24 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
1
The United States leads in flower buying peaking at Easter. New York now ranks as the world’s greatest flower market with bustling wholesale potted plant trade and a separate busy cut flower district. Growers supply small retailers while transient dealers surge activity during the season.
The New York flower trade, centered on Broadway and Fifth Avenue, sustains a multi million dollar economy. Growers supply fashionable shops and commission merchants store surplus blooms in ice cooled chambers before shipping to out of town buyers. Wholesale markets open before dawn near Spring and Canal streets, with over 1000 farms feeding the city and more than 400 street flower vendors. Master lilies sold in Easter season yield high profits as wholesale prices range from 10 to 12 dollars per hundred and retail from 1 to 3 dollars each.
Mrs. R. Crouse of Manchester Ta. reports two years of back weakness and rheumatic pain eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says the dull backache vanished and kidney function became normal. She credits Doan's for the improvement. For sale by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A compact welfare note argues that balanced work and wear is a good religion and that no man has the right to wear himself out as stated by Dr. Kellogg.
The piece traces Easter’s origins from pagan spring rites and the Passover link to the Lamb of God. It notes how flowers for the festival, especially the lily, hyacinth, crocus, and daffodil, carry layered meanings from Ostara to Marian iconography, with lilies prominent in churches since the 12th century.
Theatrical manager William H. Wood recalls how his wife’s pipe scheme backfired. He quit cigars for economy and kept chasing a break in pipe tobacco but found all pipes replaced daily by his wife. The tale ends with him noting she stopped the practice long ago.
A light exchange centers on a broken item said to be only in three pieces. The discussion questions whether this constitutes luck or folly as a nearby spectator weighs in on the scene.
A collection of cynical proverbs about marriage and wives from Russia. It suggests husbands often claim liberty spoils a good wife and reflect on domestic mistreatment and harsh humor about matrimony.
A brief vignette shows a poor beggar woman appealing to a kind lady asking for work. The interchange prompts a compassionate response as the visitor questions how the woman ended up on her knees.
Farmers in Nebraska and Iowa face severe seed corn shortages and rostering scare in barley oats rye wheat flax clovers and early potatoes. The John A. Salzer Seed Co. urges orders for farm and corn catalogues as demand rises while boasting large stocks and annual sales of tens of thousands of bushels across multiple seed types.
A passenger on the Bermudian recalls a Valentine joke about an Irish suitor who accepts or rejects with equal grace. On February 14 he asks a girl who loves another, and he sighs wishing she were twins to share at least half of her.
A Boston teacher spends a quarter hour correcting the word vase. The next day she asks Johnnie what he sees on the mantlepiece at home. He replies Father’s feet, ma’am. This quip from Harper’s Bazar highlights classroom miscommunications.
A brief Yonkers Statesman quip quotes Mr. Bacon blaming cold storage houses for high meat prices and Mrs. Bacon hoping for no more cold meat for lunch. The exchange reflects everyday concern over food costs.
A humorous courtroom exchange ends with a policeman admitting no charge as the arrest was a idle gesture to keep his hand in, prompting lighthearted banter between the officer and the judge.
A light exchange centers on a landlord noting how flies slip in through screens and the optimism that they can exit just as easily, reflecting simple home-life humor.
A Wisconsin mother reports coffee caused headaches and irritability while Postum cleared her headaches and improved health for her husband and daughter. The letter claims calmer home life and better mood overall with Postum.
Charles W. Gordon of Ogdensburg New York testifies in his own case that Cooper's New Discovery cured long standing stomach catarrh. He says two bottles restored his ability to eat without pain and that the medicine acts quickly and permanently. He recommends it to acquaintances and notes it is sold by all druggists or will be supplied via the Cooper Medicine Company Dayton Ohio.
A Niagara Falls tale contrasts a Buffalo man and a Scottish cousin admiring Niagara Falls with a strange legend about a wooden legmed peacock in Peebles, Scotland. A farmer and his sons exchange a sly lesson after the father curses a stump, cautioning about repeating harm.
Warning against mercury based catarrh ointments and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free. Claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials and druggist sales. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Bulgarian efforts aim to abolish many Greek Catholic monasteries and convents for reuse as tuberculosis sanatoria. King Ferdinand contributed 100000 francs for a national sanatorium as Bulgaria faces a high tuberculosis death rate of 31 per 10000 people.
Mrs. Agnes T. ONeill of Somerville Mass testifies Resinol gives absolute satisfaction and frequent use. She notes a patient with 15 years of ulcers improved markedly and plans continued use until cured, reporting remarkable cures with the product.
The editor remarks it is strange that a Washington anecdote has not appeared in print before. The regular contributor explains he only thought of it last night.
A fragmented vintage advert lists Perry Davis painkiller and Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach and liver regulation, alongside Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething. The copy touts ease of use and affordability with multiple bottle sizes and candy-like pellets.
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