Monticello Express notes editor Joan BranonAnn
The Monticello Iowa edition lists Joan BranonAnn as Editor and Proprietor signaling the local paper’s leadership.
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Joan BranonAnn
Monticello
Iowa
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1881
Page
2
Through the Snow a Love Tale in Winter
A narrator recounts a snowy ride to a gate where a graceful woman leads through six inches of drifting snow. He flatters a proposal to walk life together as footprints vanish in the white. She enters the house and their married life follows, with storms of snow yet light returning. Based on Scribner's Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner’s Monthly
Detroit
Gilhool
I Took Her Up as a Wild Claim on Unsurveyed Lands
A rugged frontier tale follows a man who shelters a four year old girl named Lainey during a perilous journey. He describes his improvised care of the child, the weary trek with a jack and dog, and his fear of losing her before a Christmas reunion with her long-lost mother who finally recognizes Lainey Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lainey
California
Reese River
Nevada
Nevada Mountains
Nep
Canary
Jack
Miss Lainey
Luiney
Widderer
Jing
Sierra
Coast
Cow
Thad Lainey
Lainey Woods
Charg
Overland Stage Company
Moasick
Quien Sade
Mousick
Salz
Desert Family Saga Ends in Marriage and Bold Business Move
A rocky tale unfolds as a man marries a widow to care for her child and join the boss business after uncovering tragedy and loss. He contemplates the brown colt, a lingering link to Moasick and the desert, while eyeing Mousick’s preemption with caution.
Cities and Their Godfathers and Founding Names
The text traces how cities often gained names from founders or notable names. It cites examples like London, Oxford, Cambridge, and Buenos Aires, and discusses renamings by rulers such as Adrianople and Constantinople, ending with modern capitals named for monarchs and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Paw
Rome
Oxford
Cambridge
Milford
Newport
Redhill
Blackwater
Yarmouth
Pedro de Mendoza
South America
Buenos Ayres
Valparaiso
Valley of
Paradise
Alexander the Great
Candahar
Iskander
Cologne
Colonia Agrippina
Nero
Saragossa
Kingdom
Aragon
Onsarea Augusta
Augustus
Adrian
Adrianople
Philip Iiie
Macedon
Eumolpias
Philippopolis
Constantine
Byzantium
Bosphorus
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Nova Scotia
Eart
Halifax
Charleston
Charles II
Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
United States
Washington
Victoria
Melbourne
South Australia
Adelaide
Donager
New South Wales
Sydney
New Zealand
Auckland
Vast Fact Repository of 19th Century Data
A compilation notes counts and prices across nations and industries. It cites 23000 feminine farmers in Britain, 100000 bushels hemp seed used in U S bird feed, gold ore finds in Vancouver, railway ties prices, and a Postal Union of 69 states. It mentions telegraph poles from Chicago, Brazilian pottery, 1879 alcohol outlays in major nations, Whymper’s Cotopaxi eruption, North Carolina gold and iron mines, and emigration, mills, and farm access from Davidson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Philadelphia
United States
Vancouver
San Francisco
Postal Union
Berne
Chicago
Montans
New Orleans
Wheeling
Buffalo
Syracuse
Brazil
Germany
France
Edward Whymper
Chimborazo
Andes
Equador
Cotopaxi
Davidson County
North Carolina
Mississippi River
New York City
Underclothing as a Pneumonia Preventive in Rural Life
Aunt Helen argues that insufficient underclothing causes colds and influenza among farming families. She favors light yet warm flannel garments, ankle-length drawers, and snug jackets to protect health. The anecdote contrasts her advice with a doctor’s harsh rebuke about exposing children to cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Susie
Christian
Wit and Wisdom from a Rotary Laugh Line
A collection of humorous quips and jokes from various sources including a circus remark about turnabout, puns on life and math, a yoked farming image, a pun about a squashed gourd, and a jab at smallpox mortality. The piece wittily surveys social humor and everyday folly with light irony and dated tone.
The Moral Factor and the Need for Moral Ballast
A Boston Post column argues that intellect without moral guidance fails and that history shows brilliant minds like Napoleon and Aaron Burr rising only to ruin. It emphasizes the inseparable mix of intellect and morality in shaping actions and warns that power without ethical steering leads to downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fiske
North American Review
Massachusetts
Napoleon Bonaparte
Aaron Burr
Boston Post
Apna Ees
Agenta
National Publishing
Chicago
C. McCumady & Co
Culinary notes and recipes from Prairie Farmer page
A digest of home crafts and farm remedies includes Indian muffins from milk and meal, thyme guidance for soil, morning glory seeding, sassafras tea for cattle lice, carpet moth control with a hot iron, crullers and almond cake recipes, rheumatism medicine for horses, horseshoer tips on corn prevention, and a chicken pudding with layered batter and gravy.
