A Glimpse of Monticello in April 1874
April events in Monticello and area include weddings of Oscar Wright to Emma Williams and Abraham Gehr to Polly Anna Hubbard. A. M. Estey & Co. dissolved, towns pass alcohol bans, a large temperance meeting raises funds, and a snowier than usual season brings 3 inches at month end. The Fair association advances race track work and a floral hall, while a fatal scissors accident claims Mrs. Richardson.
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Monticello
Express
M. W. Herrick
O. W. Gurney
George Miller
Oscar Wright
Emma Williams
M. M. Moulton
A. R. Coxsee
Isaac Rigby
Ella Langworthy
New York City
Solomon Turck
Edward Hoyt
Norway
A. M. Estey & Co
A. M. Estey
J. O. Duer
Hopkinton
Wyoming
Elizabeth Ellen
Thomas L
Catherine EB. Williams
Abraham Gehr
Polly Anna Hubbard
Jesse Hessell
W. D. Boswell
F. X. Miller
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fair Association
First Street
Proctor
Bentley Clark
Mary Joslin
William Joslin
the Express
Biasell
Marion
Richardson
Thomas Schoonover
Wayne Township
Kate ER. Davenport
Monti- Gello
L. O. Gale
Sailboat wind propulsion paradox explained by physics expert
Garrett P. Serviss explains that placing a large electric fan on a sailboat cannot move the boat forward. The fan’s air detaches and retraces its effect as a reaction on the boat, so unless the air acts as a free wind from outside, the boat will be pushed backward or nothing moves.
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Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Teachers Named for Spring Term in Adjacent Townships
A list details spring term teacher assignments by township and number. Lovell No 1 Edna Wenger No 2 Margaret Greer No 3 Ethel Taylor No 4 Alice Hanawalt No 6 Hazel Harrington No 7 Josephine Myer No 8 Fern Hubbard No 9 Lydia Bader Wayne No 2 Jennie Birk No 3 Pansy Carter No 4 Maizie Myer No 5 Laura Moore No 6 Irma Sanford No 7 Mary E Powers No 8 Grace Farragher No 9 Bernice Rodman Castle Grove No 11 Monica Evers No 2 Lois Cowan No 3 Mary Kehoe No 4 Katrina Morse No 5 Blanche Fairbanks No 6 Alice Deischer No 7 Mary Waddick No 8 Gwendolin Gavin No 9 Margaret Maire Richland No 1 Sadie Lane No 2 Stasia Henneberry No 3 Doris Northrup No 4 Eda Hein No 4 Ada Moore No 5 Pauline Power No 7 Louise Leonard Scotch Grove No 1 Rose Fagan No 2 Nellie Sutherland No 8 Emma Wilcox No 4 Doris Brown No 5 Louise Brierbach No 6 Lavina English No 7 Jessie Smith No 8 Mariam Rice No 9 Caroline Walterbach
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Lovell
Edna Wenger
Margaret Greer
Ethel Taylor
Alice Hanawalt
Hazel Harrington
Josephine Myer
Fern Hubbard
Lydia Bader
Wayne
Jennie Birk
Pansy Carter
Maizie Myer
Laura Moore
Irma Sanford
Mary E. Powers
Grace Farragher
Bernice Rodman
Castle Grove
Monica Evers
Lois Cowan
Mary Kehoe
Katrina Morse
Blanche Fairbanks
Alice Deischer
Mary Waddick
Doris Brown
Louise Brierbach
Lavina English
Jessie Smith
Mariam Rice
Caroline Walterbach
Monticello Tops Wyoming In 18-Inning Opener
The season opener at Monticello featured Monticello beating Wyoming 12 to 11 in 18 innings. Pitcher Tom Kingsley starred for Monticello with eighteen or nineteen strikeouts while Wyoming used Reitz McMurren and Levsen as pitchers.
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Monticello
Wyoming
T. Kingsley
Hollingeworth
Hubbard
Hall
Dentrick
W. Kingaley
Templeton
Locher
A Cathedral Singer Opens May Century Magazine
James Lane Allen returns to fiction with the idyl A Cathedral Singer in the May Century Magazine. The issue features seven stories from new and established authors including Ruth McEnery Stuart and L Frank Tooker while Col Young, famed for his Spanish War front work, is now in the South.
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New York
James Lane Alen
Kentucky
May Century
Mr. Allen
Ruth McEnery Stuart
L. Frank Tooker
Towa City
Col. Young
Gat
Correcting the Judge and Public Allegations
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a judge questioning whether remarks were scaimonious while a reply defends not disputing the act but denies deceit. Quotations from De Bonald Lovett and a Philadelphia Press line reflect on time wasted and love’s leveling but with humor about the lover’s head.
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Lovett
Philadelphia Press
A Life Quote Exchange Between Howard and Lord Chesterfield
A brief book note cites a witty exchange about autographing every library book and valuing time. The dialogues hint at discipline in borrowing and enjoying each moment, attributed to Howard and Lord Chesterfield.
