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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1898
Page
8
The Graphophone is described as a self singing musical instrument and perfect home entertainment. It claims to offer vocal and instrumental music from a single device at low cost and asks readers to write for catalogue No. 80 from the Columbia Phonograph Company in Chicago.
First excursion of the season to Buffalo via Nickel Plate road from Cleveland to Buffalo at one round trip fare. Travel by water or rail route within final limit of ticket. For details contact J Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will sell excursion tickets to all points within 200 miles of Monticello on July 2 8 and 4 good for return July 6. Travel and timing details appear in the official timetable and city notices.
The Nickel Plate Road promotes lower fares for a Buffalo meeting on July 1 17 with first class accommodations. Contact general agent A Kempf at 111 Adams Street Chicago before buying tickets for best rates. For piles Dr Sawyer's Arnica and Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for quick relief and cure.
A June 27 1898 notice lists unclaimed letters at the Monticello Iowa postoffice. Names include C Catlin D E Pox and P M among the recipients awaiting pickup.
A New York Mail and Express excerpt explains how slang from the Bowery becomes mainstream. It lists phrases for poverty and status such as on the bwine on the swine train lobster and get next, and notes the shift from rough speech to broader use.
Ed Little recalls a scruffy Egyptian dog that repeatedly returned to the American consulate in Cairo. Though he never heard Egyptian dogs bark, the persistent hound wagged its tail and stayed near the desk, finally becoming part of the consulate life for as long as he remained in Cairo.
A Chicago Advance quips about a Chinese philosopher found in the kitchen of a western college president. The tale contrasts orient and American roles with a line about who bosses whom, ending with the punch about the president obeying a wife’s orders in his own phrasing.
Rail line Nickel Plate Road announces an excursion to Chautauqua Lake on July 8. Round trip fare offered with contact for details directed to J. Y. Calahan at 111 Adsims Street Chicago.
Wmn. Y. Dressler has been re elected principal of the Prairieburg schools and will return with his family in the fall according to the Marion Register.
Nickel Plate Road offers a round trip excursion to Chautauqua Lake on July 8 at a single fare. Return allowed within thirty days from date of sale. tickets deposited with the Chautauqua Assembly secretary. Tickets valid on through express trains. Inquiries to 111 Adams St Chicago. Van Buren station noted in Chicago.
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