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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1899
Page
4
The Jones County Teachers' Association lists a February 11 program at Monticello High School in the new room. Fore noon sessions feature local educators and readings. afternoon includes business, announcements, officer election, and talks on teaching, parent responsibility, and the spring institute.
Scotch Grove notes report James Milne of Monmouth Ill visiting on business. Mrs. P M Himebaugh suffers blood poisoning in her hand. Willie Sutherland recovers from inflammatory rheumatism. Mrs. Alex Rice and daughters visit Center Junction. Mrs A P Moats travels to Brainerd Minn for her brother's ill wife. Alex Grey family move to Ames for Agricultural College work. T F Sturtevant family moves to Fuller farm. J B Sturtevant buys Jim Mead place and takes possession March 1.
H. C. DeWitt was home over Sunday. Ed Sprague and wife visited in town over Sunday. W. G. Wherry was a Cedar Rapids visitor. Chas Walston of Hale did business in town last Friday. Dr. A Bradley of Maquoketa was in town over Sunday. Park Chamberlain made a business trip to Anamosa last Friday. Y. D. Evans of Davenport was in town visiting friends over Sunday.
The board met in regular session with Hicks Noyes Stirton Lawrence present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Bills were approved, including W B Sloan one month salary DE Pond 2000 insurance Proctor Coal Co Jackson Preight Butler Sheldon & Co Monticello Eleo Co repairs clock and tile costs. The committee on supplies was authorized to buy two copies of Webster's International Dictionary with holders for school use. The meeting adjourned.
The Edward Flynn farm is offered for sale in Castle Grove township Jones county with 80 acres and 20 acres of timber land. Terms apply to Henry CaLtallan Executor Bankston Dubuque Co Iowa. 33nd.
The column covers student plans and staff changes across Jones County schools. Maud Bowers resumes studies at Cedar Falls while 1899 spring institute at Wyoming is announced. several students relocate to colleges and business programs. Librarians add volumes, new buildings welcome Onslow and Olin, and a notable accidental death at Monticello is noted.
The New York Tribune reports Britain uses American paper in its offices praising its quality. Decrees presumed to command respect bear eagle watermarks, not lions, and Britain is quick to seize beneficial items when possible, including stationery.
A witty Chicago Record quip imagines Xerxes declaring his will law while a court sage warns against an estate too large. The exchange satirizes absolutist power and prudent limits in a compact historical aside.
A townsfolk remedy from the New Orleans Picayune claims a pinch of salt on a tomato cures hiccoughs every time, but late travelers often lack both salt and tomato when trouble strikes.
A column notes how compromising dossiers grant power in France Germany Italy and Austria with access shaping careers from interior ministers to ambassadors. It cites M Daniel Wilson as an example and mentions public figures like M Costans and Senator Achille del Guidice as targets or beneficiaries.
Good 227 acre farm in Clay township Jones county former timber land two thirds now eared with timber soil and good improvements. Priced at 12.00 per acre by H M Troy Cedar Rapids Iowa. Includes puzzled humor and jokes from contemporary newspaper chatter.
A F Tiede of Scotch Grove Iowa advertises as a contractor and builder with a specialty in moving buildings. He offers cheerful preparation of specifications and estimates for new work or relocation of old structures and bridges and invites calls or correspondence.
OUT BROS of Scotch Grove Indiana seeks young horses aged 2 to 4 years. They offer the highest market price for good size, sound animals and invite all who need the best trees grown in the state at the lowest prices.
A New York Weekly item satirically imagines an all female secret society named the Ancient Order of Dianas and related playful variants. The piece mocks the naming trend and echoes late 19th century fraternal society culture.
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