Guthrie County Letter From Glendon to The Express
A Guthrie County resident describes travel through Yale Panora Monteith and Glendon noting rough and hilly areas and cheaper local resources. He praises farmers Ommen and Meserli, visits Stuart and Des Moines, and reports on creameries and a large Des Moines political meeting addressed by Senator John M. Thurston before planning to leave for South Dakota.
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the Express
Guthrie County
Jones County
Ierndon
Yale
Panora
Monteith
Glendon
A. O. Ommen
Dale
Guthrie Center
Stuart
Menlo
Dale City
Frank G. Wood
Iowa
Capitol
Des Moines
Nebraska
John M. Thurston
South Dakota
S. M. Hosrorn
Center Junction Community Notes and McKinley Rally
Center Junction reports residents visiting and moving, with updates on local families. The McKinley club grows, a talk by C W Kepler is planned, and a farewell for Mr and Mrs Lyons included gifts and a large supper. Also notes from Onslow about visits, building plans, and weather hopes for a Friday event.
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Homer Preston
Roman Bender
Martelle
Dan Smith
Gustafson
James Hall
Cedar Rapids
C. FE. Magoon
Little Paul
Krouse
C. W. Kepler
Mt. Vernon
Bryan
R. G. Lyons
Bob
I. E
Overly
E. l’. Thomson
James Young
Frank Serbousek
Dr. Kent
N. D. Mall
Chicago
Charles Miller
Joseph Emery
Tallapoosa
Maquoketa
Ira Stimson
Dubuque
Lou Stimson
Ira
McKinley Club
Meeting topics and new voter mounted club formed
Hon John Russell spoke as songs and recitations filled the meeting. A mounted voter club formed, now 30 members, drilling last night with Hiram Roberts as captain. Uniforms ordered. Uncle John Overly leased 160 acres to C W Millicoat at $3 per acre.
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John Russell
Hiram Roberts
U.S
Ongoing Social Roundup At Wyomine And Nearby Towns
Wyomine notes a string of visitors and events from Anamosa Monticello DeWitt Lisbon and Olin. Includes trips by J S Sprague and wife W J Brainard Cady family and Grace Tourtellet with Flora DeWitt and James DeWitt visits. Oysters for cornet band fundraiser at the opera house and a tented merry go round arrive for family entertainment.
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Wyomine
Orla Wherry
Anamosa
I. S. Pealer
Maquoketa
Fred Vaughn
Clarence
Frank M. Rhodes
Davenport
Grace Tourtellet
Flora DeWitt
Monticello
James DeWitt
DeWitt
J. S. Sprague
Illinois
Mr. Cady
W. J. Brainard
Nebraska
J. A. Bronson
Stuckslager
Lisbon
Onslow
Rev. Earhart
M. I. Church
Independence
P. O. Babcock
Hiram Arnold
Surveyor Jeffries
Olin
Opera House
Will Rhodes
Miles
Will
E. M. Babcock
Chicago
Odd Fellows
McKinley
Hobart
F. IL. Thomas
T. J. Baird
F. H. Thomas & Co
Thomas
Baird
Des Moines
Local Notes From Scotch Grove Area
Scenery and social updates list residents traveling to Dixon and Monticello. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Stottemeyer Clinton and Rev L O Sutherland of Cascade. A wedding of Miss Florence Brady and Mr Hall Maquoketa is noted with reception details. A mix of travel, health notes, and reflections conclude with Mason quotation.
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Scorcy Grove
Alex, Rice
Dixon, Ill
IT. Clark
Opkinton
McKean
A. G. Erving
Clinton
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Alex Dennison
Pacific Coast
Paul Warner
J. Woods
St. Louis
J. M. Bolton
Dayton
Ohio
Florence Brady
Mr. Hall
Maquoketa
Sinai at Noon Moses and the Golden Calf
The narrative describes Moses on Mount Sinai with God for forty days while the Israelites in camp grow restless. Aaron yields to pressure and they fashion a golden calf, Moses destroys the tablets, and confronts Aaron as the people revel in idolatry. The scene frames divine wrath and human failure in a dramatic biblical tableau.
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Sinnul
Moses
God
Sinai
Israel
Aaron
Egypt
Sinai's
Mephisto the Fox Faces Ambush in Snowy Chase
A brisk, dramatic scene describes Mephisto the fox shadowing Reynard the hare as a planned ambush unfolds. The fox grins, taunts, and edges closer while the hunter prepares to shoot, only to be foiled by the fox’s keen senses and sudden escape among the pines.
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Mephisto
Reynard
Mr. Hare
Longman’s Magazine
Novel Match Scratcher on the Brooklyn Bridge Pillar
The New York Journal reports a popular match scratcher on the Brooklyn Bridge. On the eastern surface of a pillar at the New York entrance, 100 to 300 matches are lit daily due to shelter from air currents. The friction wears a hole in the iron eight by five by one inches deep.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York
New York Journal
Imprisoned man frees himself using laundered collar
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt describes a prisoner locked behind bars who severs a middle window bar with a collar edge and escapes. The text shifts to notes on knife making, patent office scrutiny, and Japan living costs including wedding and funeral expenses.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Japan
Sept warrants in Monticello Iowa funds for Sept 184g
City clerk sworn states this is a complete list of warrants drawn in September on General Funds Water Works Fund and other city funds. Items include payments to Jas Abel Miller Monticello B Co Dell Russell Monticello Express officers and street workers and suppliers.
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Jas. Abel
Weilrhimaster
Hy A. Miller
Marghil
Monticello B Co
Dell Russell
Boll Ng Curl
Monticello Express
Stauson
Police
Viandermann
J.1. White
Overing & Stuckwell
O. G. Meyer
EB. Sarles & Go
Conner & Hogan
Wm. Lone
H. Warner
Matthiessen Bros
Monticelo
I.J
Peteina
Cit
Monticello
Appointment of Administrator for Ezekiel Letze Estate
District Court of Jones county Iowa appoints Joan Letze as administrator with the will annexed for the estate of Ezekiel Letze deceased. Creditors must file claims with the clerk sworn and timely. debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello September 29 1896.
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Wil
WaAgs
Jones County
William Whittlemore
Said
William Whittemore
J.B. McQueen
Ldw3
Olk District Court Jones Co
J. W. Doxske
District Court
Ezekiel Letze
Monticello
Iowa
Joan Letze
Henry H. Slemers
Anamosa
A. D
Estate Attorney J W Doxser Cited for Filing
The notice names J W Doxser as attorney for the estate in question. It references legal filing procedures and directs interested parties to expected actions and deadlines as part of probate proceedings.
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Ai. Carpenter
W. M. Hes
Stugier
Farwell
H. M. Carpenter
F. M. Hicks
Wm. Stuhler
J. W. Coxsne
DeWitt’s
J. I. Bacher & Co
Patent Office
City of
J. F. Peronna
Beelulna
J.W. Doxsen
Notary Public
J. W. Doxler
Gretto Slemers
J. W. Doxser
Our Dry Goods Department
Samter
Goldstone Bros
TOY
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