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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1908

Page

3

Cattle Thieves Trail Unfolds In Kemah County hearing

George Williston, a honest rancher, identifies a branded steer altered under Jesse Black’s gang. Paul Langford and Louise Dale join the case as county attorney Richard Gordon secures a preliminary hearing. Jesse Black waives examination and is bound over for December circuit court.

George Williston Paul Langford Williston Jesse Black Kemah County South Dakota Three Bars Langford Mary Louise Dale Slammond Dale Dakotahs Wind City Richard Gordon Kemah Velpen Jim Munson Munson Sioux City Bill Brown Mag Louise Higgins Williston’s Jim Brown Billy Brown Black Gordon McAllister Justice of the Peace James FR. McAllister Jimmie Mac Lan Indiana Bond

Tub Costumes Reach Extreme Styles This Season

The current season shows tub costumes split between extremely tailored and severe looks and very ornate, lace rich fabrics. Linen and lawn pieces feature bordered fabrics that require dry cleaning, with whites and single tone borders favored, and styles range from tailored suits with braids and buttons to lace trimmed afternoon coats and shirt waist suits.

Louis Ecru

Overdoing Duty Wears Thin on Wise Women

The piece argues that women often overburden themselves with duty, leaving little energy for personal joys. It notes tired wives and worn hosts who neglect social and marital happiness to perfect chores, and how spouses encourage restraint, only to be met with tears.

Keeps Collars in Shape Practical Travel Bag

A simple travel accessory idea shows a bag to hold collars inside a circular box. Use a round box or card circle with silk lining, ribbon edge, and a gathered top secured by a ribbon. Embroider the word collars on the covering for a tidy finish.

Bic Oklahoma Graham Ante Valley Oklahoms

Paris Fashion Notes Feature Neck Ruffs and Draped Evening Wear

Paris fashion reports slim neck ruffs tied with back bows in tulle feathers and petals. Feathers and yellow lace front pieces appear on red and white foulard coats. Long gloves extend over sleeves with contrasting kid lining. Mousseline veils flood with prints and lace. Evening gowns use Persian scarfs and Saree inspired draperies from ankle to floor.

Paris Vogue

Rose Sachet Powder Recipe

A fragrant sachet from dried rose leaves mixed with orris root lavender musk and civet in specified weights. Combine three quarters pound orris to half pound leaves a eighth pound lavender ten grains musk and eight grains civet. Air tight storage. musk optional if disliked.

Georgia Governor Race Heats as Brown Targets Smith

Atlanta reports Gov Hoke Smith may not win re election if Joseph Brown can prevent it. Brown, son of a former governor, is running a stealthy campaign across Georgia seeking the governorship after being dismissed from the railroad commission by Smith. He has yet to publicly address voters.

Louise Gordon Mary Jim Munson Paul Langford Atlanta Hoke Smith Joseph. Brown Smith Railroad Commission Brown Georgia

Joe Brown Georgia political figure profile and career

The article profiles Joe Brown a Georgia politician and railroad executive born in Canton. It details his education at the University of Georgia and Harvard Law, early political involvement, and rising railroad posts from 1877 to 1889. It notes his appointment as railroad commissioner and removal by Gov. Smith over an alleged threatening note.

Hoke Smith Georgia Brown Joe Brown Canton University of Georgia Harvard Western & Atlantic Road Gov. Smith

Lord's Prayer on Pin Head Astonishes New Yorkers

William Stuart a New York photo engraver placed the entire Lord's Prayer along with his name and the year onto the head of a single pin, totaling 267 letters read with magnification. He used a common No 1 elliptical picture tint tool and a linen finder magnifier costing under a dollar.

New York William Stuart Stuart

It sounded too good. Tesla on a supposed patent medicine

Nikola Tesla commented on a Spanish invention described to him noting it sounded too good and paralleled a Broadway boast about obtaining absolute control of the best patent medicine. He suggested it could be claimed useful against any epidemic.

Nikola Tesla Niagara Broadway Washington Star

Woman's Backache Needs Immediate Attention

The backache signals trouble in the feminine organism with nervousness headache and loins pains. It urges prompt medical remedy to restore health, noting the back as the mainspring of a woman's body and the need for timely care.

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Two Women

Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports backaches and side pain resolved after three bottles. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania says the remedy cured severe backaches and pressing pains and restored her energy and appetite. The ads claim thirty years of use and thousands cured for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration.

Lydia E. Pinkhanm Will Young Columbia Ave Rockland Lydia E. Pinkham Augustus Lyon East Earl, Pa Mrs. Pinkham

What a Dear Little Wife Did

A humorous quarrel between a leap year widow and a clever widower unfolds as she urges marriage and a wife to organize his clothes. He retorts that his previous wife cleaned him out, leaving him without bus fare each morning in a wry punchline.

Primrose

Lewis Single Binder Cigars Advertise

A vintage ad touts Lewis Single Binder as the cigar richest in flavor and most satisfying on the market. It directs readers to buy from their dealer or Lewis Factory in Peoria Illinois and includes a melodic line about love beyond words.

Lewis Lewis’ Factory Peoria

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