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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
8
A narrator at a charity event teases Phyllis while Grace Rawshaw guides him to a fortune teller Madam Zouffle. The palm reader links a quarrel with Phyllis to flirtatious behavior among attendees, predicting trouble and testing the narrator's claim of genuine affection.
Jack praises a dimple as evidence in a playful argument with Phyllis. She denies, teases him, and a box to the ear interrupts the exchange as her eyes twinkle and she calls him an old fool. The light banter continues with gentle romance hints.
The Church of Our Saviour in Moscow stands as a magnificent monument to Moscow's deliverance from France. Built at about 5 million dollars, white stone rises to a gilded dome and domes with near a thousand pounds of gold. Its interior dazzles with marbles precious stones and frescoed friezes. The church seats 10,000 and spans two acres.
The note cites alarming mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis and touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a sole remedy. It mentions M Flannery of Chicago praising relief from constipation and biliousness and advertises DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and DeWitt’s brand.
A Washington Star quotation notes that when you do a favor for men they become wary and suspicious fearing you will overtax their gratitude, reflecting a common attitude about favors and gratitude in social exchanges.
A brief quotable exchange notes that spilling salt warns of no quarrel, but marriage itself is suggested. The snippet reflects light, witty commentary on domestic life from the era.
A former Western hotel clerk records the hiring of a ranch bred Nebraska youth by a Parisian head waiter. The boy, in jeans, is assigned to dining room service, shown the rule of obedience, and later misinterprets the order to “go to your station” by watching trains. His waiter career ends, and he shifts to assisting in baggage handling.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for indigestion and related stomach troubles, with endorsement from Dr. Newbrough of League, West Virginia. It claims the product digests food and sweetens the stomach, sold by O H Soetje. Also promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a beauty aid and health enhancer.
A Honey Grove Texas colonel credits Electric Bitters for recovery from liver and kidney troubles after failing with his family doctor. The testimonial praises the remedy as heat medicine, with a bottle priced at 50 cents and sold by O H Soetje druggist. Also mentioned are Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents and a Toledo Blade quip about gum shoes in politics.
J B Taylor of Chriesman Texas narrates weakness and weight loss. He credits Kodal Dyspepsia Cure with restoring health after four bottles. Ad notes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea sold by O H Soetje Kansas City Journal mentions September 13th superstition.
An eager fisherman travels from London to Scotland to share the first catch with a friend. Four telegrams arrive confirming a grand fish, then a morning basket brings three fine salmon trout. A Mull dispatch offers three two and a half pound salmon trout as a substitute for a requested seven to eight pound fish, with apologetic notes and promises of continued attention.
A Talladega Springs resident reports severe pneumonia improved after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The ad offers relief for sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds with guaranteed results at O H Soetje’s drug store. Trial bottle free priced 50 cents and 1.00.
In the April 1682 issue of the Courier Veritable a fiction named Captain Voyterloch describes a voyage two and a half years long by order of the states general. He reports passing a strait near Magellan and finds a land where humans possess sponge-like organs that preserve speech. Messages are pressed from the sponges to learn others’ words.
An old druggist notice promoting DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a liver cleansing laxative. It claims the pills rid the system of bile without unpleasant effects and are sold by O. H. Soetje, druggist.
Listing for a house and barn on six acres within Monticello corporate limits. Includes pasture for a cow and recently repaired structures. Contact 421F G. H. George for details.
A short reminiscence praises Chas. F. Lemberger of Syar case New York for helping his suffering son. He recalls applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to a deep eye wound, which quickly healed and saved the eye. The salve is advertised as good for burns and ulcers and sells for 25 cents at O. H. Soetje's drug store.
Advertisement urges mothers to protect children from coughs colds croup and whooping cough with a safe pleasant remedy. Claims no opiates and harmless relief. Sold by O H Soetje druggist.
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