The Monticello Express Weekly Edition
The Monticello Express is published weekly each Thursday by Medrric ha and Doshhf with editors and proprietors. Subscription price listed as $1.75.
27 Nov 1884
Page 1
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1884
Page
1
The Monticello Express is published weekly each Thursday by Medrric ha and Doshhf with editors and proprietors. Subscription price listed as $1.75.
In Anamosa on Thursday a Democratic celebration turned chaotic with noisy bands, a drunken crowd, and street clashes. The event featured a planned roast of an ox and grand procession, but ended with disorder, a rope trap for the marshal, and a late night brawl amid pumpkin decorations for local candidates.
Advertisement states St Patrick's Pills popular for liver and bowel disorders and named to honor St Patrick. Claims the mission is to do good and invites readers to try them, noting availability at all druggists.
An advertisement urges readers with catarrh to use Hood's Sarsaparilla, claiming it prevents progress to consumption. It cites cured patients and asks readers to request a book of evidence from C. I. Hood & Co. in Lowell Massachusetts.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports on widespread poverty among Mexicans who live in holes or mud huts. It notes women washing in ditches at the Paseo and contrasts conditions with American cities, while criticizing fruit quality and prices in Mexico City markets, including a one dollar watermelon.
An essay argues that people favor leisure over labor and urges embracing work with the same enthusiasm given to play. It contends willpower determines whether work becomes enjoyable and asserts disciplined effort preserves the ability to enjoy recreation. Electric Bitters is promoted as a remedy for various ailments with a confidence-building claim.
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