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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
4
Stanley Spencer, the English aeronaut, faced a rent balloon at Hongkong. He guided the ascent but the balloon collapsed after 600 feet. He survived a 450 foot rock fall with a broken tibia, landing on sloped cliff where he slid to safety. bystanders found him conscious and cheerful.
Mr. Alvey A. Adee jokes about a harbor disaster tale while reflecting on Dr. Wilson and the misperceived fate of a noncaptured man. He notes Hanna’s interest in saving Wilson from execution and likens the episode to a Dutchman who narrowly escaped drowning by not being in the boat.
The Belasco theater in New York opened with a scene of Du Barry bound for execution set in Paris amid a snow storm. A malfunctioning snow machine caused stray flakes to drift from the fly loft, prompting smiles from familiar audience members and a hint of backstage chaos.
Chimmie Fadden Edward Townsend Mr Dooley Finley Dunne George Ade and Dinkelspiel George Hobart sit at a Lambs club table when Henry Dixey the comedian enters and proclaims The Lord preserve the English language prompting no one to react.
Notice to the farmers announces 400 bushels of good barley for sale with samples at H F Burrichter’s store. Price 55c per bushel. Address 3912 Lurere Orrarrs Cass Center. Also offers implement line goods and announcements Grandma recommends A B C ointment 50 cents a bottle from all druggists.
The article argues draperies and curtains must harmonize with other furnishings to be effective. It notes timeless styles from empire to Louis XVI and mentions wall textiles like tapestry panels. New French curtains or grande dame designs use net and Arabian lace with a full bottom ruffle, available in two pieces as inner curtains.
Three kidneys with butter lemon sauce. Cut kidney pieces and wash. Brown butter, add seasoning and gravy then simmer covered for ten minutes. Stir in lemon juice, plate on toast, and thicken gravy before serving.
Using kerosene on scissors keeps blades bright and edges sharp. Kerosene also serves as a good cleaner for sewing machines, though proper sewing machine oil is needed for lubrication. Rub bearings with kerosene on a cloth and add a drop into oil holes to fix cranky machines.
A costly novelty appears in silver finger bowls. Noted for their indestructibility they are bought gradually and can form a sparkling wedding gift. A bride recently received six bowls from her bridesmaids, each in soft French gray with gold lining and etched designs.
Curtains of soft china silk in pale cream or ecru are among the latest offerings. Lace borders or integrated lace form a favored design with narrow waving insertions along the front and bottom and a matching edge.
A quick home recipe describes making cabbage rolls by chopping cold meat with minced bacon, seasoning, wrapping a spoonful in boiled cabbage leaves, securing with toothpicks, and baking until crisp. Serve alongside a green salad.
If chandelier globes have become smoked and grimy, put them carefully into hot water with washing soda dissolved. After several minutes wash them in hot water with a touch of ammonia, scouring discolorations with a small brush.
The notice promotes a limited time deal combining The Iowa Homestead The Poultry Farmer and Special Farmers Institute Editions with the local paper for 2.20 a year. It highlights these publications as West leading farm and livestock resources and urges inspection of samples at the office. A brief health tip for kidney care mentions A B C Family Tea 20c a package.
The text extols Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy for overwork sleep loss nervous tension and collapse. It claims to cure liver and kidney disorders and disposes of nervousness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria germs. Sold by O H Soetje Druggist for 50 cents with guaranteed satisfaction.
Henry Outram Bax-Ironside is identified as the new British minister to Venezuela. The note suggests this may be a placeholder or offset reference related to Uribe-Uribe-Columbus Enquirer-Sun, though context is unclear.
Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with saving her son from pneumonia and a dangerous cough after other treatments failed. The drug is offered by O H Soetje Druggist in 50 cent and one dollar sizes with trial bottles guaranteed.
United States has paid a war claim totaling 1.4 million dollars while its bonded debt stands at 1 million dollars. Nashville American reports the figures, highlighting the payer and debt levels.
Dr. King's New Life Pills claim to keep millions at work day and night curing indigestion billiousness constipation sick headache and related stomach liver and bowel troubles. Easy pleasant and safe at 25 cents at O H Soetje's drug store.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Ga suffered a frightful six month running sore on his leg but writes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it in five days. The ad proclaims it best for ulcers wounds piles with a 25 cent price and druggist O H Soetje carries it. The St Louis Globe Democrat notes the American ice trust lost money last year likely from watered stock.
A runaway incident nearly claimed J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois with a severe leg ulcer lasting four years. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve cured the condition after doctors and remedies failed, and is advertised for burns skin eruptions and piles at 25 cents at Soetje’s drug store.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes France is organizing a north pole expedition with odds stated as two to one on the pole.
An evening cupful of A. B. C. Family Tea Naturea remedy is advertised to cure torpid liver and remove blues for 25 cents a package, sold by all druggists and dealers.
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