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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
8
July Fourth program in Monticello urges residents and visitors to celebrate patriotism and prosperity with a full day of events. A 1 pm parade features decorated cars with prizes, balloon ascent, free vaudeville, races, fireworks at night, and dancing for all ages. Baseball fans can enjoy additional activities.
The 1915 Fourth of July injury records show New York and Philadelphia accounting for 652 of 900 injuries in two cities. Chicago records the most deaths among the eighty four cities, with five fatal incidents noted in the list.
A reflective piece recalls patriotic pride seen abroad as the American flag flies near a Paris consulate and a passerby salutes. It notes Andrew McNure as a long-time official bell ringer in the statehouse era and discusses the national character tied to the name American and patriotic devotion.
A missionary in Des Moines spoke of traveling inland in India where he carried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. He credited the medicine with saving his life and claimed it works as a preventive and cure for cholera and milder bowel complaints. The remark was made during a church lecture and the remedy is sold locally by Kettlis & Kay.
A promotional advertisement offers $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy disease foundations and build constitution, with testimonials and Toledo address. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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