Monticello Express Editor and Proprietor Named
The Monticello Express lists Joan Blanchard as editor and proprietor for the Monticello Iowa publication.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1880
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists Joan Blanchard as editor and proprietor for the Monticello Iowa publication.
A Bedouin named Nebar owns a famed horse that attracts many would-be buyers. Daher the sly thief disguises a beggar to steal the horse, but Nebar offers mercy and refuses to expose the method. The robber is shamed and returns the horse.
A preacher travels to New Valladolid for a few Sundays, courting Margaret Sheppard in his imagination while en route. He meets Deacon Glover and his daughter Tilly, stays with the Glover family, and notes Margaret’s absence and his growing impression of the town and people as he prepares to preach and linger through the summer.
In a reflective tale a preacher recounts life in Valladolid and New Valladolid. He admits to love for Tilly, a country girl who cared for him and became his wife after his engagement to Margaret ends in regret. he chooses a simple life over wealth.
A fragment from a Dallas Ledger column records Mary Kyle reflecting on a question about flirting with Tilly. The line shows personal doubt and social context within a domestic setting.
A compendium of estimates and statistics across regions and eras. It cites Delaware peach shipments at 8 532 000 baskets and private horticulture spendings in Britain and Ireland over 10 million dollars annually. It notes land value 상승 in South Carolina and large sporting goods production in Chicago. It also covers Buenos Aires sheep and cow counts, Russia grain losses, and future population projections for London and England Wales. It ends with England divorce and marriage trends from 1868 to 1878.
A collage of short items from various papers includes quips about freckles and mothers, a politeness admonition, Romeo and Juliet verse, a gag about a prince's ink stained name, a grim nursery rhyme mood, a charity anecdote, and a Boston waiter tale with a hungry man ordering lager.
In Talbot County a colored community picnic was interrupted when a mule, spurred by bees after kicking bee hives, caused chaos and injuries. The animal, borrowed by a man who had prior trouble with it, was untied and fled, ending the gathering. Bees swarmed volunteers as they tried to intervene.
Lapham of HS Detroit reports a remarkable pet tale as his canary and car dog, once separated for days after the bird escaped, reappear together with the dog carrying the canary in its mouth. The bird is alive and in fair health, though not lively, as of this morning.
A long Iowa data list charts livestock by county for the year with counts for each county such as Appanoose, Black Hawk, Polk, and many others. It notes total livestock figures, church relief funds, market prices, and local incidents including a Burlington boy’s duck violation fine and various local events.
A mixed page of kitchen tips and farm notes includes lubricants for wagons, baked custard and potato croquettes recipes, statistics on Ohio sheep losses to dogs, simple eye washes, the key drink for stomach sickness, cattle aphtha treatment, preserving ripe pears, timber cutting timing, tanning sheep skins, and reader notices praising remedies and inventions.
The Greatest to the World without a question Buffalo New York claims the largest private Sanitarium The Invalid Hotel was founded by Dr R V Pierce a noted statesman and originator of Dr Pierce's Family Medicines The facility cost nearly half a million dollars and offers baths Swedish movement and other therapies The World’s Dispensary Medical Association owns the operation with a London branch The Daily Advertiser Vermont touts Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as beneficial to kidney and liver ailments
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