Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Monticello Express in Monticello, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1898

Page

8

Little Pimples Turn to Cancer

An advertisement claims QCancer arises from inherited blood taint and can turn into malignant cancer. A testimonial from R F Williams of Gillsburg Mississippi says eight bottles of 8 8 8 S cured a severe cancer after months of treatment with no return ten years later.

R. F. Williams Gillsburg Miss

New Orleans Convent Nuns Shape Education for Colored Orphans

In the French Quarter at 717 Orleans Street, the only Colored nun order in the United States operates as a novitiate and orphanage. The Sisters educate and care for 185 children and support elderly Africans, with historical church backing from archbishops Blane through Janssens. A Northern visitor recalls the mammy-like caretaker and the line of colored lineage among the children. The article notes past fundraising by street solicitation and the order’s quiet city presence.

United States New Orleans Orleans Street Orleans Bourbon Charres Crescent City Blane Odin Perche Leroy Janssens Louisiana Orphan Asylum Caple Order St. Louis Republic

Jones County Supervisors Report in Monticello Iowa

Proceedings detail poor relief decisions, road and bridge work, and public building expenses. Committees report on welfare allowances, peddler licenses, jail repairs, bridge reconstructions, cedar piling purchases, and payroll. Auditor signs off as board adjourns.

Board of Supervisors Jones County D B Sigworth Same J HW Lamson E M Harvey Court House Joe Virden Frank Akers WB Foley J C Griffith Old Bridge Wyoming Township O. P. Hanson Madison Township A. F. Dillett Clay Township R. Haynor F. J. Soxon J. R. Clay Hale Township Oxford Township Oxford Junction Rome Township L. A. Bevans John Dewald John MecMurren J. R. St John Wheeler Lumber Co Clay Old Bridge Plank W. H. Glick A. Shumaker W. H. Gurick

Claims Allowed at June Session 1898 Board of Supervisors

The June 1898 board of supervisors list includes payments to W H Johnson Brasted Prentice E Volley Tarbox and many others for groceries, wood, medical attendance, care of poor, coffin, printing, office supplies, and sheriff expenses. The long itemized ledger names individuals and firms across Jackson County including contractors, merchants, and public offices with amounts varying from a few dollars to over a thousand.

Board of Supervisors W H Johnson Brasted & Prentice Vinton Smith Bowker AP Jennings HI Proctor Hicks & Eilers Scheer & Co Teks Lamb Bros Walston & M Foley & Son, Wood Tee Covsae Nowacheck Wees Jos King Lewis Matthews Ida M Hall Wa Overing Sanitarium Pierce & Hungerford Coffin Floyd Lush Chicago DA White Thos McGovern JS Armstrong Bittner Carter U Ra Wee CU McLees Orr Abe Hein Hyuslod Laoag JF Brown Coxsee Booth & Son Peek Cree Littlefield Mutt Parrott & Sons, Books Insane Hospital Hiram Arnod Wind Jackson County Segaled Pete Toes Sigword Insanity Ervanbrack A Sturtman Treaa A Reymore Rupe Cowan Robt Aldrich Bounty Wild Animals Nan James Rhinehart Utty Epon City Center ‘Junction Reading EL Atkinson A Hartman CR Howard Sitworth Anamosy Ab Adh Feshes Walter GO Lawrence Hoerrick Cohoon Barker Express Pic Cogswell Justine Fl Johnson Ceee Collins

Tlusic on the Graphophone Promises New Entertainment

A Detroit era ad touts the Graphophone as an affordable entertainment device capable of reproducing any music or sound and recording voice or songs instantly for repeated playback. It invites readers to write Columbia Phonograph Co. in Chicago for a price catalogue and details.

Columbia Phonograph Co State St Chicago P. Jones Milesburg DeWitt J. H. Bacher & Co

Omaha Exposition 1898 Rivals Centennial Exposition

The Omaha Exposition of 1898 is praised as superior to Philadelphia 1876 and rival to the Chicago World’s Fair with travel highlights from June to October. Tales include excursion tickets via Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, and an offer for an illustrated folder after a 2-cent stamp. Also features assorted testimonials and notices about medicines, ads, and public anecdotes.

Philadelphia Chicago Trans- Mississippi Omaha Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y H. Heafford

Summer Outings booklet on Lake Erie resorts and country homes

An artistic Nickel Plate booklet titled Summer Outings describes vacation resorts along Lake Erie's south shore and country homes open to boarders. It was sent to any address on application to J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St, Chicago.

