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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1905

Page

8

Secret Engagement Trials in a Summer Love Diary

A diary chronicles a woman’s summer romance with Walter, his awkward proposal, suspicions about Amelia Graves, and a broken engagement after Walter’s visits to Laura Goodwin. Later entries reveal reconciliation and a planned wedding for June with Eliza B. Arfhur’s notes.

Walter Miss Graves Laura Goodwin Amelia Graves Amelia Dee Helen Hinoch Spellmeyer Jon Eliza B. Arfhur

Labeled the Girls Theater Prank

Five girls hired a box for a theater show and staged a bold joke on their town by tying a “Wanted, a Husband” poster around the bar inside the theater. The prank amused the audience while the girls watched the play undisturbed.

New Books at the Library January February Additions

The library added numerous titles in January and February including Harn Peete of the French Nation and Appleton Cyclopedia of American Biography. Other new works span botany history science and literature from authors such as Farr Fiske Kingsley and Moore. Several works were also loaned out and are in circulation.

Harn Peete Nnion Appleton—Cyclopedia of American Biography Barr—Border Sheperdess Beers Chaucer Tennyson Bergen Bessey Coulter Cutter Emerson Farr England Fiske Howe Rome Europe Kingsley Langland Chicago’ News MacBride Macoy Mathews Moore—Lalla Rookh Northrop Penny Magazine Philips Phillips Stesle Stretton Swinton United States Brace Wagner Wilkinson

February Marriage Licenses Issued by District Clerk

The district court clerk issued February marriage licenses to numerous individuals listed by name and age, including Harvey D. Beebee and Bertha Barr. The notice also contains advertisements and a dated thank you from Mrs. Anna E Matthiessen, Monticello, Iowa, plus various spring tonic and product pitches.

Mystic Workers of the World Marie C. Prader Anna E Matthiessen Monticello Iowa

Monticello Election Notice and Local Names

Notice is hereby given that the annual municipal election will be held in the city of Monticello on Monday March 27th. Electors will vote for one weigh master one park commissioner three water commissioners and one councilman from each ward. Polls open 8am to 7pm with ward locations listed. James A Voorhees mayor. Also a Cass township 140 acre farm for sale near Anamosa by W A Hale inquiry details.

Monticello Rohn J. B. Zimmerman Kellum James A. Voorhees Iowa J. W. Coxsee George Inglis R. P. Smith

Dr King’s New Discovery Praised In Alabama Letter

J W McKinnon of Taladega Springs writes he was dying from pneumonia after two doctors failed to help but recovered after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The tonic is advertised as a sure cure for sore throat bronchitis and coughs with claims of guaranteed relief at Soetjer’s drug store. Buffalo Express notes a Troy woman used a streetcar as a suicide site showing antipathy to the rail line.

Neumonia Soetjer Troy & Woman

Electric Bitters credited with curing colonel from Texas

Colonel John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas credits Electric Bitters with curing liver and kidney troubles after poor results from his family doctor. The ad praises the medicine as best on earth and notes a 50 cent price from O A Soetje druggist in St Paul. Alfred Austin wrote a poem with a cryptic title Dee Let Us go Into the Lane leaving readers unsure of his nature.

John M. Fuller Honey Grove Texas O. A. Soetje St. Paul Globe Alfred Austin Dee

One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief

An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast remedy that soothes the throat and lungs by acting on the mucus membrane to relieve coughs in minutes. It claims relief from croup and whooping cough and notes it is sold by all druggists. The Philadelphia Inquirer cites America's high coffee consumption as a sign of wealth and luxury.

Shallenberger Bright N. Watkins Lesbos Kentucky

DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed For Piles And Burns

J L Tucker of Harmoniz er Centre Alabama praises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the best salve for piles cuts and burns. Detroit Journal notes a grievance and vocabulary from Mr Lanson amid reports on mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis. Dr Kings New Life Pills promoted as cure for constipation and biliousness.

DeWitt J. L. Tucker Harmonizer Centre Alabama Detroit Journal Mr. Lanson Dr. King M. Flannery Custom House Place Chicago O. H. Soetje

Early Risers and Remedies Dominate Column Ads

A collage of product pitches for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea tout healing powers for constipation headaches and general malaise. Local notices include an Election Notice for Monticello Iowa March 13 1905 and a brief Los Angeles Times blurb on Buffalo Bill escapes with his wife.

Los Angeles Times Buffalo Bill

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