Onion Cultures Guide for Successful Growth in Rich Soil
W I White advises on soil preparation for onions noting rich light deep sun exposure. He stresses long crop rotation, surface fertilizers, shallow rooting, early spring soil work, ash as fertilizer with caveats, seed quality, drill depth around one quarter inch, and minimal soil covering to allow bulbs to grow above ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. White
N.Y. Uribune
A Home-made Floor-Cloth Idea from the Telegraph
A Germantown Telegraph corresp describes making a durable floor-cloth using wallpaper over a newspaper base. Cover the floor with rolled wallpaper glued and unrolled to smooth, then size and varnish with simple glue and dark varnish. Add rugs by the bed and dressing table for a long lasting cheap covering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Report on heart disease deaths misleads and hides lung congestion dangers
The piece argues heart disease is often misattributed as the cause of sudden death. It cites a Strasburg study showing most cases lacked heart failure and warns congestion of the lungs from cold, tight clothing, and abrupt temperature shifts is a preventable killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Hail
Journal of Health
St Jacobs Oil Promises Relief for Settlers and Riders
In Mondovi Wisconsin W H H Amidon and other early settlers report rheumatic pain relief after using St Jacobs Oil. The ad notes widespread satisfaction with the remedy and claims it cures long standing rheumatism. A Cincinnati anecdote contrasts comfort in a railway car with a humorous seat swap. A Philadelphia item mentions a ten year rheumatism case cured by St Jacobs Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondovi
Wis
Buffalo Co. Herald
W. H. H. Amidon
Gilmantown
Cincinnati
Joan Mincer
West Fifth Street
St Jacobs
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
U. Bets
Foolish Faith in a Patent Cure Claims Cured Wife
A Detroit man credits Hop Bitters with curing his wife after a decade of illness and costly remedies. He reports two bottles cost two dollars and restored her to health. Also noted are free shipping claims for buggies and harness from Elkhart Indiana, with price examples and a request for a catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
H. W
Detroit
Mich
Mr’a Co
Elkhart
Ind
W.B. Prat
Sec'y
Rheumatic Remedies and Cough Cures Featured
Prominent endorsements claim Durang's Rheumatic Remedy cures rheumatism with statements from Mrs General Sherman and General Logan. Additional notes tout Piso's Cure for Consumption and Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water, plus Reppina's Russia Salve and Higgin's salt for butter. Amounts, prices, and brands appear in old advertisements.
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Don
Grace
Moasich
Boston Fost
WIT and Wisdom
Eve
Adam
Ducky
Angel
J’ailadelphia Chrontele
Youxe
Egge
Detroit Free Press
General Sherman
John Cessna
Congress
Pennsylvania
Durang
Bedford
R. K. Helphenstine
DD. C
Isaac Thompson
Reppina
Russia
Datnyman
Higzin
Frazer
New York
Iasi
Cholea
NNCL
NSU
Battle Creek
Michigan
Aggy
S Kurmert
Ned
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinknam
Western Avenue
Lynn
Ness
Morrison, Plummer & CO
Crosley
J. Lawrence
Ohia Farmer
Aea Marvin
Jttorney
J. A. Brown
Capt. Scoté
Cleveland
Boael
H. A. Crossley
Ohio
Ferry
Klainpe
Webb
Ina Tractiony
N. W. Fitzgerald
U. 8
Washington, D.C
NTS
Hubbard “‘Bros
Ghiengo
Jay Obellit
Noe Meccauie Srademe Joonderr
Nort ‘America
Alan
Broadway
Naw
York
Tse
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlinaton
Academy OF Fine Arts
W. Cor
State
Monioa Sta
Henry F. Spreap
J. Roy Rowentsoy
J. H W. Vaxnerporn
Ine Tractor
Canvenren
W. M. Ry Faexan
Ains. F. N. Dene
W. M
Chicago Academy of Fine Arta
Price
Jules
Hall
Sam
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizon
Golden Slope
Topeka
Kansas
Wilbur
A.B. Winnon
Boston
Sarre
Field Marshal March
J.B. Claus
Fry L. EB
Winter St
Gary, Fulton & Ber
Summer St
Gane Manual Ganev T. Squier & Broker & Bro
Winto
O. D
L.a.strehl
Wabashav
Valentine Bros
Managera
Janeaville
Perry & Co
Weat St
Mass
E' Agen
Eee Jay Bmganon
Garden City Guain Exchange
Eich
W. Fitzgerald
Laud Aly
National Publishing Co
Chasen
Meee Audis Chase Pab'g Co
Toledo
Buorr
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