Monticello Express Editor and Pricing Note
The Monticello Express lists J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a yearly subscription price of 61 75. The notice appears as a brief publication detail from a Thursday issue.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
3
Monticello visitors and local notes from Onstow
Correspondence from Onstow July 23 lists diverse local items. David Simm headed to Colorado, Miss Collie Paul returned from Chicago, O H Mower visited Clinton, and families like Wolcott, Streeper, and Adams appear across towns. Remarks cover illness, employment moves, carpentry work, shippings of cattle and hogs, and a Durgan death rumor clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Miss Adams
Lowell
Massachusetts
E. EF. Brown
Sherman Young
W. H. Alexander
W.S. Hall
Jonathan Fadley
John Olisen
Kansas City
Fred Zinsmaster
Illinois
Findley
W. G. Krause
Roy Walters
F. J. Sokol
Ben Johnson
Wilcox
J. H. Byerly
J. T. Chandler
Marshalltown
Wromma News Tells Local Tastings and Travel Notes
Wromma reports Rev. A. P. Cooper visiting Ohio to see his parents for weeks. Henry DeCamp of Dakota recalls boyhood scenes with friends. An ice cream social by Presbyterian ladies clears twenty one dollars in a new barn. A. A. Vaughn and John Rhodes buy the brick block once built by W. P. L. Russell, now home to Mayor Sanders. Newton Cromwell plans return from Nebraska. Rev. Dillon Bronson preaches to a large audience and departs with his mother. R. Fishwild and W. O. Shaffer return from Missouri pleased yet dry. Fred Arnold becomes a papa and a painter jokes. Great grandpa Osborn reflects on Civil War loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wromma
A. P. Cooper
Ohio
Henry DeCamp
Dakota
A. A. Vaughn
John Rhodes
W. P. L. Russell
Sanders
Newton Cromwell
Nebraska
Dillon Bronson
Brookline
R. Fishwild
W.O. Shaffer
Missouri
Fred Arnold
Osborn
Local Notes From Amber Area Include Travel and Harvest
Amber reports Chas Cheshire lost a horse in the heat last week. Miss Pearl Green of Anamosa visits relatives here. Oats harvest progresses. farmers report most have cut. Phil Daly traveled to Chicago with cattle. Mr. Younger paid 66 cts per hundred for fortune milk testing 3.50. Miss Cavanaugh visits sister Mrs. Wm Daly. Ringling circus drawn crowds in Monticello. W H Farragher received a carload of American manure spreaders. Samuel Witham arrives from Northwestern Iowa. Jas Bradley Sr and Miss Lena visit David Steckle in Decatur county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Chas
Cheshire
Pearl Green
Anamosa
Phil Daly
Chicago
Younger
Miss Cavanaugh
Wm. Daly
Monticello
W. H. Farragher
Samuel Witham
Iowa
Jas. Bradley, Sr
Lena
David Steckle
Decatur County
Local Notes from Castle Grove July Update
Castle Grove reports Mrs. Er. J. Noble on the sick list as thresher noise fills the air. Jas F Delay visited Anamosa last week while a Ringling show attracted Monticello crowds despite heat. A Sunday school picnic was postponed indefinitely and potato bugs trouble farmers in gardens and patches. Mr. and Mrs. B M Hosford and Inez Kloss with W B Brown traveled to Anamosa and spent the night at the pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Er. J. Noble
Jas. F. Delay
Anamosa
Monticello
Severe Heat and Drought Hit Local Farmlands
Prolonged hot winds sweep the region, drying pastures and gardens. Milk production has fallen by one third to one half, hay and grain crops suffer, and farmers feed stock as drought worsens across the area.
