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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1912

Page

8

Anamosa Board Approves Various County Confirmations

The Anamosa Board of Supervisors met December 2 1912 with all members present except Chairman Noyes. They approved refunds on erroneous assessments approved bonds for county officers and officials including a new justice of the peace in Fairview township and a soldier relief commissioner. The board also authorized December clerical staff and addressed transfers from the state hospital funds.

Anamosa Noyes Thomson Murfield Wyoming Yond Jrer J. H. Walch Felix F. Pickworth I. Courts State Board of Atrol Hale John ‘Omsen W. A. Hogan F. J. Cunningham L. C. Lawrence James Strickelling 3 Peace Fairview Lanship Cunningham Board of Supervisors Dentlamen Pres‘t County Ard Louis Gardner I. H. Brasted Salder Thomsen Istice of the Peace Fairview GW Preston Arthur L Remley Ricklefs & McNeil J M Young District Court GA Harper John Welch Felix F Pickworth Ann Eureka M Brown R P Clark Grand Jury S Gibbons Harper Webhb Co E Walton D L Glick J Mulvehill F Reade Hdripps S Platner Walters Joseph Colton Aojl&p Co Ann Lbr Co S$ Gibbons Hogan A Burmeister Wolf B Dominy Fox Frank Fairbanks Gophers Ernest Finch J Hughes George Gallaher Rank Kurt H Lightfoot JJ Locher George Stimson Yal Witham Huggins Jackson James Jackson Two Lanais Trustes Robertson Morse Ana Journal Eureka Coxsee Oxford Mirror Oj Bailey Evaney & Son Kearney Bros J A Smith Frank Takes Jones and Dubuque Co Hale’s Henry U Bohlken Brdgork Peter Casper Castle Grove W Day Cass Linn County Linn Jones Co Wm Flaherty Wapsie River Gorman Bridge T Leste Red Man J F Whalen West Soucup Simon Day John F W Allen Bidge Luther Inglis Frank’ Kostawheck O A Leffingwell L L Williams Oxford Two John W Allen Eldred & Wherry

Dumb Writer Feuds with a Dumb Waiter in Midnight Mishap

In this humorous piece Sparrowgrass recounts a craving for water, a locked kitchen, and a trip down a dumb waiter that ends with a broken pitcher, a ruined lamp, and a midnight scene of barking dogs and a neighbor with his pistol. The tale blends self mockery and rural habit.

Mrs. Sparrowegrass

The Miracle and a Wonder Between Paragraphs

A dialogue contrasts a wonder with a miracle through a playful exchange. The speakers joke that borrowing or returning could define each term while noting how laughter and sobriety frame daily life. The quotation closes with a Beecher sentiment on a smile bridging light and dark.

H. W. Beecher

De Wolf Hopper in Court Duel Over Acting Identity

The jurist jokes test Hopper as singer and actor in a rural courtroom. Hopper performs an onthespot scene from Horatio at the Bridge but the judge remains skeptical, declaring no proof he is a true actor. Hopper is fined but not found to be Wolf the Hopper.

Thomsen J. H. Sanderson Is. Sanderson Thomson Treasr Jones County Counbe de Wolf Hopper Hopper Hop Wolf Mr. Hopper Ike Chicago Post Shakespeare Robbie Burns Rabbie

Cutting Retort and Considerate Humor Recalled

A young shy surgeon endures a dinner jibe from a pretend twenty year old hostess who mistakes wit for skill. He replies with a neat quip, noting the guest’s misperception. A Balfour anecdote recalls General Booth halting window closures to avoid silencing worshipers before collection.

Parisian Aristocrat of Today and Old Time Apothecaries

In My Parisian Year Miss Maude Annesley notes a royalist set who disdain the republic and favor pomp. Historic apothecaries like John Archer sold tobacco as a cure all, claiming air purification and memory boost with two shillings per ounce, marketed for one pipe.

John Archer Charles Ir London Archer London Standard

Early Weather Signs and Punishing Customs in New England

The text notes barometer readings as primary to forecast, with thermometer and wind as secondary. It then cites 17th century New England punishments such as Dorothy Brown chained to a post for beating her husband, Stoneham men in stocks, Anna Ellis whipped, and a cleft stick pressed on the tongue for slander.

New York Sun Old New England Dorothy Brown Stoneham

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