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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
6
An ad touts morning tiredness as a warning sign of poor blood and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla will enrich and purify the blood. It pledges renewed energy and summer vitality and cites Mrs. R. Merritt of Dowagiac Michigan reporting relief from fatigue and a scrofula tendency after use.
An old advertisement proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine money can buy, promising health benefits and local trust. The copy emphasizes relief and restorative qualities associated with the tonic.
Northern Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan offer hundreds of charming summer resorts. Readers can obtain pamphlets and a illustrated Summer book titled In The Lake Country by sending four cents postage to Geo. H. Heafford at Old Colony Building Chicago.
A London News excerpt describes a writer offering a sensational autobiography about a criminal life spanning 21 years. He claims 29 arrests, 27 gunshot incidents, 13 jail terms, seven convictions, and a history of violence toward his father, marriage dissolving, and multiple separations as he seeks a publishing deal to launch his world career.
Special inside price on binder twine in Sisal Standard and Manila. Mail this notice to Sears, Roebuck & Co. Chicago with your required quantity and desired delivery. They will quote a price that secures your order or compels the supplier to offer a lower price.
Description from the Kansas City Journal recalls a scene in the play Quo Vadis at Eureka where Vinicius pleads with Petronius and Petronius replies in archaic syntax. The audience, not dead but bored, bursts into loud laughter at the moment.
The Colorado Special departs Chicago at 10:00 A M daily arriving Denver at 1 20 P M next day with continual cars to Colorado Springs and Manitou the same evening Dining Cars serve meals. A second fast train runs at 10 30 P M daily A new book Colorado illustrated is mailed on receipt of four stamps Ticket offices listed at 193 Clark Street and Wells Street Station of the Chicago North Western Railway
The Galveston News quotes the saying that when men learn to do unto others as they would have others do unto them, horse trading will become a lost art in Texas society.
An 2 cent Allen's Foot-Haze powder ad claims quick relief for tight new shoes and numerous foot complaints. It notes samples sent free and lists Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the address. The text also mentions a Michigan girl allegedly hypnotized to borrow $600 seeking the hypnotic school name.
On May 19 20 and 21 the Big Four and . and O. will offer round trip excursion tickets to Washington at one fare for the round trip. For maps and rates contact J C Tucker G N A 234 Clark St Chicago.
A fragment cites a Chicago Daily News note on self preservation being linked to constant alcohol and an Atchison Globe quip advising to tell a lie that no one will believe. The lines reflect sharp, sardonic witticisms typical of brief newspaper panel quotes.
An early 1900s advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as an instant cough killer with free sample bottles and 25 and 50 cent large bottles. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Robbins of Norwich and notes Piso's Cure for Consumption as life saving.
A dated advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming cure for cola ailment in one day with money back guarantee. The note quotes city papers and urges readers to avoid chewing rag to prevent lint in lungs while praising Putnam Fappen sures and generic druggist sales.
A poem by S. E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald urges reconciliation between North and South. It calls for twin wreaths for Grant and Lee tombs, one anthem for Jackson and Meade, and a shared flag to bind the two regions. The verses celebrate brotherhood, peace, and national unity across the Civil War divide.
A fragment shows a child praising a flag and a rose bush with two roses and three buds. The talk shifts to grandpa who died for the country and the family’s past losses after mother’s death, hinting at a wartime memory.
Polly Kerr and Jack Kerr, two children, raise funds and deliver a grave headstone for a soldier, saving family funds by delivering flowers and care, aided by May who arranges a real stone and an education through persistent effort.
Jack and Polly plan a simple grave marker for their soldier grandfather and visit Evergreens to decorate other graves. Aunt Mary helps, with lilies and smilax, as the children glimpse a cross and a wreath near their own marked spot at 42 Charles Street.
The piece urges making Memorial Day meaningful for young children through suitable activities. It favors home flag displays, family prayers of gratitude, and decorating pictures of national heroes, balancing reverence with joyful springtime experiences and avoiding long or out-of-reach public programs.
Five small southern New Jersey villages unite for Memorial Day to honor sailors buried at sea. About 500 residents watch children march to a pier carry flags and garlands then cast flowers into the waves as a bugle sounds and a salute is fired.
A verse piece recalls Decoration Day rituals with a small band of comrades laying red white and blue on graves each year. The poem by Mary E Averill and Mary I F Butts reflects farewell to soldiers and the beauty of May mornings.
The idea began with Maryland women who placed flowers on federal and confederate graves before Appomattox. Women in other states soon adopted the custom and continued the remembrance after the war.
Carter Medicine Company won a final injunction with costs against Chicago Label and Box Company over label simulations of Carter’s Little Liver Pills. The two-year case, now before Master in Chancery for final accounting, marks a major win for the proprietary trade and druggists.
Artist Robert Frank rose from modest means to self support through drawing. A hurried kangaroo illustration earned him praise while a health product ad pitches Wall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment. The text blends a biographical anecdote with an early 20th century medicinal advertisement.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quip notes pride in having an ancestor who signed the Declaration of Independence while contrasting with a family divorce.
Grain-O is described as a delicious nourishing beverage to replace coffee. It is said to taste like the finest coffee when properly prepared and to aid digestion and nerves without stimulants. Sold by grocers, priced 15 and 25 cents, suitable for children and adults.
An Indianapolis Press joke quotes a pessimist criticizing a slow waiter with cheese sandwiches while the optimist defends the delay noting the longer we wait the better the cheese becomes.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as a health tonic that gently acts on the stomach and kidneys to aid digestion and laxation. It claims daily use supports health with a price of 25 and 50 cents.
Community notes the return of Mr BNP Jones to Mountville now joining I am Johnson's barber and ten sorial parlors after a Philadelphia reputation as a top barber. Also mentions free dropsy treatment by Dr Ft H Green in Atlanta and quotes old jokes from Chicago papers.
A fragment urges women to seek truthful advice from Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. It notes Mrs Pinkham offers free counsel and promises practical honest guidance to relieve female ailments.
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