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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1896

Page

2

Castle Grove Briefs Highlight Local Moves and News

Miss Trula Kenyon visits Hale and Miss Ula Kenyon plans Maquoketa stay. Arthur Fairbanks trips to Cedar Rapids. Ethan Hillar injured by horse. J A McLaughlin adds to home after fire. Tritten to farm near Manchester. Frank Eberhart visits from the west then to New Hampton. Literary society elects officers led by S M Hosford. Local trades and arrivals noted. Patrick English dies near Canton after Bright's disease.

Castle Grove Trula Kenyon Hale Arthur Fairbanks Cedar Rapids Will Hillar H. B. Clark Ula Kenyon Maquoketa J. A. McLaughlin Jacob Tritten Co-operative Creamery Co Manchester Frank Eberhart New Hampton Castle Grove Literary Society S. M. Hosford Peter Dress Elsie Cramer Margaret Cramer

Local Movements and Meetings at Center Junction

Center Junction notices report Harry Magoon traveling to Paralta briefly and James Peet planning a family move to Anamosa. Geo Platner will reside in Mrs. McKelvey's house, Dora Hunt to start a Wyoming venture, and Mrs. Marshal of Viola visiting daughter Felton. A dime sociable is planned at Mrs J N Smith's home this evening, and the Jones County Teachers Association will convene at the opera house on Saturday, March 21.

Emery John Everry Cameron Johnston Alexander & Welch Chicago Rev. Smith M. E. Church R. S. Barnhill Rev. Palmer Daisy Lightfoot Lotta Chase E. E. Overley Mt. Carroll Ill Josie Ribbon Sears O. C. Johnston Osborn Farm Chandler Onslow Parrot Miller’s Hotel Poll I. O. G. T. Lodge T. H. Lightfoot Wm. Moorhouse Woodbury County Duncan Dreibelbis Leek Center Junction Henry Carson Clark Railroad Street Presbyterian Church Harry Magoon Paralta James Peet Anamosa Geo. Platner McKelvey Dora Hunt Wyoming Marshal Viola Felton J. N. Smith Jones County Teachers’ Association Opera House

Local News from Langworthy February Update

Wm Guilford moves onto a Cass farm this week. Minnie Batchelder returns from Cedar Rapids. Ed Hall buys a carpet loom to weave carpets. Local youths attend a Cass Center literary. Batchelders plan a California visit. Several German families prepare to settle in Cerro Gordo county. Davis couple receive a new copper boiler from young friends.

Wm. Guilford Cass Minnie Batchelder Cedar Rapids Ed Hall Cass Center R. Batchelder California Cerro Gordo County M. T. Davis

London’s vastness and contrasts described in a critique

A critic extolls London as an extreme paradox of wealth and poverty, noting vast buildings and squalid streets, a dense migratory population, and a city that, despite gifts, often lags in efficiency. A traveling salesman adds a humorous anecdote about a western restaurant command to stack dishes, illustrating cultural miscommunications.

London Stack Louisville Courier-Journal

George Eliot Tragedy Tale From Victorian Gossip

London Queen cites a shocking tale about George Eliot using her charm to win a lover of a squire or vicar’s daughter. The daughter allegedly threw herself from a window, leaving only triumph in the novelist’s regard. Swift notes that abstracts function like burning glasses for sharpening wit and learning. Town once meant farm or farmhouse.

George Eliot Chester London Swift

Lincoln's Education and Social Ideals Across eras

A historical sketch recalls Lincoln's limited schooling yet strong reading habit, listing his favorite books and improvised study methods. It notes his idolization of Washington via Weems, his frugal note taking, and late-night reading as a ferryman. Also included are brief reflections on equality as societal ideal and small facts about wood compression and social behavior.

Lincoln United States Weems Washington Indiana Ida M. Tarbell Mc.Clure’s W. D. Howells

The Baby Peril and the Rooftop Rescue

A farmer couple visiting Raleigh’s asylum district lose their one year old as a manic man on a roof tosses the child. Passersby and Dr McGeachy consider ladders and a safe plan, while Mr Crawford calms the moment with melon until the baby is returned unharmed. The tale blends dramatic rescue with a note on quill pens and old signatures in separate items.

Sampson Raleigh Asylum For Dr. Kirby Joe McGeachy Mr. Crawford H&leigh News and Observer New York Sun

Township names listed with committee actions noted

Oxford Richland Rome Scotch Grove Wayne Washington Wyoming Cass Clays Fairview Greenfield Hale Jackson Monticello Madison Totalicee cove 118 Chairmen of township organizations will be governed accordingly. There will be a meeting of the Central Committee after the convention toace.

Oxford Richland Rome Scotch Grove Wayne Washington Wyoming

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