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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
2
Promine reports Supervisor Clay in the city on Saturday. Mrs. B. L. Dyer of Ohio visits A. M. Loomis. J. Ramsey weighs in on candidacy for County Clerk. Local residents host, travel, or welcome relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and family. Capt. John Green outlines an extended year of travel from Iowa to the West and South to hunt, fish, and visit multiple states and territories.
July records from Castle Grove report J A Howie feeling unwell and a berry excursion near Hopkinton. Monticello visitors include Paul Berlin Myrtle Barnhill Lula Curtis. A horse injury required stitches and gate-openings cause cattle damage to corn fields. Community complaints urge closures to prevent losses.
Onstow notes include Miss Amy Stewart of Chicago visiting Dr Stoffel and Mrs Wolcott with a sick mother in Clinton. J M Paul and John Von Sprecken traveled to Chicago with stock. Harvest and haying are progressing. corn is reported fine. Fire destroys an old farm house near Letze and Luken. insurance noted. Franks store kerosene lamp incident ends with quick fire control.
Miss Lena Arlen of Oxford Junction visited friends here last Tuesday. Thomas Sutherland of Cedar Rapids made a short visit at his home last week. Miss Margaret Smith of Maquoketa stayed with Miss Maude Stingley recently. A child of Thomas Bell in the country is ill. Mrs. M L Coyle and daughter and Miss Cathryn Leech visited Hopkinton friends on Sunday. Frank Serbousek has been ill recently with little improvement. A K Robertson bringing his creamery family back to live in Center Junction. Win Walsh station agent at Scotch Grove visited by wheel last Sunday. Margaret Sutherland, former Allamakee County teacher, returned home last week. Sunday School scholars and others plan to take the Davenport excursion next Friday.
Cass residents and friends report summer travel and visits. Hattie Lake spends the season in Waterloo while Nellie Bruce travels to Anamosa with Maud Bowers. Wim Ovening of Monticello called Tuesday from Cass. Miss Bailey of Amber visits Mrs. James Belknap. Mrs. Geo Watt tours Canada. Miss Roma Crawford visits his sister in Boise City Idaho.
Mrs Jennie Sandhouse and children return from a relatives visit to Vin ton and La Porte. W A Hale's team ran away and wrecked a dayloader but no injuries. Mr and Mrs Carso Crane left Tuesday to visit daughter Mrs Fred Brainard in Loomis North Dakota.
A young daughter of Fred Hicks of Milo township was badly bitten on the cheek by a dog on the Fourth of July evening. Reports said she might not survive, a claim the correspondence hopes proves unfounded.
Mrs F W Buxton returns from Bremer county with her mother Mrs P O Babcock of Monticello. Miss Nellie Buxton stays in Monticello. Miss Daisy Burkett of Monticello visits then heads to Toledo with Miss Lola Willard to see Mrs Joseph Hill. George Cole returns to Monticello and Anamosa telephone work. Frank Leahy killed by live electric wire in Marion while powering a fan. three others injured. Jones County Fair stock fully subscribed with talks of expansion. Pecan Oil marketed as horse sore absorbent. W F Rony hosts Mrs Fred Matthiessen and Jennie after Carroll visit. Godfrey Egger loses three cattle to lightning. residents visiting Miles and Manchester.
An uptown shop scene prompts a Lincoln anecdote about providence and two visitors with mismatched heights. Lincoln notes that God made two men with legs of exactly matching ground reach, a social meeting with a moral twist.
In a Blackwood correspondence, Coleridge with Dr Gilman recounts a fainting spell. His first words on revival lament the mystery of human thought versus fleeting consciousness and the shock of the moment is softened by a friend’s relief that it was not apoplexy.
A lawyer questions a witness who admits serving 18 years on the bench before moving to the state. The witness reveals the prior role was in a shoemaker’s shop, sparking disbelief and a quick cross examination.
A Philadelphia Telegraph note recalls a visiting old lady who prolongs her stay and asks a child to accompany her partway before dinner. The line contrasts a common saying from The Conqueror about women preferring comforting lies over blunt truths.
Medical guidance suggests a light nourishing snack at night helps weak or emaciated individuals sleep better by diverting blood from the brain and supporting tissue maintenance. A full dinner at bedtime is avoided, as the stomach can digest a light meal into fat and improve nocturnal rest.
A heavy hostess asks for water from a pitcher and youths rush to help. One man boasts of carrying water for the elephant in circuses, only to see the hostess’s expression and the room’s silence reveal his misstep.
The London Standard reports Havelock Ellis linked gout to genius after studying deaths of eminent figures. Notable figures named include Milton Newton Johnson Savage Landor and Darwin among others. Epilepsy also noted as tied to high intellect with examples such as Napoleon Mohammed and Cesar cited by alienists.
Mrs Bogelby, wife of a sick man, returns with luxuries bought on a tight purse. She vents about poverty and recalls a failed wine offer from Mrs Rich, noting the wine supposedly sat in a cellar since 1855 and she refused it. The tale ends with disappointment and irony.
The English glowworm is the wingless female of a winged beetle. The glow may deter night birds or lure predators. The light’s nature remains unproven and it does not ignite or heat objects. A Rockland teacher discussed Plymouth Rock with pupils prompting a humorous question. Pecan Oil ad promotes its use for cuts bruises bunions and strained tendons. Mrs W W Rhodes visited Wyoming yesterday.
John J. Patton of Patton Alabama recalls a severe diarrhoea attack that was cured after using a twenty five cent bottle of Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He calls it the best medicine for bowel complaints and urges households to keep it on hand for summer diar rhoea and emergencies. Sold by Bacher and Abel.
The remedy’s uniform success makes it the most popular for bowel complaints and especially valuable for summer diarrhoea in children. It is said to save many children each year and is offered for sale by Bacher & Abel.
A petition filed by Tobias Tobiason seeks to quiet title to the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 22 in township 8 north range 2 west, Jones County Iowa. Unknown heirs and claimants are warned to answer by Sept 22, 1902, or a default decree will be entered. Publication to run six weeks in The Mowarr-Cello Express.
Monticello Iowa will host an August sale of 100 heavy draft horses bred by South Dakota farmers. The lot is unbranded, halter broken, and suitable for farmers to finish for market. From imported stock, this is described as a premier group. sale date to be announced later by 4th Wm Aner Jr & Co.
The notice promotes a July 18 excursion on the steamer City of Winona with over three hours aboard and fine music and scenery. A ten to twelve car train will transport a large crowd at very cheap rates, with trains leaving Monticello at 8.00 a m. Attendees are urged to bring dinner and not miss the trip.
Listings describe 40 acres of timber land near Sand Spring in Illinois offered by Mrs. M. J. Stevenson of Lacon. An 80 acre Abe Schneider farm in Richland township, Illinois, is up for sale. Sl Louis Schneider oversees. The Thomas McElone farm covers 120 acres in Wayne township Jones county Iowa. All properties advertised as cheap with liberal terms, plus two farms for rent. inquiries directed to W. H. Santorn of Amber Iowa.
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