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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
2
The Monticello Express reports Judge Stacy's visit, Mrs. McDaniel's death at 78 with funeral details, and long resident notes. Local improvements, threshing, and crop shortfalls are listed alongside events in Onslow and nearby areas.
Fred Crane visited Vinton a week ago. Frank Yule is sick with typhoid threat. Eva Holmes of Clinton visits sister Mrs. W. Jacobus. James Milne of Monmouth NL stays with Mrs. Bray, his daughter. Five youths rode to church Sunday after sundown. DeForest Crane leaves for Cleveland Ohio. McKinley flag flies at the Center, a banner for the next four years.
Langworthy notes announce a quarterly meeting at the Langworthy church next Sunday. Mr and Mrs R Batchelder expect visitors from California. A large attendance went to the Anamosa fair and praised it. Jack Frost appeared Sunday night for the first time this fall. A bouncing boy was welcomed by Mr and Mrs W H Hughes. Mr and Mrs Monck celebrate a ten pound boy. Gold democrats present, and few free silver republicans noted in the area.
Aug 25 update lists Alex Rice displaying crayon and pastel work at the fair. Mrs. Rice and children visit Center Junction. George Sutherland Sr. of Monticello visits friends. Rev Robinson and family spend Sabbath with Mr A Sinclair. Rev Russell schedules services Aug 30 at 2 30 pm and Sept 6 at 11 am. News of Chas Moses illness asthma a birth at Webster home. Schools start next Monday. Young teaches Center, Myrtle Clark Rocky Ridge. Roland Glenn moves to Monticello for daughter Jennie to see doctor. A neighborhood horse race track accident is chronicled.
Miss Ola Moore visited near Manchester. Mr J A McLaughlin to occupy a new house soon. Townspeople attended the Anamosa fair last week. Cramer family reunites at A W Cramer home with thirty three members. Oats yield 35 to 50 bushels per acre though quality light. Several Castle Grove residents and visitors from Goose Lake Scotch Grove Monticello and Buck Creek appear in notes.
The town announces a trip to the Jones County Fair on Thursday and notes residents visiting relatives, returning students, and band rehearsals. Sirens and a late horse incident provoke a warning as authorities may enforce the town’s quiet hours.
Threshing is progressing well in the Amber vicinity. Ed and Frank Farragher visited Stone City. Mrs. Clark of Center Junction visits her daughter Mrs. Ed Wartman. Grandpa and grandma Bradley Dr. and Mrs. Potter and Mr. Dirks attended Latter Day Saints conference in Fulton. Mr. Armitage of Summer Iowa hospitalized at Anamosa Sanitarium for aunt Mrs J C Ramsey. Minehart and Leslie completed a 306 foot well for Mr Strawman with 114 feet water. planned Dandy windmill tower and tubular pump.
A local proponent of free coinage proclaims the country needs free money and brandishes silver coins in a push to expose a counterfeit Mexican dollar. He chases a man who cheated him out of 48 cents, using the only specimen of free coinage available locally.
Monticello Aug 21 1896 The board met at the call of the president with members Stirton Sarles Bacher Noyes Hicks and Hunter present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved Bills were allowed and orders drawn for repairs cleaning labor wire operation and desks including Joe Peterson W H Lambert WB Slown CL Van Meter Geo Russell Jas A Young Pat White Monticello Electric Co School Furnishing Co Jackson freight and related items. The meeting adjourned. Rt P Smirag Secy.
The passage describes Moses parts the sea as the Hebrews cross on a dry path while Egyptian pursuers drown. It notes Israel’s deliverance, the cloud’s shade, and Ramses’ men overwhelmed by waves and tidal advance. The article shifts to union evangelist plans with Rev. D. M. Hartsough and Iowa corn crop notes.
The Jones County Fair opened last Tuesday at Monticello with strong receipts, full stalls, and a busy schedule. Entries are excellent across horse, cattle, pig, and poultry classes, with nine starters in the free-for-all horse race Friday. Local events feature the Spiral artist Harry LaRose and a variety of displays including crafts and band music. Notable notes include the pinkeye outbreak among horses, a death in New Harmony, and local civic actions such as a caucus for Scotch Grove Republicans.
A witty note from the Detroit Free Press on marriage altering a man’s view of his partner. Will recalls lovers’ flattery. now Maud’s cheeks are compared to a beet after marriage.
Witty remarks from newspapers note the perils of a good natured man growing complacent and the pitfalls of high art photography. Uncle Eben jokes that constant kindness can breed self satisfaction. A Chicago Record quip mocks requiring a deposit for a photo.
A Texas colonel leaves his bumptious nephew a joke bequest of the earth in his will. The nephew sues for the estate claiming the earth, but heirs and a sharp lawyer contest the clause. Ultimately the nephew is bought out for a large sum and rides in his own carriage. The tale cautions that jokes have no place in a will.
A short, curt fragment quotes a St. Paul Dispatch line musing on the value of life and the sense of lingering to witness what follows death.
Local ad touts Actioneer in Oxford Junction offering sales and guaranteed satisfaction with moderate charges. Invites readers to write for prices and references, claiming to provide the best in the state.
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