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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
4
The Milwaukee Harvester Company claims farmers rapidly adopt mechanical progress and prefer Milwaukee Harvester No. 10, first marketed in 1888, with continued yearly sales growth in harvesters and mowers. O. C. Hunter offers these machines and a stock of repairs.
In Castle Grove last week DJ Hogan shipped a carload of cattle. Rev MS Murphy began a trip to the Emerald Isle on Tuesday. Elsie Cramer left Saturday for Mt Vernon to visit friends. Fred and Edith Cramer attended Lenox college commencement. Wm Bryan spoke in Monticello Friday. The Jones County Telephone Co. faced line trouble amid electrical disturbances. A windstorm damaged a windmill on Edgar Hubbard’s farm and toppled a ladder. J J Dress had a windmill blown down. A cottonwood fell at Mike Haley’s injuring his hog house. A wind moved J Nf Gubben’s barn. it was moved again while on a new foundation. Arthur Fairbanks marketed 97 hogs for 22,060 pounds, bringing 1530 dollars. Mr Mairbanks has sold over 44,000 dollars worth of hogs this season.
A June 16 1902 notice lists unclaimed letters at the Monticello Iowa post office including James Lang Cy Stoner Reese Scull Fred Wendt Bessie Masters D E Ponxo and P M Farm Machinery. The item also notes local movements of residents and creamery work with various individuals traveling or taking charge at centers such as Center Junction and Epworth.
The C M and St Paul Railway offers a July 8 round trip Monticello to Yellowstone Park for 94 dollars. The package covers sleeping car meals in dining car and all trip expenses. Also included is sale of a 140 acre farm in Richland township Jones County Iowa with sale date June 21 1902 and terms 4 cash and 4 on time with or without crops.
W T Sturdavant of Merry Oaks North Carolina credits Kodol with quick relief from long term dyspepsia and indigestion. He says he can eat almost anything now and digestion is good. The ad warns against dieting and promotes wholesome food and digestion without stomach aid. The piece notes cornmeal as high value food and oysters as high cost for value.
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pa credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with her recovery after six months of severe illness caused by hay fever and asthma. The remedy is advertised as safe for coughs colds and bronchial complaints with guaranteed bottles and free trials at O H Soetjes. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure praised by D Scott Currin of Loganton Pa and notes Ajaccio Corsica gaining a new telephone service with three subscribers.
A Farm ad quotes R N Bevill of Old Town Virginia praising Bucklen arnica salve for a child’s scald head and mentions it also treats cuts burns bruises boils ulcers eruptions. The note advertises 25 cents at Soetje's drug store and touts other products like Putnam Fapenrss Dyxs as easy to use.
Advertisement promotes Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets from Lakeside Medicine Co Chicago. Claims quick relief and permanent cure with after meal use chocolate coated tablets aiding digestion and nourishment extraction. Retail price is 25 cents through Bacher and Abel. Also includes a White House attache remark about President Roosevelt not smoking.
Druggist G W Rob erts of Elizabeth West Virginia reports an old man deemed incurable cancer cured using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve. The ad claims Bitters cleanse poisons and the salve heals blood diseases skin eruptions and ulcers. Also notes DeWitt's Little Early Risers for torpid liver and a chimpanzee sentenced to prison on Africa’s west coast.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills claiming to cleanse the system and improve digestion and appetite. The copy urges cleansing for vitality and liver activity, noting a price of 25 cents at Soetje’s drugstore.
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