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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
4
One year ago a lonely man watched a neighbor couple living freely and bright, envied their happiness, and blamed the other man for ruining his life. Now he laments the loss of the imagined paradise and his own resentment.
Milwaukee Sentinel reports a hunter attempting to catch a wild fawn alive on a farm. He grasps the fawn by its tail after missing the hind legs, and the animal escapes into the forest with its mother as cows and spectators look on.
The cod is a highly useful world food fish valued fresh or salted and dried. It is extremely prolific producing about 9,000,000 eggs per fish and widely distributed. Uses include tongue as delicacy isinglass from the swimming bladder and cod liver oil medicine and nutrition.
A vivid sketch recalls Campo de Cristiano windmills seen as giants by Don Quixote, with the windmills described as fantastically aged and peculiar toys set on a hill. The passage links the spectacle to the knight’s famed delusion and to literary recollections.
Dr Hand's Teething Lotion praised by Judson Boyton of Lagonda Avenue Springfield for relieving pain and swelling in children. External use deemed harmless and remedies for children sold by druggists at 25 cents. Mentions a Peru native tree producing vegetable ivory.
The Philadelphia Church Standard argues wealth alone brings no distinction. True value comes from using riches for others, not merely owning them. Some rich men fade after death, while others leave lasting honor through generous deeds and public beneficence.
Public notices and ads with short quips on dog barking coughing and health remedies. Mentions the Cleveland Plain Dealer quote about a dog, a coughing warning, and DeWitt's Little Early Risers by J H Bacher & Co. Shows typical early advertisements and health claims.
The article recalls John Palmer, Bath theatre manager, promoting a mail coach system to Pitt in 1783. It details pre Palmer postal slowdowns, Allen's postboys, and the 1792 Brighton mail robbery myth. Palmer sought lordly approval, facing red tape before a trial, and links to Bath theatre and cultural figures. It also includes an anecdote from Malta on mistaken treasure hunts.
Dialogue framed as a witty exchange from Boston Transcript where Arthur vows devotion while Arethusa teases about making him miss a wedding for a funeral. The quick banter lampoons male vanity and romantic sacrifice in a humorous tone.
The essay explains that Philippe II of France and Sigis mund II of Poland both earned the surname Augustus because they were born in August. It also promotes Dr Hand's Colic Cure and Dr Hand's Teething Lotion in a dated maternal care advertisement followed by a light schoolhouse joke about geese migrating for hotels in the south.
Vignettes from Pearson's Weekly describe shaving mugs in east London shops bearing owners names and emblems from dentistry to fire fighting. The piece notes German inscription and coats of arms reflecting immigrant influence, alongside a humorous Washington Star anecdote about a boy confessing his planned fights after a beating.
A man finds a wallet in the gutter and asks the crowd who lost it. About ten of twenty claim misfortune, giving mismatched descriptions. The owner remains unfound as the crowd debates the likely owner in a humorous Louisville Commercial moment.
An anecdote from the Washington Times features a smoker asked if she is a Christian. She answers yes, claims the Bible bans unclean breath, and jokes she will leave her breath behind when entering heaven.
Instructions describe breaking sheets for glue, soaking in strong vinegar, boiling, and cooling to jelly. It notes heat to soften glue in use and advises boiling-water setup for warming. It adds sentences on wheat quality for macaroni and a Havana fire of 1828 with 850 houses damaged, then a cough cure claim by J U U Bacher & Co.
A great ash tree in Sterlingshire Scotland planted by Sir T Nicholson in 1596 remains flourishing. The note also praises G and C headache capsules for headache relief and recommends them.
A Boston Herald note describes Billy the terrier from the American House Pittsfield Mass who visits Maplewood every Sunday morning. He stays in the cashier's office at Maplewood and returns to the American House after his Sunday stint, a habit observed for several seasons that has guests curious how he distinguishes Sundays before church bells ring.
Karembwe villages extract salt from marshy sand by digging, soaking, filtering, boiling, and drying to produce large crystals. The Waitawa people are polite greeting visitors with mornings, as described in the Century piece about Heart of Africa.
A brief note from London Tit-Bits remarks that English girls have sweet voices but would sound more musical if conversation were in a lower tone. It adds that London belles enjoy concert going and often speak loudly to be heard over the music.
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is marketed as an antiseptic soothing healing application for burns scalds cuts and bruises and claims to cure piles instantly stopping pain. J. H. Bacher & Co. promote this preparation for home first aid use.
Statement asserts Victoria governs more Muslims than the Ottoman sultan and more Jews than in Palestine, plus more black people than non-African natives. The claim compares populations and raises questions about imperial rule and racial measures of empire.
One Minute Cough Cure from J I L Bacher & Co promises swift relief from ordinary colds and helps avert pneumonia bronchitis and consumption with prompt use.
The ad touts One Minute Cough Cure for speakers clergymen and singers to prevent huskiness and laryngitis and claims instant relief. It notes J. H. Bacher & Co has sold it since 1851 and references a mining death toll in Britain. It also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for skin troubles and piles with a testimonial exchange about a lecture on the faith cure.
Letters from farmers in South and North Dakota are published in pamphlet form by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. The pamphlet is illustrated and one free copy can be obtained for a two cent stamp payable to Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent 410 Old Colony Building Chicago Il.
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