New Year Observances and Local Visits in Wyoming
Geo Bronson visits Lisbon relatives and John Swigart of Chicago spends a day in town. The Farmers Institute is planned for February. Susan James and Miss Carr ie host New Year gatherings as Elbert Potter returns from a world trip with curios. The town also mourns the death of Joseph Holub and notes a paralytic stroke affecting Daniel Brainard.
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Geo. Bronson
Lisbon
John Swigart
Chicago
Farmers’ Institute
Harry G. Davis
Center Junction
Mary Bermeister
Preston
Carrie
T.K. Paul
Dallas Center
Onslow
Hiram Arnold
Lettie
Davenport
Palmer
Bright
Elbert Potter
Boston
Bradley Brainard
Daniel E. Brainard
Brainard
Florence DeWitt
Olive James
G. A. R. Hall
Joseph Holub
Clay Township
M. E
McConnell
Earhart
Holub
George
Castle Grove Notes of Early January Social and Business
Yalmer Hosford of Monticello visited on business. A sewing society meeting is planned at Mrs. Margaret Noble’s. A New Year family reunion occurred at Mrs Noble’s home. Mrs. Andrew Davidson and daughter Jessie visited Ida county friends. Spring fieldwork started early with a farmer plowing. Geo McLeese and Stephen King hauled goods to Gatesville for Jas Shane. Arthur Baker of Emmetsburg visited Castle Grove. C F Krueger and his partner attended a Cascade dance and visited nearby. Herman Cooper held a public auction and plans to move near Aurora. Milk haulers faced bad roads requiring four horses to move loads.
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Yalmer Hosford
Monticello
Margaret Noble
Noble
Andrew Davidson
Jessie
Ida County
Geo, McLeese
Stephen King
Gatesville
Buchanan County
Jas
Shane
Arthur Baker
Castle Grove
Emmetsburg
Iowa
C.F. Krueger
Cascade
Herman Cooper
John Henderson
Here
Aurora
Johnson Bros Ship Cattle Carload In Amber News
Amber notes a carload of cattle shipped by Johnson Bros. today. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baden yesterday. Mr. David Smith of Madison township moved to Hopkinton. Mr. Wm. Bailey shipped a carload of hogs yesterday. John Bailey's infant daughter has pneumonia. Hagenah and Eiler of Monticello attended the Woodmen's ball. Jennie Sanford returned to Mt Carroll to attend school. The M W A ball of Dec 28 was a social and financial success with about sixty numbers sold. Special services began Jan 5 led by Rev M L Haney of Normal Ill with J M and M J Harris assisting.
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Johnson Bros
Carl Baden
David Smith
Madison Township
Hopkinton
Wm. Bailey
John Bailey
Hagenah
Eiler
Monticello
Jennie Sanford
Mt Carroll, Lll
M. L. Haney
Normal
Ill
J. M
M. J. Harris
Vermont, Ill
Local Notes and Family News From The Area
Jan Cass and Ernest Condit update as Condit treats a hand carbuncle. O R Ricker hosted guests at Geo Thomas, while G G Ketcham entertained friends on New Year's. George Thomas' family welcomes their first son. Leroy Austin of Monticello visits sister Mrs Fred Crane. Hickory Grove M E Church shifts service to morning next Sabbath January 10.
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Cass
Ernest Condit
O. R. Ricker
Geo. Thomas
G. G. Ketcham
Georgee Thomas
Leroy Austin
Monticello
Road district plan approved by trustees in Anamosa township
Anson Barlow has been at the Sanitarium at Anamosa for two weeks and may return home this week. Ed Hanna reports three buggies broken on the bad roads Monday morning. Trustees split the township into four road districts from seven, hoping to appoint suitable roadmasters.
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Anson Barlow
Anamosa
Ed Hanna
Marriage Near Hopkinton Ties Slauson to Littlefield
I M Slauson wed Lara Littlefield at her parents east of Hopkinton in a ceremony by Rev Staebler. The couple, both Lenox College alumni, will reside on the Ryerson farm on Bowens Prairie.
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I. M. Slauson
Lara Littlefield
Rev. Staebler
W. H. Littlefield
Lenox College
Slauson
Fr. D. Slauson
Sand Spring
Rynerson
Bowen’s Prairie
Floor comfort affects worker productivity, says Exchange
A manufacturer notes that floor type impacts activity and fatigue among workers. In a tale of two rooms, the old wooden floor allowed easy standing while the new concrete floor caused fatigue. Raising benches and adding wood platforms with spring resolved foot tiredness, illustrating comfort over aesthetics.
Jump Up and Kiss Me Pansy A Cheerful Garden Flower
The cheerful pansy with many folk names is praised for its bright face and friendly charm. It blooms widely, known as love in idleness, heartsease, and jump up and kiss me among other terms, brightening gardens in midwinter warmth.
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Montgomery
Spenser
Pawnee
Drayton
Garden
Joan
New England
Birdseye
Garden Gate
Johnny
Kit
Minister's Sermon Goes Sleeping Wife Revealed
A Pettigrew minister asks why his flock stays awake during sermons. His wife, unseen from the pulpit, naps below. Next Sunday an informer signals, the wife sleeps, the minister shouts Sit ye up there Jean Pettigrew and laments lacking fortune and beauty.
