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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
4
The article recounts Lincoln's quick wit and anecdotes from his campaigns, friendships, and public spats with preachers. It recalls episodes with Indiana congressmen, a Philadelphia visit, and letters showing his candid campaigning style and humor about people and events of the era.
The ad promotes harvest excursions by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway on multiple dates with round trip pricing and return validity. It also touts One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure for relief from cough, summer complaints, dysentery, and diarrhea with assurances of safety and efficacy.
The passage recalls Israel’s crossing of the Red Sea, the defeat of Egypt, and Miriam leading a song of praise. It then describes God guiding them by a daytime cloud and nighttime radiance, followed by a barren desert trek and their thirst and hunger in Marah and the wilderness.
An advertisement page itemized Dr. King's New Life Pills claiming health benefits for constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles. It promotes samples available from H I Bucklen & Co Chicago and lists local sellers J H Bacher & Co. Dr Hand's Colic Cure DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and Little Early Risers are recommended with testimonials. Also notes Ellen Arthur arrival and residence, plus miscellaneous home product notices.
A reflective sketch on John Cocker a noted seventeenth century penman and arithmetic master famed for his house in Paul’s Churchyard between the Sugar Loaf and the Naked Boy and Shears. It recalls his stern teaching urging majestic posture and steady practice for worthy handwriting.
The article notes that high frequency electrical waves large enough to decompose salts on photographic plates can pass through opaque matter like the human body without sensation. Roentgen and Salvioni are credited with indirect effects on film via phosphorescence, and the piece mentions Roentgen silhouettes and a cryptoscope. It also references an 2831 A.D. water pump as an advancement from an earlier invention.
An old advertisement features DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve praised for healing ulcers and sores while DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure is urged for the upcoming apple season. The copy mentions a Moscow or St Petersburg resident avoiding long visits without police notification and notes a phrase Boys will be boys. J H Bacher & Co markets the remedies.
An advertisement touts a universal salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and even piles. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists a price of 25 cents per box with sale by J H.
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