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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists a subscription price of 1.75 dollars per year.
The Wyoming column reports visits from Mrs. W. S. Chamberlain and others to Anamosa and Mt. Vernon, Festival attendance, and local socials. It notes upcoming primary election day with minor contests, a county home financing vote, business changes, and a pair of local ball games with Onslow. The piece closes with memorial events, a war drama benefitting the G A R, and local obituaries and arrivals.
June 1 report from Castle Grove notes visitors D J Hogan and O F Hosford from Monticello, Henry Rickels at Center Junction, and Miss Hazel Hubbard closing No 4 school with a picnic. A cow loss blamed on lightning, Mabel Heisey and Elsie Noble linked to Monticello and Albia, with school closures and a Lutheran League picnic and Farmers Mutual Insurance directors meeting.
Prairieburg May 3 — Ceaseless visits from Cedar Rapids Marion Hopkinton and Lake Mills mark the week. Notables include Chas Patten seeking Linn sheriff, Jennie Bebu visiting, and Carl Jenkins with a Cedar Rapids companion. H Field dies at 79 after illness. funeral held at Central City with G A R tribute. six daughters survive. Interment in Prairieburg cemetery beside his wife.
In Cascade on May 3, memorial services Sunday afternoon attracted a larger audience than Agua. Rev. D. S. DeBest delivered a fine sermon. Local residents note Mrs. E. M. Kearney fell ill after returning from St. Paul and was treated at Finley hospital near Dubuque.
Onslow notes show Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Noyes returning from South Dakota last Friday. Miss Francea Cotten of Maquoketa visited Charlotte Chase over Sunday. The post office refitted with new fixtures. Lizzie Russell of Anamosa travels to Wyoming for decoration service. Jessie Cole improves after illness. Mrs. Sears, Maud, and Emery Cole visit from Clinton. Cora scarce hogs plentiful. Rape seed urged from Noyes to sow patches. Lou Sears returns home from Arcadia after teaching. Vida Paul funeral in Dallas Center. Autos latest among Julius Michels and Ernest Horton. Others affected by fever noted, with no cure but purchase.
Brief items report a horse loss by William Doyle, Will Zimmerman building a new house, John Robertson visiting at Anamosa on Tuesday, Edith Bailey and children visiting South Dakota, Jackson township roadwork underway this spring, and corn rotting due to cold weather. Memorial Day exercises were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Atwood and Mr. and Mrs. Holmes.
William Dougherty of Mt Pleasant Iowa writes that four years after consulting Dr Shallenberger his lungs and stomach improved from near death to robust health. He was too weak to work then but now travels and works as much as any man, crediting the treatment.
A Chicago Record-Herald note explains that without air the moon would be lifeless and nightmarish, with darkness, no sky colors, and no sound or movement. It contrasts earth’s atmosphere with moon conditions and uses air pressure losses to illustrate explosive effects.
A humorous account from the Boston Transcript about a storage warehouse that contains diverse odds and ends from baby alligators to ice cream, detailing Mrs. Q and Mr. Q in a murky dispute over retrieved items and a possible divorce scare. The piece satirically notes the rush to nab belongings and the oddities stored away.
Eight sandwich men carried signs forming Sarasate’s name in Edinburgh. Disorder followed as boards were rotated and misread, producing phrases like Sata resa and Starasea. A man rushed to copy posters while passersby questioned the strange display.
In a small public house a veteran ferret attacked an old top-eared buck rabbit owned by land Jord. The rabbit soared over the ferret twice and delivered a powerful kick that sent the ferret crashing into the wainscot. The persistent ferret could not rally a fourth attack and yielded.
The text notes that male common pike exhibit intense iridescent colors in the breeding season, while eels gain a silvery tint that once suggested a separate species. Tench roach and perch males also show increased brilliance during reproduction.
Edward Hungerford in Outing Magazine outlines a conductor’s duties from freight to passenger service. He notes the traveling caboose as a moving office handling waybills tickets passes and contracts while guarding safety and discipline and handling money and potential theft or fraud under a Chesterfieldian standard.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly recalls the blithe judgment of inviting Aunt Jane for two weeks and the playful reflection that a month would be too long. The quip centers on family visits and the light tone mocks extended hospitality.
Fragment cites Horace and Netty arguing over Mabel with a kiss and freckles shown after powder removal. It appears as a brief social note from a London Tatler page, showing light social interaction. No additional context or dates are provided.
The piece quotes Nobert Hichens praising Egypt as an irresistible lure that transcends distance and time. It evokes the land of sand ruins gold and the mythical charm that lingers in memory after seeing it from grand columns or pylons. It contrasts political talk with a distant vivid travelogue to Egypt.
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