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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
3
The Monticello Express reports Onslow news with a busy market scene as feeders ship corn and cattle cars move to area markets. A bizarre accident injures Mr C C Overley when a butchered beef game goes awry as a neighbor fires.
Feb 1 reports include Mrs. Will Warner visiting Cascade and C M Hanna in Earlville on creamery business. Sunbeam Mission Band set for next Sabbath and Ladies Missionary society meets Feb 8 with Mrs. Mackrill. Ja s Milne Sr of Monmouth Tf1 seen, building projects in Anamosa. Hattie Moats to Dubuque millinery house. Josie Sutherland in Anamosa. sleigh drift issues near Monticello. Ezra Ketcham back from New Jersey. Blanchard from New Jersey buying horses. Lake Miller wedding attended by Geo Hubbard family and Condit Watt. Lake and Perry Miller daughter marriage to Milton Lake noted.
A wedding gathering at the Miller home celebrated Mamie Langworthy marrying Milton Lake of Cass. Neighbors and relatives, including Mrs. Bretnall and Mr. Tamlin, attended. Gifts were given and best wishes offered for the couple’s happiness and prosperity.
Langworthy and Miss Miller were married by Rev. Bretnall on a farm near Central City. Her faithfulness as organist at the M. Bi. church will be deeply missed.
Amurin February 1 notes an measles outbreak in Black Oak while cattle shippers Henry Hoyne sends a carload to Chicago. Rev Bock lectures at the Reformed church for two weeks. Rosa Lahn is critically ill with consumption. Teenager Tommy OConner, fifteen, dies after measles illness. funeral planned at the Catholic church Thursday.
CaAstaR Grove notes report J B Clark returning from Chicago on Tuesday. A sewing society meeting is recorded with Mrs J A McLaughlin on Thursday. Mrs J I Laude grew ill last Friday but is improving. Readings have been poor with occasional upsets. A K Cramer of Hopkinton visited Castle Grove relatives Thursday. Vinton of Coggon spent days with her daughter Mrs Crusinberry. W H Laude of Monticello visited at his parents’ Sunday afternoon. The cooperative creamery added an automatic weigher for skimmed milk. Stephen and Henry Pettis of Kasuta Minnesota visited Slasford farm late last week. Hog disease appeared at BP Db McLaughlin’s. most of his herd was sold weeks ago. Wiley Eberhart of Marcus Iowa, visiting, rented a farm near Hazel Green for the season. Downerville cooperative creamery stockholders to meet and elect officers at Miller schoolhouse Monday Feb 7 at 1 pm.
A January 1898 license list records marriages of Elmer BE Landis and Rett a Euellen. Charles C. Miller and Nettie Tubbs. Tim P. Plaharety and Josie Tobiason. John Pliffer and Jane Smith. Edgar L. Barber and Jennie M. Taylor. Frank E. Cambell and Gordie Ferguson. George Hart and Theresa McNamara. Hendrick Harms and Gedhuard Dine. George Teeren and Mary Monk. Wim W. Newman and Vietta Rogers. Nulls P. Margon and Clara Miller. G Husman and Katharine Houseman. Chas I. Higgins and M B. Fiedler. David G. Smith and Eirza A. Dennison. Julius Hall and Mina BE. Cook. Milton M. Lake and Mamie Miller. Peter Kehoe and Genevieve Phillips. Charles Thompson and Annie Anderson. Jacob D. Saum and Frances J. Howie.
Judge Remley enforces orderly court sessions in Marion taking charge during jury instruction and adjournment. He upholds single focus in proceedings, ensuring all questions and answers are heard by court and jury, with bailiff enforcing silence. The note adds Deputy Clerk Will E. Price facing suspension by the Clinton county board of supervisors after an inquiry found fault in county clerk records.
President D P Ripley of the Santa Fe replies to a Populist criticism of railway safety. He cites 181 U S passengers killed in 1896 and 512 million carried, arguing railways are safer overall and insurance policies reflect lower relative danger.
Our time is limited with fifteen pianos of old reliable makes in Monticello Iowa on South Cedar Street to be sold before February 28th. Cash or time terms offered. We refer to prominent citizens who have bought pianos from us. Mrs Wm Laupe and REL arrives. Grand and petit jurors listed for Anamosa court. New England crushed by a severe storm with downed lines and shipping damage and reports of several deaths.
In Scribner's February number Senator Lodge resumes the Revolution narrative with The Second Congress and the Siege of Boston. His vivid Battle of Bunker Hill depiction makes the era feel immediate to modern readers, aided by historical pictures from Pyle Peixotto Yohn and others that enhance the realism.
The January issues praise Living Age standard and announce eight 1897 numbers containing the opening chapters of the serial With All Her Heart. New subscribers for 1898 may send $6 to the Living Age Company in Boston to receive this offer.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers Mardi Gras trips from New Orleans and Mobile at 29.10 for round trip and runs Feb 14 to 20 with return validity to March 19. A Topeka Kansas buttermakers convention special offers 10 round trip tickets Feb 19 to 24 with return by Feb 28.
Unclaimed letters listed for Monticello Iowa advertised Feb 1 1898 include Maurice Ralf Tilley Eggena C Taylor Mr Irwin L T Alexander P M. House and painting and finishing ads. Also house and lot for sale No 14 original plat Monticello south of Proctor's advertised by J Jacob Jacobson and J B Sairu farm 146 acres in Castle Grove township sale via Monticello. Mrs Jang Forman for sale a fine residence Enquire of E Hicks.
An American resident in Shanghai details common Chinese breakfast items. Meat rolls and patties served with vinegar, soy, or chili dip, toasted stale rolls, doughnut fried in oil, and large sesame topped cakes baked in a jar furnace. Native and Mohammedan variants use rice flour and white American flour for pastry, reflecting foreign influence on local cooking.
An Indianapolis Journal line quotes a prodigal son-in-law asking about the late man’s final words. The reply recounts: he said he would die happy if he could get one more good kick at you, underscoring a grim, darkly humorous tone.
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press item notes a couple discussing a moonlit moment and a piano player, with a witty exchange about a piece being minor or of age. The Washington Star excerpt adds a quip about recognizing a work as mature.
A brief humorous quip notes Blubbering Tommy scolded by his mother and teased about his future wife as a mother-in-law looms. The line, quoted from Fliegende Blatter, reflects playful mockery in a family context.
A nostalgic verse praises a natural wholesome boy with freckled face and patched knees. It envisions a future man shaped by simple, sturdy virtues and a hearty appetite, hoping such a boy still exists on earth.
The undersigned offers for sale his house and lot in a quiet desirable neighborhood with a barn, seeks a quick sale at a reasonable figure. Louis Gardner offers a choice residence for sale, brick ten rooms, purchaser promptly. Inquire at Samter and Samter. The Bishop Telephone Co offers low rates for messages to Amana Ana mosa Hopkinton Prairieburg Cedar Rapids and other points. Toll office at J F Petcina's grocery.
The Musical Courier profiles Kranich & Bach as a world renowned piano maker since 1864. It notes their American quality, global presence including Mexico and South America, and a notable sale to U S Grant for a parlor grand in San Diego. The article emphasizes their reputation for reliability and businesslike handling.
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