Apology for Delay in Monticello Express Issue
The Monticello Express apologizes for the delay in publication due to lack of help and the election. The next issue will be issued on Thursday, November 19, 1968, with the paper returning to its regular schedule thereafter. The note references national and state election outcomes, including Grant’s expected electoral majority and the political climate.
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Leffinewell
Jackson
Jonca County
Monticello Township
Salt River
Singular stigmata accounts from religious and historical lore
The article notes Maria von Moel bearing stigmata on hands feet and side as described in Marvels The Catholic World. It mentions Debaisment and a rational history of hallucination detailing marks from Passion meditation. It cites Pliny on horned foreheads from bull baiting dreams and a tale of Lucius Cassitus changing gender at his wedding.
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Jesus
Pliny
Vies
Italy
Lucius Cassitius
State Items Briefly Recap Local Goods and Incidents
James Thompson injured by a reaper sickle near Wilton. A Tennessee church network lists 174 churches and 9086 members in Town. Beal sued for Boone county land worth a half million after Oregon emigration and railroad development. Marshall residents raise 3900 for road repairs. Fort Dodge district lands withdrawn. Masonry degree admissions in Des Moines Keokuk Davenport and Dubuque. Thieves busted in Keokuk. A large pine board shown at Washington County fair. Deaf mute boy found in Burlington. Northwestern Town Sunday schools held a convention at Fort Dodge. Chariton woman survives morphine attempt after betrayal. Coster loses foot by mowing machine in Murdin County. Gympson weed poisoning near Newton. A 22 ounce apple from Keokuk area. Remains of 37 steamboat disaster victims dug at Muscatine for new school. Greenleaf brakeman killed on Dubuque and Sioux City RR at Waterloo.
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Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Iowa
St. Louis
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J. A. Griffith
Des Moines
G. Bower
Keokuk
W. F. Kidder
Davenport
B.A. Guilbert
Dubuque
Washington Co Yar
Burlington
D. D. McCosh
Northwestern Town
Chariton
Coster
Murdin County
Newton
Muscatine
Greenleaf
Dubuque and
Sioux City
Waterloo
Hundred-Year Prisoner Returns to His French Town
A centenarian ex-convict, once condemned to a hundred years in the galleys in late 1800s France, returns to Bourg Ain at age 120. He recalls nothing of the crime or old life, recognizing his birthplace only by the Bron church, and finds respect from villagers despite losing all memory of his past.
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Ain
Bron
Iowa
Michigan
W. W. Kimbaln
Washington St
Chicago
Bookkeeping talk by Pat Contributor at commercial college
The Pat Contributor addressed students on bookkeeping claiming he could not keep books and that others took them away. He noted borrowers carried off the ledgers and he has since avoided further college talks, explaining his financial missteps and inability to maintain records.
Bookkeeping Jargon Misadventures in Shared Ventures
The speaker humorously explains early accounting concepts with a mock dialogue about partners A and B in a hypothetical manufacturing venture. He describes opening books, capital inputs, debits and credits, and the confusing transition to a ledger as he tires of the topic, ending before a final conclusion is reached.
The Great Battle Opens In Political Strife Of 1868
The Dub Herald reflects on radical victory in 1868 while warning the electorate about radical governance. It asserts the democracy’s defeat is organizational not principled and predicts a two year opportunity to vote for reform. It frames capital versus labor as the central battle, urging vigilance against bondholders and extortion.
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Democratic Party
Blue
New York
National Organization of the
Dub
Herald
Iowa Tax Act Seeks Taxation of Express and Telegraph Property
The law requires that all express and telegraph company property within Iowa be valued as personal property for taxation in the township town or city where the company operates. Officials must file sworn yearly statements of gross receipts from each office or agency by February to the local assessor.
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General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Stel Company
Iowa State Register
Iowan Homestead
Des Moines
Iowa Railroad Tax and Dam Construction Statute Summary
Long 1868 act outlines taxing express or telegraph companies and collecting duties on their property, with 60 percent of gross receipts allocated to expenses and the rest returned to assess as property. It also enables railroad corporations to take land for dams and reservoirs, lay pipes for engine water, and sets damage procedures and appeals, subject to landowner protections.
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General Assembly
Nile
Iowa Record on Damages and Costs in Land Suit
An 1868 Iowa act requires the railroad company benefit to deposit with the clerk clear funds covering all costs including reasonable attorneys’ fees in land suit cases. The act takes effect from publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead Des Moines. Approved April 7, 1868.
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