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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1915

Page

5

Ames Extension to Tour Jones County June Farm Visit

The Iowa State College Department of Agricultural Extension will tour Jones County in June to study soil crops animal husbandry engineering and home economics. The Ames party will make eight farm stops with talks by home economics specialists and a noon picnic. Large farmer participation is anticipated and details will be announced by local committees.

Department of Agricultural Extension State College Ames Iowa Jones County

Real Estate Transfers Add to Monticello and Nearby Areas

A long list of property transfers across Monticello and surrounding townships. Ventures include Hefner to Locher parcels in Hefner's addition and multiple tracts in Hale Rome Clay and Fairview townships. Prices range from 1 to 17 thousand dollars with numerous lot and section designs referenced.

Frank A. Hefner J. J F. A. Locher Hefner Monticello John L. Eyrie M. Ford Jackson Township Rome Township Norman J. Paul A. K. McMaster Onslow A.J. Beem Thompson Brickly George D. James Paul Lehmann L. W. Norton Fairview C. H. Shipman James M. Alcorn Varvel’s Lizzie Shedeck Joseph and Anna Kouba Wyoming K. T Lamb W. C. Peck Smith’s Olin John Maiden John C. Porter Hale Township Tallie M. Eden Mary Jane Shover Maquoketa River Lovell Township Lizzie Schmidt Grace M. Hanna Swig Ney Nelj Swig Clay Township Louisa Zeller Joseph Zeller Oxford Township Q. c Jerome Mitchell Eli Edwards Self Ners Wig Nely Wyoming Township Katie Novacek Alonzo Cabbage William H. Orr John A. Orr Elizabeth Johnson A. B. White James J. Keene Sacred Heart Church Christine Lem Marugg Gaudenz L. Marugg Q. c. d. W. T. Sears George J. Sears Ella Shelley Frank C. Bosler Ellen L. Carpenter Innes Harriet C. Coughlin Albert Chapman Geo. M. Schoenherr Ida M. Bateman H. F. Kettlitz Bradstreet Thos Carson Ahab Susie DeWitt Helen S. Cunningham J. C. Griffith Mary Brown Frank Welch Boardman’s Webster

Where He Got It From the Scriptures

A police court witness provides a humorous exchange over his name Hallowed Hopkins with the prosecutor and judge. The judge recalls the biblical line while the man insists his name derives from Scripture. The page also cites opinions from Lincoln Journal and Atchison Globe on wisdom and prejudice.

Louisville Robinson Darky Hallowed Hopkins

Quoter-Style Jokes Highlight Courtship and City Life

A collage of jokes from various regions features Congress dialogue, a trout request, a father and son exchange about a future, and a Kansas reader’s hens puzzled by sudden deaths. Humorous lines include Dr. Brown and Miss Anthony, and a jokey marriage scene with a Justice of the Peace testing names.

Ankles Shoes and Hosiery Rule the Fashion Scene

The Sioux City Journal notes the rising visibility of the female foot with white or fawn topped shoes, a trend aided by Dame Fashion and manufacturers. It argues fashion drives public attention as skirts grow shorter and hosiery evolves from delicate to conspicuously displayed.

Sioux City Journal Mme. Fashion

Orographic Will Challenge in San Luis Obispo Case

In California a man Patrick Donahue died with a wife and no children leaving a contested attempted hand written will. The opposition argued formalities were lacking but the court upheld the will as an orographic instrument giving the wife control over real and personal property.

Patrick Donahue San Luis Obispo County California Donohue

Count von Bernstorn comments on American public opinion

The Count von Bernstorn told the New York Sun on Saturday to let the American people think as they will. He urged a moderate and sensible approach, noting his own shift toward recognizing the difficulty of guiding public thought.

New York Sun Count von Bernstorn Count von Bernstoint

Practical Health Hint on Sedentary Habits

Sedentary habits impair excretion through skin lungs and kidneys. Waste remains in the bloodstream while the liver becomes torpid and fat accumulates. Indigestion constipation and headaches follow. Vitality and resistive power are lowered. A little judicious exercise and recreation taken regularly will benefit greatly.Wingert.

Wingert

Europe’s Great War and the Sanjak’s Legacy

The article traces the 1908 sanjak of Novibazar and its division between Serbia and Montenegro as a trigger in Europe’s path to war. It explains Austria Hungary’s Berlin Treaty maneuvers, the Bosnian annexation, and the rising tension that culminated in the Sarajevo assassination and Austria’s attack on the sanjak, leading to World War I.

Novibazar Servia Montenegro Eurepe Connecticut Turkey Berlin Austria-Hungary Bosnia-Herzegovina Saloniki Mitrovitza Sarajevo Sanjak Russia Japan von Aehrenthal Europe Austria Vienna Servian New York World

The Foolish One Quips on Car Buying and Agents

A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote questions a man buying a motorcar on salary while contrasting with an agent’s behavior. Hesiod cites that a person labors for others even when his actions are evil, underscoring exchange and motive.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Agricultural Extension Lincoln Journal Atchison Globe Congress Bridget Silas Hiram Hank Kansas Myrtle Nebraska Justice of the Peace Marrius J. P Will O. Marrius Pennsylvania Patrick Dunohue L. G. Stuhler Center Junction James Mead Hoyo Hoven My Place Henry Faber John McLees Cascade Central Petroleum Co Cleveland Ohio Maple St Austin Minn O.J. Bucklin C. A. James J. W. Arduser Box Grantsburg Wisconsin V. A. Wheeless Hopkinton James Wyrick Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery Co C. L. van Meter QO. W. Brazelton Boston Transcript Sioux Falls District Court J. J. Locher Micheal Hofacre Anamosa G. A. Fisher Jones Co M. W. Herrick E REED Herrick & Reed Attorneys AT Law Monticello State Bank Pucey H.M, Ramus JaMns Rauny Remley & Remley Attorneys AT Law Main Street E. G. Rawson Onslow, Iowa A. M. Maurice Ours Lowell Fred Puleston Kilcrey & Bolton Matho Tobey Tobey Furniture Co Chicago New York George Stuhler’s Tobeyv McCormick Acme John Deere Hesiod Plymouth Siebels & Schoon Kuopio Moses John A. Hubbard Castle Grove Castle Grove Township France Department of Agriculture State of Kuopie L. W. Russell George Albery Earth I trathAl Cohen I Dinno Central Lumber and Coal Company Carno Steel Post Co Rand-McNally Bldg Chicaco Minneapolis Syavahony Emil Oberhoffer, Conductor Clinton Coliseum Clinton, Ia Anamosa, Ta P. M. Ladd Anamosa, Ia Arthur Spire Fairbanks A. Ray Fairbanks Cass Township Empire Town Percheron Stud Book of America Iowa Department of Agriculture Wm. Drinkwater Arthur Fairbanks
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