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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
6
An advertisement-style feature describes chronic sleep loss from nervous prostration and lists symptoms such as indigestion exhaustion dizziness and backache. It cites Mrs. Hartley of Chicago and claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her, urging other women to rely on the remedy.
A downtown night wanderer returns home to a jelly craving but finds instead soft soap. His mother’s careful jelly keeping leads to a comic mix up when a jar is misread in the dark cellar. The tale highlights a humorous household mishap born of late hours and kitchen chaos.
A renowned U S attorney argued before the Supreme Court for a client’s patent on a new dangled collar button as rivals allegedly manufacture it unlawfully. Judge Shiras interrupted with a quip about a button that won’t roll under a bed, prompting light tittering before the counsel defended his client’s restraint and public benefit.
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports very partial returns on the constitutional amendment. The Titus amendment for biennial elections and a constitutional convention to revise the state charter likely pass. Major Henry O Connor dies in Marshalltown. Sportsmen disappointed as the Bonaparte dam ruling stands, with option for further action considered. Short potato crop noted and Des Moines shelter for men planned by Volunteers of America.
Vice President Harahan of the Illinois Central Railway says the company will spend 200000 in Cedar Rapids to build new freight and passenger stations once ground clearing is done. City council has granted necessary concessions. Officials expect the line to extend south from Cedar Rapids to connect with the Iowa Central at Washington and cross the Mississippi for direct access to Peoria and points south and west.
Freddie Pattschull two year old son of Alex Pattschull who lives south of Charles City is the victim of a brutal attack by two greyhounds. He is in very critical condition with severe lacerations to the face and head. The right side of the face from mouth to ear and the left side from temple to jaw are torn.
Bradstreet reports hopeful fall demand across regions with improved western dry goods and eastern leather tobacco coal firms. Iron markets show better demand and price gains with pig iron rising 26 to 60 cents per ton and steel products advancing. exports and railroad orders rise while U S failures total 201, Canada 18.
Two bodies were recovered from the Tarrant building ruins. Hamilton Matthews, a driver for Tarrant & Co, was found with mutilated remains. Benjamin Moorehouse, 51, shipping and stock clerk, missing since the explosion, was identified among the second bodies. Moorehouse kept the firm’s explosives storage book. no trace found.
Gen James Grant Wilson, chair of the site and design committee, announced after reviewing 43 designs that the first competition’s best three are Austin Hays, sculptor with Donn Barber. O Picciriili, sculptor with H Van Buren Magonigle. and George Julian Zolnay, sculptor with Joseph Henry Freedlander.
Madrid reports that a cabinet council under the queen regent and Gen. Azcarraga declared no Carlist forces remain in Spain and the rising failed completely. He added that constitutional guarantees will stay suspended to destroy the Carlist organization nationwide.
Gov. Tanner designates Thursday November 29 as a day of public thanksgiving and praise urging Illinois residents to rest from work and to perform charitable deeds and gratitude for God s charity. London notes Lord Salisbury comments on US election. Dendh follows collapse in New York. Mayor Van Wyck admits ice stock purchase. City of Vienna sinks after collision. German fireman survivor. Rome forms police to protect King Victor Emmanuel.
A tale explains how a cold can lead to consumption and praises Peruna as a cure. The account cites Telen Murphy and Henry Henrickson and urges readers to try Peruna, noting its use for catarrh and grippe and inviting requests for Dr Hartman’s book.
The Nickel Plate Road advertises changes in dining car service across American railroads. It notes a la carte card menus on many lines and the American plan on trunk routes with a single dollar price. Nickel Plate offers American Club style meals on through expresses between Chicago New York and Boston, though its dining cars allow choosing from elements at the higher price, claiming exclusive passenger advantages.
A night clerk in a Washington hotel recalls a southern congressman demanding a room change last winter. The quarrel arose from the neighbor's loud clarinet playing and a dispute about musical keys, ending with the congressman seeking quieter hours.
A fragmentary Detroit Free Press remark features a quarrel over speaking French at home and in public. A man cites a waiter’s pained expression as evidence of presumed language gaps in his wife.
Advertises travel to Florida via the Queen and Crescent Line with connections through Cincinnati. Highlights comfort meals and rock ballast tracks, claims swift 24 hour Cincinnati to Florida service, and mentions direct connections at Port Tampa and Miami with steamship access to Key West Nassau and Havana. Offers reduced winter tourist tickets and free printed matter to inquirers.
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