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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
4
Alfred Heinze of Quincy Illinois praises DeWitt's Little Early Risers for constipation and torpid liver. He says the pills never gripe or distress and are safe, urging others to use them.
In a Washington Star excerpt, two poor girls—Emmy Jane and Cinthy—argue over dolls in a Paris shop window. Cinthy, the wiser child, declares she will be a nurse, while Emmy Jane pouts over the pink silk gown and dream of wealth.
Desmond questions the budget as Dorothy insists on discussing the fur coat. The two debate prioritizing the purchase versus paying for other needs, with Dorothy pressing to focus on the coat alone.
A playful remark from the Philadelphia Press praises a golfer named Niblack as fluent and skilled while teasing with a paradox about being full of explosives in a light, quotable exchange.
A Brooklyn Eagle notice reports two friends marrying two sisters in a single ceremony. The item frames the union as a tidy tieup of families and ties the couples with shared kinship and social delight.
A Chicago Post quip notes a rival’s value with a playful jab about vegetables rising in price. The exchange uses a pun comparing a person to a cabbage to suggest worth.
A playful poem from the Somerville Journal celebrates a woman’s cheek dimple as it flashes in and out with her smile. The verse notes the dimple’s expressiveness and the thrill it gives the observer as she speaks and smiles.
Three daily trains connect to Ft Wayne Findlay Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston with standard equipment. Dining cars offer meals under an American club plan priced from 35c to 1.00. For details contact John Y Calahan General Agent at 111 Adams St Chicago Depot Fifth Ave and Harrison St.
Senator Quay, returning from a fishing trip to St Lucie Florida, rode an accommodation train where a Florida farmer questioned his plans. The exchange led Quay to declare a goal to ameliorate the condition of man the inner man. The farmer dismissed him as one of them faith healers once he learned his identity.
A 50 cent restaurant bill in Bleecker Street offers One Cup of Coffee and Bread With Whisky for 6 cents and One Glass of Beer or Whisky With Bread and Sausage for 5 cents. The notice proclaims No Loafing Allowed and that customers may stay any reasonable time after purchase.
General Basil Duke of Louisville Kentucky is described as absentminded walking streets as if seeking dollars on the sidewalk. His civil engineer son recently returned to Louisville and, on a streetcar, the father shook his hand and asked about his father before recognizing his son amid laughter from friends.
Excitement spread as the British embassy flag staff displayed three ensigns stacked high. Rumors swirled from peace in the Transvaal to an attack requiring gunboat aid, but officials learned a zealous servant drying damp flags caused the sight.
The sultan of Turkey employed a Greek astrologer named Kumba ris whose court blended superstition with ignorance. He attempted to build a modern observatory in the Yildiz kiosk but could neither operate nor comprehend the instruments, prompting a Naples-based astronomer to be summoned.
Second Lieutenant Paul D. Stockly of the Twenty first Infantry vanished in a Philippine forest on January 12 1901 and no word has been heard since. The War Department plans to drop his name soon though it remains numbered 14 on the list.
A throat specialist warns that silk mufflers in a house signal potential throat problems. He notes that wearing a muffler weakens the throat and that just one cold day without it could lead to illness requiring medical attention.
Champ Clark quotes overwork and nervous tension from campaigning. He credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring his health and vitality. The ad urges overworked men and weak women to try the remedy, sold by O. H. Soetje in Paris as a German newspaper comes to France.
A list of school officers across Jones County and independent town districts shows presidents, treasurers, secretaries, and directors for multiple locales including Anamosa Center Junction Martelle Monticello Olin Onslow Oxford Junction Oxford Mills Wyoming and Union Township. The compiled roster highlights varied leadership and long-running administrative towns, with brief note on a separate article about European Tourists and Nickel Plate Road rates and a Hopkinton Leader report on the Patrick Kehoe farm purchase and cattle breeding enterprise.
Mrs. R. A. Pierce of Mason City praises Bailey’s Dyspepsia Tablets for quick relief from stomach trouble and indigestion. The Lakeside Med. Co. Chicago makes the chocolate coated tablets priced at 25 cents and sold by Bacher & Abel.
Don’t start summer with a lingering cough or cold. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure is pitched as a sure, safe remedy for coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and other throat and lung troubles. Patron testimonials from J H Bowles Grovetown New Hampshire praise its quick action.
Geo Washington was the great-grandson of the son of a Northamptonshire squire who settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. He was the eldest of several brothers by his father's second wife.
In Holland a man with a broken arm refused medical help and wrapped a Bible leaf around the toe of his left foot claiming instant relief. He continues to walk about despite the injury.
Dangerous if neglected. Burns and wounds may fester if untreated. DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve claims to prevent complications and cure aggravated injuries even after delays. A quoted testimonial from H C Hardy of Yankee Town Indiana supports long running sores healing after use. The piece notes cures for skin diseases and piles, warns against counterfeits, and adds a brief breach of promise joke involving a Wisconsin girl and a Chicago man.
A Texas attorney from Nocona, G. B. Marsh, recalls five years of severe dyspepsia. He credits Kodol with immediate relief and eventual full recovery after using several bottles. The piece also notes a quote about the Chinese minister not being covered by an exclusion bill.
An ad claims Dr. King’s New Life Pills digest and assimilate food, tone digestive organs, expel poisons, enrich blood, and improve appetite with a 25 cent price at O H Soetje’s. A separate line notes wallpaper originated in Germany around 1560.
Between your children and the tortures of itching and burning eczema, scaldhead or other skin diseases How why by using Bucklen's Arnica Salve earth's greatest healer. Quickest cure for Ulcers Fever Sores Salt Rheum Cuts Burns and Bruises Infallible for Wiles. 25c at O. H. Soetje's.
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