Nickel Plate Road Cleveland Buffalo J. Y. Calahan Adams &J Chicago Adams St Lake Erie

Also Mentioned on This Page

Swift Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia Monticello State Bank National Bank Farwell FE. M. Hicks M. Carpenter HH. S. Richardson S. S. Farwell Frank M. Hicks 8. BE. Sarles John Schweitzer Wm. H. Proctor G. Henry George William Stuhler O. LH. Soetje H. M. Carpenter The Lovell State Bank Georgs L. Lovett R. U. Rickters R.C. Stimton George L. Lovell R. C. Stirton J. 8. Hall J. W. Coxsee Herman Sandhouse Nicholas Holst D. E. Pond North America Hartford North British and Mercantile Pennsylvania New York Hawkeye Merchant Tailoring New Merchant Tailor Shop Second St Times Zaceer William Ewart Gladstone Great Britain and Ireland Cheater A. J Boyce Queen’s College Oxford Sambel Ives Curtiss Change Theological Seminary Frederic W. Farrar D.D Frs Canterbury Eng Elaser H. Queen Tufta College Germany Wm. Cleaver Wilkinson Jil Samuel Bart Genn J. Monro Gibson London Beng Hey George the Temple Folpege Junie Flant Baif Levant Feve Ata Henry Bal Monroe Street Olean Niiinole Orderjof Negro Nuns Earth Heaven Asia Africa America Europe Petrie Somerville Mass Journal Board. OF Supervisors Monticello Iowa Moses Waddick Castle Grove Io Glick Jas. Burwell R W Johnson Yates Jas. Grindrod Stives Monticello Township Wass Fe Pavoung FJ Sonat TH Duyn Com T. H. Desy Committee On Fairview Township D. Alspaugh Genter J. C. Griffith L. E. Tucker Jake Justin Hellberg Henry May Place L. 1 Tucker Greenfield Township A. EB. Hester IL. Kohl GC. W. Marfield Place J. A. Bevans W. W. Wheeler Co P. R.y Co W. W Compmuttee I. G. Pest Iicdays Com &T ml Sokol W.S. Barker T. A. Kiya, Jr Dep Ty and Cl’k Ed Lyons Center Junction Podalek Krueger Lawless Clay Hakes Amnmona EE Smith Strawberry Saml Glick Hale John Landis Jackson H Putoum Monticell Davis Madison Wherry M Hayes West Cascade John Moreland Rome EW Clark Scotch Grove CE Rates Wayne A Hale Cras Tlusic Sawyer A. Kempf L.M. Kennon Merchant, Odell Baptist Young People’s Union L. P. Johnson Idaho Falls Idaho Naomi McDonald Phelps Dr. Sawyer Gen. Grant Gen. Lee de Witt Marty J. H W. Bacher & Co British Empire France E. Parker Sharon, Wis S. M. Geary Piergon, Mich John Bull the Centaur Company TF Munnay Street New York City Suhr Estate Eldredge Sewing Ins Central RR Illinois Central Railroad Company Illnois Central Railroad Tinols Central Railroad Homeseekers Wise Illinois Central Ta Tiliwatea Lholiflhuad Central Yazoo Hainois Manchester F. Merry Dinois Yazoo Valley Mississippi Cinlengo KE. P. Skene I. GC. R. BR Towa Cedar Falls Mona Cedar Rapids South Dakota Minnesota Adley le Mars Waverly J. J. Merry Aibols Central Railroad Low Women's Roeliff Corps and Sons of Veterans Sioux City Illinois Central Railroad Sioux Falls J.B. Merry M. W. Herrick Ttorney Mon- Atiello Jones Up Dubuque Delaware Linn Jones Qoflice Monticello Bank J. N. Hughes Jow County W.ha. Mirick M.D. Whysician First Ky Congregational Church Kent Main Sweet Wim.j. Coughlan D.D.S Hicky & Kiera’ Store Mattnessen J. H. Lathrop Actioneer C. J. Wilson, M. D.C. M Fulton, Iowa Bohiken Ife John Gibson ST. PP Tinh Tably Chicago and Bast Omah St. Paul Minneapolis Davenport Faris Ake Tapees Mariona Freight Kansas City West almar—Freight Pan Garenport—Freight
Search Courier

Search the Monticello Express Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Monticello Express?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication