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The item notes a weekly publication published every Thursday under J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of 81.75 per year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
4
The item notes a weekly publication published every Thursday under J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of 81.75 per year.
In WYOKun d Wyoming on January 24 H P Barber traveled to Chicago with a horse load. Residents visit Hastings Nebras ka Maquoketa and Onslow. The Masonic lodge plans a public play in a week or five. Community events include club socials, sermons at M E church, property purchases, dog muzzle incident, and a moonlight rabbit hunt with oyster refreshments. Tax lists available at banks.
January 25 roundup reports residents and visitors across Cass County. Notes include Hosford and Caspers travel, medical illnesses, ice production, a Downerville creamery project, livestock shipments, and visits among families near Monticello Anamosa Cascade Cedar Rapids and Sand Spring with several social calls and small town movements.
A Monticello paper reports Alfred Laude renting the farm once occupied by FP Porn, but the claim is unsubstantiated. The piece discusses vaccine fears and suggests the preventative measures may outweigh the current disease threat.
Nellie Kinsella buried at Garryowen after bright, popular life. two related tragedies loom from a cloudburst death of her father. Creamery sets December butterfat price at 28 cents. milk prices rise. Dr. Loomis in Rochester for treatment. Dennison to enter sanatorium. Sylvester Smith joins Spahn Rose Lumber Co. Birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Flanigan on January 19. Charles Kay and Ruth Kay visit from Epworth. Grace Holmes and Minnie visit Cascade. George Cowan plans to reoccupy Linne county farm. Town plat updated to improve east side connections. Steam engine accident injures Ed Butler but he continues duty. Garryowen schools host Cascade picnic. youth enjoy themselves.
Thomas Kingsley traveled to Rochester Minnesota to witness a surgical operation on his friend John Denni son scheduled for tomorrow. Mrs James Carroll of this place died at Mercy hospital Dubuque yesterday at 10 a m aged 68 and will be buried here tomorrow. Her husband was a Cascade stable keeper for two decades and died a few months ago.
Community notes report visitors from Cascade Chicago Oxford Junction and Monticello. Local residents attended band supper in Center Junction and a dance in Amber. Smallpox recovery at Cedar Rapids and a child’s death are listed among various visits moves and illnesses.
The second annual meeting of the Dubuque County Institute will be held at the Columbia opera house in Cascade on February 9 and 10. The program covers dairy, crops, hog and cattle topics with talks by H. R. Wright, J. P. Lauser, A. P. Hamilton, and others plus discussions and music each evening.
Prof Wotja introduces Rural Agriculture in Public Schools and a corn contest offering prizes for the twelve best ears. First prize five dollars, second three, third two. The event includes an officer election Thursday evening and a music talk by G H Van Houten on Around the World and What One Sees.
Rev J W Innes of Monticello called in Anamosa on Wednesday visiting parishioner Elmer Noble of Castle Grove who is in a sanitarium recovering from last week’s operation. The note reports other local updates on rail, depot work, Masonic lodge renovations, and community improvements.
Marshalltown Times- Republican discusses revival meetings and conversion persistence. A Methodist worker notes many converts vanish from church records, with few joining churches after Bulgin meetings. He urges ministers to nurture converts until they stand on their own and cites a parable about preserving grain through timely action.
The Marion Register notes a legal matter about Jones county calf turning cow and cites local papers. Monticello State Bank advises regular savings. Lowell State Bank acts as tax collection agent for county taxes due in Lovell and surrounding townships. Various property listings and sales notices from Douglass H. Smith and other agents appear.
A demure woman submits a catalogue of grievances listing traits and behaviors she objects to. She fines spitting on floor and stairs, nose blowing with fingers, loud talking on trains, familiar nudging, gum chewing, dyed hair and whiskers, onions or liquor near conversation, and pretentious suitors. She declines chronicling dislikes.
Voters approved a five percent tax to fund the Chicago Anamosa and Northern line with half due this year and half next. The election call required tax collection only after the railroad reached Anamosa, which has not occurred, prompting threats of mandamus suits or injunctions as county officials dispute enforcement.
Wisconsin senator Matt Carpenter argued before the Supreme Court but the court quickly signaled they would not hear his side. The opponent, unable to hear, asked Carpenter what the chief justice said. Carpenter shouted that the chief justice preferred to hear the opponent than listen to him.
A physician recalls a poor East Side mother seeking aid for her son whose finger was crushed by a baseball bat. She is told to go to the eye and ear department, prompting her question about a thumb and finger department. The tale appeared in Harper's Weekly.
An orator asks for thoughts on a speech, a young woman calls it beautiful and recalls a commencement essay. The column in Washington state notes a nostalgic remark, while the Atchison Globe comments on family wishes for a girl baby aged three years old.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a well connected caller pressed for time in tenement districts. The submerged figure declines, noting no time to slum it himself and indicating uncertainty about a return call.
Public notice announces the organization of The Monticello Manufacturing Co in Monticello Iowa under state law. It names a 85 000 capital stock, 30 shares of 100 each, five sixths paid before starting business, and a five member board of directors with F P Stabler as president. The article outlines corporate rights, real estate dealings, and debt limits, with initial officers listed.
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