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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
4
Correspondence from Wyoming on July 3 lists residents visiting friends, travels to Oregon and Wisconsin, and health notes. It records weddings and anniversaries at the Pelkey and Brainard families, a serious fall injuring Frank Zinn, a burial of a baby, and a lightning strike incident on a Cascade township farm.
Cascade notes show residents in Chicago and Omaha travel for visits and meetings. Bridges washed out southeast of town after heavy rain. cattle killed by lightning on J. B. McLean farm. A storm damaged Geo Leonard home with roof and stove pipe damage.
Castle Grove July 4 items include E J Noble re shingling a barn D J Hogan in Anamosa hail reported Clarence Orcutt ill with diphtheria Minnie Berry of Omaha visited local friends turkey crop expected light farmers began haying but showers slowed progress Lena Hicken started at Diamond Creamery Monticello new girl at John Tennesse home Fourth of July social planned at Mrs Margaret Noble school board met reorganized officers raised teachers wages to 35 dollars spring fall terms and 40 dollars winter term funeral of Michael Hogan Delaware county held at Church of Immaculate Conception many friends will miss him dozen ladies surprised Mary Clark with luncheon prepared by her daughter Mattie end of note.
Rural Route 2 news recalls July Fourth preparations in Monticello with D J Dirks and Jesse Humphrey. Local families visit and neighbors gather in Wayne Center for school directors meeting. Clover Leaf Creamery installs a pasteurizer improving skim milk quality. A strong wind causes damage to windmills and sheds, with several structures blown down or damaged.
Miss Vera Butler visits Clinton for a few days. Mrs. Belle Orr spends a day with friends in Clay. Archibald guest of Hugh Corbit Sunday. James Kennedy buys a fine new survey today. Mrs. Ceceliaebo visits friends in Clinton. Mrs. Williams of Wyoming visits her niece Mrs. Chattertoin. W. S. Mackrill plans to relocate in Platte South Dakota to buy land. Mason City Globe Gazette calls for reform methods before other counties follow.
A Philadelphia Ledger item relays a conversation where a Mississippi slave owner asks Pompey about stealing. Pompey replies a sermon would spoil the meeting by creating a coldness among the enslaved. Also noted is a Warrington soap works encouraging female workers to sing during shifts to relieve monotony. London faces a mosquito plague affecting hospitals and medical staff.
Opals are described as soft when mined and easily chipped with fingers. The notice promotes Hilers & Bolton's clearing sale with umbrellas priced at 35 and 48 cents and up.
In this introductory piece Prof. Warman argues health is universal birthright and cautions against reliance on drugs, praising nature cures and wise medical care. He outlines seven health indicators, stresses practical, drug-free living, and previews topics like posture, breathing, diet, and simple three-exercise routines.
A Bombay student writes a lucid essay on the horse describing its nobility and anatomy. The piece notes the rider’s effects on the horse via bridle and stirrup, the animal’s long neck and four legs, feeding by grasses and grains, and the horse’s use for riding and cargo. It mentions horses of short size and their habit of seeking feeding at dawn.
A fragment from Stray Stories quotes a nurse or physician reflecting on patient loss and the sting of dwindling income as resources erode, capturing a somber mood about care, death, and financial strain.
The quote argues that marrying young to build a wife and family is a prudent, future-focused form of financial security, equating marriage with investing in stability and wealth. It frames matrimony as strategic wealth-building through companionship and offspring.
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