Monticello Express publication details
The Monticello Express is issued weekly on Thursdays with J. W. Doxsee as editor. Subscription price listed as $1.75 per year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
4
The Monticello Express is issued weekly on Thursdays with J. W. Doxsee as editor. Subscription price listed as $1.75 per year.
In Wyo t i ing and Case Jan 20 and 21 reports several items. Twenty two cars of cattle and hogs were shipped last week. Local residents and visiting guests include Mr Daughterty Onslow Mrs Robertson Irvin Bain Florence Bell Henry Halsey and others. Evangelistic meetings led by Judge A H Kaylor begin Sunday at the M E church with union church services planned.
Center Junction notes include visits by Rev. Ellis to Mt Vernon and Rev. Orth revival services drawing crowds. Town residents Sadie Buck Minnie Dawson and others visited Monticello Cedar Rapids Farley and Scotch Grove. Anson Leggett plans to move to Montana. A school fundraiser lecture drew some support but some critique. Anna Livingston named most popular pupil.
CastLE Grove reports J M King of Monticello in town Tuesday D J Hogan and G J Heiken in Anamosa Saturday Mrs Wiley Eberhart visiting relatives from Manchester H Luken E E Orcutt and Frank Miller installed separators last week Wm H Laude and family plan to live in Monticello Vesper Rearick moving Ricker house to newly bought farm D J Hogan shipped two carloads of cattle to Chicago and Kansas City Henry Evans joined to Kansas City Downerville Creamery stockholders meet February 2 1903 at School House No 2 creamery operated by farmers About 5000 bushels of Missouri corn unloaded in Monticello by Castle Grove farmers James Hogan Dennis Delay P A Kehoe and others
Onstow hosts a busy week with Lamey and Dolley installing a phone. Verda Lytton travels to Cedar Rapids, and Fred Griswold along with John Otten visit town. Mrs A E Daugherty visits Lost Nation. Ira Stimpson returns from Dubuque. Lizzie Irwin of Clinton arrives due to Grandma Bohler’s illness. N B Noyes improves from rheumatism. Lou Stimpson visits Wyoming. Mystic Workers plan a Jan 21 supper and dance with Light Guard Band. Kempf imports a large wallpaper shipment to Monticello weighing 2.5 tons, enough to stretch 36 miles end to end. Quarterly M E church meetings set for next Sunday. Dr Green to preach and administer communion. Margaret Otten and John Athen wed today at the Otten home. they will live on the Deiderick Wohlken farm at Langworthy. The fire box weighs 185 pounds in The Great Malleable Range. Congressman Cousing expected back next month. Dubuque enacts a wagon tire width rule. Miss Sue Merriam leaves Coggon for teaching in Casper Wyoming. Iowa politics noted no legislature this winter. Fire Sale announced by Eastwood & Chase on Jan 24. Cincinnati Tribune on coal versus breakfast foods.
Jones County treasurer reports balances and receipts across funds including Bridge School One Mill and Insane Fund with transfers, tax collections, and refunds. It notes an auction by Eastwood & Chase for fire goods and announces sale of a blacksmith shop and farm notices with local real estate and creamery meeting details.
A Monticello Express styled ad promotes a free test of Dr Miles Personal Treatment for heart nerv e liver kidney ailments. It claims high success with an elixir tablets pills and plaster, citing testimonials from Col E B Spileman Hon W A Warren Julius Keister and Mrs R Trimmer. Readers are urged to request the $2 50 value free trial by writing Dr Franklin Mines Dept 16 Elkhart Indiana and to mention the newspaper.
Mrs. Johanna Soderholm of Fergus Falls Minnesota dislocated her shoulder and had a surgeon set it. Her son bought Chamberlain's Pain Balm from Rachel and Abel, which quickly relieved pain and restored sleep. He then recommended it to others.
This remedy is promoted as a fast cure for serious illnesses arising from cold or influenza and claimed to counteract pneumonia. It is marketed as reliable and for sale by Bacher & Abel.
A humorous incident in a cigar store as a newsboy asks for a match. The clerk explains matches are sold, not given. The boy buys a penny’s worth, lights a butt, and suggests placing his box on the shelf for customers.
Owner offers the building housing his business for sale and may sell the business with it. Describes good trade, promising prospects for the right buyer. Features include steam heat electric lights bathroom and sewer connection and a good barn.
A Colchester oyster feast tale circulates in English papers. A diner jokingly explains his method for handling 40,000 oysters: he sits six inches off the table and completes the task as soon as he touches them.
A New York Post claim states the Osage Nation holds 8 million dollars in a state bank and 1.5 million acres of land with each member owning land worth 4000 dollars and earning 300 dollars annually from bank interest.
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