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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
4
A magazine excerpt discusses the harsh training and weight pressures on jockeys, noting how constant dieting and sweating affect health. It also describes historic pin making machinery and a joke about a west of Ireland family’s longevity tied to their judges and juries.
A London Standard piece recounts historic pranks from royal masquerades with Heidegger and a double, to carnival mischief in South America, and a Rome incident with Sir Francis Dashwood. The anecdotes illustrate how jokers used disguise, misdirection, and fear to provoke reactions.
A crow at Richmond links humorously steals a golfer's ball. It favors white new balls over chipped ones, then flies off with a ball into marsh ground. The caddie cannot retrieve it, and the bird returns to its haunt in Kew Gardens.
A fragmentary verse piece by W. B. Yents reflects on waves by the shore, memories of childhood, shifting tides of herring fishing, the creel and cart to Sligo town, and a lover’s gaze beside the rocky shore with lingering longing.
An old-time column sketches the cliff dwellers of the southwest noting women grind meat weave and craft pottery while men farm and tend crops. It contrasts lively daily routines in Acoma Walpi Laguna and Zuni with scenes of dawn songs and household roles.
A compilation of land deals and lot transfers recorded in several counties and towns. Transactions include subdivisions in Monticello, Anamosa, Olin, and Rome, with buyers and sellers such as Cass, Phillips, Hartmann, Kimball, Weeks, and Metcalf. Values and parcel sizes noted alongside section and township references.
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