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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
2
From Manila on March 28 1899 Henry Seimering describes frontline duty with his regiment in the Philippines. He reports bunkers near the bay old and new Manila surviving natives and prisoners kept busy cleaning streets soldiers robust and notes native workers and Spanish residents while the band provides popular tunes to comfort troops.
Sailor recounts Gibraltar stop on February 14 with 10,000 English troops and 80 miles of tunnels. He notes friendly soldiers, a jail incident over crossing lines, cheap fruit, two deaths, and a transit route through Suez to Colombo. Describes Port Said under English protection and local praying customs.
The diarist recalls gendered dress and veiled women in a city, notes orders to move quickly, and mentions losing their band leader after Colombo. He describes drifting among islands and a sandbar 300 miles from Singapore, then drifting toward Manila with cautious optimism about the final days.
Castle Grove May 16 report notes harmony fading as Downerville Co operative Creamery shutters temporarily. Milk intake had averaged 6000 pounds daily since May first as conflicts over separators and milk routes test farmer unity amid past strong seasons of 20000 to 30000 pounds per day and a 1892 built facility. Local builders add barns and houses while neighbors like J Holub and Sam Pfeil’s team figure in mundane town life.
Center Junction notes a quiet period with farmers busy in fields when weather allows. Fred Preas builds a dwelling addition while O Watson debuts a new gas lamp. Fowlie visits Cedar County parents. Mrs. Doron and children stay with Mrs. Smith. Mrs. B B Smith attends Epworth League in Davenport. Lewis Miller of Edinburgh Scotland visits old friends. Miller runs a large lumber operation and may seek timber land in Canada.
Miss Kitty Clark spent last Sabbath in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Jas Applegate visits Wyoming. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Alex Rice. Miriam Rice of Center Junction visits Mrs D O Sinclair. Mrs M N Sturtevant plans to visit her son in Emmetsburg. Woman's Missionary Society meets May 23 at 2 p.m. Rev McQuown of Onslow to give Decoration Day address. Rev Thos Hine of Pittsburg preached and will teach next Sunday. Telegraph office switchboard burned in storm causing wall damage. Measles persist with light attendance in schools.
John Winnecamp begins a barn project and a new roof is added to the schoolhouse. Supt Cowan visited Jackson Center school last week. Hans Lahn family left for Belle Plaine to make a new home. Finley McDonald Jr. drove to Chicago with cattle. A daughter blessed Mr John Bailey’s home Sunday morning. No M E church services due to Rev Brennial’s absence while his wife seeks medical treatment in Chicago.
In Onslow May 15 Prof. Scroggie visited the town and the school board elected C. D. Walrod as principal for next year now teaching at Strawberry Hill. Hon. John Russell and son D. W. traveled to Des Moines for the cornerstone ceremony of the Historical building.
AP report from Manchester details a tornado that swept the northern Delaware County area last night. Four people are dead and several others fatally or seriously injured as farms, homes, and wagons were destroyed along a six mile east path and northeast extension.
Sunday preaching is canceled at the Congregational church with Sabbath School and Young People's meeting as usual Rev C C Warner left for Atlantic and will spend Sunday in Des Moines He church plans a one year delay on improvements while a larger new church is discussed Woman's Missionary Society meets at Mrs M E Carpenter's Saturday at 3pm U B church services postponed till next Sunday subjects include pastor relations election and reprobation Presbyterian sermon themes next Sunday and Epworth League installation at the opera house plans for the new M E church with bids due May 27 for labor and materials Contractor bids must be foundation ready plans available at Hubbard and Hanken's Furniture Store Foundation bids due immediately Subscriptions to the new church payable to Lowell State Bank Also an ad invites buyers to farm land in Blue Grass region of Southwest Iowa at 25 to 40 dollars per acre for S Shoemaker Fontanelle Adair County Iowa.
J. L. Arduser assessor of Lovell township visited Anamosa last Tuesday to deliver his books to the auditor. The average taxable land value in Lovell ran about 12.50 per acre, with assessed valuations near 50 dollars per acre, reflecting a gain of about 1.50 per acre.
A veteran recalls General Meade inspecting a knocked over stovepipe in his tent on a raw October night. The sentry refused to leave his post, Meade fixed the pipe himself, then shared a drink, noting the sentry would drink later. The anecdote ends with Meade’s quiet thanks.
The Homestead leading western agricultural paper leads a six paper winter club. Includes The Special Farmers Institute editions The Poultry Farmer Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal The Humane Alliance and local county news for one year at 2.20. April issue totals sixty four pages the largest weekly agricultural paper.
Miles Menander Dawson argues in Ainslee's Magazine that one fifth to one half of deaths in youth and middle age could be prevented by sanitary conditions and social measures. He notes zymotic, digestive, respiratory, consumption, and nervous diseases are largely preventable and urges heredity laws and united action to extend lifespans.
The district court of Jones County Iowa appoints SCHODDE as administrator of the estate of Sarah Jane Hannan deceased. All claims must be filed with the court clerk sworn and timely. Creditors should present amounts due and debtors to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello Iowa May 17.
A Detroit Free Press quip features a pompous lawyer bragging about sitting on an Iowa judge's bench. The opposing attorney challenges the claim, exposing the argument as hollow.
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