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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
6
An old advertisement urges prevention of colds with Munyon's Cold Cure a 25 cent bottle. It claims to stop discharge from nose and eyes ease sneezing fever and inflammation and to speedily break up colds grippe and pneumonia. It offers free medical advice by mail from Munyon's Doctors at 53rd and Jefferson Philadelphia.
A whimsical poem describes a wedding cake recipe using ingredients such as flour of love youth good looks and sweet temper. It pairs the batter with skills like self-forgetfulness powdered wits and dry humor and ends with the promise to bake forever.
A quick witted boy recalls a ride on the front dashboard before the vehicle drove off. A hungry farmhouse resident learns a group of six children travels with parents and church ties, insisting they are “children of our father and mother.”
Comic exchange features a young man praised for an extraordinary appetite for tea and salads. The dialogue humorously links taste to social success.
A Wisconsin mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring sleep and weight after reliance on tonics. She describes two weeks of improved rest and a 20 pound gain, noting her daughter’s health also improved. The letter endorses the product as a real, human-interest story with a curative diet.
A science view explains haunted cemeteries as gas emanations from decaying bodies. Professor McGee’s moonless night observations reveal phosphorescent vapors near graves, shaped by wind like drapery. Experts note phosphorus calcium magnesium sodium and potassium can self ignite, creating ghostly lights in darkness.
Theodore Roosevelt visits Des Moines for six hours as crowds greet him despite snow and slush. He speaks to high school pupils, commercial men, teachers, and at the Coliseum and Auditorium before departing for Chicago. He also addressed 5,000 in Davenport about New York and Iowa politics and his new nationalism.
The piece argues that nervous strain, impatience, and poor speaking habits worsen telephone transmission. A stressed caller, especially a demanding woman, can cause bad connections, produce high pitched voices, and sheer frustration, with the author blaming the caller’s fatigue rather than the system.
A child exclaims that the moon is open again after a cloud covers it. The moment captures a simple, curious sight as the crescent reappears in the night sky.
A brief exchange recalls a pleasant vacation. One person asks if the trip was enjoyable and the other replies that it was the best in the world. The second notes a wife spent a month with her folks, highlighting family time.
A young pilot of a large aero glane loses rear wings and swerves toward earth. Despite the crash danger, he steadies the craft and lands atop a floating woman’s hat near Judge's Library as a crowd watches in awe. The mate panics, but the aviator maintains calm and saves lives.
Erler, operator of an auto garage in Council Bluffs, lost his shop and two cars in a blaze causing $10,900 in damage. The garage stood near his home which was damaged, and the cause remains unknown. Erler formerly worked as a conductor for the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Car lines and left last year during a strike.
In Newton Peter Rasmussen's new residence suffered partial destruction with damages around 3000 dollars covered by insurance. Badger Elevators in Fort Dodge burned totally, with losses near 8000 dollars. Council Bluffs saw a postoffice and store robbery in which 20 dollars in cash and stamps were taken, plus 25 dollars from a private safe. no clues. Ida Grove reports farmers selling old corn at 38 cents to clear room for the new crop, after earlier higher rates.
Des Moines Orpheum hosts The Tap O The World Dancers for the week starting November 6. The troupe is billed as one of the most pretentious and original dance ensembles seen on stage. Keokuk man James Hogan, 50, dies in Graham Hospital from burns after steam escape from a pressure pipe at an Alexandria cooperage plant.
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