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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
6
A Victorian era guide reproduces chair and broomstick stunts with diagrams. It details eye quickness tricks, safe bending and tumbling methods, and cautions on body care while noting girls often master certain poses more readily.
Scottish innovator David Hatton built a mouse powered thread mill in Dunfermline around 1820 after observing a toy mouse wheel in Perth prison. A pair of mice operated for over a year, producing 100 to 120 threads daily and earning a small profit despite labor and board costs.
The New York Sun reports banjo pioneer Frank B Converse known as the father of the banjo died in New York City. Born in 1837 in Westfield Massachusetts he shaped the instrument from minstrel stages to teaching and composing. His widow Harriet Maxwell Converse is a noted author lecturer and Indian lore authority.
The war department notes Philippine government acts to educate 100 native Filipinos in the United States for civil service entry. The program allows 100 selected by exam plus 25 more without test, with pledges of allegiance and return. Five hundred dollars per student funded. advocates favor home living training while Prof. Young cites concerns about Latin-blood students' self‑control.
A Philadelphia Press analysis defends Manila’s health progress after 350 soldiers arrived home. It cites death rates from 1900 to 1908, notes improved sanitation and vaccination efforts, and compares Manila favorably with Liverpool Madrid and others. It argues Americans improved health despite hardships and expects further gains.
Washington reports note that the Philippine service attracts both first timers and veterans. The Seventh Infantry will not need local recruits as 300 men in Manila await transfer to outgoing regiments, with enough manpower to cover all units. The War Department highlights rising Philippine customs revenues, with $3,759,833 collected in the first five months of 1903, up from 1092.
Admiral Schley, famed naval hero, endorses Peruna catarrh remedy after adopting it in his family. The endorsement highlights Peruna’s claimed cures and its popularity among prominent figures, with ads urging readers to request free literature from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
The article recalls Alfred Bell’s wealth after his Boer War ties with DeBeers and John D. Rockefeller as the world’s richest. It notes Li Hung Chang with half a billion, George Gould’s Lakewood fire department expulsion over $1.25 dues, Judge South of Tacony building a log cabin replica, and rumors about Mr. Corey at Homestead starting as a wheel boy earning a dollar a day.
Nelson P. Ewen of Nantucket tows a three foot nine and a half inch bluefish weighing just over 27 pounds. Carrie Everett age 15 sprints to 72 quarts of huckleberries in Monroeville from 8:30 am to 4 pm. Oscar Altemose tops men with 125 quarts in eight hours. Daniel A. Sell Gettysburg a three foot eight inch fireman aged 62 is the smallest active member of a U S fire company. Charles E. Rose riverman between Elizabethtown Illinois and Tolu Kentucky logs his hundred thousandth mile and more than 15000 dollars earned over 27 years.
Reports state New Orleans and Galveston now export more wheat than New York. Highlights include plans for a Kant monument in Berlin and a 6,670 mile automobile tour by Mr and Mrs Charles J Glidden of Lowell Massachusetts.
The Paris Temps drama critic post goes to Adolphe Brisson son in law of Francisque Sarcey after M Larroumet death. Leslie Cahill 11 of Walt ham Mass named prano soloist at Grace church in New York. Mme Nordica, American born soprano, just won Bavarian gold medal marking front rank stature.
An attorney John R. Eldridge faced a judge from rival parties in a small Rochester area town. A donkey nearby interrupted proceedings with loud brays causing Eldridge to ask for repetition. The court occupants felt the honors were about even after the comical disruption.
Mrs. Louis Markison of Franksville Wisconsin reports a remarkable improvement after using Dodd's Kidney Pills for female weakness. She says the pills cured her long standing illness and praises them as the best medicine she has known.
Prominent quotes praise Courage and Spartacus as incentives to manly valor. A speaker notes personal marital arguments fading beside imagined clashes with the toughest foe, framing courage as a masculine virtue.
Many solve the problem but lack of opportunity leaves the majority to plod through life. The Numitor Gold mine offers a safe way to save for the future with return potential. Free booklet by mail from Numitor Gold Mining Co office 1621 Diversey Blvd Chicago IL.
In Capital Va and Chicago Daily News style, a backhanded love inquiry prompts discussion of labor unions and personal opposition to unionism. A dialog unfolds with a coy question about love in a cottage and a firm stance against organized labor.
On October 20 the M. K. T. R y offers round trip gale tickets from St Louis and Kansas City to Texas Oklahoma and Indian Territory for 15.00 with final limit November 10. 18.00 from Cincinnati and 20.00 from Chicago. George Morton handles details in St Louis Missouri.
An item notes a popular patent remedy claim to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and promises refunds if it fails. It cites testimonials and miscellaneous clipped quotes from era newspapers, indicating widespread patent medicine advertising in 1900 era publications.
On October 20 the Kansas City Southern Ry Port Arthur Route offers a cheap round trip from Kansas City and all Missouri and Kansas stations to Lake Charles Shraveport Heaumont and Port Arthur for six dollars. Valid for 21 days from sale with a stopover on the way and a required destination date within 18 days. Tickets available via agents with inquiries to S Gy Warner or Morris.
A cryptic line from the Times Democrat quotes a thief who says he loves honesty as a hungry man loves steak, arguing he feeds on it for the same reason. The remark appears in a broader discussion of ethics and crime.
A new town in Sawyer county Wisconsin extends Omaha road through the Chippewa and Couderay rivers, described as a center of fertile woodlands with exceptional land prospects. It promises good fishing and hunting, and asks readers to contact the Radisson postmaster or TW Teasdale in St Paul for maps and details.
Chicago plans a top level International Live Stock Exposition this fall at the Union Stock Yards. The city handles over 33 million dollars of live stock yearly with near 300 thousand carloads moving to Chicago markets and lines like the Chicago & North Western tying regional producers to the event. The exposition seeks to educate and improve breeds to increase producer profits, with low railway rates to be announced soon.
A call for steadfast allegiance to the Chicago Tribune ethos appears in a spirited note urging readers to maintain fidelity to the paper's standards and traditions amid changing media dynamics. It emphasizes integrity, accuracy, and community focus as core values.
Advertises an antiseptic cleaner for fabrics and woodwork. Claims to remove ink and grease without damaging varnish or paint. Includes brief note about furniture cleaning and a call to write for particulars to the Chicago company.
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