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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1898
Page
8
An advertisement extols Swift's Specific as a thorough spring cleanser. It claims the formula purifies sluggish blood and strengthens the system to prevent loss of appetite and a run-down feeling in summer, urging readers to take it as a preventive health measure.
An 8.5 remedy claim extols S. S. S. as a safe, all vegetable blood tonic that purifies the blood, renovates the system, strengthens the stomach, and restores appetite, and asserts it contains no arsenic, sulphur, mercury, or potash.
The Twenty Seventh Iowa General Assembly nears adjournment as governor Shaw’s picks for the Board of Control secure broad support. Larrabee heads the board, with Kinne and Downie as other members. confirmations expected after senate referral. Retrenchment measures cut expenses, with salaries set for state officers and a pushed reform agenda.
A Chestnut Street watchmaker presents a table showing lubrication excellence in watches. He notes a watch runs one oiling for a year to 18 months, with the balance wheel turning 450 times per minute and 27 000 per hour. If a locomotive were as well oiled, it could travel 66 miles daily for 648 days, nearly two years, covering about 40 earth circumferences. The watchmaker argues his craft surpasses locomotive engineering in oiling effectiveness.
A Baltimore American verse celebrates a two year old girl who brightens the day with a window play ritual. The child’s cheerful waving, rag doll, woolly dog and other treasures lift the speaker’s mood and offer a simple cure for sadness as Daddy’s arms lift her high.
A Philadelphia Times summary of the Tartarian tale of a plant animal called barometz. It explains the seed growing into a lamb shaped fern stem, how natives craft the body and legs, and notes the fern species Cibotium barometz. It recalls Darwin and Philosophical Transactions mentions and practical uses of fern hairs.
In a playful note the speaker replies to a prompt for a witty ten minute address. He admits the short notice prevented full preparation and promises humor while honoring the subject. The scene centers on Mr Bunting and a literary assistant as they plan the toast.
A long list of real estate transfers in Jones and surrounding counties, including various lot and land parcels in Wyoming Madison Anamosa Oxford Rome Hale and Onslow. Transfers show buyers such as S W Johnson, Austin N Reade, Julian Miller, J A Crawford, Henry Northrup, Bridget McGuire and institutions like The Bishop Telephone Co. The notice includes a post office unclaimed letters list for Monticello and a bid invitation for medical and surgical attendance for the poor in Jones County from April 10, 1898 to April 10, 1899.
An advertisement touts Dr Sawyer’s Arnica and Witch Hazel Salve for piles hives scald-head eczema pin worms burns and cuts. It claims no medicine matches its Wild Cherry and Tar for bronchitis consumption or coughs. Also notes five comets foretold for the year 189s.
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