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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
2
The Monticello Express release notes a Thursday publication schedule with a subscription price of 91.75 per year. It confirms printing every Thursday and lists the paper’s proprietors and publication details for the 1896 issue.
In Wyoming April reports cite visits by Rev Earhart and Mrs Watson, plus clerks and merchants like John Campbell and Will Waite. a G A R encampment at Cedar Rapids, rain blessings, new creamery talks, and a cornet band forming in town. Scotch Grove notes cover mill activity, deaths, sickness, Cedar Rapids trips, and a busy spring with social events.
April 28 notes report Miss Blanch Paul returning to Chicago and Probsting in nearby towns. A severe thunderstorm hit at 6 pm and another at 3 am with no damage reported. The Clay Valley Co operative Creamery Incorporation and building project is announced with listed officers. A baby dies, funeral held at M. E. church. Nearby correspondence and local notices update readers on residents, events, and condolences.
Castle Grove reports John Evans had business in Anamosa recently. Masons work on T Conollys barn. Grass and grain grow well. ground wet again. Downerville milk averages 66 cents per hundred for March. A Danish Western separator installed at the co operative creamery. Isaac Orcutt near recovery and soon home. C T Berlin reports Grundy county Missouri home pleases friends. Haley Hosford Laude Caspers shipped hogs to Chicago on Wednesday. Casperses summoned to Wayne for sister in law illness. she improving.
Mrs. John Stevenson suffered a stroke on Tuesday. Miss Clara Butler of Monticello visits her sister Mrs. J R Morrison. Mr and Mrs Henry Oaker of Scotch Grove spent weekend with daughter Mrs J W Arduser. John Platt of Rider Wallis & Co Dubuque on spring trip. Cedar Rapids reunion includes A Reichart P A Kurt Fred Lawrence J Horsch and F E Wood Jr.
OnsLow April 27 extends gratitude to friends who kindly assisted in our recent bereavement for P. J. Coburn and children.
The Forum piece explains the two Academy dictionaries the Historical Dictionary and the Dictionary of Usage. It notes the Historical Dictionary began in 1778 and will never finish, while the Usage dictionary has seven editions from 1694 to 1878. It describes language change orthography and the Academy's role to register words and reject neologisms while proceeding with six lifetime members and a perpetual secretary.
The column compares rainfall for January to April 1896 with 1895 and the 1896 normal, showing above-normal April yet a deficit since January. Other items note a depot fire risk, local society events, shop talk, and brief human-interest items.
A humorous exchange about coffee and tea reveals a joke on domestic habits. The piece ends with a note attributing a dating of creation to B C 8760.
The piece contrasts old and modern British officers, noting the shift from purchase commissions to professional standards and the improved rapport with troops. It argues abolition of purchase raised officer competence and devotes space to a lemon remedy for pulmonary disease and a Florida field guide promotion.
Unclaimed letters remain in the Monticello post office advertised April 27 1896. School report for Wayne township District No 5 covers March 30 to April 24 with 26 enrolled 13 males 18 females average attendance 21 and names Laura Jacobs Willard Himebaugh Joy Himebaugh Emma F Hallauer. Stallion Phallas Prince to visit Al Wiburz barn fair grounds May 6 7 and weekly for six weeks starting Wednesday.
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Record recalls a man alleging unjust dismissal after three years of service in a penitentiary. He asserts he was discharged for being good, while noting he did not receive fixed wages and was paid by time worked.
A young man with literary aims doubts money in stories while an architect asserts there is much value in his seven story building project shown by the Washington Star.
Notice announces bids due by 9 o clock in the morning on May 18 1896 in Anamosa Iowa for school texts and supplies across Readers Arithmetics Spellers Geographies Grammars Language Lessons and more. About 6000 pupils attended in 1894 95. Samples must be kept on file with the county auditor. The board may reject all bids or portions thereof.
In the District Court of Iowa Jones County Henry Boner and multiple Miller heirs sue for estate matters. Defendants include John D Walworth Bescon D Walworth S G Whitney Fred Woodworth and J M Woodworth as heirs and residuary legatees of Samuel Woodworth. May term 1806.
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