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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
8
The new United States naval station to be located at San Juan Porto Rico is described as essential to the nation, serving as a pivotal point once the Nicaragua canal is built, while Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is promoted as guarding digestive health against indigestion biliousness and constipation.
Aunt Diana shouts Rastua at a Miami arrival, insisting outsiders stop playing with white children and focus on cakewalk figures, implying a demand for cultural education and action. The Ohio State Journal records the peculiar scene with regional humor and social nuance as an old-time vernacular caption.
Open February 23 in the Ozark Mountains and Florida coast resorts on the East and West open for visitors. The Nautical Woman headline references maritime humor as travel notes mention Frisco Line sleepers and Plant System access to Tampa Bay Palace and Belleview Garden spots. Contact J O Plank in St Louis or L A Bell in Chicago for excursion arrangements.
A collage of quips and jokes from 19th century papers. Topics cover opera preferences, banking grace periods, kitchen humor, morning walks, and a testimonial about Piso's Cure. Notable voices include Benny Bloobumper, Alphonse, and Ralph Krieg.
Ex governor Myron H. McCord of New Mexico writes from Washington praising Pe-ru-Na for catarrh after one bottle improved his cold sore throat and general health. He urges others to begin spring treatment, noting no substitutes and offering a free catarrh book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
A movement in Boston aims to honor Fanny Parnell, sister of Charles Stewart Parnell, by marking her unmarked Mount Auburn grave or transferring her remains to Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The article notes the grave’s obscure state, calls it a disgrace to the Irish and to Parnell followers, and cites a flag placed by admirers as the only marker.
London society and later New York hosts imitate Cinderella tales using a wooden shoe as a centerpiece. The event features a male arbitration committee guessing foot size, with a Cinderella giving the shoe as a keepsake, blending whimsy with polite mischief in a genteel social fad.
The article describes a budget friendly ribbon collar ette to replace fur trimmings in March. A home project costing up to three dollars uses six yards of ribbon and two yards of netting with a gros grain silk ribbon and black silk net. It explains steps from foundation band to finishing with a boxed top and ruffled edges.
Early winter irritations to hands are common for kitchen workers. Use a soft brush and mild soap, wash with warm water, and dry thoroughly. For irritated skin, glycerin rosewater and citric acid soothe healing. lemon juice or vinegar may substitute, but vinegar cures are not reliable for severe chapping.
A humorous anecdote recounts Mrs. Billtops’s strict dusting routine. She opens a window to shake a dust rag at specific hours, then closes it and continues her daily circuit, a ritual she treats as essential duty. The piece uses a playful tone to lampoon rigid domestic habits.
The brief exchange shows a lawyer questioning a witness about heated words between parties. The witness replies the words were not high but specifically low. The fragment reflects colloquial courtroom dialogue.
A practical explanation defines shredding suet as slicing finely with a sharp knife. It describes using oiled paper to cover dishes, scalding milk to near boiling, larding meat with bacon fat, binding mixtures with eggs, and cleaning currants by flour rub and warm washing.
A boastful advertisement for Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder remedy claims it cures many illnesses and offers a free sample by mail to readers of the paper. It urges mentions of the paper and notes available bottle sizes at drugstores.
One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. IF J Cheney & Co Toledo proprietors. Local testimonials from Lee Yruax Walding Kinnan Marvin commend the firm as honorable. Ball's Catarrh Cure touted as internal remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces. price 75c. testimonials free. Also Hall's Family Pills praised. Period cartoon and Boston Transcript quote included.
Many school children suffer ailments and Mother Gray a nurse at a Children's Home in New York promotes her Sweet Powders. The remedy claims to Break a Cold in 24 hours and cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders move bowels and destroy worms. Sold by druggists or by mail 25c samples mailed free. Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An advertisement in Jewelers' Weekly seeks a first-class cook, with good wages, to go to Connecticut. A second cook named Niver adds a quip about alarum clocks, suggesting a light tone in the notice.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a safe grain based coffee substitute for the whole family. It claims no nerves upset or digestion harm and describes Grain-O as a genuine scientific article with health benefits and strong taste. The copy urges readers to ask grocers, mentions related Salzer seed products, and offers a mail order for samples and a free catalogue from John A. Salzer Seed Co.
The article advises women prone to nervousness to avoid peppers spices eggs and heavy meat meals and highly seasoned sauces. It endorses a diet centered on fish soup celery and lettuce noting the vegetables’ soothing properties as the best possible nerve tonic.
Delegates from Kansas and Nebraska report on a tour to Dauphin Regina and central Saskatchewan praising the region as among the continent’s best grain areas. They note 75,000 bushels of wheat last year and over a million this year, rich water, forests, wild hops and fruits, and hopeful settlement prospects as railways expand. Signed by George S Bennett, W Bennett, Dr F Brooks, and John Flannery.
A fragment from Harlem Life notes a rumored affair as Mrs Fangle discusses a scandal involving a married man and Mrs Jay Smith. The item mentions Allen's Foot-Ease free sample promotion and quotes brief satirical lines from Philadelphia North American and Puck about politics and travel.
An old ad promotes Kemp's Balsam as a fast cough cure with sample bottles and cheap large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents. Another item touts rapid transport from Chicago to Port Tampa via Plant System with under 41 hours and no train changes, plus a Florida route stopover.
An assortment of early 20th century patent medicine claims promote Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowel regularity and gentle liver and kidney support. Advertisements tout cures for headaches and colds, with price hints and branding from Chicago Daily News and other papers.
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