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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
3
Wyoming July report notes W S Cham erlain traveled to Des Moines on business and many residents visited nearby towns. A new girl arrives to the Shimerda home. Rev Isley visits Cedar Rapids. others travel to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Monticello and Washta. Aerial crossings planned and a fire loss of 140 dollars reported. a Saturday band concert draws locals.
Cass July notes report numerous visitors and social visits including J B Ratigan and Mrs Henry Thompson illness. Local events mention haying harvests and a barn struck by lightning at the Wanna farm. Minor injuries occur from a nail and a frightened horse as residents cope with recent storms and a family loss of a two day old baby girl.
J P Lane in Chicago and Dr W H Finley returns from the South. Mrs Belle Loomis visits the J F Anson family. Miss Blanche Fairburn visits Davenport. Ex Sheriff Tom Conlin stays with his mother. Genevieve Conlin goes to Dubuque with Bernice OBrien. A fire destroys J T Dunigan’s West Cascade residence. furniture mostly saved. Unusual telephones burned out by electricity in past ten days.
Center Junction and nearby areas report visits from Dr F B Kent and Mr Truston of Onslow. Miss Belle Lyons from Anamosa and Miss Bertie Norris from Des Moines visit relatives. Miss Carrie Miller from Onslow and Miss Hila Bailey from Amber also visit friends. Friday to Sunday social guests include Mrs Clarence Mills and her son from Monmouth, with Sam Thompson returning from Summer Normal duties. Prof Williams of Cornell College to speak on Christian Education at 11 AM Sunday at the M E church. Rolland Dreibelbis, now in Wisconsin, visits local friends. Home talent play Saturday night draws $142.50 in proceeds. Oren Van Slyke and wife of Cass County visit, as do Mr and Mrs Jno Krouse and son from Monmouth. Richard Williamson hosts visitors from Amber and A 44 Robertson hosts guests.
Rural Route 2 column records social calls from Harm T farm and Scotch Grove visits, a July birth to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wolf, a 40 foot bridge construction, a White Lake South Dakota marriage, illness recoveries, haying activity, and grain quality notes. Also mentions A B Tobiasson surgery recovery and a quip about monastic life from National Magazine.
German scientists claim that the material for a 150 pound man can be sourced from the whites and yolks of 1 200 hens eggs. When liquefied the average man would yield 98 cubic meters of illuminating gas and hydrogen enough to lift 155 pounds. The body contains iron for seven large nails fat for fourteen pounds of cradles carbon for 64 gross of crayons and phosphorus for 820 000 matches. Also obtainable are twenty teaspoons of silt fifty lumps of sugar and forty two liters of water.
A New York Press account describes the Gowanus canal bascule bridge lifting for passing vessels. The gates swing, the roadway rises abruptly to block the street, then drops back once the ship clears. The rapid motion startles approaching pedestrians and vehicles each time.
The Gulf of Mexico is a 1000 mile long sea bordered by the United States and Mexico with rich soils climates forests and minerals. It is described as a Mediterranean of the west with surrounding nations under republican govts and free institutions. The region’s potential is forecast as vastly richer and more influential than ancient Mediterranean powers.
The piece notes St Alban whose feast falls June 22 and St Amphibalus whose anniversary is June 23. It recalls Amphibalus as a Caerleon native, buried at Bellbourne and translated to St Albans Abbey. It mentions his cup preserved there and a blurring of names in a Westmin ster Gazette transcription.
In a worn domestic scene a tired husband reluctantly agrees to a new dress tomorrow as his wife fusses over meals slippers and a pipe. The exchange hints at underlying tension and routine control within the relationship.
The quote argues that knowledge is earned through work while all other knowledge remains a hypothesis. It suggests schools should test ideas to fix understanding rather than rely on abstract speculation.
Ex-Superintendent McCracken of Monticello and former Stuart superintendent spends vacation teaching in summer schools and normal institutes. He now chairs the Superintendents and Principals section of the State Teachers’ association.
Blackberries for sale on the bushes at the Spence farm priced at 5 cents per pound. Season opens August. Estray steer found at J. L. Ardusger’s place between May 1 and 10. A light red steer with a slit in its left ear, about two to three years old, is among the cattle and the owner is desired.
A Concord Georgia resident Gwin credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing a severe measles stomach ailment after exposure in rain. The letter thanks the remedy and endorses it publicly. A Times Washington note warns looting could follow a potential military entry.
A testimonial states three doctors failed with a child until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy brought quick improvement. Mrs Mia Johnston of Linton Mississippi endorses the product sold by O H Soetje. Lincoln Star notes Japan's approach to Korea via assimilation.
Wm A Fertwell of Lucama NC reports rapid relief after using Electric Bitters for Brights disease in the diabetes stage. He says the remedy stopped long standing liver and bladder problems and expects permanent cure. The product is guaranteed at O I Soetje and priced 50 cents. Toledo Blade quotes a rider about purchasing three watermelons in succession and doubting optimism.
A testimonial from S Jemison of Spring Grove York County Pa praises a diarrhoea remedy used for five years in his family and recommending it to others, claiming it never failed to cure. The product is for sale by O H Soetje.
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