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The Monticello Express is published weekly on Thursdays under J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor with an annual price of 1.75 dollars.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
2
The Monticello Express is published weekly on Thursdays under J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor with an annual price of 1.75 dollars.
The report from Kruacnow Hainan covers a year with health close calls from plague and smallpox, school disruption, and active preaching by Mrs Street and Rev. F. P. Gilman. It details itinerations across Kiungchow Lui-chiu Sivun and a growing student chapel, noting hardships, crowded quarters, and French occupation tensions.
Gertrude Shipley returns home for a short vacation while Frank Ray visits friends. Local sickness includes Bert Millsap improving after illness. Visitors include Miss Milne of Monmouth and Laura Livingstone returning from Dubuque due to smallpox. A musical entertainment by the M I church is planned for Feb 27 and a R N A party at Mrs Chas Magoon’s home.
A religious letter praises a leader for guidance toward a solution to Chinese issues and asks friends to pray for divine intervention to soften hearts and convert as many Chinese as possible. The writer signs as Alfred Fe, Srrezer.
Next Sunday night Rev. C. C. Warner speaks on Business-like Religion with an invitation extended to Monticello business men. Presbyterian church services Sunday morning and evening, Castle Grove service Sunday at 3 pm in the schoolhouse last service there. New church dedication planned for the first Sunday in March. Unclaimed letters at Monticello post office listed.
Miss Maggie London visits Anamosa relatives while Miss Lizzie Luken suffers pneumonia. Robert Burns of Ontario visits A and G Davidson. Lulu Howie improves from illness. Trustees J A Howie and J C Mclees fill vacancies. several moves announced. A horse dies after a hip injury. a heavy load breaks a tongue on a rocky descent.
Bids for textbooks and supplies for Jones county schools are due by March 11 1901 at 9 a.m. in Anamosa. Includes readers, arithmetics, geographies, history, grammars, copies, physiology, dictionaries, and more. Samples must stay in the auditor and county superintendent offices. The board may reject any bid. Also notices of final estate reports set for March 4 1901 and tax listings available at Monticello State Bank. W F Rory advertises farm harness stock with guaranteed work and prices.
A Washington born woman living three years in an Indiana town recounts a shy incident. A neighborly 12 year old girl offers an egg from her hen and jokes about the hammer gift, sparking light humor over generous sharing.
Onslow February 19 Win Neelans is sick. A M E church concert next Tuesday. Rev Sokol and Lester Russell return to Ames. Rev T H Sheckler assists in meetings. Many attend K P banquet at Oxford Junction. Dr Knittle visited Maquoketa. Beth Neelans joined him. T J Corbit went to Chicago with two stock cars. Johnson Bros shipped two cars. W D Livingston rejects 70 per acre for 200 acre farm west of town. price 75 per acre. Moving begins. Brimmer, Schrader, Michels, Russell relocate farms. Will Hanson moves into Henry Welch's house to work for Welch. Next week expect more hustling and changes.
In a quoted exchange from the Chicago Post a neighbor asks about moral suasion while a father, switch in hand, insists he will use harsh discipline to teach his boy a lesson. He claims moral suasion is valuable and vows to continue his method until the child understands its benefits.
A fragment from a 13 cross set by King Edward I to mark Queen Eleanor’s funeral route notes only three remain near Northampton Waltham Cross and Charing Cross. The Three Shires Stone four miles from Bath offers distant views across Somersetshire Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
The advertisement praises Scott's Emulsion as the world trademarked product on every bottle, touting its cod liver oil andTypophosphites quality. It asserts strong health benefits for children and those with lung issues, promising free samples and retail price of one dollar from Scott & Bowne chemists in New York.
Court authorized sale of Curtis D. Hosford estate land near Monticello Iowa. Property includes 443 acres of highly improved farm with buildings and 29 acres of timber. Estate may be sold as a whole or divided into smaller farms. Terms and details available from the undersigned.
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