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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
5
Livingston Perry and Marjory Manners hire private investigators to justify an impending separation. Each finds damning reports on the other’s past and temper, prompting tension as both sides plan decisive actions while stinging public chatter questions the marriage’s longevity.
A Detroit Free Press humor item notes a man plans to learn sign language to outwit a future bride. He quips that no dictograph can catch him next time he pursues a marriage.
A London Answers note describes a Turkish khan that disorients luxury travelers by placing guests in a stark setting. The ground floor houses stables while the upper rooms serve as simple lodgings. The principal room, above the gate, lacks European comforts and features only matting and a water pipkin.
Geologists describe ancient vegetation of South Carolina and Georgia from the upper Cretaceous and Eocene as extinct. The big sequoia once widespread is now confined to the Pacific coast, with three araucaria types once global and related to Norfolk Island pines.
A lady scolds her house maid over dust as she anticipates a visit. The maid suggests pulling down the shades to conceal the mess, a plan reflecting social pressure on appearances and decor.
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript shows one line lamenting a suitor's persistence and the other's wry acceptance that persistence can wear down reluctance. The dialogue captures a domestic tone and social etiquette of courtship.
A witty caption from Meggendorfer Blatter features a person with a shoe on a desk. The line jokes about rubbing out a mistake due to losing an eraser, reflecting humorous absurdity in daily tasks.
A medical lecturer argues that thirty marks a turning point when many diseases are outgrown while others threaten. By thirty, anemia, acne, rheumatic fever, epilepsy, goiter, and cancer show different risk patterns. gout may emerge and kidney issues rise. The piece cites the New York Press.
The term tapestry refers to a pictured fabric woven on a hand loom where the design forms the cloth. It traces three major eras Gothic primitive, Renaissance, and the French decorative flowering of the 17th and 18th centuries, with dyes and weaving skill marking each period.
In a Cleveland trial a persistent lawyer pressed a witness who admitted to working on the L and N rail line off and on for seven years while living at Belleville. The exchange revealed he claimed no employment by the road and that he had tried to open the train windows without success.
Sir Lionel Garden sharply criticizes the United States troop withdrawal from Vera Cruz. He argues British forces never left a weak country without reason and questions American methods, suggesting constitutional limits shape his views.
The New York Globe commends American troops for Vera Cruz operations praising patience courage willingness and self restraint, stating soldiers sailors marines officers and men alike acquitted themselves admirably under harsh conditions and fulfilled their mission honorably.
The Topeka Capital observes many kinds of men with a punchy riff on speed shaving. It catalogs a familiar stereotype of a man who asserts he can shave himself in five minutes.
Farmer announces public auction of horses cattle hogs and machinery at his farm 6 percent miles east 1 percent mile south of Coggon and 144 miles north 44 mile east of Prairieburg on Thursday October 16 1914 with full list of livestock machinery and household goods to be sold cash for sums up to 810 and 12 months on larger notes at 7 percent interest.
The Sioux City Journal notes poor teamwork as Col. Roosevelt tells progressives to vote for progressive candidates while Pennsylvania's Progressive Party urges members to back the Democratic candidate for governor.
Iowa readers hear claims of rapid relief from stomach and digestive troubles after one dose. Testimonies from Mrs. Litzenburg of Montezuma and Mrs. Oliver of Davenport praise immediate strength and weight regain. The ad touts the product as a universal cleanser curing stomach liver and bowel issues and claims it prevents dangerous surgeries. It promotes W. W. Stickford as local distributor.
The document outlines a 1905 will with extensive parcels of land in Madison and Scotch Grove townships, names many nephews and nieces including John A. McDonald, William McDonald, George McDonald, and Mary Ellen McDonald, and details legacies from five thousand to twenty thousand dollars. A 1910 codicil revokes prior bequests to brothers James, David, and Andrew McDonald and reassigns large cash gifts to siblings and nephews, adds property in Center Junction and Milan, and designates multiple Canty family legacies and charitable gifts, with rest of estate redistributed accordingly.
The will of John McDonald dated April 18 1908 from Moducallo Jones County Iowa prescribes shares for legatees and siblings and names Andrew McDonald and H M Carpenter as executors who may act without bonds If Ellen Smith survives she receives one third of the estate after legacies and expenses otherwise her share goes to Andrew and David McDonald or their heirs The document notes witnesses signatories and four sheets constituting the will
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