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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1911

Page

7

Work While You Sleep Health Maker Ad

An advertisement touts a “great health maker” called CAS CARETS promising effortless relief. The copy claims millions use it, urges trying a 10c box, and implies it will replace other medicines.

Chauffeur Avoids Accidents With False Teeth Question

A vaudeville star Thais X travels by car to visit a sick mother in Vermont. Fearing rough roads the chauffeur asks if she wears false teeth to decide whether to remove them. The incident highlights cautious driving on bad terrain. Defiance Starch touted for laundry stiffness and fabric wear.

Thais X New York Vermont Dale

Encourage the Boys To Embrace Agricultural Education

A voice urges supportive guidance for boys with feasible ideas in farming. It argues that positive reinforcement fosters a lifelong passion for agriculture, helps sustain families, and builds a brighter future through agricultural education rather than clinging to past handicaps.

New England

Puck mocks a Plaindealer editor over a rude Lincolnshire opinion

The passage quotes Farm er Hornbeak reacting to a village newspaper and the Plaindealer editor's blunt remark about the Hon. Thomas Rott. The humor centers on the editor's outspoken stance and the village reader’s bemused response.

Hornbeak Plaindealer Thomas Rott Jolly Puck

The Greatest Little Invention: The Lucifier Match

The greatest small invention to the world is the lucifer match. Invented in 1827, it shed light and gave man mastery of fire transforming it from a contrary hired man into an obedient servant.

Portia

Short Trip to Dr. Eliot’s Harvard Classics

Twobble began reading Dr. Eliot's Harvard Classics and progressed until he reached the bookcase, where he stopped. The exchange emphasizes the point at which interest waned.

Twobble Dr. Eliot

Brevity and Pride Sting in Gossip and Scandal

A sharp nugget on how excessive self conceit fuels fools and how gossip spreads breezy chatter driven by scandal. The remark notes the social power of reputation and the ease of conversation when scandals surface.

Spring Colors in Childrens Garments With White Accents

A fashion note highlights spring outfits for children from long bodice and skirt favoring, to vivid color on white. Embroidery and aprons enhance dainty looks with linen and ginghams, including cook’s apron styles and dotted swiss with lace for fine frocks.

Bulgarian embroidery brightens children's washable frocks

The article describes Bulgarian embroidery on marquisette frocks with deep reds blues blacks oranges mahogany and greens and notes hard-wearing trims require dry cleaning. It explains how designers adapt kimono inspired bodices for seven year olds and how infant styles mimic French dolls with long bodices and one piece gowns for summer.

Brant Saves Pentons Farm From Tax Title Threat

Arthur Brant loans the overdue taxes to the Pentons, paying 142 dollars for back taxes and penalties on the southeast quarter. Hilda Penton learns Brant acted as their agent and defended them against tax-title sharks, while Jim Penton reports a public fight between Brant and Peter Snyder.

Arthur Brant Pentons Dakota Brant Hilda Penton Jim Penton Mrs. Penton Sim Brockway Peter Snyder Pete Hilda Peter Old Jim Frank Qobson Oleson Frank Little Jim Jim Carlin Bill Samuelson Mr. Brant Arthur

Flowers on the fur scarf brighten sombre daytime wear

A new fad spreads as women pin artificial flowers or satin roses to dark fur collars and scarves. The trend began weeks ago and quickly widespread, with pink satin roses on black fox furs noted at an afternoon tea.

Useful Handbag Craft Instructions From Velvet Top Method

Step by step notes show how to cut the material and gather it over a wooden stick to form the top. The inside is finished by facing with colored satin. A velvet bag uses gathered velvet over round sticks with the cord and tassels fastened for the top.

Spring fashion notes outline evolving styles and trims

The article surveys girls garments favoring stripes checks over plaids with trim. It notes wide girdles, white pique collars with evening wear, light velvet sashes with diamond buckles, and new Dutch collars with five inch jabots. Jackets for spring tailor made sets, varied coat lengths, and plush look shawl stoles are described.

Eton

What Folksongs Reveal The World’s Ancient Music

The article explains that singing brings joy across cultures and eras, from tribal drums to simple instruments, and that before writing music was memorized and passed down. It notes that each nation has unique songs, preserved through generations, and modern collectors publish these folk songs for all to know.

St Nicholas

Arctic Polar Bear Nose Tip Black Sighted by Sailors

Sailors landing on Arctic shores described polar bears camouflaging by lying flat and wriggling toward seals. They noted only the black nose peeking as the bear approached, then covering its muzzle with a paw to hide it.

Arctic Harper’s Weekly

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Blood Purity And Cures

An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Sarsa tabs as unique for cleansing the blood and expelling winter humors. It claims numerous cures from a blend of over twenty ingredients and urges readers to insist on Hood's without substitutes.

Hood Tlood

Queen's Nurse Praises Reinol Ointment for Skin Wounds

Annie Telford of Ballyantral Ayrshire testifies to Reinol Ointment aiding skin troubles including Bezoma and poisoned wounds with highly satisfactory results. The account appears in Popular Magazine amid unrelated notes about railroads and dancing.

Annie Telford Ballyantral Ayrshire England Stuart C. Leake Lichmond Leake Tleakse Na Gorman

All snakes are killers and feared by humans

The passage states that snakes, large and small, kill and eat living creatures, do not eat vegetables or carrion, and as a result have long been shunned and dreaded by people.

Quack Patent Remedies Mentioned in Aged Ad Text

Fragmented ad style text references various antiseptic powders and cures for ailments like consumption and colds. It includes nonsensical brand names and quoted literary lines, with a claim that a remedy will cure chest inflammation and a promise of refunds if not effective.

Hamlins

Life is a stage play says Dacon about Garfield Tea

A quip on living well appears with a note praising Garfield Tea made from herbs. It extols cleanliness as virtue and cites Yohn Wesley. The text blends aphorism with brand mention and health claims.

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