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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
4
Corporal Tar dieu recounts a brutal house to house battle near a village in France. German attackers advance through windows and doorways as bullets, shouts, and the crack of steel mix with weapon fire. The narrator describes climbing streets, bayonets, casualties, and a fierce charge driving the enemy back.
Wartime dispatch describes Belgians stubbornly holding trenches and storming through a village. Germans in retreat open fire as bugler Lugagne signals a charge. French troops rout enemies, take about three hundred prisoners, then face heavy artillery fire amid wounded and chaos.
Louis Singleton, described as Tangipahoa's strongest man, is jailed in Amite City. Relatives say they cannot keep him at home as his brother Walter faces charges with him for shooting a neighbor’s cow and disturbing the peace. The 260 acre homestead lies three miles northeast of Kentwood.
Chicago man Joseph McGilloch faced Judge Rafferty after being arrested for refusing to leave a taxi at Van Buren street and Wabash avenue. The judge ordered one hundred dollars and costs but allowed McGilloch to sing, saying Go but don't let it happen again.
The piece profiles organized contraband trade in Holland during wartime, noting Rotterdam dens where German dressed smugglers arrange exports via telephones to beat border controls. It describes high freight rates, railcar diversions, seized Dutch fishermen, Rhine lighters, and troopers guarding the frontier while smugglers slip goods into Germany or Belgium.
Smith Louisiana Bill case centers on a physician who fishes while a patient recovers from an appendectomy. The doctor treated Bill and then returned with a seven ounce trout, prompting anger from Bill’s family. Bill complains the doctor went too far with the fishing and claims his prize fish.
Maggie Draper alias Annie Smith known as Box Car Annie, a 30 year old long time hobo, seeks a second trial of a federal drug cure at General Hospital Kansas City after touring Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas following a previous March enforcement action.
A London report states the average life of a British officer at the firing line is 23 days, a cavalry horse lasts ten days in combat, and an automobile service life about one month.
In a sensational remark Bill accuses Doc of performing an appendix operation on him to use the organ as fishing bait and claims he then caught a large trout with it. The exchange hints at tension between the two men over a past medical incident.
In Trenton New Jersey Mrs Ethel H Osborne sues for divorce alleging her husband’s cruelties caused a 24 pound weight loss and seeks dissolution of marriage in a case reflecting domestic strife and plea for relief.
A brief note observes gendered grooming habits noting women may dab powder while men should wash their necks, reflecting period norms and social expectations.
The article outlines easy Iris cultivation emphasizing natural growth conditions and soil care. It contrasts German Iris as hardy for cutting and sun, with deep root planting and light bulb cover, and Japan Iris as requiring rich soil, constant moisture, and thorough weed control.
Instructions for fertilizing, pot size, drainage, and transplanting ferns. Include steps to remove from old pots without damage, place broken crockery over drainage holes, use garden soil with manure or fertilizer, and water thoroughly. Advise delaying sun exposure after repotting and timing for garden planting to reduce evaporation.
He claimed to have engaged rooms for a holiday after a landlady noted a superb 400 acre garden with statuary. Jones pressed for details and learned the garden was a cemetery, a bitter twist to the tale.
A reflective maxim on human needs notes that friendship serves as the steady anchor in distress and the shared joy in celebration, guiding behavior and values through life’s ups and downs.
A Constantinople housewife avoids dustbins by placing kitchen refuse in a kennel outside her door for wandering city dogs. The act provides food waste to stray animals, illustrating how residents adapted to urban waste and animal needs in the street.
A defendant sued for breach of promise argues a change of mind is lawful, with emphasis on a female party in the Buffalo Times item.
A Belgian war baby on a Brookton porch unsettles bachelor Driggs and leads to a bonding with widow Mrs. Denslow. Mary, the servant, steers the tenderness into a marriage proposal, as the infant’s fate becomes a matchmaking catalyst and a happy ending.
A New York woman seeks legal separation from her husband after two years of marriage claiming his snoring on their wedding night and thereafter ruined their relationship. She states the husband never ill treated her and provided, but the constant nocturnal noises justified separation and support for living costs.
In Paris Temps Brieux argues France will not forget past differences and live in perfect accord after the conflict. He foresees political improvement but rejects being calm as statues. He notes France’s geography and diverse races ensure ongoing agitation that can yield fruit, unlike immobility.
A Yorkshire homecoming tale shows a returned soldier just out of hospital with a hidden injury. His father greets him with a proud pipe pause and exclaims Jim has come home, while his mother rushes in with warm jokes about his condition on a weak day.
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