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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
8
A Sunday school tale from Harper's Magazine portrays Sam refusing to name the twelve apostles. He instead offers to call off all pitchers in the league, showing a humorous swap of sacred knowledge for comic chaos.
A Nashville area ad offers a hundred dollar reward for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo affirm F. J. Cheney's honesty and ability. The cure is described as an internal tonic acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A brief father son exchange reflects on wisdom, with the elder invoking an old adage about chestnuts to illustrate a timeless truth. The dialogue emphasizes simple, practical insight passed between generations.
A call to national action to improve home life and parental education outlines steps for raising child welfare. It advocates standardized housing and sanitation, early sex education, segregation to prevent deafness, and expansion of mothers' associations and juvenile courts, with a Denver meeting set for June 10-15.
A Pittsburg Gazette piece describes Arctic courtship as brief and often forcible with girls resisting while suitors drag them home. It notes exchanges of wives within villages, the role of trials before marriage, and the social rules that govern Eskimo marriages and family dynamics.
The article notes liquid air and its oxygen becoming important commercial products with plants in several European countries and a Buffalo facility in the United States. Oxygen is mainly compressed in cylinders, costing about a cent per pound, and on-site use could save shipping costs. Major uses include metallurgy welding with oxy-hydrogen or oxy-acetylene flames and fused quartz vessels, with medical oxygen needing high purity.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin care including infants styles and mentions a free book from Potter Drug. A brief anecdote about a rammer in Abu Kem incident contrasts rammer head hardness with a soldier paying for the rammer.
A Denver man recalls severe kidney trouble after the Spanish American War. H N Camp says after months under a physician and worsening condition he could not hold urine and had back pain. Doan's Kidney Pills helped from the first, restoring health. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Congressman Ransdale relates a New Orleans tale of Alec Trimblen the physician's valet who buys a shirt matching his master’s. His mistress warns of mix up in washing and Alec replies that there is no difference since both shirts are alike in size and price.
A playful quip notes a successful poker player paid tribute by selecting a handsome home built on a bluff. The remark hinges on a pun about betting and architecture, reflecting lighthearted local chatter about his victory and taste.
In 1960 a quip notes that the husband did not object to his wife entering prison, saying it wasn’t the jail his mother used to go to. Harpers Bazaar provides the witty remark.
A witty observation contrasts the cost of living today with a claim about a century ago, then jokes that the early era had no baseball. The quip centers on economic change, tying in the rubber industry and the idea of elastic money.
A deluxe pamphlet issued by the Grand Trunk Railway System promotes Montreal and Quebec as top tourist destinations. The illustrated brochure, thick with photographs and artful layout, is mailed free to any address from W. B. Cookson in Chicago. It contrasts with European practice by highlighting aging managers and long-serving English firms like Dyke & Long in Somerset.
A dialogue notes Senator Sorghum declining poetry in speeches, calling it an anonymous letter that shifts responsibility. The item references sources Plenty of Time, Flanigan-Phat, Lonigan-Qi, and Brooklyn Life in a clipped quotation from a historical newspaper.
An old newspaper classified style ad touts Pettit’s Eye Salve for sore eyes with lines blurring. It notes 25 cents and lists Howard Bros of Buffalo N.Y as sellers. The ad style echoes other remedies for teething and health claims common in period classifieds.
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