects on digestion. It ends with a note on curry’s delicate blend and a line about a San Francisco divorce suit diary.
A visitor at the London Zoological Garden describes the Apteryx or Kiwi Kiwi in the ostrich-house, a nocturnal, mythic bird with a curved beak and powerful feet. It hides among straw, feeds on worms, stamps to lure prey, and has a large cage. The species is native to New Zealand and increasingly rare. A separate note reports William Maynard catching eighteen hundred eels in Southold, New York, with over a thousand marketable.
The text touts Hop Bitters as a cure for factory workers with pallid faces and poor health, urging outdoor activity and claiming improvement through healthful sunshine. It also promotes Honey for bowels and kidneys, watches from Standard American Watch Co., Rough on Rats 152, Great Western Gun Works ads, Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water, Redding's Russia Salve, Frazer's Axle Grease, and other assorted products and catalogues.
Bay City Michigan letters recount a dramatic recovery from consumption after six years of illness. The writer notes severe coughing, blood hemorrhages, weight loss, and near death. Following Dr Schenck's medicines, the mother regained strength and weight and was declared entirely well. Letter dated November 10 1880.
A pair of 1879 letters from St Louis figures praise Pulmonic Syrup Beaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. W H Buake captain commends medicines for family use and reliability. Porter Leonard testifies his son suffered consumption but recovered after using the medicines following guidance from Captain Blake.
Dr. J H Schenck of Eaton Rapids Michigan receives a testimonial from James Rushton praising Palmonte Syrup as the best lung remedy. Rushton has sold the products for ten years with no complaints and recommends them as first class. Dated December 9 1880.
A 1881 testimonial from Sa nto Caldwell of Connersville Maryland describes a near fatal bout with consumption in 1861. After using Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills for six months the patient recovered fully with no relapse in twenty years. A pharmacist L Rawis verifies the account’s truth.
In New Castle Indiana on January 22 1881 J B Miller writes that his wife suffered lung disease with weakness and prostration and improved after using Pulmonic Syrup Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills from Dr Schenck. He reports full recovery and states they keep the medicines at home.
From Cyrus Laverty Esq of Charlotte Michigan. Attribution indicates legal matter or notice draft referencing attorney representation in a local matter. No further facts or dates provided in the fragment.
Cyrus Laverty of Charlotte Michigan writes that nine years of bronchial illness with cough hoarseness and vocal loss ended after trying medicines from Schuyler Brothers via J B Upton of Upton & Brown Battle Creek. He reports great relief after one bottle and permanent cure with several bottles.
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