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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
6
Local obituary notes Herman Tiarks who had been paralyzed and records his death this afternoon near four thirty. The item says the news will be sad to his acquaintances.
Anna M Kraus born Bavaria October 14 1833. She came to America at age 12 with family and settled in Kane County Illinois then Jones County Iowa. Married M O Felton August 29 1845. Lived 58 years in Madison Township. Funeral January 3 Center Junction M E Church. Interment North Madison Cemetery.
Anamosa Eureka reports William Moncrief trapping mink over weeks. Fifteen pelts caught, ten worth five dollars each, five larger pelts worth seven to nine dollars each. Moncrief also notes a Monticello shop selling sleds and cutters at cheap prices ahead of sleighing season, with repair services available.
Retiring farmer sells at public auction on his place five miles northwest of Monticello 1g mile north of Downerville creamery. Sale includes horses cattle hogs hay grain harness wagons and other farm implements with terms cash under 10 and 7 percent notes over. Also notes attendance by auctioneers Frank Byrne A W Cramer Fay Lovell and Hasfard. William Barrack and Christoph Mardorf return to Waverly to resume studies after vacation. The Real Simon Pure explains a phrase from a 1718 London production with the Quaker Simon Pure story.
A small party rides to Halemaumau crater at Kilauea, noting a boiling lava lake about one half acre in area. The ascent over cracked lava, sulfur fumes, and heat yields a vivid, biblical portrayal of hellish imagery as described by John Burroughs in Century.
A Parisian writer in Les Annales warns against glass cases for most books, favoring dusted, well cared for volumes. The Scientific American advises placing cloth strips moistened with benzine or phenol behind shelves to prevent germs mold and insect growth.
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Advertisement invites patients with hydrocele rupture cancer external tumors enlarged glands gall stones or appendicitis to seek free examination and consultation from a healer who claims to cure chronic troubles where others have failed. Calls to visit are urged with bold assurances it may save lives.
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