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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
8
The advertisement promotes boys garments with durable fabrics and stylish patterns. Overcoats feature shawl and convertible collars with belted backs. Suits include Norfolk and Knickerbocker styles with plain coats and pants.
Emil Oriva age 23 of Los Angeles marries Pauline Oriva age 23 of Portland. Clerk R S Sparks notes the license then knits a tangled family tree where marriage ties loop back to create in laws as nephews become husbands and siblings become parents. The piece depicts a sprawling, absurd kinship web.
An American attache in Paris cites a marriage de convenance tale. Clarimonde tells her parents she accepts M Blanc, but the mother warns that the fortune is tied to his grandfather and will delay inheritance. Clarimonde insists it is the grandfather she has accepted, provoking shock.
Irish painter John Lavery born in Belfast is often mistaken for a Scot after Glasgow upbringing. A Scots art collector bought Lavery’s works and laughed at aiding a “brother Scot” before Lavery revealed his Irish birth. He joked he was Scottish enough to delay clarifying until the check cleared.
Health ad touts Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion as a safe strength builder for old people without alcohol or drugs. It promises nourishment via pure olive oil and hypophosphites, notes a money back guarantee if no improvement after trial, and identifies W. W. Stickford of Monticello Iowa as the local seller.
The water vine climbs ceiba and mahogany trees in the Guatemala jungle. It is a black leafless stem that yields a quart of clear water per foot when cut, with moisture drawn up from the soil and filtered through the plant.
The Kansas City Journal quotes a multimillionaire proposing a village for the peasantry to accompany a manor house. He insists the village be restricted with annual earnings at least $5,600 to qualify.
Walter Maun der and J. R. A. S&S argue against Martian habitability in Are the Planets Inhabited? They describe Mars as icebound nightly with days near freezing and a rare atmosphere. Seasonal seas are shallow ice depressions fed by small streams, not oceans.
A Washington Star joke has a bride and groom bantering about a dedication. The groom imagines a book to the bride, she replies with wit that he will still dedicate a check book. The exchange plays on marriage and humor.
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in listed estates have been filed in the Clerk of the District Court Jones County Iowa. A December 20 1918 final hearing and approval before the court is set. Anyone may appear file exceptions and show cause. Included is the final report of Frank Kehoe executor of Annie Kehoe estate dated December 11 1913.
Special execution issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Jones County Iowa directs sale of defendant properties to satisfy a $12 493 57 claim plus costs. The sale occurs December 0 10 o'clock at the courthouse in Anamosa with proceeds covering judgment costs.
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