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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
4
A dialogue compares banking conditions from 1896 to 1900 in Iowa. Banks offer lower loan rates around 5 percent, farmers shift from borrowers to lenders, and foreclosures decline. State and savings banks show rising deposits and assets, with Black Hawk County cited for favorable mortgage data.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers round trip excursion tickets from Monticello to Clear Lake Iowa for 3 50 with return by Monday after sale date. Clear Lake is promoted as a top Northwest summer resort and tickets are available daily through Sept 30 with a special one third fare for the round trip on select dates.
A poetic verse excerpt explores the tides and seasons driven by the moon and sun. Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s lines echo through a nostalgic reflection on love as a cosmic force shaping nature and song.
The speaker contrasts Mr. Bryan with the biblical Absalom, notes Absalom’s conspiratorial revolt and downfall, and warns that populist sour milk and negative temperaments hinder youth progress. He argues for opportunity and dismisses Bryanism as fault-finding and misanthropic.
In Arizona Grapevine a cowboy blacksmith recounts how a wagon tire was repaired using a 80 caliber bullet to mark bolt holes. The improvised method came after tree trunk experimentation during the Spanish American War and shows frontier ingenuity.
A Pittsburg Dispatch anecdote recalls Garland in Washington as Cleveland's first attorney general born in Arkansas and raised in blue jeans. A Virginian visitor, discussing “first families,” learns of a Gyarland relation in North Carolina and is told a cousin was hanged for horse stealing. The tale ends with the visitor fleeing in discomfort.
Arrival and departure times listed for the O M and St Paul line at Monticello. All trains operate daily except Sunday according to the timetable.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers regular Homeseekers tickets plus 2 for a round trip to South Dakota on Sept 18 and Oct 29 1900 to attend Mitchells Corn Belt Exposition Sept 26 to Oct 4 1900. The event showcases agricultural wealth and cheap land amid a grand corn palace attraction.
Stops the Cough and works off the Cold ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and claims cure in one day. Adna A Treat of Denver recalls Lafayette visit to Troy New York 1823 and notes birth in 1793. Astronomers blame sun spots for heat. doctors cite stomach disorders as cause of many prostrations. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure advertised for indigestion with claim of quick relief and permanent cure.
Mrs. John Dowling of Butler Pa endured a malignant stomach trouble with nausea and indigestion for three years. After two months on Electric Budders she reports being wholly cured and able to eat anything. The remedy is praised as a grand tonic aiding digestion and improving strength. Available for 50 cents at D C Prader's drug store.
P M Higgins of Senaca Illinois reports two boxes of Bucklens Arnica Salve cured his years long piles with a guaranteed cure and a price of 25 cents per box. Also notes on North American fruits valued by continent Raven Food poultry tonic Ivy dollar box promise no cure no pay. Joseph Jefferson donates 1000 to Galveston relief. One Minute Cough Cure advertised for throat and chest coughs. An anatomist asserts few men can go without suspenders.
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