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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1881
Page
4
Monticello lay in a busy week with church talks on Hell and the Nazirite vow, bargain groceries and oysters from Baltimore, portrait copying at Coyle's, a missing twenty dollar piece at Winsor’s ticket office, and travel notes from Mr. and Mrs. Rosa. A confection of lectures, auctions, and merchant ads reflects local life and commerce.
The West Liberty Enterpris closes its seventeenth volume honoring editor McFleavy. Local shopkeeper F Reicnemaew offers boots and shoes while D Hi Liddy takes over Lovelace’s blacksmith shop. A storm hinders mail, and Bam Kahn assumes Monticello mayoralty. An education rally and a high school oratorical event loom as election preparations begin. A serious log accident injures farmer Hein Poppe.
In a rural Iowa incident a man trapped in a wintry woods freed his crushed leg and sought help at a nearby home. Doctors debated reduction of a frozen fracture but saved the foot after careful treatment. Revival follows as he stabilizes, while a donor-driven medical effort highlights the dangers of severe cold injuries.
In a brief court exchange, Mr Babcock the sheriff is probed about a name read aloud by counsel. The sheriff winks and asserts possession of the information, provoking light laughter but no formal ruling. The incident signals a humorous moment amid legal proceedings.
In Monticallo on March 10 Miss Duia Goldman gifted a boy described as large healthy and pleasing to the mother Julius, the father, celebrates with storekeeping pride shown by empty cigar boxes. Also long-time resident Mrs Susan Dalrymple of Penneburg died of heart disease after a brief violent onset. Anamo ga Journal notes. Scarpio to Deavin reports Joseph Freech Jr of Clay Mills loses a three year old son after weeks of suffering from a fall into hot water. Funeral held last Sunday.
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