Monticello Public School Third Grade Class 1896 Photo
Historical classroom group portrait lists students by row and reading left to right. Names include Donald Thompson May Hubbard Joshua Doran Zalia Ried A Visitor Tom George Edna Hoffman Arthur Baker Mabel Patten Genevieve Lawrence Eddie Lucky and staff.
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Donald Thompson
May Hubbard
Joshua Doran
Zalia Ried
Tom George
Edna Hoffman
Arthur Baker
Mabel Patten
Genevieve Lawrence
Eddie Lucky
That Rest Cure for Tired Feeling and Three Pet Exercises
Edward B. Warman argues rest is active and mental as well as physical. He advocates "rest before getting tired," added by simple daily practices and three exercises Bowing Side Movements and Liver Squeezer to reduce fatigue and stave off aging without drugs.
Vanity Punished Girl’s Mirror Practice Story
A Coolidge girl practiced a “sweet, pathetic” look before a mirror until her mother noticed and took her to a doctor who prescribed caloriet. The brief item from the Atchison Globe documents this unusual incident.
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Coolidge
Local Notables Suffer Injuries and Death in Iowa Incident
Lost Nation residentew D. Van Ostrand was knocked in the mouth by a base wall in Oxford Junction, requiring eight stitches. Davenport bank cashier George Hoelin, aged 47, died Sunday from stomach cancer.
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Ew. D. van Ostrand
Lost Nation
Oxford Junction
George Hoelin
First National Bank of
Davenport
Triplets Born to Hall Family in Pleasant Grove
Mr and Mrs Bernard Hall welcomed a set of triplets after a previous son and twins, boosting their family to seven children. The couple, married four years, live at Pleasant Grove near Ipworth.
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Bernard Hall
Pleasant Grove
Ipworth
Property transfers filed with multiple buyers in Iowa towns
A long list of deed transfers records numerous buyers paying varying sums for lots and parcels in Martelle Anamosa Oxford Mills Oxford Junction Center Junction Wyoming and nearby areas. Dollars range from 30 to 5 000 with dates and names including Brady Burger Cookey Starks Byers Port Peet Folkers Welch Lathrop and Pasek among others. The notice concludes with a train itinerary mentioning a Nickel Plate Road return trip from Chicago on July 27th for PH.00 and departure details from Chicago city offices.
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Hiram Brady
J. L. Brady
Anton Burger
John Cookey
Hill
J.S. Stacy
J. M. Paul
A of Sey
Ney
J.w.trall
O. J. Felton
Center Junction
EE. W. Harrison
Riley Arnold
W. TI. Shaw
J. M. Crowner
Chas Byers
Ormsby Add
Martelle
Mary EE. Gridley
Charles B. Larkey
Wyoming
M. Starry
W. Starks
Bec
Bota
Phillip Yallin
Jones County
Iowa
Nely
Seig
M. Port
Katie
Peet
Willson
Mari Folkers
Tobias Volkers
A. N. Smith
W. M. Welch
Monticello
M. M. White
D. Edleman
Wee
R. D. Peter
J. HE. Fisher
D. R. Johnson
J.C. Voster
John Moreland
M.D. Sutliff
S. A. Prosser
Lathrop
Oxford Mills
C. ©. Hutton
G. W. Hubbell
Onslow
L. Schoonover
J. K. Wale
Reo
John Pasek
G. W. Lathrop
Oxford Junction
F. J. Cook
Wiz
G. W. Tathrop
Lucia Ijlerbertie Watson
J. HH
Courtney
W. C. Monroe
W. C Monroe
Bunce
Sarah J. Naar
W.T. Shaw
Anamosa
Elizabeth Crisick
I. Fortney
Wyentine
A. _ Warren
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Chicago City
Adams St
LaSalle St
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
la Salle St
Brothers Narrowly Escape Death in Separate Electric Incidents
Harry Zinn of Anamosa and his brother Frank of Oxford Junction survived near fatal falls from damaged utility poles last Saturday within an hour. Zinn suffered burns and a shoulder strain after grabbing a Bell ground wire. Frank was badly cut when a cross arm broke and a picket pierced his leg, delaying recovery for weeks.
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Anamosa Sureka
Harry Zinn
Anamosa
Frank
Oxford Junction
Slarry
Harry Beams
Elis
Postmaster General Allows Rural Mailbox Construction
The Postmaster General issued an order effective August 1 rescinding the rule forcing rural route patrons to buy mailboxes from two listed manufacturers. Patrons may now construct their own boxes.
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Postmaster General
Diverse Farm and commerce notices mix in broad ad page
An assortment of farm listings and bargains dominate the page with offerings for a 200 acre farm near Amber, South Dakotas complexes in Lyman Stanley Brule and Charles Mix counties. The ad also promotes land deals, rail excursion rates, and various patent medicines and household goods with generic promotional copy.
