Monticello Express Adopts Thrifty Thursday Billing
The Monticello Express dated July 27 1899 lists weekly publication by J W Doxsee as editor proprietor with a subscription price of 1 75 per year. Thursday issue schedules and pricing are confirmed.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
2
Onslow Community Notes and a Local Funeral
Onslow updates list residents visiting relatives and moving plans including Jessie Brown returning East Mrs McQuowan visiting Mt Vernon and others. The community also reports the death of Mrs Elen McCready of Madison township whose funeral was held in Wyoming with Rev McQuewan delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Jessie Brown
McQuowan
Mt. Vernon
Shuttleworth
Ochgeden
Ed Franks
Bell Plaine
Blairstown
Bertha Alexander
Wyoming
Wm. Neelans
Connecticut
Lulu Noyes
Blanche Johnson
F. J. Sokol
Mackrill
Elen McCready
Cedar Rapids
Farm notes and local happenings at Castle Grove
July reports from Castle Grove note Mrs. Krueger in poor health and mention visits by Monticello and Anamosa residents. A stepfather’s death reaches T. H. Sands via telegram from Nebraska. The Jones County Fair is two weeks away as farmers anticipate farm exhibits and corn readiness. A found horse tied to D. Poppe’s fence is linked to near Crowley residence. Walter Erismann narrowly escapes injury in a hay loft accident when a heavy timber nearly strikes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caste Grove
Krueger
A. Hosford
Monticello
B. R. Moore
Anamosa
G. N. Harken
T. H. Sands
Nebraska
Jones County
D. Poppe
Crowley
Broadway
A. V. Scott
July marriage licenses issued by district clerk list
The district court clerk issued July marriage licenses for pairs including Herman Schoon and Dora Schirmer. John Conley and Lulu Aldrich. Henry Atwood and Mary Michels. Gerd Heiken and Johanna Wiben. Maurice Mulyerhill and Emima Stuhr. Wm. J. Duncan and Stella Starry. George Yule and Myrtle Nash. Wm. Hughes and Mary Clark. John Cripps and Amanda. Chas Johnson and Lucinda Slife. Michael Sonbrady and Mary Sak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman E. Schoon
Dora Schirmer
John Conley
Lulu Aldrich
Henry Atwood
Mary Michels
Gerd J. Heiken
Johanna M. Wiben
Maurice Mulyerhill
Emima Stuhr
Wm. J. Duncan
Stella F. Starry
George W. Yule
Myrtle A. Nash
Wm. Hughes
Mary A. Clark
John I. Cripps
Amanda
McBride
Chas. F. Johnson
Lucinda Slife
Michael Sonbrady
Mary Sak
Church Services and Union Meeting Announcements
Sunday preaching planned at the Presbyterian church by Rev. David Street and at the Union meeting in the opera house led by Rev. E Harper. U B church holds morning service on God's call to Moses. Congregational church reports most of its 4000 building fund subscribed renewed for June 1 1900. Railway excursion details include Colorado Rockies Yellowstone Park routes with all expenses covered. contact Geo H Heatford for itineraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
David Street
E. Harper
Opera House
U. B
God
Moses
Congregational Building Fund
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
American Tourist Association
Kurst
Colorado Rockies
Yellowstone Park
Geo. H. Heatford
Chicago
Death of Monticello resident John Rigby in Indiana
The Monticello community mourns John Rigby a veteran blacksmith aged about seventy six who died suddenly in Angola Indiana while visiting. His son Mgr Leander Rigby heeded the news and will bring the remains home for Sunday funeral services conducted by Rev Staebler of the M E church. The Odd Fellows lodge will handle the services. Rigby survived by four children and had long served Monticello as a blacksmith. A separate dispatch from Des Moines reports a prison strike at Anamosa penitentiary over tobacco ration changes with guards and inmates affected and the board resisting withdrawal of the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rigby
Monticello
Angola
Indiana
Rigby
Mgr
Leander Rigby
Staebler
M. E. Church
Mr. Rigby
Columbiana County
Ohio
Salem
Mary Wiggins
Messrs
Chas
Wm. Buttles
Benjamin Jarrett
Cedar Rapids Republican
Des Moines
Anamosa
State Board of Control
Hunter
Round Trip Rail Offer Monticello to Clear Lake Saturday Sale
Round trip ticket from Monticello to Clear Lake offered at 2.50 on sale every Saturday with return valid Monday following. Agent listed as Jackson Ag't in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Clear Lake
Greater America Exposition Shows West Coast Pioneers
Representatives of the Greater America Exposition toured the Filipino Village in San Francisco and traveled east in twelve decorated coaches to advertise the upcoming event. The exposition promises displays of people animals birds and homes from new possessions with all buildings full and magnificent grounds. Paine's fireworks and Dan Godfrey's band receive praise as visitors are urged to come early for what is billed as the finest exposition west of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chicago
Paine
Dan Godfrey
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway excursion to Davenport
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Co will sell excursion tickets to Davenport August 5 to 7 good to return until August 14. Also an advertisement for Lee's Lice Killer a mite flea and bed bug killer used around chicken houses sold in Monticello by C W Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Davenport
Grand Lodge
Lee
Monticello
C. W. Brown
Railway Excursion Tickets to Colorado Points Planned
Railway Co announces excursion ticket sale to Colorado points on August 5 6 and 7 with return validity through August 31. Fare is one way price plus a $2 round trip surcharge.
