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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
4
Warning on surgery and a promotion for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a quick permanent cure for piles and skin injuries. Claims include soothing, healing, and relief from bleeding piles, with testimonial from J. C. Philips of Paris Illinois.
A young woman torn between two lovers, one a poor farmer's son and the other a wealthy Englishman, faces a wedding day weighed by love and duty. Seymour, the Englishman, wooed her with vivid dreams while her heart remains with Jim Thorne, the straightforward farm neighbor, leading to a dramatic, bittersweet decision as fog veils the hillside ceremony.
Dr. M H Calkins improves at home as Jones county and state hospitals plan for increased capacity. Clerk J A Hartman withdraws from renomination to run an agricultural business. Ramsey may be clerk. Anamosa school district awards Bell DeWitt contract for a steam heating plant with a large boiler and 20 radiators priced at 1050 with guaranteed 74 degree heat.
Upstairs and downstairs office rooms and living rooms offered for rent after a new roof. Rooms will be papered to suit tenants. Inquiries at the Model store, where a full line of fruits and vegetables is available.
Ashaway resident Rey C. J. Budlong praises Electric Bitters as a cure for jaundice liver and related ailments after years of suffering. The ad notes the medicine treats liver kidney and stomach issues with a 50 cent price and guaranteed satisfaction by O. H. Soetje. A separate line mentions Scilly Isles exporting over 720 tons of flowers last season.
W A Greer of McConnelsville Ohio cites Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a two week cure after three years of treatment by doctors for piles and fistula. It also claims relief from burns bruises cuts eruptions and other skin ailments at 25 cents per jar.
W P Whitehead of Kennedale Texas reports distressing pains in head back and stomach and lost appetite after using Dr Kings New Life Pills he soon felt like a new man The product claims to aid stomach and liver troubles available for 25 cents at O H Soetje s drug store
The Cedar Rapids Carnival, once a yearly institution, is challenged by young societies in Cedar Rapids who circulate a pledge. signers agree not to attend until a union committee reviews the carnival moral tone. If indecencies persist this year they will abstain.
The Iowa State Fair reports a $15,000 surplus from gate receipts this year, though the event has historically faced financial challenges. Officials note the fair has not always been highly profitable.
An ad extols Boschee's German Syrup as a cure for coughs colds and lung ailments. It claims two million bottles sold annually since 1868 and asserts rapid relief after three doses with a 75 cent price. Also notes a World's Fair government building contract to be let September 5.
In Leesville Indiana W H Brown endured death’s agony from asthma to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Colds. He reports instant relief and sleeps soundly now. The Louisiana Purchase area contains 63000 miles of railway, excluding second tracks and sidings.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast, safe remedy for colds, coughs, croup, bronchitis, and throat and lung troubles. It claims to break up the attack at once and to be popular with children.
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