Monticello March 1906 notable local happenings
The Express records Monticello events in March 1906 including land sale by Stephen Grover, multiple deaths and births, new teachers and postmaster, homesteaders departure, family moves, school board changes, local marriages, and a one sided city election with elected officials. Notables include Ruth Disbrow, Mabel Wilkinson, D. E. Pond, and Raymond Schaffer.
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The
Express
Stephen Grover
Henry Bower
Switzer
James Ferguson
Edward Wiflan
Ruth Disbrow
Atlantic
Monticello
Arnold Exgeer, Jr
Harry Bricker
Marion
Ray Nandell
Newton
Winifred Nixon
Toronto
Canada
C. T. Bates
Fred McLaughlin
H. B. Clark
Richard McLaughlin
Orville C. Hosford
John Barney
A. E. Himebaugh
W. J. Richmond
Dave Adams
Mabel Wilkinson
J. R. Deutrick Milinery
Chicago
D. E. Pond
Towa
Jane Shover
State University Hospital
Margaret
Fahrni
Barbara Allen
Richland Township
Raymond Schaffer
University of Chicago
Harriet Hunt
G. W. Hunt
Sioux City
Elliot M. Chaplin
Frances E. Burrell
Samuel T. Burrell
Canton
Illinois
Roy Peterson
Coe College
Millington Carpenter
Morgan Park Academy
Lisle Richardson
Rockford College
H. J. Hansen
Hans Matthiessen
Metta Folkerts
Henry Hedden
Scotch Grove
George Zimmerman
A. G. Zimmerman
Blind Boone
J. A. Voorhees
H .C. Bohlken
J. J. Locher
H. Putnam
A Meyer
EK. Little
J. M. King
J. Schneider
J. Arduser
A. Liddy
J. Suter
Marmalade on Iowa Tables Urged by Home Econ Expert
Miss Alma Riemenschneider of Iowa State College urges homemakers to stock orange marmalade while fruit is affordable. She notes marmalade enhances meals and can flavor salad dressing and cakes, and offers a simple recipe using nine oranges six lemons and four quarts of water with sugar for sealing in Blass containers.
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Alma Riemenschneider
Iowa State College
Iowa
Miss Riemenschneider
Miss Rieme
Milk production and hunger driven by internal nutrients
Cows produce milk due to internal udder stimulation and must eat to replace nutrients used in milk production. A man feels hunger after work as nutrients are expended to supply energy for labor.
Legume Soil Building Nutrition and Local Farm Bureau News
Legumes inoculated to fix nitrogen. cross inoculation advised for alfalfa and sweet clover. Sweet soil boosts legume soil building. acid soil reduces efficiency. Bulletin on sweet clover and alfalfa available by card or phone. Jones County Purebred Holstein Calf club met in Monticello library to recruit members and plan fall calf shows. Jackson township farm bureau to host April program. local districts provide monthly programs boosting attendance near 200 people.
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Farm Bureau
Jones County
Jackson Township
Newport
Antioch Church
Humorous Historical Snippets and a Village Cash Note
A collection of vintage comic vignettes from Everybody's Magazine and The Outlook. A burglar awkwardly pleads three months’ delay for his sentence citing the season. A Hive-wire salesman hires a doctor who charges three dollars for transport. A sleepy village fire brigade delays, sparking a smoky, no-flames scene. A dialect-rich note dispute ends with threats of burning the note and legal action.
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Everybody's
Hopkinton and Area News Roundup
Obituary notes Mrs Angeline Wheeler 89 dies at son Moses Wheeler s home. Hopkinton high school wins B section basketball tourney at Dubuque 25 17 over Bellevue. Buck Creek school election sets directors W S Johnson and Cliff Reed over Winch and Orr. Lenox College debaters defeat University of Dubuque on child labor amendment. Shoe dealer H L Main announces stock liquidation after 30 Hopkinton years. School board results include A K Cramer 288 E M Hucker 270 W C Mason 323 F E Williamson treasurer 234. Municipal election set for March 29 with Peoples ticket listing incumbents. Miscidy notes quotes from Sioux City Journal and humorous adages.
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Angeline Wheeler
Moses Wheeler
Hopkinton High School
Dubuque
Bellevue
Hopkinton
Buck Creek
W. S. Johnson
Cliff T. Reed
W. H. Winch
Ed Orr
Johnson
Reed
Orr
Winch
Lenox College
University of Dubuque
Lenox
H. L. Main
Main
A. K. Cramer
E. M. Hucker
F. E Williamson
BE. M. Hucker
W. C. Mason
Himebaugh
F. E. Williamson
L. J. Ortmann
Peoples
Over Fat and the Skinny by Dr Hugh H Cumming
Dr Hugh H Cumming, Surgeon General of the U S Public Health Service, argues overweight after thirty signals over eating or insufficient exercise. He advises reducing starches and fats, limiting sweets, increasing outdoor daily exercise, and ensuring adequate sleep to correct excess weight for all ages and both sexes.
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Hugh 8. Cumming
U. S. Public Health Service
National Republic
Christmas Stockings For Two Bachelor Girls
Two mature women chat about holiday wishes. The younger asks if a long stocking would hold all for Christmas. The elder replies a pair of socks would suffice, in a humorous exchange from Successful Farming.
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Molly
Elvira
Editorial Snippets Spark Themed Irony Across Papers
A collection of witty clippings mocks social trends and legal hopes. The Cumberland News notes editors lament prodigal sons while daughters display fatted calves. The Philadelphia Ledger critiques Mexico and education. The New York Sun questions Bergdoll prosecutions abroad. The Ohio State Journal jokes about fashion shortages in satire.
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Cumberland News
Mexico
Soviet
Russia
Philadelphia Ledger
Grover Bergdoll
Germany
New York Sun
Ohio State Journal
Four Doors in a Small Store
A humorous exchange where Izzy overcounts doors in his shop. The customer corrects him, listing four doors: front, back, cuspidor, and Isadore. Rachel later corrects the count to four with the spittoon and Izzy himself as doors.
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Izzy
Rachel
Wallace
Three Score and Ten Reflections in Verse and Echo
A fragmentary antique page quotes a congressman invoking a servant Mose and recalling Lincoln Clay and Washington with a poem on aging. It juxtaposes political memory with verses extolling the span of life and passing time as three score and ten.
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Washington
Mose
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
George Washington
George
Wallace
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Pisgah
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Monticello, Iowa
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
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