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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
7
Reports describe J E Bateman visiting his mother in Pipe Stone Minnesota while Cedar Rapids endured a morning fire that destroyed seven barns on the west riverbank. The county supervisors approved the monthly bills in a one day session and rain ended a heat spell.
The report lists funds and balances ledgers including county road fund 5 049 46 school district fund 5 779 02 water works 31 13 county home building fund 1 460 00 and major totals 85 853 39 with the finance committee and treasurer W K Pearson certifying accuracy on the seventh day of June 1911. The page also contains unrelated ads and health notes from Kansas City Star and Minneapolis Journal.
Two Germans crossing the Luxembourg frontier tell customs they carry three bottles of red wine each, asking how much to pay. The official consults the tariff and jokes that wine in donkeys' hides is free, allowing them to go.
In London Tit-Bits a fragment notes a quarrel over a death cause. The speaker recalls questions about what caused the man’s death and a disagreement that was not resolved before his death. The dialogue hints at lingering uncertainty and a contested conclusion.
A Detroit Free Press reader recalls discovering the proper method to dress before fixing the furnace. Reversing the order cost $82.50 for a new gown and spoiled her evening.
In a quotation from the Toledo Blade a reader notes that an inquest is not always held when a man dies if a doctor was in attendance. The coroner may not inquire into the death’s cause in such cases.
The Washington Herald quotes the view that Polonius was wise, yet questions whether such counsel suits a modern father to his son. The exchange frames enduring fatherly guidance versus contemporary judgment.
An old drugstore remedy advises dissolving one ounce of Aseptazone in a gallon of warm water and giving a tablespoonful per quart to poultry drinkers to treat cholera bowel trouble croup colds and canker.
In the District Court of Iowa Jones County September Term 1911 Henry Ladehoff plaintiff against Elijah Innis and others defendants. Petition seeks to quiet title to lands in Section 9 Township 85 North Range 2 West and to bar claims of unknown heirs and claimants. Judgment sought that defendants' claims be forever estopped and title quieted in plaintiff with due process. Publication ordered for four weeks in The Monticello Express.
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