Monticello Council Approves June Claims and Ordinance
Monticello council in regular session approves minutes and June receipts led by Weighmaster and mayor payouts. Ordinance No. 436 for paying city claims is read and passed on first and final readings. Resignation of Ellen Carpenter from library board accepted. W A Mirick appointed.
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Monticello
Arduser
Schneider
Ferring
Rockstad
Hicks
Bohiken
Iowa
Miner
Ln Telephone Co
W Doxsee
Geo Guyan
Ricklefs & McNeill
Hdwe
T Lanigan
F Meyer
Cross Hdwe Co
HS Lee
Central Lbr & Coal Co
Albert Meyer
Fred W Koop
J H Perrine
Washington Hose Co
Hartman Fire
Hook & Ladder Co
Hartman
Chris Dinklage
Barney Fitzsimons
Andrew Casady
John Chapman
Harry Wilkinson
JM Alcorn
Jacob Rohr, Sr
Guy Hogan
G Miner
L Miner
Herman Schnwaider
Johns-Manville Co
Peter Matthiessen
Cashen
Ed Fitzsimons
Geo Darrow
Fred Darrow
Dan Smith
Andrew Cassady
J H Herren
Geo Gquyan
Hayden
Dragging Fund
Fred Zimmerman
Slauson
Monticello Electric Co
Kockstad
Nayes
Ellen Carpenter
W. A. Mirick
Fred W. Koop
Civil War captain served as lighthouse keeper decades
J 8S Donahue of South Haven Michigan, a civil war captain and lighthouse keeper, credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney trouble and chills after failed cures. He reports improved sight and still feels fine at seventy, praising the remedy for dyspepsia digestion and liver kidney issues. Available for 50 cents at O H Soetje’s.
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Donahue
Haven
Mich
O. H. Soetje’s
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised for skin healing
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as effective for chapped hands and lips from cold winds. It claims to soften skin and treat cold sores burns boils cuts ulcers and piles and notes it is sold by O H Soetje for 25 cents. The ad also mentions factory grinding services by Mower Sickels and J C Irvin.
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Bucklen
Arnica
O. H. Soetje’s
Cape Race Perilous Fog and Icebergs haunt Atlantic passage
In Harper's description Cape Race Newfoundland stands as a graveyard of the ocean. Fog icebergs submerged rocks and violent currents menace ships on the north Atlantic route. The coast has claimed many vessels and lives with wrecks near the cliffs and a notorious foghorn that roars for hours.
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Harper's Magazine
George Harding
Cape Race
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Virgin Rocks
Gray Cape
Cape
Regulus
Chance Cove
New York-St. John’s
No End to Grabbing, Says Commentator Mopus
The quotation from Mopus argues land grabbing may persist endlessly as more actors seek to take already grabbed resources. Smith counters that even those without grabs will try to seize what has already been seized. Boston Post.
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Mopus
Smith
Boston
Post
Bishop Hall Quote on Open Minds and Ears
A pithy quotation from Bishop Hall notes that many mouths would close if there were fewer listening ears, reflecting on communication and restraint.
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Bishop Hall
A Weak Rejoinder In Local Joke
A Baltimore American joke notes a landlady deflecting a request for punch by offering coffee. The quip highlights a playful misfire in daily boarding house humor.
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Baltimore American
Prank of a Baseball That Won a Game for Washingtons
A strange stunt in early baseball involved a hidden cellar door hole under the stands at Washington grounds. A wild throw rolled up the door, letting a batter score the winning run as Chicago, led by Anson, protested the game. Investigations noted balls could barely pass the opening before the cover gave way.
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Hugh S. Fullerton
American Mazine
Washington
Chicago
Anson
Hindu Justice in a Cat and Cotton Fire Case
A Lalitpur arbitration described four Hindu partners owning a cat by assigning each a leg with ornaments. An injured leg caused the cat to carry oiled flame to cotton bales, burning them. The three owners of the uninjured legs were held liable for one quarter of the cotton value to the owner of the injured leg.
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Loudon Telegraph
Early Autograph Hunters Through Roman and Renaissance Times
The piece traces autograph collecting from Atossa in early Rome to Cicero and Pliny noting famous signers. It cites Pompeius Secundus with autographs of Cicero Augustus Vergil and the Gracchi valued at about 15000 in modern money. It mentions a sixteenth century Bohemian squire who kept a signed hunting record.
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Atossa
Cicero
Pliny
Pompeius Secundus
Augustus
Vergil
Gracchi
Notice of Quiet Title Suit in Jones County Iowa
The plaintiff A Bort seeks to quiet title to the west half of the north half and related tracts in Section 4 Township 86 North Range 4 West, alleging ownership in fee simple since 1853 and that prior deeds were misdescribed or defective. Defendants are numerous heirs and assigns. the case requires appearance by Sept 17, 1912 or default judgment will be entered. Judge W N Treichler approves publication in The Monticello Express.
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A. Bort
David Farbush
Joseph Worley
Electa Worley
Franklin Dalby
Catherine A. Dalby
J. A. Fields
John A. Fields
Mary 4. Iields
James Hamilton
John A. Squires
Laura Squires
H. Smith
HE. Smith
Sarah J. Field
fFeld
Silas Hl. Smith
Silas H. Smith
N. i. Gr
North Range
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
BE. R. Doe
George Gates
David Faurbush
United States
E. R. Doe
David Staurbush
George M. Gates
Township
Pk. M
M. H. Smith
J. W. Doxsee
Monticello
State of
Christian Kohler
Tesler
Attorney Ad for J W Doxbee Monticello Probate Practice
J W Doxbee, an attorney at law, offers general legal services including settlement of estates in the probate court. Located in Lovell Block, Monticello.
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Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart
Monticello
Lovell Block
Laws
H. M. Remley
James Remley Remley
Remley
Anamosa
Main Street
Hasterly Hotel
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Chris Eiben
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Columbia
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Cleveland
Hadley
Chicago Daily News
Albany Journal
T. R
Columbia State
J.C. Irvin
Jagged Cape Race
Rocky
Deadly
Houston Post
Washingtons
Hindu Justice
L. G. Stabler
Grace Albery
Express
Richland Township
Sarah A. Oltman
Jack Krey
Delaware County
Sand Spring
Worthington
N. W. Bindner
LeMars
Perkins, Eclipse and Star Windmills
Leroy Clark
Express Printing Office
John
Express Office
Elmer Cropp
Uuly
Lee
R. A. Cartano
J. W. Coxsee
Fred Puleston
Eilers & Bolton
BE. BE
Reed Attorney At Law
Burrishter's Drygoode Store
J. W. Doxbee
H. C. Waite Music Co
Dike
Fagan & CO
Towa
OUR
Desiens
Just
J. E. Bateman
O. H. Soetje
Chamberlain
South Cedar St
C. A. Errickson & CO
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Children’s Suits
General Merchandise
Central Lumber & Coal Company
G. P. Rockstad
Wmor
E. L. Hfimebaugh
Scotch Grove
Alonzo Cowa
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