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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
8
An old nurse named Sally Fabricates a tale of jug medicine in a Vermont case. She arrives at a sick woman’s house with pipe and starched aprons and offers a toll of medicine. The visiting doctor laughs then learns Sally’s method. Dean’s Ointment is advertised at 50 cents.
A collage of brief adage style quotes and testimonials from early 1900 period newspapers. Notable lines reference economic debt, medical claims, and moral aphorisms, with mentions of Piso's Cure for Consumption and Dr Thomas electric Oil.
A wide sweep of Iowa affairs—from a $5,000 model battleship Iowa for the state historical department to a Salvation Army rally with Gen. William Booth in Des Moines—frames a report on church anniversaries, prison reform openings near Fort Dodge, and shifts in state administration. The piece notes politics with apathy, teachers’ meetings, and plans for monuments to veterans at Shiloh plus court arguments over Owl Lake beds and a corn judging school set for January at the State Agricultural College.
Adams hall, a new addition to Tabor college, was dedicated with a address by ex President William M Brooks D D. The project ends three years of building work at over 50000 dollars and coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of a Congregational church at Tabor.
Oral arguments have been submitted to the supreme court on the petition for rehearing in the case of the state versus Mrs Sarah Kuhn. Kuhn, serving a life sentence in Anamosa penitentiary for suspected poisoning of her crippled husband in Delta. Col C H Mackay D W Hamilton and C M Brown argued for rehearing. Attorney General Mullan represented the state. The court will delay ruling. Mackay claimed his client is innocent despite the prior supreme court ruling.
Mrs Mamie Byrnes of Des Moines is named sole heiress to a French estate valued near forty thousand dollars left by Henriet ta Hartkemeyer. She will receive five to six thousand in cash soon, with the rest comprising houses and lots in a major French city. The aunt died last year and had no other relatives except a quarrelled sister Charlotta Hartkemeyer, later married to Berich Weil and living in Vinton.
The annual harvest home picnic drew about 10 000 visitors by special and regular trains to Ames for the first public opening of the new engineering hall. The program featured livestock parade music bands addresses and performances by the college glee club and battalion drill.
A case in December before Judge O P Shiras in Dubuque challenges Dr Thron Stabe of Waukon for alleged negligence in amputation performed on P H Quenrod of La Crosse after a leg injury in May 1899. Quenrod seeks $5000 for pain suffering and damaged nerves and physical health.
Washington dispatch details the Celtic captain's account of Lieut red Sbohnan of Sioux City drowning August 14 after Holman, ill, retired on August 13 in good spirits. Holman disappeared next morning with no trace as the ship returned 72 miles. Likely suicide in a moment of insanity.
Dr J F Kennedy of the state board of health reports two leprosy cases in the state a young Norwegian woman near Humboldt and another patient at Gilmore City He recommends home isolation or placement elsewhere since no suitable refuge exists and has requested detailed case reports.
The unknown man found at Cedar Point is identified as Frank Osborne, 40, brother of AJ EK Osborn. A prominent Allamosa hardware dealer, he apparently killed himself while insane after leaving the Independence asylum where he had been an inmate since 1894. He was unmarried.
Linus the Cups official Secretary Simpson of the state department of agriculture received the silver cups for the grand beef herd and grand dairy herd sweepstakes at the state fair. G. M. Casey of Clinton Missouri won the beef herd prize and J. N. Robbins of Greensburg Indiana won the best dairy herd sweepstakes.
Dr. Chappel of the weather bureau explains recent cold rains undo the previous warm spell. It will take about five weeks for the corn to dry enough for husking. Moisture saturated husks and cool weather raise the risk of mold and spoilage, making in-field drying the wiser option.
The Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Iowa convened in Cedar Rapids with 176 present. Officers reported total membership 8,626 and a net gain of 88 dollars. Next year’s meeting is set for Oskaloosa on the first Tuesday in September. officers elected include P. Wilson, George R. Turner, A. S. Lawrence, A. G. V. Storm, I. C. Shadbolt, Alf Wingate, and W. D. Irvine.
Clarence Maconsen of Laporte fell 22 feet in April while performing feats for friends at an amusement spot in Waterloo. Doctors attempted to save the leg but the bones failed to unite, muscle wedged at the fracture, and after weeks an operation and wiring still led to nonunion, necessitating amputation above the knee at the emergency hospital.
Secretary A H H Davison reports the code supplement will yield a profit for the state. Each copy sells for two dollars while the packaging and book cost total 1.47, or 1.44 excluding boxing. The new edition cost is not yet determined but expected not to exceed the supplement, while the code remains at five dollars per volume.
Mrs J L Bells lost three fingers of her right hand while driving with her husband to their farm twelve miles west of Storm Lake. The horse bolted near the college, Mr Bells jumped from the buggy and caught it, and the fingers were found in the road. The wife did not realize the loss at first.
Fred Vt. Evans died in Hot Springs South Dakota once valued at a million he died poor. He founded Sloan South Dakota built the first railway in Sioux City opened up the Black Hills later developed the Evans hotel at Hot Springs making the resort famous and losing his wealth in that venture.
Prominent men organize the Lincoln club in Marshalltown to study the life and achievements of Abraham Lincoln. Officers elected include President E. A. Graft Vice President J. L. Carney and Secretary C A Newcomer.
Reports note a Porthind Maine memorial to former U S Senator William Witt Wessenden and Bird S Coler as a 35 year old gubernatorial prospect. A St Emiland France mayor hanged himself over office cares. Samuel S B Morse estate disputes settle after 30 years with $346000 distributable. Cecil Rhodes mausoleum by John Tweed costs $100000. New York tax day drew crowds, $9.7 million receipts, Vanderbilts paying $800000, Astor estate $350000.
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