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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
6
Kit laments a broken romance with Clarence as she retrieves and red pens his letters. Eleanor and Daisy hear of Kit’s plan to exact revenge by correcting the missives and returning keepsakes, including a silver bookmark and a pipe, after their quarrel.
A Chicago Times-Herald reader recounts a downtown train conversation about the Dreyfus trial. The man tires of a cousin-like know-it-all who insists on being right, even when proven wrong, sparking lingering irritation at detail-obsessed certainty.
A compact collection of maxims on perception and assumptions. It warns against judging people by appearance or status and urges reading motives, not appearances, in daily interactions.
A collection of humorous quotes and quips from various papers mocks feminine trends and etiquette. It includes a comment about DeCrop-May and Miss Upton-More, a joke about horse shoe size, a grim statistic about girls and pickles, a remark on suicide by skipping rope, and a note praising a bloodhound’s perseverance.
A historic letter from Amos J. Cummings praises Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co for treating catarrh during his Cuba trip. He notes no symptoms since returning and requests another bottle. The ad extols Peru na as a universal remedy for summer catarrh and invites readers to contact Dr Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for a free booklet.
Dr. Talmage argues that art can elevate and save humanity by shaping moral perception. He cites Bible scenes, master painters, and the power of visual culture, urging patrons to fund open galleries and practical support for artists while warning against profane and harmful imagery.
Town Topics column presents a vignette featuring Jewitt and Jewett as a husband and wife duo. It previews social roles and contrasts masculine gavotte with domestic partnership in a light, period tone.
A cyclone two miles southeast of Salix in Woodbury County killed four Malloy family members and injured two others. The Malloys, a farmer and his wife plus two children, perished, with Miss Lessie Malloy among the deceased. Mrs Hassell’s house was wrecked but occupants survived in the cellar. Property losses are estimated at 35000 dollars as six farmer homes and barns were demolished.
The weekly bulletin notes corn in better condition thanks to favorable weather for threshing and drying. Much corn is weedy and backward but could recover with good weather. Hard rains hinder progress, some corn land may be sown to forage. All grain doing fairly well, meadows fine but winter takes a toll on stand.
At the twenty fifth annual encampment in Waterloo of the Iowa Grand Army of the Republic veterans attended in greater numbers than in years past Davenport won the next encampment Officers elected include department commander C I Bailey Tireton senior vice commander P H Lennon Guthrie Center junior vice commander William Goodwin Palmerton medical director Dr H E H McCoy Algona chaplain Rev W W Gist Osage
The tournament in Dubuque June 22 25 attracts about 1000 sharp shooters from across the region competing for prizes exceeding 5000 dollars. The association comprises 45 societies with nearly 4000 members.
The state board of control receives a report on Anamoost penitentiary schools by Warden Hunter's assistants. It shows 154 enrolled and high marks. The board expresses enthusiasm for the school program as a preventive and corrective measure against crime.
Philip Fipps, a well known farmer in western Clinton county, was struck dead by lightning while by his barn door holding a horse. His hired man was knocked senseless but recovered. Fipps leaves no wife and four small children.
Mrs. Samuel C. Walker of Waterloo was killed in a Cedar River park runaway. Driving with two daughters, the horse became frightened, throwing them out. Mrs. Walker’s hair was caught in a wheel, nearly severing the scalp.
A real cyclone struck Oskaloosa and nearby areas with rain and hail. It unroofed buildings ripped trees from the ground and damaged property for miles. The east wing of Penn College in Oskaloosa was unroofed.
Over 50,000 cigars seized by Collector Patterson at Independence Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown were restamped in Dubuque. Gov. Shaw to deliver Fourth of July address at Preston. Epworth League Assembly sets August 3 13 1899 at Colfax. Dubuque Light and Traction property sold for 50000 to General Electric. John Sinnot killed by cars near Anaconda Col. Death of David A Badron. Wendl Severn killed near Beverly. Numerous local civic and religious notices across Iowa.
A large foreign exhibit is planned for the Paris exposition of 1900 with promises of broad interest to attendees. The news adds a claim that Hostetters Stomach Bitters will cure dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and nervousness and is recommended to sufferers as a genuine remedy that tones the system.
In a Detroit Journal excerpt a defense counsel speaks with emotion asking jurors to doubt the accused wife killer image. He argues the prisoner could not be cool and calculating if he murdered his wife and suggests she would be at the trial to sway verdict with tears.
Promote Grain-O a nourishing food drink to replace coffee. It tastes like coffee but lacks its injurious properties and aids digestion and nerves. Not a stimulant, it benefits both children and adults. Sold by grocers, about the price of coffee.
In the Chicago Evening News a character named Wilkins stays cool amid heat by reading old papers recounting February blizzard tales. His habit chills him when warm weather rises, proving his method cheaper than ice and cooler than fans.
Excerpted line from The Rival features a quip about a gentleman refusing to be photographed in a dress. Misa Simpkins challenges Hopkins to interpret the remark as daylight exposure would force the wearer to reveal the attire.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Hane a powder for the foot. It makes tighter new shoes feel Kuasy cures corns bunions swollen hot callous sore and sweating feet. All druggists and shoe stores sell it 250 sample sent free address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A compact quotation from Cleveland Plain Dealer notes her notable voice and timbre while referencing a dining routine at a logging camp. The brief fragment contrasts dreamers as architects with toil as builders, showing editorial whimsy from the Illinois Bulletin.
A note describes Halles Catarrh Care for internal use priced at 750 in local currency. The fragment lists the product name and price with no additional details or usage guidance.
An advertisement extols Synvup or Tras from the California Fig Syrup Co as a pleasant liquid laxative that cleanses the system, aids kidney liver and bowels, and eases colds fevers and constipation. It notes figs in manufacturing and warns buyers to seek the full company name to avoid imitations. Available for 50 cents per bottle through druggists in Louisville New York and San Francisco.
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