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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1881
Page
2
The excerpt presents a regional dialect tableau with vivid images of miners, preachers, and common folk. It offers social caricatures and rustic observations, hinting at class, faith, and everyday struggle within a chronicling voice.
Richard Strout schemes to win Coryphe Wellmer by pairing her with Bruce Dandridge as a romantic ploy. Coryphe chaperones through dances while Bruce earns her affection, and a wager collapse when Coryphe and Bruce marry quietly abroad, leaving Strout both victor and loser.
A Detroit Bree Press brief recounts Justin Jones a tall thin man charged after a night in the city. He admits drinking root beer led to wild singing that frightened locals and prompted a judge to mockingly sentence him. He plans to quit singing and vows to remember the lesson.
An editorial piece argues wealth is legitimate when used for public good, but warns against wealth hoarding. It contrasts Christian stewardship with self serving greed and notes the poor must be recognized or face future trouble. A Nevada whisky tasting mouse appears briefly, then Father Hysavinthe and two clerics plan a fundraising visit to America.
Ottumwa reports a street quarrel where a husband intervened and a rival woman struck him with a blast, while Jerac Cross of Agenty City attempted to taking Gatha Hartsay to church, then shot himself in the mouth after drinking. Other items include the Davenport diocese appointment, school expulsion appeal, state camp meeting, fishery shift, a Warren County horse theft pursuit, and various local notices from Grinnell College to Marshalltown land title and to the Davenport death case verdict.
The Republican State Convention met in Des Moines on the 20th with 1,019 delegates present. James Wilson of Tama was named Temporary Chairman and C Manning served as Secretary. Committees formed and the State Central Committee listed with Dewey Washington, Mapin Muscatine, Bruckhardt Buchanan, Cord Cerro Gordo, Willett Tama, Needham Keokuk, Christy Polk as members.
The Iowa Republican Convention adjourned after multiple ballots for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Key actions include renomination by acclamation for Sherman, the selection of Harlan and Kimball as leading nominees, and adoption of a broad party platform praising Garfield’s administration and pledging protections for civil rights, temperance, and national unity.
A Germantown Telegraph reprise advises cautious grape pruning to balance sun air access with leaf cover, favoring leaf removal on surplus bunches and selective pinching. It warns against over pruning and notes laterals as next year’s fruit canes. The Hartford area fruit trees are plagued by caterpillars.
A discussion from the Christian Union explains that proper coffee is an infusion when hot water is poured over grounds and steeped. Boiling the infusion turns it into a bitter decoction, unfit for respectable households, with warning examples of overboiled coffee.
A St Petersburg student of noble birth disclosed his Nihilist ties to his fiancée and pledged devotion. She refused to join his revolutionary path, threatened with ruin, and killed herself with poison when pressed. The couple’s engagement ended in tragedy as authorities detain the student.
A San Francisco sourced double barreled Damascus steel gun bears the Lone Star and General Joseph Green markings. One barrel smooth bore the other rifled with a hair trigger and a self extracting bayonet. It shows minimal recoil and is described as a valuable relic from Texas independence.
William H Richardson of Mobile Alabama patents a light frame float with a longitudinal shaft and screw propeller gear for rapid propulsion. The swimmer lies on the float using hand and foot cranks to rise head above water with less effort. Dr Carver in England is challenged by a marksman De Jongh later revealed as Ira Paine of New York.
William G. Denniston, a Farragut veteran from Philadelphia, describes severe rheumatic gout and credits St Jacobs Oil with dramatic relief after trying the remedy. He reports his swelling subsided and pain diminished, inviting confirmation from readers at 1924 South Tenth Street.
An observer cites a testimonial from St Paul praising Hop Bitters for curing a wife after two months use and remaining well for eighteen months. The ad also touts Kidney-Wort as remedy for piles and promotes Rough on Rats for pest control with a 15 cent price.
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