This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
8
A Pittsburg Chronicle telegram recounts autumn housecleaning chaos as women scrub, bake, and repaint while husbands suffer clumsy misadventures. Floors bare, paint stains emerge, and furniture shifts disrupt evenings. the refrain: they must dust before bed.
Washington Star notes Charleston hosts hundreds of buzzards that descend from palmetto forests to the market district. The birds scavenge waste from meat blocks, fight to guard scraps, and are protected by a $10 fine for harming them. By an hour after sunrise they depart, leaving a notably clean market.
An Irishman in a Scottish town meets an old friend who asks for news. The friend shares a penny off the loaf joke line, Pat responds with a quip about penny loafs, reflecting light humorous exchange from the London Tit-Bita.
Farm for sale two thirds Whit it is worth. Address T. D. Peter man Fayette Iowa at once. Also firms for rent. Call J. S. Houser Monticello Iowa. Insurance agent A. Matthiessen for Connecticut Continental Phoenix Hawkeye companies.
East Side Bowery window portraits capture brides with grooms, dancers, and poor finery. Italians and actresses appear among many subjects while trumpeting infantile scenes and amateur theater stars. The images document local life beyond Fifth Avenue, with a focus on sentiment over spectacle.
Sell your $60 or $70 land and buy double acreage of good land in the Blue Grass region of Southwest Iowa. Inquire at the Fontanelle bank in Fontanelle Adair County Iowa or write to Shoemaker.
Community display features baskets, quilts, crochet edgings, vintage linens, and baked goods. Local residents including Mrs. Bentley Clark and Mrs. Ida Maxwell present jams, cakes, preserves, and decorative needlework alongside knitted stockings, pillow shams, and centerpieces.
The article lauds the Trans Mississsippi Exposition in Omaha for recreating the 1893 White City with improved exhibit layout. It highlights a shorter visit time two to three days and notes the new Midway with innovations, electric lighting at night, and easy access via the direct Chicago and Omaha line with electric trains and dining car service. Excursion tickets available nationwide through the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway network.
House and lot for sale south of Proctor's at Monti cello Lot 14 in the original plat. A bargain offered by J B Smirs and partners. Potential buyers urged to inquire for details and terms.
In a New Hampshire town an elderly crowd recalls the minister known for quick humor. At a county ministers association dinner he pretended to eat the hot pudding and saved the spoonful to light his pipe, prompting a quip from a friend about the remaining mouthful.
Excerpt surveys London life through costermongers and clerks, cites Charles Keene’s drawing prowess, and blends portraits with ads for rentals farms and cures. It highlights DeWitt’s pills and Witch Hazel Salve and notes counterfeit risk and public notices.
A testimony recounts a near fatal lung illness. Mrs. Adam Hart credits God's aid and King’s New Discovery for recovery after four doctors abandoned hope. Her husband was urged to try the remedy, which cured her and restored health. Free trial bottles offered at J. H. Bacher & Go. drug store with guaranteed satisfaction.
A garbled advertisement listing Electric Bitters as a liver and body tonic with a guarantee, plus references to One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Mixed in are stray demographic notes about Treland Spain and a brief joke exchange.
The remedy claims to heal cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers and more with perfect satisfaction or money back, priced at 24 cents per box and sold by J. N. Bacher & Co. It also notes the whistling tree found in the West Indies Nubia and the Soudan with a uniquely shaped leaf and split edged pods that produce a whistling sound when wind passes through.
A descriptive circular promises full information on Nicaraguan gold fields reachable from New Orleans in twelve days. Miners already earning fortunes there keep details secret, but development is expected to rival Alaska, with free mailings of information upon request to Dubuque Iowa.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.