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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
4
A stylish rogue flirts with four attendants at a store in Cincinnati. Nellie Norris confronts the trio after jeers turn tense, threatening to reveal rumors if pressed. The prankster flees as a confrontation erupts, leaving shop floor gossip in his wake.
During his 1898 lecture tour Fr Marion Crawford experienced a major San Francisco quake. Guests panicked as tables and dishes shook. Crawford kept calm and joked the tremor was minor, noting they have earthquakes in Italy and resuming his meal. The Philadelphia Post report preserves the amusing anecdote from the novelist.
A kitchen note explains a dropped egg technique using boiling water salt and vinegar in a pan with muffin rings to shape eggs for buttered toast. Break eggs into rings cook until whites set then lift and serve immediately.
In a 14 year hermit life a observer recalls incidents showing wild animals grasp death. He found a wild domestic cat nest in a stone wall with three live kittens and one dead one. The cat left the dead kitten, unlike prior nests where all kittens vanished after a visit.
The Wigh Mill at Great Yarmouth, built in 1812 for $50,000, stands 100 feet high with a 10 foot wooden summit cage and can turn 30 horsepower in high winds. It grinds nine comb of wheat an hour and ten cents of oats per hour, claimed as possibly the world’s tallest windmill.
A fragment from a San Francisco Call tale tells how a man named Haw Show Wave, jailed for a crime, eats magical haw plant leaves that renew his youth after a dungeon growth. The plant’s power becomes a royal privilege as it spreads through the kingdom.
A wine shop owner is killed and his shop boy sleeps in the taproom with a dog at his feet. The dog alerts to the shot and later chases a fleeing suspect, Draco, when police reenact the crime scene. Draco is arrested and held for trial.
A curious servant reports only a postcard from the postman during a visit. The mistress dismisses postcards as rude and impertinent, while the maid retorts that speaking ill of one's mother is worse. The exchange appears in Sydney Town and Country Journal.
A Massachusetts clergyman recalls a tramp through the White Mountains with a fellow minister. They ride in a stagecoach and become friendly with an engaging driver who remarks he has seen no man this summer besides ministers.
A reader dialogue highlights odd job names such as civil engineer while criticizing a tell er n a bank who withholds deposits. The exchange underlines skepticism toward terminology in everyday titles and roles.
A complex anagram from Literature uses the letters of Omar to form seven phrases including Bit mora sub ramo canit Omar fontis ad oram Cui sit amor quantum dat tibi Roma Maro.
The Chicago Tribune quips about Wellup’s marriage surprising many as he shifts from a rugged bachelor image to wed a young widow, highlighting the unexpected pairing and social reactions.
Gilpin County Republican editor Dave Sayers pens a humorous verse on domestic life. A stop in editorial routine ends with a wakeup call as a baby’s thirst disrupts slumber and prompts a reflection on ambition and daily chores.
In Northwest real estate noting Boots and Cook as trusted agents successors to E G Stanley with extensive land investments in Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. Hoyt Bros nurseries started 1871 by Ed Hoyt and B F Hoyt now wholesale 150000 to 175000 trees yearly focusing on evergreens and fruit trees. District fair details discuss gambling and wheel of fortune banter.
The second annual report of Warden Hunter of Anamoska prison highlights a binding twine plant for convicts. A 10 000 pound per day facility costs 80 000 with a 150 000 revolving fund, rising to 800 000 if Manila fibre stays at 10 cents. A 30 000 plant would employ 75 to 80 workers, producing 8 million pounds annually. Minnesota reports profit from prison twine and Iowa would need investment per worker about 4 3865 dollars.
J. F. Podhaski moved his family and household effects from Monticello to Cascade yesterday and will at once occupy the Mrs. Molloy residence on National street. Word from Monticello indicates that she will be well represented at the fair this year. Georgie McLees, three year old son of C. J. McLees, stepped on garden rake tines and three entered his bare feet while playing Wednesday afternoon. The Dubuque county fair management has been busy finishing up advertising attractions for the coming fair.
Round trip tickets from Monticello to Clear Lake are $2.50 and valid Saturdays with return allowed by the following Monday ticket agent A. I. Jackson. Also advertising Iowa Blue Grass farmland from $25 to $40 per acre by 8S Shoemaker Banker Fontanelle Adair County Iowa.
Mr John Oliver recalls a dire illness with yellow skin and sunken eyes. After doctors gave up, a friend advised Electric Bitters, and one bottle showed marked relief. He continued three weeks and recovered, praising the remedy as life saving. Available at D C Prader Co 60 cents per bottle. The cricket match joke follows.
Annie Ei of 1125 Howard St Philadelphia credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with curing a long standing hacking cough. She praises its chest pain relief and better sleep and urges others to try the remedy sold by D C Prader Co with guarantees and trial bottles available.
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions and promises satisfaction or refund. Priced at 25 cents a box and sold by D C Prader Co. An editor in Jackson Georgia accepts any digestible fruit as subscription payment except codfish and grindstones.
Fragmentary timetable lists freight routes and arrival times among cities including Davenport Farley Anamosa Kansas City West Calmar and Oxford. Entries show inconsistent times such as 6:20 am 9:45 pm 8:25 am 10:50 pm and 11:85 am with some errors overall.
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