April 1891 Monticello notes and local life roundup
AMonticello month in review lists visitors and students, marriages, deaths, and local incidents. Notable items include George Stabler and George Wilkins traveling to Germany, Cornell College students Robert Earhart and May Scales, marriages of John Eubanks to Mrs Mead and Peter Samels to Mamie Murray, several deaths including Louisa Moore and Anna Bevington, a harness dealer’s assignment, a prank-like shooting incident, and high school declamatory contest results with Alberta Soetje and others seizing top honors. The piece also mentions April rainfall and blossoming plum trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
Express
George Stabler
George Wilkins
Germany
Robert Earhart
May Scales
Cornell College
Sarah O
J. D. Priest
Langworthy
IL. Wanchura
H. A. Franks
Wyoming
Viola Shipmen
Louisa A. Moore
Melchair Moore
John Eubanks
Mead
Justice Ricker
Peter P. Samels
Minneapolis
Mamie Murray
Sand Spring
Anna McConnon Bevington
Sioux City
George
Leclerc
Louisa Smith
A. KE. Holcomb
Paul Castor
Delk
J. B. Kemmerer
Mr. Kemmerer
Albert Calkins
Mr. Calkins
Miss Vaughn
Lenox College
T. R. Brcanbrack
Anamosa
C. E. Merriam
Chicago
Alberta Soetje
Mamie Gardner
High School Association
Jon Whitney
Des Moines
Grace Wooden
Sigourney
Lizzie Wallace
Algona
Maud Weaver
Waterloo
Frank Russell
Grinnell
Getting Into the Banjo Class and Iowa’s Needs
An Iowa editorial argues for focusing on industry and agriculture over banjo era spending. It labels road funding as Iowa’s top publicity asset, urging investments in factories dairy farms and a robust middle class with capital to seize opportunity. It cites other papers on tariffs fashion and political events for contrast.
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Iowa
Reasons For The Less Well Stated From The Dubuque Times Journal
The 1910 census shows rural populations fell in Dubuque county and across Iowa along the Mississippi since 1890 and 1900, due to land exhaustion and westward migration aided by cheaper land, machinery, and railroads. Iowa’s rising land value and westward search help explain the decline. New York politics ended deadlock when Tammany reform aided Judge O Gorman.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Iowa Lands
Averts Tragedy With Timely Cough Remedy
Mrs C Willoughby of Marengo Wisconsin avoided a dreadful outcome after doctors said her severe cough was a consumption risk. Aunt urged Dr King s New Discovery which she used and found effective for her throat and lungs. It also saved her boy during bronchial trouble. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by O H Soetje.
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O. H. Soetje
Dr King's New Life Pills Advertise Relief
An old-style ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as strike-breakers for liver kidney and bowel functions. It promises excellent health and urges readers to try the 25 cent remedy at O H Soetje’s and to use the Express want column to buy or sell items.
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The
Express
Look Around Now for Home Furnishings and Polish
Warm days prompt house cleaning and shopping for new furniture. The ad urges readers to inspect their stock, visit downtown shops, and consider replacing worn pieces with dining or bedroom suites. It promotes Roger's Furniture Polish at 25 cents as a standout value.
Lands and livestock and music goods advertised locally
Minnesota lands for sale at rock bottom prices plus openings in Kansas Colorado and Texas. Registered Clydesdale stallion Prince of Quality offered as a sure breeder. Locher Bros. Music Store sells pianos organs phonographs and sewing machines. Seed oats Early Champion and others offered 40 cents per bushel. Monticello Canning Co seeks 500 acres of sweet corn at seven dollars per ton after a new dump is built.
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Minnesota
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
J. A. Voorhees
Prince of Quality
G. H. Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Locher Bros. Music Store
Edison
Victor
Singer and Wheeler & Wilson
Des Moines
Ames
C. K. Greer
Monticello Canning Co
G. W. Eastwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marshalltown Tones
Detroit Free Press
Diaz
Washington Post
New York
Sioux City Journal
Canada
Denver
England
Tammany
O’gorman
Roger
K. A. Hubbard
Perrine
BE. H. Hoag
Reliable Perrine’s
J. F. Meyer
Saleh
Oklahoma
Davidson
Monticello State Bank
Clark Street
KK. N. Howard
E. E. Reed
Newton Deischer
Perkins, Eclipse and Star Windmills
Leroy Clark
North Dakota
Montana
Milwaukee &St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
John Deere
Stover
Fuller & Johnson
Albert Bakken
Garrison, N. D
W. F. Rohn
Monticello, Ia
Chamberlain
O. H. Soetie
Center Junction Savings Bank
Thomas Dawson
M. J. McNeilly
M. G.alsever
J. M. Young
C. A. Burmeister
Cross Hardware CO
Onslow Pharmacy
F. K. Barnes & CO
Ing
Eclipse Lumber
Monticello, Iowa
Yours Truly
J. H. Henry
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