Monticello Soldier in U S Navy Describes Port Tampa to Key West
Charles Stafford, a former Monticello student, writes from the receiving ship Lancaster at Key West after leaving Chicago in the naval reserves. He details daily routines aboard the ship, mixed with longing for better rations and the novelty of hammock sleep, as Commodore Remey's fleet operates near Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Charles Stafford
United States Navy
Chicago
U.S. 8
Lancaster
Key West
Mollie Grassmeyer
Kate Chandler
Ackerman
Remey
Cuba
Salmon trap fishing notes from A E Morgan in Washington
Former Monti cello boy A E Morgan writes from Annacost, Washington, describing his season as foreman of a large Puget Sound cannery. He explains trap setup, water depth limits, and the harvesting process, noting 20 000 fish in one catch and 16 canneries on Puget Sound with many more on the Fraser River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Morgan
Monticello
Washington
Annacoster. Wash
Monticello Express
the Express
Puget Sound
Frazer River
B.C
Onslow July Fourth Social Notes and Local Reports
Miss Lydia Gilbert holds a Clinton music store job. Mrs. Thos Hamilton is gravely ill with prognosis uncertain. Teachers Dollie Paul Grace Maple and Prof. Buchanan planned for the next school year. Henry Null reports heavy milk receipts at Mineral Valley factory with May milk paid at 58 cents. Weekend crowd split between Anamosa Maquoketa with 66 tickets sold for Anamosa 24 for Maquoketa and many others traveling, Oxford Mills visited. overall a pleasant celebration with crowding noted at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OnsLow
Lydia Gilbert
Clinton
Thos. Hamilton
Dollie Paul
Grace Maple
Washington
Buchanan
Henry Null
Mineral Valley Cheese Factory
Ford
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Oxford Mills
Boy Shot In Leg After Gun Misfire Near Dell Silsbee
John Tebo, 15, was hit by shot from a loaded gun carried by Dell Silsbee while returning from Mineral Creek. Dr. Kirkpatrick treated the wounds. Tebo endures pain but rests. Silsbee is frightened, with the incident likely remembered by both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tebo
T. T. Tebo
Mineral Creek
Dell Silsbee
Young Tebo
Jarrett Fadley
Scott
Kirkpatrick
Wyoming
Walter Noyes
San Marco
Santiago
Wherry
Cuba
Tampa
Noyes
Grace Sutherland and others leave on visits. Fourth of July farewell
Scoren Grove reports Grace Sutherland as guest of Grace Moats. Mrs. Mary Bard returns to Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Nettie Bates back home healthier. Rev L O Sutherland and wife travel to Emmetsburg Iowa. Ralph Heasty, three, breaks thigh knee. Dr Mirick sets leg. Rev J M Bolton and Carl depart for Nashville and south. Sinclair-hosted informal farewell with many friends. fireworks cap the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoren Grove
Grace Sutherland
Grace Moats
Mary Bard
Cedar Rapids
Nettie Bates
L. O. Sutherland
Emmetsburg
Iowa
R. M. Heasty
Ralph
Mrs. Bolton
Castle Grove News Roundup of Local Visits and Harvest News
Castle Grove reports Sunday visitors from Monticello and Britt Iowa. Misses Pfeil and Welch visit Clinton and nearby friends. New bridges are built near A V Scotts and below Downerville. Rye and barley harvest underway with lodging issues. A June wind storm damaged the Lutheran church chimney and blinds. Local Lutherans attend institute with several named girls. July fourth celebrations quiet with a county hub event and fireworks near J I Orcutt's. Cecil Kenyon enlists and serves in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CastLe Grove
John Rickels
Monticello
Imma Pfeil
Clinton
Dunn
Ke.ke
Orcutt
Miss Stevenson
Sand Spring
Lulu Laude
A. V. Scott
Ma’ams
Maggie
Mary Davidson
Emma Pfeil
Emina Welch
Margaret
Elsie Cramer
Chicago to Buffalo excursion offer for B Y P U meeting
The notice advertises a round trip rate of $12 from Chicago to Buffalo with extended return limits to September 1 and optional stopovers at Chautauqua Lake. Passengers may choose water or rail routes between Cleveland and Buffalo, via Nickel Plate Road or other lines. Also mentions Davenport excursion tickets July 27 28 with return August 1 and a Monticello lot sale by J B Smira.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Baptist Young People's Union
Chautauqua Lake
Cleveland
Buttlhlo
van Buren St
Nickel Plate Road
City
Adams St
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Butaalo
J. Y. Calahan
How Wild Animals Die Across Far Lands and Seas
The piece surveys how wild animals die and are found after death, noting natural deaths are rarely seen in the Arctic and tropics where bones decay or are eaten. It discusses predators, weather, and disease as causes, wonders where carcasses go, and hints that scavenging and environmental factors conceal remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Nordenskjold
