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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
12
Edna Duncan learns Kilmer’s mind is revived after an operation and faces a choice between Elmer Kenney and Philip Wenton. She chooses sacrifice and love, with a later revelation that Philip returns to her side, marking a hopeful reunion.
The author laments modern dress as ugly and ill suited to dignity. He contrasts it with the Arab burnous noting natural beauty in traditional costume and argues that the current age has forsaken personal decoration and the lesson of the dandy.
The article recounts the 1817 creation of The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth in New York. While living away from Massachusetts, he recalled his family well and wrote the song inspired by the old oaken bucket on his ancestral homestead.
Carl W. Ackerman relays a neutral observer tale about Berlin. In a zoological garden restaurant a patron calls for coffee and a waiter identifies a worm mistaken for a fly and reveals a substitution of ersatz pig nut coca using Black Forest pig nuts.
Private Ralph G Kilbon of the Sixteenth engineers writes from the front about a dugout hastily abandoned by a “cultured” Bowi e. He notes a feather tick and helmet kept as a keepsake, but his own belongings stay with him as he waits for a truck to move the souvenirs.
A brief exchange depicts a kind old lady visiting a penitentiary. A prisoner explains he was jailed for attempting to start a small business at the front of a safe, calling the punishment an outrage. The dialog highlights a moral tension between ambition and punishment.
A humorous exchange notes a buyer discovering the lot is underwater. The seller replies with irony, suggesting the buyer can have no bargain in a canoe. The Kansas City Journal uses light, playful dialogue to illustrate a property dispute.
An advertisement promotes B A Thomas Hog Powder as essential for profitable hog raising from birth to market age. It claims the remedy prevents cholera, removes worms, and cures thumps, promising a refund if it does not work. George Stuhler's Sons Co.
An old advertisement touts a cough suppressant claiming to quiet coughing soothe throat and lung inflammation and ease bronchial irritation for a good night’s rest. It notes fifty two years of American production and promotes general health benefits for lung trouble asthma croup bronchitis. Sold by W. W. Stickford.
A prominent local merchant recounts his sudden recovery after years of overwork. Following a bookkeeper’s tip he used Phosphated Iron and regained energy, smiling while back in harness. The notice warns to seek genuine capsules from W. W. Stickford and other leading druggists.
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