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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
4
A quoted exchange from John James Pratt in the New York Tribune imagines a violet and a star urging a singer to praise them after death. The dialogue links fame, memory, and consolation as verse contemplates enduring presence beyond mortality.
In a remote town a new attorney Agnes C Jonnett arrives to practice law in the old brick office once linked to Judge Branham. She defends a jailed young man, proves his innocence, and begins a romance with Dr Elliott, revealing his past theft and morphine addiction was a path to redemption.
A fragment from Edinburgh Scotsman presents a playful Scots dialogue about courting and the idea of best for a man or maiden. The speaker asks questions about beauty, love, and romance as an owl answers in a lighthearted refrain.
A London Speaker excerpt describes a peaceful rural community living off forest resources and smallholder farming. Cows, pigs, geese, ponies, and donkeys sustain households, with sheep scarce and forest traditions shaping daily life. Holiday gathering and lumbering feed local prosperity.
In Garstang England magistrate J P Simpson investigated tramp life by locking himself in the tramp ward and working a stone task for five hours. He emerged exhausted with raw hands and bloodied fingers, prompting reflection on the regimens used against vagrancy. Also noted are hints of social authority and a brief advert for DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Gen Cassius M Clay, an original abolitionist, has declared for Palmer, signaling a key endorsement in the campaign. The veteran activist aligns with Palmer's reform platform as the race enters a critical phase.
An advertisement section promotes Electric Bitters as a seasonal tonic to counter bilious fevers and malaria. Also touts One Minute Cough Cure for quick relief of coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and colds, with multiple drugstore mentions. Includes Dr Wand’s Teething Lotion and Dr Tand’s Colic Cure for infants, plus a note about elderly Walton county residents.
Mrs Sansom accuses a suitor of a secret affair with her daughter and demands proper introductions. The suitor quips that meeting her first would have altered his interest, while Mrs Sansom criticizes the informality of the outset in this exchange from Pick Me Up.
In Popular Science Month an article notes frogs used as rain omens in parts of Germany. European tree frogs are placed in bottles with ladders to climb when the weather is fair, returning low as rain approaches. It also surveys frog vocalizations and anatomy across species.
Ang J Bogel of Shreveport and JEF Campbell of Safford praise Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs, and colds. The remedy is not experimental, claims a quarter century of use and top status, with three trial bottles offered by J I Bacher & Co. and One Minute Cough Cure also advertised by J H Bacher & Co.
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