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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
7
A health claim asserts that doctors cannot cure a contagious blood disorder. It says mercurial and potash treatments may be used for years, but the disease worsens, and claims 8. 8. 8. is the sole cure that targets the cause and removes it from the body.
A Charleston Letter in the New York Sun recounts a jail escape by Mike Hunkler aided by jailer Robinson. After gambling winnings and a bold poker hand, the pair fled at 1 am following a single throw of luck with two tens sealing the escape. An ex sheriff notes rare escape method. Ada Huntington and S Otto Hassenpllug wed in Chillicothe, Ohio, on October 26.
The Croseade Pioneer reports the Murphy brothers, tired of repeated robber visits, offer a 500 dollar reward for the capture of the men who roughened them last Sunday.
Iowa delegates report a split within the Democratic Party over silver and gold standards. Col L M Martin urges GOP support for Republican congressional candidates to back sound money policies. The address warns against Bryanite alliances and favors expansionist, gold standard policy in 1900.
400 acre farm on Bowen's Prairie offered for sale or rent by Marr Farr at 12-1 Cascade Town. Prefers sale on easy terms. Also notes health claim about a cough remedy, One Minute Cough Cure by ITC Prader & Co, pleasant to taste and quickly relieves lingering coughs and colds.
A scanned notice combines a James Whitcomb Riley poem excerpt with an announcement by the Jones County Teachers Association. It records an upcoming meeting at Olin on the 29th with morning and afternoon sessions featuring music, discussions on reading and spelling lessons, language and grammar, child study, and profitable vacations led by district and school officials and local educators.
The Youths Companion announces an 1899 calendar described as the finest of the century with deluxe design and coloring. Subscribes now receive the calendar plus November and December issues free, plus future volumes. Notable contributors include John D Long Clements Markham David Bispham and others. Also reports the death of Mrs. Thomas Ryan of Prairieburg from heart rheumatism and funeral at Toronto, leaving four children.
Selden and Dr. Brewer discuss the origin of hoity toity and its link to the French haut comme toit and the seesaw notion. The note, from Notes and Queries, cites Queen Elizabeth and Charles eras and connects hoity toity to terms meaning leap and height.
A brief item notes JT claimed only ten cents to his name and sought to borrow it from the speaker, as reported by the Chicago Record. The exchange hints at financial embarrassment or a jesting exchange between two people.
A Monticello Iowa post office notice lists unclaimed letters including Mrs. Sarah Stine Miss Mary Brown Miss Luella Porter Mrs. Wm Tasher Rey Andrew Kern S E Stadon D E Penn P M Also advertised products from Dr Sawyer and D C Prader Co promote remedies and salves while urging caution against counterfeits and unsafe cures.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution blends holiday humor with medical and moral notices. It includes a Thanksgiving toast about carving the turkey, then shifts to cough and medicine endorsements and a study note on drunkenness, followed by a constipation cure and a Spanish language tract initiative by the American Tract Society.
Ada Hart of Groton recounts a battle with a severe lung illness that doctors deemed incurable. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with her recovery after eight bottles, and notes trial bottles are free at D C Prader & Co. drug store with regular sizes priced 60 cents and one dollar.
Gov. Shaw proclaims the November 8 1898 general election to fill Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Supreme Court Attorney General Clerk Reporter Railroad Commissioner and 19th district judges. It lists vacant seats filled by election and executive appointment and notes proposed constitutional amendments on representation.
Consolidates multiple product pitches and quotes for Elec tr ic Bitters Dr Sawyer's Little Wide Awake Pills and Prader Coadvertised salves. includes remarks on health remedies and local New York church density. Mentions 71 heroes and early rising virtues.
An advertisement touts a salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers and other skin eruptions and to cure piles with a money back guarantee. It sells at 25 cents per box through D. C. Prader & Co.
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