Clay Post: Local Sawmill Developments and Obituary
Tom Sutton recovers from three weeks illness. J I Carpenter buys a gas engine and feed mill to grind feed. John Fisher and B Walters start sawing after purchasing Walters sawmill. Nicholas Koppens dies after long illness. funeral at Temple Hill conducted by Rev Connery. He leaves a wife and seven children.
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Clay
Tom Sutton
Ed. Ralston
Geo. Shroyer
Ozark
Carpenter
John Fisher
B. Walters
Wm. Winang
Sawyer
Anna
Willie Dennison
Lenox College
John Kennedy
John Dennison
Buchanan County
Nicholas Koppess
Temple Hill
Father Connery
Koppens
Castle Grove Society NotesJanuary Illness and Events
Mrs. A W Cramer is on the sick list and Mrs F D McLaughlin is ill this week. H Luken reports hog losses from cholera. Plastering of the new chapel should finish this week. Endeavor society met at E J Nobles Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs F D McLaughlin attended a wedding at Hopkinton last Thursday. Social at Frank Howies Friday night drew a large gathering. Mrs Josie Ryan of Monti Buchanan county is very sick at her mother's home after visiting during the holidays.
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Castle Grove
A. W. Cramer
H. Luken
F. D. McLaughlin
Endeavor Society
E. J. Noble
Hopkinton
Iast
Frank Howie
Josie Ryan
Nee Kehoe
Monti
Buchanan County
Rev Perkins Slocum Is Married In Center Grove
Clinton, Iowa dispatch reports Rev Perkins Slocum vice president of Morningside College Sioux City wed last Friday night to Amanda Hosford of Dubuque Iowa The ceremony took place at Center Grove near Clinton His friends in Sioux City say he was previously engaged to Miss Lewis The marriage surprised many in his circles
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Perkins Slocum
St. Paul
Clinton
Amanda Hosford
Dubuque
Iowa
Center Grove
Slocum
Sioux City
Lewis
Unclaimed Letters at Monticello Post Office
A list of letters remaining unclaimed in the Monticello Iowa post office as of December 18 1900 includes Barnum Battles Henry Martin Al Coil D E Poxp and P M advertisement shows these names and initials as pending mail.
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Monticello
Iowa
Barnum Battles
Henry Martin
al Coil
D. E. Poxp
P. M
Shaw as a 1904 presidential timber hint from Minnesota
The Minneapolis Tribune suggests Gov Shaw of Town may pursue a 1904 presidential bid. If allowed a third term, he could become a strong candidate, with the Mississippi Valley viewed as a potential base for such ambitions.
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Mississippi Valley
Minneapolis Tribusde
Shaw
Great
Father Hangs Twice in Grim Family Tragedy Tale
A Baltimore Sun reminiscence recalls a former police sergeant's tale of a man who hanged himself twice. After the first discovery the sons feared legal peril and re hung their father, then confessed to the sergeant who noted two ridges around the throat.
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Lfe
Baltimore Sun
A Secret of Youth in a Beveridge Reception
A recounted anecdote from a reception after Beveridge's election shows a hostess teasing him as a beardless youth and his witty reply I shave. The exchange highlights Beveridge's modest bearing and quick humor in a social setting.
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Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Mr. Beveridge
Saturday Evening Post
Rapid Transit Reform: The Water Pitcher Twist
A narrator helps a crook posing as a reformer who trusts a knock on the head to change character. After a heads-up meeting in a country inn, the crook becomes an honest shirt maker Brown Brown, but a detective identifies him by crook markers. A second head blow restores the original identity Jones Jones, leaving the reformer $250 poorer.
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H. Jones-Jones
Jones
Jones-Jones
Jones- Jones
Brown-Brown
No Pride in Public Ride Says He Waited Years
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a remark about a person who rode a public merry go round saying he had waited years for the opportunity. The comment suggests a belief the turn had finally come.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Pa Houins of Africa Adorn Themselves With Tattoos
A French explorer profiles the Pa houin people along the western African coast. They tattoo their skin in red or blue, paint faces, and sometimes swell the skin with plant juice. Both genders focus on elaborate hair and nose ornamentation, including bone piercings and pearl strings.
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Africa
Pa houlu Hair Styles Highlight Tribal Beauty
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt notes Pa houlu women shave heads to a smooth round shape and dye them as part of women’s beauty rites, while men wear bone and metal headdresses. The contrast shows how female coiffures emphasize simplicity yet striking display within the tribe.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Keeping His Promises
Mrs Synnex recalls a promise from Tom that her lightest wish would be law. Mrs Sauer counters that the promise was empty words. Mrs Synnex defends the idea that Tom respects light wishes but asserts he pursues his own way on important matters.
