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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
10
A man and woman exchange tense signals as he closes in with near actions and a kiss amid her whispered refusals. She resists with alarm yet does not vocalize a final objection, leaving the scene unresolved in the Chicago Record-Herald’s softer moral framing.
A brief Chicago News quip reports a character asking Henry about a new hat. Henry rejects returning it while a companion compliments its fit, framing a light fashion moment as a branded city notice.
A Washington family recounts a humorous porch exchange between Louise and a newcomer Elizabeth as neighbors recall Berry and Taylor families. Light sketches mix neighborhood chatter with playful regional dialects and domestic scene snippets.
A brief quip shows a young man asking a lawyer about marrying his daughter and the lawyer replying no, with a twist the man pays five dollars. The exchange captures social humor in a terse barbed tone reflecting era manners and money.
Humorous lines from Milwaukee News Philadelphia Record and others remarking on charity politics and integrity. Jokes contrast statesmen with politicians and expose attitudes toward wealth crime and social aid.
A Chicago Record-Herald item recounts a man noting a privately marked letter arriving at his home that his wife did not open while she was away attending a cousin’s wedding, seeking an explanation. The exchange centers on the unseen correspondence and its timing.
The dresser evolved from a kitchen table with shelves to a serving surface for dishes. It gained enclosure and a hood, moved to the hall, and finally merged with credence pieces into a canopied unit. By the eighteenth century the long low table form with drawers and cupboards became the sideboard name.
Joe O Rourke conducts a public sale at nine miles west of Monticello nine miles from Prairieburg and near Castle Grove Catholic church on Thursday December 11 at 10 a.m. Items include 11 horses 66 cattle 70 hogs farm equipment hay and grain with 25 brood sows 55 feeders 30 tons hay 900 bushels corn 500 oats and 7 bushels seed corn. Terms cash under $10 and bankable notes at 7 percent. Frank Byrne H S Richardson Auctioneer. Clerk.
A collection of classified items lists auctions and sales with details on locations near Sand Spring Monticello Ryan Langworthy and Langworthy plus places like Castle Grove Catholic church and Gill Street. Entries include livestock corn oats hay machinery and household goods with dates in December and organizers such as Col L P Waddick and Mrs M McLaughlin.
W. W. Stickford of Monticello Iowa urges Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion as a safe alcohol free tonic for children and the sick. The ad claims it strengthens nerves blood and body and offers a money back guarantee if not helpful, sold at The Rexall Store in the local community.
On December 3 1913 a paper claiming to be the last will and testament of Friedrich Burrichter was filed in Jones County Iowa. The court sets December 1 1913 as the final probate date for proof and admission to probate at the November term. interested parties may appear and contest. Clerk G A Fisher notes the notice. attorney J W Doxsee represents the estate.
Amber residents report several moves and travels. Pete Bahnson buys a Hayfield farm and plans to move by early March. Lloyd Robertson will study in Hopkinton this winter. Frank Bailey transported sheep to Chicago. Philip and Phil Bailey visited Cedar Rapids. Charles Gray shipped hogs to Chicago. Leola Hayden visited Alex Robertson over the weekend. Lee Lincoln spent time in Monmouth last week. Mike Fauet plans a move to Springville.
Dec 8 1913 sale begins 10 a m offering 26 cattle 4 horses 23 brood sows 1800 bu corn 500 bu oats 15 tons hay farm tools and equipment. Terms cash for 10 and under, over 10 with 12 month bankable notes at 7 percent. Deitrick Dirks Capt Tarbox Auct. Clerks Fay Lovell Gerd Harms Mention of Rev Frank L McKean guest of C B McKean.
Clerk Fisher issued licenses during the past week to A B Pelle y and Ollie Ferring from Monticello Wm G Behrends and Rena M Paulsen of Monticello Oscar Ambuehl and Johanna E Rickels of Monticello, all current residents.
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