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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1902

Page

4

Monticello Express subscription rates

The Monticello Express lists a weekly Thursday edition with J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor and an annual subscription price of 1.75 dollars per year.

Local notes from Castle Grove and surrounding areas

Correspondence from Castle Grove April 8 reports illnesses including pneumonia and ailing residents, a school term to be led by T F Waddick, attendance at a Foresters ball, farm purchases in Linn county, and insurance and tax actions. Also notes mail volume, seed sales, church visits, pork and hog prices, and wagon tire services offered by C H Huntington Jr of Cascade Iowa.

Castle Grove Berga Boyd Deischer John Walston Center Junction T. F. Waddick Foresters Monticello John Barrack Emmet Hall Linn County C. A. Thomas North Dakota Arthur Fairbanks Eldrige Cedar Rapids J. S. Houser Chicago Life Insurance Co Des Moines Board of Equalization W.C. Kehoe A. C. King Mr. King W. K. Wilds Delaware J. C. Silsbee Jonathan Fadley Mr. Silsbee Oklahoma Noyes C. H. Huntington Jr Cascade Iowa

Community notes from Wrominea April dawns with updates

Ex Supervisor Robert Inglis of Hale is ill but hoped to recover. Dr George Inglis of Monticello travels to Hale to visit his father. The Wyoming Telephone Co. wins a franchise at the municipal election and pledges good service. Morse Bros prepare a wagon to sell goods on the road. School resumes after vacation with strong work led by C Gray and teachers. Local events include illness in Stanwood and gardening by Rev E G Waite. G A R and W R C plan a birthday gathering for C B Gridley and C B Hopkins. Presbyterian church and society held an annual meeting with a noon harvest feast and officer elections.

Wrominea Robert Inglis Hale George Inglis Monticello Wyoming Telephone Co Morse Bros C. Gray Henry Garrison W.S. Garrison Stanwood E. G. Waite C. B. Gridley C. B. Hopkins The Presbyterian Church and Society

Community notes from Center Junction and Cass area

Local items recount visits and travel from Center Junction to Allamakee county and Boone. Residents issue updates on teaching, health, and social events including a Epworth League fundraiser and lodge bull. They also note moves, marriages, and deaths in neighboring Cass community.

Brown family welcomes Kansas visitor as town forms new council

Onstow April 8 the Brown family hosts a young Kansas grandson while Mayor Hall leads a new council. The first action is a town well planned for Center of Main Street at Elm Street intersection.

Onstow E. E. Brown Kansas Main Street Elm Street

Mixed gladioli and canna bulbs for sale near South Railroad Street

John Ringgeli offers one and a half lots of gladioli and canna bulbs at his residence on South Railroad Street. Gladioli 25 cts per dot and canna bulbs 5 to 15 cts each. Also listing dairy cows and Red-Polled bulls for sale three miles west of Langworthy.

Gro. A Gill South Rail Langworthy

Water rents due May 1 1902 and payment window

Water rents are due by May 1 1902 and must be paid within 30 days. R Cartano water superintendent notes Oak Woods Cemetery finances showing cash on hand April 1 1901 receipts from lot sales and payments for labor street materials and tiles leaving a balance on hand April 7 1902. Also mentions T A King guarding at Anamosa penitentiary taking a few days in Monticello. praised for steady work with no prior absence since last May.

R. Cartano Oak Woods Cemetery T. A. King Anamosa Pententiary Monticello

Uncrowned Queens in English History

English history notes seven queens of England never crowned due to finances or politics. Margaret of France, Henry VIII wives, Henrietta Maria, and Caroline of Brunswick are cited for reasons from expense to religious choices and spousal veto. The Washington Post adds a final jab about Bryan.

England Margaret France Edward I Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Henrietta Maria Charles I Caroline of Brunswick George IV Westminster Abbey

Ropes of Hair Rope from St Kilda Girls Draw Fabled Value

In St Kilda Hebrides young men weave hair ropes from beloved girls for cliff swinging. Ropes mix hemp, wool, horsehair and human hair, with lengths up to forty to fifty feet. A collector offered 125 pounds for such a cord covered in red hair from generations of family heads, but the offer was rejected.

St. Kilda Hebrides

Home Remedy Ends Cough and Throat Irritation

Old fashioned cough remedy endorsed by several physicians. Recipe uses gum arabic sugar lemon juice and hot water simmered then bottled for teaspoon doses. Also includes humorous short anecdotes about Pat and a misread love note and a Danish commission arriving in London to study British military bands.

London

Cream Flour Sold At Model Store

A seller advertises a sack of Cream flour for sale at the Model store.

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J. W. Doxsee Atiber Ameer Robert Williamson Lillian Farragher Fairview Kid O'Toole Harms Livingston C. M. Wheat Wyofing C. Sutherland Allamakee County Casse Boone May Kent Genevieve Shipley Vaughn Onslow Mary Cotler Hazel Green Courtney Cass Silas Sams Emory Condit W.J Will Austin Fred Houstman Wayne Eva May Helmer Anamosa Geo. Benton's Hetty Brown Hugh Cunningham, Jr John Ringgeli Mites ConTon Bryan Washington Post Majestic Cooking Exhibition Majestic Eastwood & Chase Iowa Thirty-sixth Indiana Dallas Pat Gross General Gross Mary Ann Belinda Cleveland Plain Dealer Eurekas Standard Oil Co Chicago C., M. & St. P. R.y. Parrott Shiloh S. C. Wells & Co le Roy N. Y Karl Henney Buggies W.f.rohn Monticello State Bank Jones Davenport Dubuque New York Sioux City Boston Lowell State Bank Onticello Meas Aia ESOE Wanes Total Assets Peter State OF Iowa Jones County S. Farwell I. M. Hicks H. M. Carenter Farwell F. M. Hlicks M. Carpenter F. M. Hicks H. M. Carpenter R. P. Smith S. E. Sarles Stahler O. H. Soetie State OF Bay Jones County George L. Lovell R. . Stirton Grorae L. Lovell R. C. Shirron Geo. IL Hall’s Hardware BAKER District Court Priscilla Condon A. D Mertie Fink J. W. Doxser Esther Ely Reuben Ey J. W. Coxsee C.H. Schipman Merchant Tailor Sout Sinz Monticevo D. Mundell Lovell State Bank Lowe Brothers CO Dayton A. Kempf Monticello, Lowa Prussian Remedy CO ST. Paul Minn Jopaussian George Stuhler & Sons Monticello, Iowa
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