Publication Details and Rates
The article lists publication cadence as weekly on Thursdays and credits CRRICK d&& DOXISEE as editors and proprietors. It states subscription terms at $1.75 per year within county and an extra 15 cents for postage.
09 Oct 1884
Page 1
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1884
Page
1
The article lists publication cadence as weekly on Thursdays and credits CRRICK d&& DOXISEE as editors and proprietors. It states subscription terms at $1.75 per year within county and an extra 15 cents for postage.
The Blaine and Logan club held a Republican rally in Monticello with about 150 attendees and 170 tickets sold. A $100 side bet featured L L Burton of Michigan vs Lewis Kohl of the county in a collar and elbow wrestling match witnessed by five hundred.
J M Paul took a short trip to Chicago. Lydia Gilbert returned from Woodbury County. Mrs L Gilbert and Mrs Abrams back from Illinois. Mrs James Arthur ill but recovering. Mrs Geo Lawrence also ill. Archie Stimson back at school after confinement. Mrs E W Pavey and Kate visited Noyes family. C F Tebo wife and J A Hanna at soldiers reunion in Muscatine. David Line and wife back from Woodbury County. Large squash at post office weighs 127 14 pounds grown by Wm Tasker. Miss Blanche Paul to Moline Ill to reside with aunt and attend school. Mrs Smith of Delmar visited town. Miss Kate Troy visited. M E Sabbath concert held last night. Rock Bedell becomes General Passenger Agent of Omaha with no station agent assigned here yet. A grand hall was held at Fadeleys hall Friday night. Sidewalks between Main and M E church in poor condition and dangerous at night. Ed Spooner welcomes another boy.
News from Prairieburg reports Mrs Hattie Smith dead from typhoid in Nebraska, daughter of O W Sherman. Levi Reed's injured hand after a jammed gear incident. Linn Jones and Delaware counties split into three districts affecting votes. Henry Pudney’s creamery job ends, Este Barker teaches in North Union district. a grand dance at Crouch Ward hall. Coquillette brothers provide music. local bridge timber haul from Monticello. J S Butler of Springville mentioned.
New Era notes grateful for pleasant calls that soothe the pathway of a patient described as confirmed invalid. The column mentions a recent visit from Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Scott of Castle Grove across the border in W. HW.
Republicans and Blaine and Logan club members prepare for a large mass meeting on the 16th in Anamosa. A parade and uniformed torch bearing will occur with a special train from this place at reduced fare returning the same evening.
The San Francisco Chronicle humorously argues for integrating poker into households with lessons from husbands to wives before gambling. It notes poker is not wicked, warns of ruined households from losses, and suggests social folly and economic twists including wives and revolvers as satire.
The piece notes risks from ivy and wild vines during outdoor activities and promotes Hood s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier that helps poisoning. It cites success against Paris green poisoning and urges keeping the remedy at home, listing C I Hood & Co and a dollar price for 100 doses.
A letter from inspector Ward Nichols of New Haven Water Company reports a wife’s relief from debility and malaria after using Lewis Pe Ko. The note asserts the product as a standard skin care article in use thirteen years and invites attendance at an opera house meeting Saturday evening.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg reports a leg healing after using Electric Bitters and Bucklin's Arnica Salve, claiming avoidance of bone scraping or amputation. St. Patrick's Pills for the Liver and Bowels are advertised as a popular, gentle remedy, 50,000 boxes yearly, 25 cents a box or six for a dollar, sold by druggists.
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