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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
8
In the autumn of 1898 the stalled romance of Lt. Gerard Stuyvesant widens as Miss Perkins pressures access to General Drayton. A tense pursuit through Manila ends with Perkins confronting a deserter rumor and Stuyvesant escaping to a volatile street scene near a native billiard hall.
Des Moines readers receive a cornucopia of statewide items. Counties lag in state hospital costs for inebriates and the auditor presses collection. Iowa Corn Growers plan seed packages. Reed's Yellow Dent seed sent to about 200 000 farmers. Supreme Court upholds district formation while insurance costs face state scrutiny. University and normal schools push buildings and standards. Spanish American war pensions and Roosevelts visit loom large in a broad county scene.
Miss Dessie Van Nest of Wiltin Ohio plans to dispose of her pet Cherry a spotted lynx once a catamont at cat shows. The animal grew to about thirty pounds with agile leaps and bold behavior drawing neighbors and even dogs into wary circles. Cherry feeds on beef and poultry and has learned to fear punishment, while trainer efforts aim to subdue its wild instincts for possible zoological quarters.
A New York Tribune report explains why lions tigers and leopards born in captivity may be more dangerous than forest bred stock. Trainers fear captive beasts losing fear of man and humans losing awe of them.
A dialogue fragment shows Castleton asking what to do after unpaid bills. The reply: threaten to take trade elsewhere, reflecting a merchant dispute cited by the Detroit Free Press.
The article notes Cedar Falls physicians publish and display price lists for every service and adhere to them, uniting across schools except osteopathy to deter nonpaying patients. It also reports a fatal accident in Charlotte and Captain Hiram Chittenden’s assignment to the Philippines with Co. M of the Third Battalion engineers.
A fragmentary tale follows Freddie venturing into woods for hunting and fun. He encounters a robber's cave on a mountain side where a criminal chief holds gold and a captive Freddie. His mother calls that the tasks are finished as Freddie escapes from the woodpile with his gun.
A Philadelphia Press snippet recalls Mr Skinner the grocer tying a sugar package as a customer recalls a remark about off hand methods. The exchange ends with a reminder that the customer noted his hand was on the sugar during weighing.
A man in Oreron on the coast found a stranded young seal and nursed it in a tank after it refused to return to the sea. The seal showed affection nightly, whimpering at the wharf until the man freed it back to its native waters.
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