Anamosa Knights of Pythias Mark 50th Anniversary
The Eureka reports the Knights of Pythias in Anamosa celebrated the order’s 50th anniversary with a lodge ceremony, luncheon, and smoker last Thursday. T. W. Shapley of Anamosa, a longtime friend of founder Justus Henry Rathbone, helped inspire the ritual writing begun in Eagle Harbor and Utica era.
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Anamosa
Eureka
Knights of Pythias
T. W. Shapley
Justus Henry Rathbone
Mr. Shapley
Utica
New York
Rathbone
Detroit
Eagle Harbor
Damon and
Pythias
A Fine Decorator at Boyson’s Grill Room
Fred Kempf a former Monticello boy pursues artistic talent as a sideline to his pharmacist duties. In Cedar Rapids Gazette clipping patrons praise his four upper wall panels featuring Schreyvogie western scenes Doomed The Scout My Bunkie and The Last Drop with detailed coloring and close reproduction.
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Fred Kempf
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Boyson
Prill
Jed F. Kempf
Monticello School District Sets March Electors Meeting
The Monticello Independent School District electors will meet March 9 1914 at the city hall from 1 to 6 pm. Judges named are O D Chase Charles Bates and E G licks. A 42000 tax levy to pay debt and improvements is proposed and the board may lease the opera house when not needed for school use.
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Board of Education
T. M. Redmond
C. D. Chase
A. M. Maurice
L. W. Lovell
Monticello Independent School District
O. D. Chase
Charles Bates
E. G. Licks
Monticello Debauchery After Owl Restaurant Closing Riot
Reports from Monticello describe a Saturday riot after the Owl restaurant closing. Bottles and alcohol fueled disorder as hundreds gathered near the depot area, challenging officers and filling the calaboose with intoxicated participants.
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Hopkinton
Monticello
Owl
Calaboose
Anamosa Eureka
Reichart
First Street
Disturbance in Monticello Ends in Red-Flag Revelry
A Saturday night melee in Monticello involved bootleggers and liquor sellers in a drunken carnival that escalated into a fierce brawl. A peaceful citizen became entangled in a fistic confrontation with one reveler amid the rowdy scene.
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Cascade Pioneer
Monticello
Mystery of Iowa's Walled Lake and Its Stone Wall
A health column notes Iowa's Walled Lake west of Dubuque with a stone wall 10 feet wide at base and 5 feet at top, built with stones weighing 3 to 100 pounds. Surrounded by oak woods, the 2,800 acre lake lies in prairie, 25 feet deep, with an unexplained water source and a storm-damaged wall repaired in 1856.
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Dubuque
C. Gilbert Percival
Silent Suffering in Animals Amid Battle and Peril
Describes animals enduring pain with mute endurance from horse to dove, noting horses moan not after wounds, dogs bear broken legs, cats coarse traps, sheep cattle butcher cuts, dove and deer dying silently, eagle fighting to last, citing St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mendoza’s Ruined Cathedral Foreshadows Earthquake Fear
Since 1861 Mendoza Argentina has not rebuilt above one story after a devastating earthquake. The event toppled the great cathedral and left ruins one mile from the new town, with fear of a repeat disaster haunting inhabitants.
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Mendoza
Argentina
Song of J the Carrot and the neglected vegetable
A Cleveland Plain Dealer meditation on the carrot as an overlooked vegetable. It notes its diverse uses from feeding livestock to making pottery vases and even improvised weapons. The piece asks who will glorify the carrot and comments on its practical value versus its cultural neglect.
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Johnson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Grand Opera House Stage Compared With Met Opera
The Grand Opera House in Paris features a stage 100 feet wide nearly 200 feet deep and 80 feet high from stage level to the flies. The Metropolitan Opera House in New York measures 101 feet wide 89 feet deep and 77 feet high and is considered the largest in the United States.
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Grand Opera House
Paris
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
United States
London
Senegambia Herd Vaccination Produces Hornlike Growth
Natives vaccinate cattle against tuberculosis using serum from a diseased beast’s lung. The injection is given on the forehead and a hornlike protuberance appears, resembling a third horn as a visible result.
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Senegambia
Widow and widower wed after fifty years apart
Mrs Simpkins recalls a couple who married recently after a long courtship. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the end of a fifty year wait as the groom, now feeble, finally makes the union official.
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Mrs. Simpkins
Mr. Simpkins
Philadelphia Ledger
Variants of Carbon Across Diamonds and Graphite
The piece explains that diamond graphite soot and pencil lead are all carbon variants. It notes that pure carbon with iron can form diamonds by synthesis, yielding lab diamonds though currently small and costly. It compares laboratory synthesis to earth’s ancient crystallization in diamond beds worldwide.
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Earth
Borneo
Brazil
Colombia
California
Wimberley
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Birthday Beggar Seeks Cake Not Bread
A ragged man pleads at a woman's door asking for cake for his birthday, saying he has had no bite for two days. The woman reacts with surprise, noting bread would suffice, while the tramp insists cake is for his birthday.
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New York Journal
Opium Habit Debate Sparks Editor’s Retort
A famed scientist urges action to curb women's opium use while the editor coolly counters with a paragraph mocking the notion as a sign of aging. The exchange reflects public health tension and press skepticism in a historic context.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestive Relief
Less stomach trouble in town is linked to Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, sold here by W. W. Stickford. The ad touts Pepsin and Bismuth, a money back guarantee, and availability in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 at Rexall Stores, with local delivery from Monticello Iowa.
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Rexall
W. W. Stickford
Monticello
Iowa
Quote on Ig Briggins as feared businessman
A Washington Star quote questions Ig Briggins as a shrewd businessman noting his reputation grew so feared that others hesitated to engage in business with him.
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Briggins
Washington Star
Another Male Failing in Household Finance
A Chicago News quip notes married men often claim household expenses could be halved if they could apply their business acumen at home, reflecting a humorous view of domestic economics and gender roles.
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Chiccaga News
Seven room house for rent and sale notices
Classified notices include a seven room house for rent with inquiry to J. E. Pond. Also a sale of a few cows by H. Null. Pianos for sale at Locher's Music Store. O. W. Balsiger offers general teaming in town. An 8 room house on Main Street formerly occupied by Peter Ommen and wife listed by Rickles Gerdes Executor. Also county road dragging contracts announced by R. Bohren Supervisor with bridge and culvert maintenance duties.
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H. Null
Locher’s Music Store
Main Street
Peter Ommen
Rickles Gerdes
Lovell
Wayne
Seaton Grove
R. Bohren
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L. G. Stuhler
D. E. Pond
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Clay Township
J. B. Moses
Center Junction
J. M. Hofacre
South Dakota
J. A. Voorhees
O. W. Balsiger
A. J. Lake
Amber
Douglass Smith
Victor and Edison
Scotch Grove Cooperative Creamery Co
Scotch Grove
Chicago
Illinois
France
PUING
H. Tiarks
Monticello Canning Co
O. H. Soetje
O. D
Monticello State Bank
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