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Pettigrew
Jean Pettigrew
Pittsburg Dispatch
Primitive Montenegro court feast ends with sword pierced boar
At a Montenegro dinner a prince and guests witnessed a ritual serve a roasted boar. A young Officer struck through the hog into the table revealing a nested turkey and a snipe, said to have a refined flavor from its cooking.
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Montenegro
New York Times
Stealing Inventions and the Guilty Genius
A rugged look at inventors who fall prey to sly buyers and patent pirates. The piece recounts cases from failed deals including a shoe lace hole idea, a beer bottle stopper sold for ten thousand dollars that made its buyer five million, and a pocketbook clasp that ended with a kidney stew dinner and tiny payout.
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North River
Jersey City
New York
Newark
Hassan and the pony water rescue tale
A Somali named Hassan narrates a perilous desert episode where a waterless pony nears collapse. After failing to find water, Hassan drains camels and uses their stomach water to revive the pony, then reflects that honest labor builds wealth and character more than shortcut gains. He argues money is a key but ethical means matter.
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Hassan
New York Ledger
Boiled eggs cooked six minutes to please patrons
A table waiter explains that eggs were boiled six minutes instead of three at the boss’s instruction to exceed customer requests. The Boston Transcript notes this as a boast of accommodation and service in the trade.
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Boston Transcript
Alexander I of Scotland and pimpernel sign storms
The note links Alexander I of Scotland as a fierce figure whose battlefield bravado struck fear into foes. It also mentions the pimpernel flower closing its blooms at rain as a natural warning, creating a curiosities vignette alongside a quip about troublesome children from a Detroit Free Press item.
Attempt At Buying Land On Tug River In Kentucky
A narrator recalls an old tale from the Washington Star about negotiating land along the Tug River Kentucky. He meets a landowner while fishing and exchanges questions about ownership price. After hours of quiet talk he learns the land may be worth 20 per acre but is offered for 10 cash per acre. The speaker later purchases a 980 acre tract for 1 000 dollars, despite a stated thousand acre description.
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Tug River
Kentucky
Phillips
Washington Star
Carlyle and the Cabby
London cabmen knew Thomas Carlyle well and one driver served him alone until students tricked him. The driver pretended to read a French history tome, mistaking Carlyle’s reading and provoking the philosopher into contempt. Carlyle then switched to another cabman who had ferried many famous figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
London
Cabby
Gage
Jehu
Piccadilly’s Name Roots and Notable London Figures
The piece traces Piccadilly’s name origin through Hon. F. Byng the Poodle and a tale of Charles II buying cakes from an old woman near Apsley House. It recalls Byng’s ashes at St James’s, Wren’s landmark, and nods to the Duke of Queensberry, famed as Old Q, buried nearby.
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Piccadilly
F. Byng
Byng
Charles II
Green Park
Apsley House
London
St. James
Sir Christopher Wren
Duke of Queensberry
How to Preserve Bouquets with Soapsuds and Fresh Water
A longtime florist outlines a method to keep bouquets fresh for about a month. After delivery, place in soapsuds, then each morning transfer to fresh water with the stem first entering, briefly. Refit in soapsuds with light water sprinkling. change soapsuds every third day.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Nursery Business of Hoyt Bros Closed for Winter
The Hoyt Bros nursery in Scotch Grove Iowa reports winter closure with stock sold or stored for spring shipment. Remaining hay and buckwheat bran available, but nurseries cannot supply until spring. customers who did not buy this fall are advised to wait. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad Co announces Home Leaker excursion tickets to the northwest west and south on several dates January through April with depot information.
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Hoyt Bros
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co
Monticello City Warrants List December 1896
City of Monticello Iowa submits a complete December 1896 warrants list. It itemizes General Fund disbursements to Jas Abel weighmaster Wm Long street work OG Meyer lumber Monticello E Co Nov Hghts Monticello Express printing A Miller marshal Conner Hogan Papas draying and water works fund payments to Sarles Co lumber Peete Express Hoffman engineer Miller water cap t Long hydrant repair Garlock packing Conner Hogan hauling cinders totals. J F Percina city clerk sworn to a complete record on December 30 1896.
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General Fund
Jas Abel
Water Works Fond
SEB Sarles & Co
Peete Express
Hoffman
Miller
Dining table clash over smoking stirs house dispute
A friend's new landlady, strict about drinking and smoking, challenges his talk of a new tobacco brand at dinner. A sharp exchange follows as she asserts smoking makes men selfish while he counters abstinence can dull manners.
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Boston Post
Dr. Goodhead Quips About Husbands Condition
In a Chicago Record item a doctor jokes that a husband suffers from a nervous disease he calls catching trains. The remark reflects playful medical chatter in a era of witty urban columns.
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Monticello Express
Wyoming
Amber
The
Pansy
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
Tugby
Detroit Free Press
Alexander I of
Scotland
Carlyle and
the Cabby
Scotch Grove
City
Owa
Jones County
I. J. F. Percina
J. F. Pererma
J. F. Percina
J. W. Doxsee
Bangkok
Siam
San Francisco
St. Louis
District Court
State of
John Ryan
A. D
Et Ryan
Martin Ryan
Ellison Brcanbrack
Town
William Helgens
H. A. Toenjes
BR. A. Rigelefs
William Whittemore
Te Pytie
J. W. Doxens
SALE
Samter
Goldstone Bros
Golden Eagle Clothing
Express
Chicago Record
Harrisburg
America
J. T. Hatfield
Evanston
Madison St
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