This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
8
Joe Lincoln reflects on a family gathering at the old home church as generations reunite to sing gospel tunes. He recalls Mary’s child, Eben, and a journey nearing its end while thanking God for the cheerful return of familiar voices and the old melodeon's quaver. The piece blends memory, faith, and gratitude in a warm domestic vignette.
In a heated hotel scene a book agent frets over a divorce suit filed by his wife a theosophist vegetarian who keeps him in thrall. A dentist and a boy debate marriage independence and how men should assert themselves without brutality.
A Chicago Record excerpt depicts a humorous salon discussion on marriage roles. A dentist criticizes bachelor views while a “lush” and freckled boy offer provocative quips about husbands and wives. Doc Horne urges restraint amid anecdotes of hatchet threats and domestic friction.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts a man describing conflicts with his second wife over domestic management. She runs the home, buys misguided supplies, and causes costly mistakes. He hires a strict housekeeper to restore order and notes strained relations. Separately, a Grampian wind storm halts trains from Perth to the north on several occasions.
Iowa state and savings banks show solid condition in Auditor McCarthy report. Several Sioux City and Des Moines institutions have been placed in receivership but reorganizations and cash gains restore confidence and improve liquidity across the state.
Town Central Company moves to spread out operations with a Story City branch expansion to Sioux City and a new line from Oakville to Muscatine. Directors back aggressive growth and push to begin construction at the earliest moment.
James Blake, 97, oldest Cerro Gordo County citizen, died at his Mason City home. Born October 15, 1800 in Mass., he lived across Iowa and Kansas, farmed, ran a grocery, and recalled events from War of 1812 through the Civil War era, voting Democratic except for Lincoln and McKinley. He met Lafayette and closely followed national politics.
Cedar Rapids wins the 1897 pennant in the Western Association led by Belden Hill as manager. The team, the smallest city club in the league, ends the season debt free and with no roster changes from opening day, drawing crowds of about 2,000 at start and finish.
The murder of Dr. W. E. Adams of Hot Springs occurred in a passenger coach near Evansville Indiana. Adams, a cousin of E B Wilcox, Mrs T N Pace, and Mrs Dr Robbins, was a former partner of Dr Robbins and later practiced in Farragut. He was active in politics and Masonry, helped elect George W Perkins, and later moved to Hot Springs South Dakota eight years ago to build a strong medical practice. He leaves a wife and eight children.
Group 9 of the Iowa Bankers Association met in Burlington with strong attendance. J J Fleming welcomed delegates and W E Blake spoke on the new taxing law for bankers. Officers elected included W E Blake as treasurer and an executive board with Fleming Blake Manchett Rowland. A river excursion capped the session.
In Des Moines at the Savery hotel the Town State Bill Posters association organized under an American and Canadian charter granted by J. F. B. Omealia of Jersey City. Officers named include A. B. Benll president and John Dohany vice president.
A collage of humorous snippets and cartoon captions from various papers. Jokes about accents, loans, oysters and directory listings reveal social quirks and the era’s lighthearted urban life. No single narrative, but a snapshot of witty vignettes.
The article describes Dr. Calmette’s method to vaccinate animals for antivenom serum by gradually increasing cobra venom doses mixed with diluted hypochlorite of lime. Animals are weighed and treated over at least 15 months, with multiple snake venoms tested to produce a highly active serum.
A boy muses on brighter moonshine while the father debates if the quip reveals budding humor. The Chicago Post column introduces the line as a spark of professional humor from a child, contrasted with a moral on wealth and temperance in the Indianapolis Journal.
A fragment from Brooklyn Life depicts a judge and a prisoner in a terse exchange about curbside violence. The prisoner admits using a piece of curbstone to attack, illustrating harsh street justice and courtroom ironies in a compact vignette.
A grain substitute named GRAIN is sold in grocery stores as a cheaper coffee alternative. It is gentle on delicate stomachs and widely drinkable, with claims that children may benefit from consumption. The note includes a cheeky quote about engagement timing and sugar speculation.
An advertisement extols Star plug as possessing all desirable tobacco qualities with no evil effects from constant use, promoting its degrad feature as a healthful benefit.
The ad links the blues and gloomy mood to dyspepsia and claims Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters cures dyspepsia and related ills. It also promises relief from biliousness constipation chills fever kidney complaints and nervousness.
A tale from a Westerner describes a cyclone that destroyed a home and furniture only to return later and seize cattle tied to a neighbor to whom money was lent. The bizarre event echoes a “grasping cyclone” motif and ends with property loss and recovery.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Kase and Foot-Lace selling relief for painful, swollen feet, bunions, sweating, callouses, and tired feet. Claims instant sting relief, improved shoe fit, and total comfort. 25 cents with trial package free. available from druggists and shoe stores. mail order address in LeRoy New York.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.