Rules Enforced at Museum Door Clear Patrons
A museum attendant insists visitors deposit umbrellas and canes before entry, with the reader noting the strict rule. The exchange, cited by London Tit-Bits, contrasts fort and fortress concepts and adds a note on historical egg consumption and Shanghai poultry terminology.
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London
Monticello Residence Offered For Sale On Reasonable Terms
I offer my residence in Monticello for sale on reasonable terms. Well located and in excellent repair. If G. H. Grorar.
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Monticello
G. H. Grorar
Farms for Sale and Southward Excursions Offer Low Rates
Farms of various sizes in Iowa advertised at 45 to 60 dollars per acre with H. M. Troy of Cedar Rapids as contact. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway promotes 511 low southbound excursion rates to Jacksonville Mobile New Orleans Savannah El Paso with return passage before June 1 1901. Special 88 day tours in Pullman cars include tropic itineraries and a Santa Fe style open top car Chililai observation with dining. trains depart January 22 from Chicago under American Tourist Association guidance with maps and tickets via railroad agents.
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Iowa
H. M. Troy
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Savannah
el Paso
Tex
Pullman
Tropics
Tropica
Mexico
Chicago
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marquette Buiding
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
For Sale Sawmill at Monticello Tile Factory
Sawmill with 26 hp boiler and engine and all tools offered for sale. Proprietor Joan Gruson announces sale to quit the business at Monticello tile factory.
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Monticello
Joan Gruson
Tours of Puerto Rico by rail and sailing ships announced
The American Tourists Association announces two guided tours of Puerto Rico by rail carriage automobile and boat. Special Pullman cars depart Chicago January 17 and February 14 at 9 30 am connecting with steamships Ponce and San Juan sailing from New York the following day. Tickets include all expenses with no extras and cover all transport meals berths and guides. Beau Campbell A T A Chicago directs tours with itineraries maps and tickets available via Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul RY agents.
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The
American Tourists Association
Puerto Rico
Chicago
Ponce
San Juan
New York
Islands
Beau Campbell
Marquette Building
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Fine Farm Sale of Curtis D. Hosford Estate in Iowa
Court authorized sale of the Hosford estate in Jones County Iowa. The 443 acre stock farm lies one mile south of Monticello with 29 acres of timber and excellent farm buildings. The property may be sold whole or in smaller parcels with terms and details available from the undersigned.
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District Court
Jones County
Iowa
Curtis D. Hosford
Monticello
William T. Shaw
A. A. Soin
Addison A. Lawin
Samuel Slemmons
Eliza M. Slemmons
Sarah A. Melvin
Martha M. Barrett
E. Lowry
Margaretta A. Harvey
Samuel A. Slemmons
Wm. EB. Slemmons
John C. Slemmons
Clara Slemmons
Mary Slemmons
S. A. Slemmons
S. E. Lowry
Elizabeth E. Lowry
S. Amelia Melvin
Arah A. Melvin
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J. W. Coxsee
MY Secret
William Wallace Whitelock
New York Home Journal
M. Quad
C. B. Lewis
Shanghai
All
Scotts Lion
Scott & Bowne
Lawtandard
Cordova
Fine Farm
Amanda E, HosFord
J. O. Lawrence
Thomas Kasper
Ella May Youssee
Andrew Youssee
Anamosa
J. W. Doxsor
Hiram Arnown
Said
State OF
Johanna A. Suhr
J.A. Hartman
Aw Jones County
Doxgee
Inter Ocean
United States
Laffan News Bureau
Associated Press
Old Earth
Europe
Asia
Chicago Record
Mercator
Chicago Arcorn
Chicago Recond
Macisowtreet
District Court of the State of
Towa
William Schodde
Jacob C. Lukins
Boate Lukins
A Spin
Cornelia Spin
G. B. Barrett
C. D. Harvey
I. H. Lowry
William E. Slemmons
Clara Blinmons
John O Ecambur
Caroline A. Slemmons
S. Asa Slemmons
Maria W. Slemmons
Ie Amelia Melvin
S. H Melvin
Mundell’s
East First Street
Star Clothing House
Fort Cand Winer
LSO
Lee
C. W. Brown
Clay Township
Onslow
Jorl B. Hurron
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