Scotty Grove Social Notes and Local Visits
Scoton Grove on July 23 reports Alex McKean at home, Miss Olive Hughes returning to Cedar Rapids, and a large local crowd at the show Saturday. Cedar Rapids visitor Mr. McKee, Miss Lizzie Dunlap of Hopkinton visiting, a daughter born to Rey and Mrs Hine, and Mrs. Thos Sturtevant bringing her ailing mother Mrs Halsey. Creameryman Mr. Dice suffered appendicitis Friday, being temporarily replaced by an Anamosa man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoton Grove
Alex McKean
Olive Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Mr. McKee
Lizzie Dunlap
Hopkinton
Rey
T. W. Hine
Thos, Sturtevant
Clarinda
Sugar Making Origins and Spread Through History
The article traces sugar’s origins in China under the Tsin dynasty about 200 years before Christ, notes India’s claim but credits Chinese influence, and recalls ancient references by Nearchus. It covers sugar as medicinal by Galen in A D 150, its early luxury status, and the rise of refined sugar in England by 1659 assisted by a Venetian merchant who learned refining from the Saracens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
India
Nearchus
Alexander
Indus
Great Britain
England
Cathedral at Seville A Marvel of Gigantic Scale
The article praises the Seville cathedral built in the late Middle Ages as a superb monument surpassing Toledo and Cordova. It highlights the towering central nave, vast side aisles, immense main altar, colossal organ pipes, and the grand, lavish ceremonies that flood Seville with processions and public spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Cordova
Sevilla
Notre Dame of
Paris
Plain Lace Scarf Shows Husband’s Clever Ruse
A husband pretends a lace scarf is for a friend to let his wife pick one she likes. She selects a simple scarf deeming it good, and the husband reveals the surprise meant for her. The tale, from London Answers, ends with his amused delight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Amelie
London
Japanese Curiosity and Openness to New Ideas
The essay notes insatiable Japanese curiosity as a driver of modernization Alvin the desire to see and imitate new ideas. It contrasts with Chinese reserve and describes crowds at rail platforms watching foreigners and locals observing neighbors, illustrating continual social fascination with foreigners and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Anna N. Benjamin
China
Tokyo
Oe Gate
Invention of Bellows Traces Across Ancient Times
The origin of bellows spans Egypt in Thutmose III’s era around 1490 B C with depictions on his tomb. Greek and Roman knowhow include a two-board bellows with leather hinge. Strabo wrongly credits Anacharsis. Wooden variants appear in sixteenth century Germany. inventor remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Thethmes III
Strabo
Anacharsis
Solon
Germany
Notice in Jones county land dispute precedents
Plaintiffs in multiple early 1900s district court actions seek quiet title and reformation of deeds for lands described in sections within townships 85 and 86 north ranges 2 and 4 west. They allege color of title and thirty plus years of possession adverse to defendants heirs and unknown claimants. The court orders publication in Monticello Express for six weeks beginning July 25 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Berry
Frank Berry
Nellie Mullady
Joshua Jones
Deceas
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
North Range
Patrick Mullady
Margaret Fenley Mullady
Ann Mullady
Margaret Enley Mullady
United States Land Office
Dubuque
United States
William Joshua Barney
Joshua, Jones
J. W. Doxter
Monticerto Express
Monticello
Anamosa
Jonas
Addison Hawley
J. Gilbert
J. W. Coxies
Towa
State of Iowa
Jonas Hartwell
Frederick J. Bissell
Patrick O’brien
Recorder
Moe
Susan Cartwright
Lucian L. Gilbert
Asa W. Allen
State of
David Mcl'arthy
Charles Simmons
David McCarthy
O. F. Davison
St. P. M
Lovina Davison
E. K Davison
E. K. Davison
FE. K. Davison
O. I. Davison
Elijah K. Davison
EH. K. Davison
J. W. Doxsie
Monticello Exeress
Probate Notice for Maria Kellum Will in Jones County
District Court in Jones County Iowa notifies all interested parties that the last will and testament of Maria Kellum, deceased, has been filed for probate. A Sept 19, 1901 hearing at the Sept term will determine final proof and rebate before probate. Clerk J A Hartman signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Iowa
Jones County
Maria Kellum
J. A Hartman
District Court of Jones Co
J. W. Doxsax
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Farmers’ National Bank of
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Marcos. Bozzaris
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Obarandas
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Marvos Bozzaris
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Wilkes Bird
Grandam
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Hiland Ward
Cc. H. Ceorce
A. L. Chase
Oxfords
Mundell’s
Star Clothing House
Lee
C. W. Brown
National Land Co
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Elliott & Doubenmier
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