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Howard
Lord Chesterfield
Luck in Photography Declared No Luck at All
A photographer rebuts that luck has no place in modern photography. He explains photography is a precise science with photometer exposure tables thermometers and timed developing. He notes experience and proper equipment yield reliable results rather than luck, a view echoed by a Philadelphia Ledger quote.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Area of the lungs and artificial pneumothorax findings
A Boston Herald summary reports physiologists show life can continue with greatly reduced lung capacity. Experiments by Courmont and in a Paris hospital indicate people can function with as little as one quarter to one sixth of normal lung capacity and still live without oxygen deficiency.
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Courmont
Paris
Boston Herald
Lights of Mars Signals Explained by Color Flashes
The Mars lights are explained as daylight color mingling on its surface. Opal hues mixed with pearl white rose saffron and robin's egg blue create flashes when sun rays hit at angles, misread as signals. The Christian Herald notes they are not new phenomena.
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Mars
Chritsian Herald
Her Greatest Trial Burglar Alarm Marriage
A woman reveals to a friend the hardships of life with a burglar alarm husband after surviving measles chickenpox typhoid fever rheumatism and influenza. The quip underscores that true misfortune began with marriage to a noisy guardian of property.
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Pearson's Weekly
Class Structure in Russia Counts Peasants and Aristocracy
The passage argues there is no true upper middle class in Russia. Society divides into peasants or aristocracy, with court precedence based on official government position rather than inherited rank.
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Russia
What He Made of It First Physician
A brief dialogue from the Philadelphia Ledger presents a physician asking if anything can come from a patient’s trouble and another doctor suggesting a potential profit of about $500 per person if managed in the right way.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Distinguishing Mark Frustrates Detective in Puzzling Case
A detective questions a father about a runaway boy and learns the boy resembles his father. The remark prompts the detective to admit the likeness may be more a handicap than a distinction.
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H’m
Caruso Declines Morgan Dinner Invite in Homely Refusal
The Boston Herald recalls Enrico Caruso turning down an offer from the late J Pierpont Morgan to sing at a Morgan dinner. He said he could not oblige as he had invited his lifelong friend Leonora to dinner the same night.
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Caruso
J. Pierpont Morgan
Enrico Caruso
Leonervallo
Boston Herald
Wit of Beau Brummel a Smart Dandy of Wit and Style
The piece praises Beau Brummel for self possession wit and humor more than dress. It notes his looks and good humor and cites Leon Vincent’s Dandies and Men of Letters. It recalls Brummel’s quip to Byng about a family vehicle and a poodle.
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Beau Brummel
Leon H. Vincent
Byng
Brummet
A Lesson in Natural History Indulgent grandfather entertains grandchildren with animal book
A grandfather turns pages to teach about animals and highlights the kangaroo. A child quips that the kangaroo has the largest tail, saying it is “all tail” for the snake. Icebergs are described with sighting distances under various conditions. A cynical exchange in a humor piece ends with a quip about engagement and marriage.
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Indianapolis News
Final Reports in Jones County Estates Listed
Final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in Jones county estates have been filed with the Clerk of the District Court. A hearing and approval are set for May 11, 1914 at the court in Anamosa Iowa.
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District Court
Jones County
A. Ambuehl, Snr
Peter Meyer
Edward O'Rourke
Lawrence O'Rourke
J. W. CoxSee
Nancy J. Wills
Archibald K. McMaster
Matthew McMaster
Anamosa
Iowa
G. A. Fisher
Jones County road tour pledges first class state highway
Mechanicsville supervisor Jas Murfield inspected the southern Jones county area and pledged to build the best possible state road from the Jones Cedar line to Anamosa. He awarded a cutting contract near the Fred Pieper place and contracted D H Pieper for dragging and grading to the Fall corner, aiming to keep the road in top condition.
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Mechanicsville
England’s political confusion hinted in dry wet campaign
The notice suggests that political confusion will intensify when a wet and dry campaign reaches the island, highlighting rising tensions and likely controversies in upcoming public debates. The snippet implies a broader confrontation between political factions and public policy.
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St. Louis
Board of Thanks for Kind Aid After Sudden Bereavement
Mrs. J Balster and children express gratitude to friends for assistance and sympathy during the sudden bereavement.
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Balster
Mortgages and Monticello Stock From Tiarks Estate
For sale good real estate mortgages bearing 6 percent interest in amounts of 3000 3500 6500 and 6620 dollars. Selected mortgages from the H Tiarks estate and 16 shares of Monticello Canning Co stock. Executors O H Soetje Rickles Gerdes.
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H. Tiarks
Monticello Canning Co
O. H. Soetje
Rickles Gerdes
Card of Thanks for Mrs. John Stutt
The children thank friends for kindness shown at the death and funeral of their mother Mrs. John Stutt.
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John Stutt
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Chicago Examiner
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Chicago Sunday Tribune
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