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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
4
An 1862 Spanish merchantman wreck story unfolds aboard the Santa Maria. Alvarez the corrupt manager at Galera & Co. schemes a grand heist, planning to loot a cargo of gold silver and dyestuffs, as the ship drifts derelict with all crew dead and mysteries from a mutinous voyage.
The captain suspects crew poisoning after a derelict ship Santa Maria is found with a $2,000,000 cargo and a lone saboteur Prado in Mexico. A Spanish letter and recovered treasure reveal the plot to scuttle and insure the ship, with Prado's death in a Bolivia escape. Salvage later pays a token amount as the ship is lost at sea.
Sealed bids for building a new school house in Scotch Grove district No. 9 will be received by G. J. Hughes or Robt Williamson before 2 p m Saturday May 11 and opened at the district school. Plans may be inspected with Hughes or Williamson. Right to reject all bids reserved. Also notices on Lincoln speech by Joseph Choate and rail line excursion fares, plus local property sales in Monticello and town.
The tale gathers snippets from 1902 era ads and quips. Civil War veteran praising King's New Life Pills. Laxative Bromo Quinines promise one day cures. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure endorsed by Mrs. Roberts. One Minute Cough Cure and Witch Hazel Salve cited for ailments. playful exchanges on domestic life and local humor. Cork to hold international exposition in 1902.
A Springville mother with whooping cough experience endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She claims her three children and baby recovered well after using it and notes her oldest daughter asked for more cough syrup between fits. The remedy is sold by O H Soetje.
A Wyandotte Michigan resident credits Dr. King’s New Discovery with saving her father and sister from consumption and pneumonia. The ad claims trial bottles are free and steady bottles priced 50 cents and one dollar at O H Soetje’s. It also notes large memberships in Odd Fellows and Masons across the United States and Canada.
Levanna Ohio mail carrier Burnett Mann says six bottles of Electric Bitters cured years of kidney trouble and back pain, making him feel like a new man. Brand promoted as regulator of stomach liver kidneys and bowels with 50 cent price and guarantee by O H Soetje. Archbishop Ireland noted for Bible familiarity amid rapid speech, able to find passages quickly.
Josh Edgar of Germantown Cal describes fourteen years of sciatic rheumatism and lasting relief after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. The product, sold by O H Soetje, is promoted as a cure. The Berlin City Mission led by A Stocker prints 108000 weekly sermons, with 20000 distributed locally.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Ga suffered six months with a frightful leg sore. He writes that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. The salve is advertised as best for ulcers wounds piles with a cure guaranteed at 26c. Sold by O H Soetje.
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