Vindictive Reptile Threat on Martinique and Santa Lucia
Popular Science Monthly describes the fer de lance on Martinique and Santa Lucia. It notes the snake’s venomous bite and stealthy display and explains local anti venom rituals using jungle hemlock. The article warns trespassers face swift, lethal strikes if they provoke the snake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
Santa Lucia
Popular Science Monthly
Curious streetcar seat clash on crowded Thursday
A curly haired small boy sits in a packed Fourteenth street car as a middle aged buxom woman frowns from standing. The mother, after a tense exchange about a child’s seat, lifts the boy toward the door at N street and explains she is taking him home from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
N Street
Washington Post
Foreigners and Japanese hotel contrasts in literature
In several provincial towns Mr. Ransome notes hybrid hotels with foreign and Japanese sides. He describes European rooms as dirty and poorly maintained while Japanese sections are clean. A landlord explains foreigners are dirty by nature, preferring boots inside.
Mint waste-silver castings reveal fragile electrotypes
A New Orleans Times Democrat report explains how waste silver at the mint is recovered by acid baths dissolving iron parts yet preserving thin silver forms. The resulting hollow casts resemble delicate filigree and can reproduce bolts or screws before being remelted. In a separate vignette a London lawyer recalls a client who changed her will six times in six months, lamenting a quarrelsome beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mint
New Orleans Times‘Democrat
Oriental Judgment on Mixed Babies
Greek ecclesiastical authorities at Aleppo handle a case recalling Solomon's judgment where two women each bore a girl at the same time and swapped infants. The elder claimed the ugly child, the daughter claimed the pretty one, and the head of the town clear cut awarded the beautiful child to the daughter noting her first child deserves mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleppo
Solomon
Constantinople
Malumat
Flower Preserved Inside Old Ontario Iron Casting
In Ontario a worker breaking up a foundry wheel found four flower blossoms sealed in a crevice of a stationary engine casting. The blossoms remain in perfect condition with colors as fresh as when they were first hidden. The cavity’s airtight seal preserved them during the long years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
An Unconscious Press Agent and Its Echoes
The note recalls two 19th century glimpses of public reactions. A Chicago Post quote links tunnel lighting to romance and mood as a metaphor for love, while a London stage protest over flogging in the 1865 Charles Reade drama sparked debate and lasting crowd interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reade
Princess Theater
London
Fence Sign Bet Tricks Crowd into Tapping Fence
A note from the Boston Transcript recalls Hicks-Barry placing a sign reading Paint on a fence to provoke passersby. People touched the fence in response, confirming the bet he made that any passerby would feel the railing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Barry
Boston Transcript
Vaccination of Rifles Spreads Damaraland Discontent
German West African officials push stamping and registering firearms for Natives to curb harm. Lieutenant Eggers inoculates cattle for rinderpest and gains trust, leading Damaras to seek rifle vaccination to ensure they shoot straight without harming owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eggers
Damaraland
Damaras
Notice of Sale of Levi Hildearth Estate Farm in Castle Grove
Public notice states J W Doxsor attorney announces sale for cash of the Hildearth estate farm in Castle Grove township Iowa. The 180 acre property in Section 36 Township 86 North Range 4 West to be offered August 5 at 1 p.m. in Monticello office with title abstracts available for inspection prior to sale. Bids may be rejected for inadequacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi G. Hildreth
Castle Grove
Towit
North Range
Monticello
Iowa
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Yours Truly
Angels Lepto
Eetail Drug
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Jones County Fair Monticello
Flying Bicketts
Sheik Hapji TawaRra
Robinson Twin Sisters
Charles Laverna
Amy and
Lavan
Brothers Leon
Ladies’ Cornet
Boys’ Cornet Band
Monticello, Iowa
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
E. E. Hicks
G. E. Bishop
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