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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
8
The Dubuque Times argues a 35 percent vote threshold for nominations entrenches boss rule. It contrasts with Illinois conventions and nonpartisan plans where local influence or cross party votes could check the boss. The piece predicts autocratic control by faction leaders until they lose power.
A round of potential Republican nominees lists Roosevelt Hughes Root Cortelyou Taft Foraker Cannon Fairbanks Cummins LaFollette Crane Knox La Follette Shaw. Critics strike many names for state and party reasons, leaving Hughes La Follette and Shaw as viable choices.
The article explains Easter dating rules based on the vernal equinox and the first full moon after it. It notes Easter Sunday often lands in April, with a ten year sample showing dates from March 27 to April 23 and references disagreements in early centuries between Alexandrian calculations and western celebrations.
The Burlington Sawkeye urges a new competition for grocery stores emphasizing cleanliness and sanitary practices. The piece notes the Woman's Federation of Clubs has offered lawn and garden prizes and suggests extending awards to well kept, dust free shops free from animals and debris.
Monticello Iowa March 18 1907 the school board met in special session. Members present J W Coxsee J S Hall J Bateman F A Hefner Geo Inglis. Bills were read and allowed including coal labor and labor payments. The board sustained the superintendent in suspending a ninth grade pupil for the rest of the year. The meeting adjourned. The new board organized electing F A Hefner chairman and J W Doxsee president. The secretary was authorized to advertise opera house lease bids. J N Peterson secretary.
A compiled list of property transfers shows multiple deeds across sections and townships. Transactions include McDonald, Kedley, Kimball, Wolf, Wilson, Strawman, Bunce, Gudenhauf, Appleby, Leggett, Black, Finch, Edleman, Fritz, Kalous, Murray, Hart, Hosford, Pan, Garrison, and Howe among others to buyers in areas like Anamosa Olin and Onslow with prices ranging from four hundred to eleven thousand six hundred dollars.
A fragmentary collection of Victor Hugo quotes on love, faith, and passion. The text blends celestial imagery with admonitions to love deeply and live through love, noting suffering, innocence, and the beauty of a devoted heart through vivid, sometimes romantic, aphorisms.
A witty society note in the Peoria Herald-Transcript contrasts a fashionable woman's vanity with nature, praising sunbursts over sunsets in a light public society brief.
A Central Indian native seeking a printing office post describes his qualifications with odd details such as long equiline nage and piercing lashes on a semi globular face. He recounts a family history tracing three pedigrees, noting his father’s rise to millionaire and later pension before death, and prays for the employer’s long life and prosperity.
A fragment lists remedies and medical claims from O. H. Soetje drugstore for biliousness malaria and jaundice with Dr King s New Life Pills Kennedy s Laxative Cough Syrup DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Chamberlains Pain Balm Bucklen s Arnica Salve and other notices. It notes fashion opinions from the Topeka Capital and a comment on robins and March winds.
As warm days lure children outdoors a cold wave follows and risk of pneumonia rises. The ad promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as safe and effective, claiming it prevents pneumonia from colds and pleases children, with sale by O. H. Soetje.
Advertisements and quotes from Kirksville Iowa merchant W S Pelham praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a leading throat remedy for twenty years especially for croup and children. Omaha Bee and Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup ads claim quick cold relief. Washington Times notes Bryan far from elected despite cheering.
A Richmond citizen endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the sole remedy for weak lungs and a wide range of throat and lung diseases. Adclaims include asthma bronchitis croup whooping cough and hemorrhage prevention with 50c and 1.00 bottles and a free trial.
A collage of 1900s promotional blurbs cites Electric Bitters as protection against malaria for Panama Canal workers and Kodol for dyspepsia enabling a machinist to return to work. Sample testimonials and newspaper mentions from Cleveland Leader Minneapolis Journal Toledo Blade appear, praising nerve strengthening teas and remnant-sales humor.
Public notice announces appointment of J. W. Coxsee as executor of James Murray deceased by the Jones County District Court Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Cascade Iowa March 1 1907.
A Los Angeles reader extends praise for Arbuckles Coffee claiming over thirty years of use and uniform aroma. The letter asserts Arbuckles as the first roasted packaged coffee and notes sales exceed those of the next four firms combined. It urges grocers to supply Arbuckles and directs writing to Arbuckle Bros New York City.
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