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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
3
Rural route petition cited by Clay township residents
Correspondence from Onstow December reports school closing for two weeks and Christmas visits by Prof. Cameron Cedar Rapids and Prof. Walred. Mentions Sokol family Monmouth and local Mr. Overly residence sale, postmasters resignations, and college students home for holidays. A special rain moved stock cars from the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstow
Jas. Forsyth
Clinton
John Cameron
Cedar Rapids
Walred
Des Moines
Barnum
Geo. Sokol
Monmouth
Clay Township
Rhinehart
Abby
Anamosa
Russells
Win. Reade
Spencer
N. Holst
J. M. Paul
Johnson Bros
Jake Lazier
Peter Schmalfeldt
J. R. Wasson
Henry Welch
Clay Ford
Clay Mills
Scroggie
Lester Russell
Ames
John Sokol
Dr. Stoffel
Chicago
Vera Pant
Laura Coburn
Ella Horton
Grace Duncanson
Fannie Green
Cedar Falls
Local notes from Castor Grove area reflect church, farming and weather
Castor Grove reports include a new chapel ready for plasterers, cattle shipments, hog house paint, farm leasing on shares and a bronco injury. Christmas visits from Monticello relatives, travel to Greenfield Iowa, and a Center Junction quarterly meeting set for January. A West Point obituary of Rev R E Neal is noted with funeral details. Major Holmes faces ruin from politics and seeks a pension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castor Grove
T. J. Hogan
O. F. Hosford
Frank Howie
Chas. Hogg
Alta Black
M. McLaughlin
C. J. McLaughlin
Monticello
Castle Grove
J. A. Howie
Alfred Laude
Greenfield
Iowa
Lottie Laude
Major Holmes
Congress
Boone
Mr. Holmes
A Sleepy Guest
A Chicago judge visiting Hyde Park dines with friends but falls asleep in a large chair. His hostess, newly married, endures a silent evening until she ascends in anger, later learning her husband slept nearly an hour. She laments that she talks so much it put people to sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hyde Park
Lfe
Chicago News
Ancient Army Roles and Phalanx Tactics Summarized
The piece notes Charles XII’s reorganization of artillery into ranks and companies, cites Pavia showing gun superiority over armored knights, and outlines ancient cavalry types. It recounts Alexander the Great refashioning his father’s forces, details unit hierarchies from file to phalanx, and describes Greek phalanx assault with interlocked spears and advancing swords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles XII
Sweden
Pavia
Alexander
Alexander the Great
Vearson
Not the Conventional Woman in a Clever Bank Encounter
A bank cashier confronts a stranger who presents a check and, after a sharp exchange, is reframed by the woman as a boastful neighbor. She teases him about domestic woes and finally hands over the money with a loud cough as the scene ends.
Sayings of Children Reported by Chicago News
Collections of playful lines from young kids. A boy prefers his kilt over trousers because he feels lonely in pants. A mother leaves her four year old at home and the child says he feels like a widower without her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Bobby
A Jest at Dinner Ends in a Wife’s Conspiracy
A group with a jester at a fashionable cafe devises a prank on a wife by instructing a waiter to call her with a story that the husband is in the police station for hours and may not return for dinner. The joke hinges on a lie about the husband’s whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Cleveland
Fires Endanger Monticello Shops After Lamp Incident
Last Friday in Monticello a gasoline lamp in W F Bingham’s jewelry shop ignited but was dumped into the street to avert a conflagration. Moments later Hicks and Eilers’ dry goods store caught fire, tearing down hangings and burning silk handkerchiefs and Christmas notions. a plate glass window was ruined. The second lamp in the window was unlit, and Mr. Eilers suspects a lit match caused the blaze in the window display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
W. F. Bingham
Hicks & Eilers
Holiday and Real Estate Notices from Monticello Region
Multiple classifieds offer farms for rent or sale near Hazel Green and Monticello Iowa and Wisconsin. Listings include a 160 acre farm with wind mill near Argand church, a Monticello residence for sale, a cedar rapids area farm, and a sawmill for sale. Holiday excursion rail fares promoted by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and Nickel Plate Road for Christmas and New Year travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argand
J. Lane
Monticello
Towa
Peculiar effects of an engagement ring on a young woman
London Answers notes how a newly acquired engagement ring alters a woman’s behavior. She hides the ring in private, frets over it, and hallmarks a shift from coy secrecy to public flaunting as the token becomes part of her daily life. The piece observes repeated anxieties and recoveries tied to the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tour of all Mexico In Pullman's Finest Cars
Luxurious 38 day group trip through southern Mexico by vestibuled Pullman cars with observation and dining services. Includes all expenses, starts January 22 from Chicago. Organized under American Tourist Association with Beau Campbell, General Manager, and tickets via Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Pullman
Tropics
Chicago
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marquette Buiding
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Holiday Tickets Via Nickel Plate Road Offer
Holiday vacations tickets issued to all points in Central Passenger Association territory at a fare and a third for the round trip. Sales on day of closing school and the day before, with return by date school reconvenes but not after January 8, 1901. Information from John Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago stations. Dec 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Monticello
Nickel Plate Road
Central Passenger Association
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
van Buren St
Pacific Ave
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Fostoria
Erie
American Tourists Association Puerto Rico Tours
The American Tourists Association announces two escorted tours of Puerto Rico by rail carriage automobile and boat. Pullman cars depart Chicago January 17 and February 14 at 9 50 am, joining Ponce and San Juan steamships from New York shortly after. Tickets include all rail steamship dining hotel and transfers with no extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Tourists Association
Puerto Rico
Chicago
Ponce
San Juan
New York
Islands
Beau Campbell
Marquette Building
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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Center Junction
C. L. Gould
H. J. Wyatt
Win, Allen
Nebraska
R. F E. Neal
Neala
West Point
R. E. Neal
H. H. Millard
Grand Island
M. E
Kellogg
Beemer
Scribner
Clarks
Bank Enashier
Virago
Henry
Chicago Tribune
Frank B. Dickey
Hazel Green
HH. M. Tray
G. H. Grover
Jutf Jon Grnson
Co. W., Brown
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Savannah
el Paso
Tex
Engagement
Standard Oil
Onslow
Jor. B. Hurron
Jones County
LLO
Lee
Cc. W. Brown
Lowell State Bank
Anticello
Jones
State
Davenport
State OF
Towas
George L. Lovell
J. 8. Hall
R. CO. Stirton
George L. Lovett
J.8. Hanna
R. C. Stirton
Geo. L. Lovell
J. 38
Leonano Arduser
Socnooppe
J. W. Doxsee
H. Sandhouse
W. A. Mirick
Barr’s Oysters
Petit & Williams
O. C. Hunter, Propr
Monticello State Bank
U.S
Cs. Csee
Dubuque
Cedar
Any Ag
Farwell
F. M. Hicks
H. M. Carpenter
F.M. Hicks
Beal
R. P.sarra
H. Soetie
E. Sarles
WM. Stubler
G. H. Grorge
Mundell’s
East First Street
Star Clothing House
Inter Ocean
United States
Army Life
Laffan News Bureau
Collier’s
Illustrated Journal
Hall Caine
Collier’s Weekly
West Thirteenth Street
New York City
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Europe
Africa
Asia
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Madison Street
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