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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1879
Page
4
A garbled OCR excerpt lists freight and passenger rail movements, including northbound and southbound services, departure and arrival times, and special accommodations. It references the Milwaukee Division and Pacific Division schedules with notes on weekend variations and cross-city connections, though many entries are unclear.
Taxpayers in Monticello township Jones county Iowa are notified that the 1878 tax list has been received and will be at the office of Bea A Stuart every week from January 1 1879, nine to four for payment of taxes.
It is claimed German Syrup is the sole remedy for severe fung and lung conditions with thousands of predisposed sufferers noting efficacy. The ad asserts 60,000 dozen sold last year without complaint and urges consumptives to try one bottle at 75 cents, sold by Sovlje & Pins.
An old physician reports a fissionary provided a simple cure for consumption bronchitis and nervous debility. He claims to have tested it in thousands of cases and will mail the recipe with directions in German French or Welsh to any reader who asks, using the paper name and address.
An advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Sonie as a universal remedy for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and consumption with claims of rapid relief and a wide range of digestive and nervous complaints. It promotes a 1.00 bottle and sample at 50 cents from druggists Soetje & Tiarks.
An advertisement touts Dr E R Foorr of 120 Lexington Avenue New York City claiming twenty five years of exclusive focus on Canonical Diseases and successful cures unseen by other general practitioners. It promotes a free set of questions and mentions Dr Bootes and a related Home Talk publication series with wide circulation.
Revival meeting testimonies in Delhi and Monticello reports on a train wreck plot in Wyoming, local business gains and poultry data, upcoming lectures by Rev. Hunting, and a bold horse theft capture in Waterloo with swift cross-town alerts and official actions.
Arthur Comatock, 21, was arraigned before Justice Stuart after a Waterloo theft case. Kiburz identified the thief and his team. Comatock was sent to Anamosa for trial. The piece also discusses Rev. Dungan and critiques his stance on unbelief and religion.
An Acker colt and a good buggy with harness are for sale. For details contact 5.8, Fowler, at John Lorentzen's grocery store.
Skiff found on the Mequoketa river bank during last summer's flood kept on premises. Owner may recover by proving ownership and paying costs. Manken offers sale of 175 acres near Monticello with house water, 80 acres timber in small tracts, plus 80 acres in Nebraska. Two thirds down, terms optional.
One of the most valuable improved farms in Jones county near Monticello Iowa. The 820 acre farm includes a $3,000 house a 20 by 76 barn a granary and carriage house over five miles of fencing a running stream and two wells. 60 acres of timber with 40 acres near the farm has second growth white oak. Price 83 per acre with easy terms and small cash payment to prove good faith. For particulars inquire at this office.
A neighbor recalls a traveler’s tale about Vincent returning to Danville and Sam Day’s fate, noting a former tailor now posing as a professor as a satire on false appearances. The piece critiques affectation, not the craftsman, and nods to Dickens.
The fragment critiques vanity in naming and rank, contrasting Madame Mantalini and social theater with real identity. It argues a person’s true self rests in deeds, not borrowed titles, while naming Napoleon mocks regal pretensions and historic pretences.
Readers question who is responsible for the Credool children’s exhibition at the Opera House. Prof Foster notes the event was not a scholastic display but recreation and amusement for pupils finishing a long term.
A Monticello tornado relief committee report shows total receipts of 1005.78 with numerous named donors and a list of disbursements totaling 1005.78. The record defends the fund management against criticism and lists individual payments to several contributors and creditors.
Seventh anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Quadits observed with young people hosting a New Year gathering. The New Year cold snap tests temperance with 26 to 60 degrees below zero. Miss Mavina Crawford returns home after eight months away to a warm welcome. Miss Laura Monroe takes Porter's teaching role in the Noyes district. Orrin Harvey seeks help for failing eyesight in Chicago. Cavs creamery boosts butter purchases up to 6000 pounds weekly and moves operations to Apimosga for winter. a new ice house is under construction for next season. John Hale supplies creameries in Cass and Cass Grove.
The 1Nh annual meeting of the Town Dairymen's Association will be held at Mt Pleasant with papers read by dairymen on various subjects. Reports mention a buyout in Center Junction and plans for relocation to Olin. Local notices cover religious discourse, a fatal equine incident at Martelle, church attendance figures, renewals, dairy business highlights in Monticello and Davenport, and editor-photograph ad rates for railroads.
The article describes a property near Craindy county offered for sale with about 8,000 birds and 2,000 head of cattle. It notes fair tenant housing and a large, princely mansion, with the owner Mr Wells living on the estate. A downturn in stock and a derelict landscape are mentioned amid the sale context.
On October 1878 the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jones County opened and read a will purportedly of Ramonel Knapp deceased. The second day of March 1879 was set for the final hearing and proof of the will at the court, requiring all interested parties to appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. By order of the Court Bo Warren Clerk. Jones Co Iowa dated January 15 1879.
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