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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
8
A child longingly watches bicycles whiz by as he sits in kilts and dreams of riding. The verse recalls a playful scene of a young boy awaiting his turn, with reactions from his mother and father and a hope for a future ride.
A polar bear cub named Juneau is presented to Pomona's captain in Juneau on the Alaska trip. Olga, a brave Indian girl, feeds and tames the cub with an apple line, earning friendship as Juneau browses to Olga's shoulder and then sleeps in her lap. The scene ends with the cub calmly riding to San Francisco in the captain's care. A second item notes Moscow's large hospital with 7,000 beds, 96 physicians, 900 nurses, and 15,000 annual patients.
A Great Dane mascot named Maine served with the First California Battery U S V from departure to return. She endured seasickness, guarded troops in Cavite, aided as a messenger, and fought at San Roque Caridad Delalican Noveleta Rosario Noveleta again. She was wounded at Noveleta but survived, earning the soldiers’ admiration despite injuries.
The Re vue Pedagogique reports results from 37,000 Nord department pupils answering questions without outside influence. About 32,000 say they are happy, 1,853 boys and 660 girls say no, and many expect happiness after leaving school. Most boys want to be rich while most girls do not.
A New Jersey farmer tells Evangelist of a pig that escaped in a basket carriage to return home. The pig trudged through swamp and mud to reach the barn where it belonged, and the buyer surrendered the money, allowing the pig to stay with its brothers and sisters.
New York hosts a fad event where guests must enter with right hands bound and use only the left hand. Attendees should register their names and perform gestures while playing the piano and eating using the left hand.
The text states Pretoria is not the capital of the Transvaal and Potchefstroom holds the capital status while Pretoria serves as the seat of government, noting the two cities are about 105 miles apart.
A collage of brief humorous lines and cartoons from various papers including Chicago Democrat Baltimore American Town Topics Detroit Journal Ohio State Journal Somerville Journal and Philadelphia Press featuring quips about census jokes rag time dining dog catcher and remarks on marriage and change.
The Feast of the Poppies or Jueves de Amapolas honors Our Lady of Carmel in San Angel near the City of Mexico. Indians bring poppies and blooms decorate walls and altars. a pink white red cloud showers from the dome during Gloria in Exelsis as bells ring and a procession advances. Funds for the event come from Santa Carmen Rosas Landa de San Juan.
A British Medical Journal writer notes items from the Frioul lazaretto near Marseilles. The collection includes giant sabers and pikes for opening buboes, corpse tongs used to ship plague victims to the sea, and a sedan chair once belonging to the Duchess of Angouleme quarantined in 1820.
Blackwood notes in the Malay wilds show animal traces on tree trunks and clay near streams. Elephant rubs leave nine foot mud belts with hair fragments. rhinoceros scratches line beds. a nearly fresh tiger pad and deer tracks surround deep elephant footprints.
The industrial commission urges states to enact uniform labor laws covering ages 14 to 21, eight hour workdays in factories and mines, and cash wages. It calls for prohibiting under 14s in factories, banning under 14s and women from mines, and strict rules for telegraph operators and engineers. It favors state wide labor bureaus and cautions against blanket injunctions and unequal union versus nonunion penalties.
In Des Moines the National Mothers Congress adjourned to meet next year at a board decided location likely Milwaukee or Buffalo. Delegates hailed the meeting as the most successful in organization history endorsing kindergartens for colored children and broader education for the deaf and blind. They pressed better laws to protect neglected children and denounced misleading newspaper advertising. In St Paul Edward Erickson was arrested for the February murder of his brother Martin P. Erickson. Gustav Wall, once a St Paul resident now in Montana, told Gov. Lind he witnessed the crime but fled, later troubled by the truth.
Richmond Virginia reports show 10 000 to 15 000 margin in favor of revision with disfranchisement of Black voters a central aim. Governor may call extra session after inspection to form a convention as returns are light.
In the Water Street wholesale district a tea and coffee warehouse owner found four clerks gambling at a 25 cent limit poker game during a slow afternoon. Chips were grains of raw and roasted coffee worth five and twenty five cents. The merchant participated, tastefully chewing the roasted grains as stakes rose to 3.75 dollars before the game ended.
A jury in a recent suit returned a unanimous verdict, sealed it, and went home to rest. The piece cites sleep’s role in clear thinking and endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for insomnia and stomach health, claiming benefits for kidneys liver and blood disorders.
An actor touring Ireland relays a Dublin hotel waiter’s view on achieving home rule. The waiter jokes that only if France Russia Germany Austria and maybe Italy unite to defeat England could Ireland gain self government, then adds with a sly smile that even the grand navy cannot help.
An 100 dollar reward offer for an incurable catarrh case mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by druggists at 75 cents a bottle. Endorsements from Toledo firms and testimonials are cited, along with a brief cartoon caption about Emerson and street playmates influencing behavior.
A collage of brief ad notices and quips cites Allen's Foot-Ease for new shoes comfort, Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowels, Putnam VapoLess for dye safety, Glenn's Soap, Will's Hair Dye, and a stream of humorous quotes from various papers, ending with a remark about a hopping mad man.
Advertises inside prices on binder twine types Sisal Standard and Manila. Mail details to Sears Roebuck Chicago with quantity and delivery time to receive a quoted price that may secure the order or force lower quotes from suppliers.
The Chicago Evening News recalls a former Tom and his odd behavior. A remark about a grain ribbon tied around his neck signals a change in him and prompts reflection on past times.
A promotional note extols Grain-O as a long desired coffee substitute safe for nerves and digestion. Claimed to be a genuine scientific food that promotes health and strength, with a similar appearance and price to coffee. Encourages readers to ask grocers for Gram-O.
A Q&A style excerpt shows Mr. Homewood asking about spring gardening and Mr. Wilkinsburg replying that he has begun. The note mentions planting a cat under a peach tree as a humorous detail.
An old notice urges readers to visit their druggist for a free sample bottle and buy 25 and 50 cent sizes of Hamp Balsam, warning that delays are dangerous and coughing can lead to consumption.
In the Lake Country of Northern Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan hundreds of summer resorts invite thousands from the South and West. Readers are directed to pamphlets and a Summer book titled In The Lake Country by Geo. H. Heafford General Passenger Agent Old Colony Building Chicago.
An Osage Indian Laboring Miem told Indian Agent Pollack he preferred to stay alive and wished to kill one more Indian before going to heaven. He described visions of lights and Jesus, then refused heaven. The notice ends with an ad for Piso's Cure for Consumption from N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900.
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