Secret Engagement Trials in a Summer Love Diary
A diary chronicles a woman’s summer romance with Walter, his awkward proposal, suspicions about Amelia Graves, and a broken engagement after Walter’s visits to Laura Goodwin. Later entries reveal reconciliation and a planned wedding for June with Eliza B. Arfhur’s notes.
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Walter
Miss Graves
Laura Goodwin
Amelia Graves
Amelia
Dee
Helen
Hinoch Spellmeyer
Jon
Eliza B. Arfhur
Labeled the Girls Theater Prank
Five girls hired a box for a theater show and staged a bold joke on their town by tying a “Wanted, a Husband” poster around the bar inside the theater. The prank amused the audience while the girls watched the play undisturbed.
New Books at the Library January February Additions
The library added numerous titles in January and February including Harn Peete of the French Nation and Appleton Cyclopedia of American Biography. Other new works span botany history science and literature from authors such as Farr Fiske Kingsley and Moore. Several works were also loaned out and are in circulation.
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Harn Peete
Nnion
Appleton—Cyclopedia of American Biography
Barr—Border Sheperdess
Beers
Chaucer
Tennyson
Bergen
Bessey
Coulter
Cutter
Emerson
Farr
England
Fiske
Howe
Rome
Europe
Kingsley
Langland
Chicago’ News
MacBride
Macoy
Mathews
Moore—Lalla Rookh
Northrop
Penny Magazine
Philips
Phillips
Stesle
Stretton
Swinton
United States
Brace
Wagner
Wilkinson
February Marriage Licenses Issued by District Clerk
The district court clerk issued February marriage licenses to numerous individuals listed by name and age, including Harvey D. Beebee and Bertha Barr. The notice also contains advertisements and a dated thank you from Mrs. Anna E Matthiessen, Monticello, Iowa, plus various spring tonic and product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Workers of the World
Marie C. Prader
Anna E Matthiessen
Monticello
Iowa
Monticello Election Notice and Local Names
Notice is hereby given that the annual municipal election will be held in the city of Monticello on Monday March 27th. Electors will vote for one weigh master one park commissioner three water commissioners and one councilman from each ward. Polls open 8am to 7pm with ward locations listed. James A Voorhees mayor. Also a Cass township 140 acre farm for sale near Anamosa by W A Hale inquiry details.
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Monticello
Rohn
J. B. Zimmerman
Kellum
James A. Voorhees
Iowa
J. W. Coxsee
George Inglis
R. P. Smith
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised In Alabama Letter
J W McKinnon of Taladega Springs writes he was dying from pneumonia after two doctors failed to help but recovered after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The tonic is advertised as a sure cure for sore throat bronchitis and coughs with claims of guaranteed relief at Soetjer’s drug store. Buffalo Express notes a Troy woman used a streetcar as a suicide site showing antipathy to the rail line.
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Neumonia
Soetjer
Troy & Woman
Electric Bitters credited with curing colonel from Texas
Colonel John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas credits Electric Bitters with curing liver and kidney troubles after poor results from his family doctor. The ad praises the medicine as best on earth and notes a 50 cent price from O A Soetje druggist in St Paul. Alfred Austin wrote a poem with a cryptic title Dee Let Us go Into the Lane leaving readers unsure of his nature.
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John M. Fuller
Honey Grove
Texas
O. A. Soetje
St. Paul Globe
Alfred Austin
Dee
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast remedy that soothes the throat and lungs by acting on the mucus membrane to relieve coughs in minutes. It claims relief from croup and whooping cough and notes it is sold by all druggists. The Philadelphia Inquirer cites America's high coffee consumption as a sign of wealth and luxury.
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Shallenberger
Bright
N. Watkins
Lesbos
Kentucky
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed For Piles And Burns
J L Tucker of Harmoniz er Centre Alabama praises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the best salve for piles cuts and burns. Detroit Journal notes a grievance and vocabulary from Mr Lanson amid reports on mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis. Dr Kings New Life Pills promoted as cure for constipation and biliousness.
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DeWitt
J. L. Tucker
Harmonizer Centre
Alabama
Detroit Journal
Mr. Lanson
Dr. King
M. Flannery
Custom House Place
Chicago
O. H. Soetje
Early Risers and Remedies Dominate Column Ads
A collage of product pitches for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea tout healing powers for constipation headaches and general malaise. Local notices include an Election Notice for Monticello Iowa March 13 1905 and a brief Los Angeles Times blurb on Buffalo Bill escapes with his wife.
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Los Angeles Times
Buffalo Bill
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Rex Riklefs
Amanda Richmond
Edith Stamson
Albert Stabler
Ella Sherrer
Lillie Button
Jos. Haffacre
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Elizabeth Ambuhl
Anna Arduser
Carl Arduser
Nancy Bates
George Barnts
Willie Brazelton
Cecil Curtis
Blanche Glass
Clara Gruenstein
Harriet Hall
Raymond Hayes
George Heisey
Susanna Heisey
Howard Hosford
Cerena Humble
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Robert Neal
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