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Mutchingon County
S. D
Miller
Sland County
Lyman, Stanley, Brule
Charles Mix
Arduser Land Co
Kennebec
Lyman County
Thaw’s Defense Cites Florodora Wife in Insanity Plea
The Atlanta Journal notes Leo Frank suspect John Thaw’s strongest insanity defense angle would be his marriage to a Florodora girl. The remark frames legal strategy around personal relationships rather than evidence.
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Atlanta Journal
Thaw Estate Soars in Cost to Free Stanford White Suspect
The notion that $40,000,000 of the Thaw estate may be spent to free Stanford White’s killer signals a lengthy, costly trial ahead. Lawyers anticipate a protracted case with substantial funding possibilities.
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Kansas City Journal
Stanford White
New Discovery Cures Coughs and Colds Says Leslie Man
J W Coulter of Leslie Iowa recalls a relief and cure after using Dr Kings New Discovery for chronic bronchitis asthma and a terrible cough. He endorses it as superior to other remedies and notes bottles are guaranteed at O H Soetjes drug store with trial bottles free. Chicago News cites Supreme Court questions on new laws. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea endorsed for health at 35 cents from O H Soetje.
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Jennie Duncason
Slaynesville
J. W. Coulter
Leslie
Stanley County
O. H. Soetje’s
Monticello Realty Co Lists Iowa Farms For Sale
Monticello Realty Co presents multiple farms in Jones County and surrounding areas. Listings include 964 acre tract near Olint priced at 60 per acre with improvements, 365 acre farm at 97.50, many parcels near Monticello with varied terms, and 1980 acres in Lovell Township at 87.50 with 5000 cash.
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Olint Jones County
Iowa
Jones County
Seotch Grove
Monticello
Wyoming Township
Dubuque County
Sarley
Delaware County
Lovell Township
How the Other Half Lived Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad
An advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures cuts wounds burns and skin eruptions. Mrs Grant Shy of Springfield Illinois calls it a housekeeping necessity while O H Soetje the local druggist guarantees it for 25 cents.
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Grant Shy
I. Reynolds St
Springfield
Bays
O. H. Soetje
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Srconp Row
Edward Borgett
Nettie Lucky
Edna Suter
Lawrence Locher
Eva Brazelton
Tom Reid
Martha Miller
Hattie (Rundle) Faber
Rosco Stanley
Bernice Button
Harold Phetteplace
Mills Stuart
Mary Buttles
Colin Thomas
Jakie Bader
Frank Repstein
Elva Corbett
Ward Brazelton
Guy Cooper
Jessie Fawcett
Lucy Altman
Julia Tapken
Lester Earn
Edward B. Warman
Health Department Ladies’ Home Journal
J. B. Bowles
England
Chautauqua Lake, N.Y
Genesis
District Court
Henry J. Siler Eyeete
Mmna Colesheenage Ee
S. Kenneth Buell
Julia J. Drnella
Aed Eer M
Ghita Preston
Igs
Harrison J. Whitield
Lillian
Lawrence
William Tl. Hotz
Clara A. Plamadore
Amos Appleby Yeteteege
Hisie Sampica
Amber
Town
White City
Cedar Rapids
Topeka Journal
Ffollister
Topeka
DeWitt
Philadelphia Ledger
White
O. H. Soteje
Rochester
Bryan
Roosevelt
Toledo Blade
Congress
Smoot
Kansas City
Castoria
Bourne
Chas. H. Fletcher
Murray
Music Cure
Mary Brown
Lafayete Place
Poughkeepsie
Chicago News
United States Supreme Court
N. B. Truth
Mississippi
Hollister
Caliban
ALD
District Court of
State of Iowan
W. S. Webster
John Lander
J. M. Lange
EK. &. Reed
Dones County
Monticello Realty Co
J. A. Voorhees, M’gr
Monticello, la
Mirick & Inglis
Physicians
Monticello Bank
Fred Puleston
Ellers & Bolton
H. M. Renury
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Main Street
Eastgriy Hotel
ER. E. Reed
Burrichter’s Drygoods
Laws
Herrick & Bauder
Monticello State Bank
J. W. Doxsee
Lovell Block
E. Tarbox
Jones
Counties
Earth
A. Matthiessen
A. M. Maurice
D. D
Qfeice
Drake ‘University
Crown Bridge
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
Monticello, Iowa
ST. P
Colorado
West
Sioux City
Wean
Kansas
Omaha St. Paul
Farley Calmar
Calmar Freight
Oxford Freight
Marion
Fryberger & Bigley
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