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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
3
A recounting narrator describes his uncle Nathan Travers’ murder and his swift arrest amid suspicions he killed the heir. The tale follows how an attorney pressed a false confession from Peter Ritterhof to secure a conviction and the narrator’s eventual release and fortune.
Leslie's Weekly reports Sir John Murray explaining Grand Canyon formation as volcanic upheaval splitting a rising plateau, followed by an inland sea carving the canyon. He cites a modern timeline of twenty to thirty million years ago and emphasizes dramatic geologic forces shaping the landscape.
The llanero cavalry led by Paez swam across the Apure with 800 lancers to seize Morillo’s flotilla. They rode into the river and fought crocodiles while crossing to boarding boats, capturing the entire Spanish flotilla and enabling Bolivar to cross.
A genial stranger asks newsmen about finances and claims a reporter friend. The man rings a reporter, invites him to lunch, and initiates a chat on current events with a blunt question about news. The exchange ends with the remark quoted from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Public notice from the District Court of Jones County Iowa appoints Anna Zimmerman and Johan Prull as Administrators of the estate of Ahrend G. Zimmerman deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk within the legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello Iowa November 6 1918. J W Coxsee attorney for the estate.
Final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in several Jones county estates have been filed with the Clerk of the District Court. A hearing is set for November 25 1913 at which interested parties may appear file exceptions and show cause why reports should not be approved.
Notice public sale of delinquent lands and town lots in Jones County Iowa. On December 1 a sale will be held at the county treasurer’s office in Anamosa with taxes interest and costs due through the current year. Lands remain subject to sale day by day until all bids are exhausted. W. Pearson county treasurer collector of Jones County.
Mrs Sarah Baker of Nottinghill Missouri recounts a five year stomach complaint ending after using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. She notes the medicine relieved his distress quickly and the improvement persisted, praising the product highly. For sale by OQ 1 SOIT SIE.
Monticello residents with stomach and bowel trouble are told Adler-i-ka, a buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture, can be obtained at O. H. Soetje's. A single dose is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation quickly by draining old foul matter from the body.
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