Spitsbergen
France
Switzerland
New York World
El-Kantara gateway to the Sahara and notes on insect travel
A collage of prose on El-Kantara as a dramatic gateway between worlds with desert vistas and camel trains to the Sahara, followed by Entomological Society notes on chrysopa specimens carrying tiny cecidomyiid flies remarking on a possible two-species locomotion case. Also a joke about a costly cigar and a railway fare notice plus an estate inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Orient
Fromentin
Ellantara
El-Kantara
Sahara
Sudan
Atlas Mountains
Forum
Entomological Society of
Washington
Chrysopa
White Mountains
Getting Hex Money's Worth
A young woman attends a seance and feigns belief in a spirit called Uncle Jimmy to justify the cost of admission. She notes she had no such uncle but enjoys the moment as a witty critique of paying for empty psychic promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Jimmy
Jimmy
Washington Post
The Maid and Grief in Somerville Journal
The Somerville Journal notes a saying about a mistress who calls her servant a maid and offers aid with “What do you wish?” when grief calls for help, illustrating language and courtesy in domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Journal
Excursion Tickets To Chautauqua Lake Sale Announced
Excursion tickets to Chautauqua Lake and return on July 8 available at one fare for the round trip. Return limit thirty days from the date of sale. Deposit tickets with the secretary of the Chautauqua Assembly. Tickets valid on through express trains. Contact office 111 Adams St Chicago Van Buren station for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Lake
Public Notice of Estate Administration in Jones County
The district court of Jones County Iowa appoints Nf. M. Carpentaar as administrator of the estate of Andrew Buer deceased. All creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk within the legal time and debtors must pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa June 23 1898. Attorney M. W. Unreier represents the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Towa
Andrew Buer
Anamosa
Iowa
M. Carpenntaar
M. W. Unreier
Trusteess Notice of Mary Harrington Estate
Trustee of the estate of Mary Harrington deceased in Iowa warns all claimants to file sworn statements with the court clerk within the legal time and requests debtors to pay immediately to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa June 20 1898.
Town Property for Sale in Desirable Neighborhood
The undersigned offers for sale a house and lot with a barn in a quick and desirable neighborhood. Desires to sell at once and will dispose of the property at a reasonable figure. For further information inquire of Louis Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gardner
Songs That Sing Themselves by Graphophone Ad Tale
An advertisement extols the Graphophone as a self singing machine with unlimited repertoire, promoting Columbia Phonographs Company offerings and a travel incentive via Nickel Plate and routes between Cleveland and Buffalo. It invites inquiries to J. Y. Calahan in Chicago for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Phonographs Company
State Street
Chicago
Baptist Young People Union Meeting In Buftilo July
To Buftilo New York and refurn account Baptist Young People's Union meeting dates July 14 17. Rates lower than via other lines. For full information call or address LY Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago 515.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buftilo
N. Y
Baptist Young People's Union
Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Buckwheat Seed Quality and Sowing Timing
The speaker notes many years of buckwheat growing and prefers Japanese varieties that ripen well when sown with clean seed free from noxious weeds. They state the seed should be sown before a certain time, contrasting it with foreign wheat.
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J. W. Doxsee, Eorror and
Prop’r
Scotch Grove
Davenport
Proctor’s
J.B. Smira
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hall’s Hardware
State of
Mary Harrington
A.D
F. M. Arcks
M. W. Henrick
Baptist Your People’s Union
Ious
Hoyt Bros
City of
Chicago, Milwaukeest
QO. G, Meyers
Perera
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Deutsche Apotheke
Monticellus Sree
O.G. Meyar
J. C. Prerewya
Graphgyphone
Bell
Tainter
Edison
Macdonald
Columbia Phonograph Co
State St
Chicago, Ill
New York
Paris
St. Louis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
J. H. BachEr & Co
Our News Depot
Slaughter
Goldstone Bros
Tam
Victor Bicycles
Lee
Cc. W. Brown
Loraplexion
St. Vitus
Fong pLexia
Franklin Hart
West 32d St
Albert C. Smith
Suffolk Dispensary
Charter St
Boston Mass
Andalls
Smith
Syracuse
N. v
Monroe Street
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