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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
4
The Monticello Express reports local arrivals, educational plans, obituaries, and social events. Candice White dies aged 87 after long service in Wyoming Iowa. funeral held at Presbyterian church. Board of Downerville Creamery reduces non stockholder assessment to fund expenses and equalize rights. financial details outlined.
John Batchelder prepares a large supply of farming implements for spring trade. Helen, the merchant, reports flourishing business despite bad roads. A social at Woodmen's hall draws a large crowd. The Batchelders mourn their infant son. Uncle Harry Hughes remains active in town. Mrs Worster’s remains are brought for burial in Langworthy cemetery. School opens with Miss Corbett of Monticello teaching. Local reflections stress schooling, knowledge, and practical ability in 19th century life.
Castle Grove reports Arthur Fairbanks in Anamosa last Friday and a pending board of equalization meeting. Cedar Rapids court attendance by Levi Berlin and Frank Howie is noted, plus J M Ryan's sale and move to a Prairieburg farm. The Deer Creek literary society ended its recent program as mud clears and spring ducks arrive. W H Laude’s accident, the Coggon creamery secretary’s report showing butter yield, and Frank’s work at Downerville Creamery are included.
Onslow items report R M Corbit returning from Tropkinton and Mary Cameron's sister Mary to wed Edmund Wilcox at the Cameron residence tomorrow. Residents visit relatives, sales of houses, moves to Wyoming and Decatur county, business notes on A Woodyard restaurant, and I L H Lodge improvements. Cheese factories near Johnsontown and Onslow cite milk payments, with dairy guidance urging herd reduction for profit.
John Bailey rents a Lisbon meat shop while schools start with Mrs. Clara Moffet as teacher. I. H. Meek ships two loaded cattle trains to Chicago. Rev. Bretnall returns from Clinton. Homer Boots called to Davenport for his father’s illness. Roads described as worst in years. I. O. G. I. basket social postponed to April 7. community urged to attend.
Scotch Grove notes list residents convalescing and traveling relatives visiting Scotch Grove. J J Prouty returned to his sawmill with Jasper Hutton. Olive Hughes of Cedar Rapids left to resume school duties. Robt Sutherland visits from Nebraska. Geo and Lottie Sweesy with cousin R G Sutherland visited from Monticello. Mrs S F Bentley returns from Hopkinton. Mr Bentley's ill son improves. Mrs Alexander Sutherland of Tarkio is seriously ill. Goose Sutherland family connections feature prominently.
A New Hampshire delegate at a missionary convention offered a fervent prayer thanking the Lord for the strength of workers abroad and praising divine power. He humorously noted the earth’s rotation and balanced forces, quipping that no brother has fallen into space despite global missionary scattering.
The U B conference ending Sunday night assigns Rev. W W Hartsough to Monticello charge with his brother Rev W D Hartsough remaining presiding elder of the district. Rev J Q Dickensheets, formerly Monticello, returns from Ohio and will serve Castalia. The conference will meet in Monticello next year.
Monticello hosts a full day session with music, speeches, and discussions. Highlights include officer elections, talks on grammar in rural schools, geography teaching, recitation, school management, and an address on educational needs of literature by B. Hursh.
A March list shows marriage licenses issued. Names include Walter Waggoner and Meda Hay. Roy Walters and Katiee Hanna. William MecCutchen and Kate Heden. Joseph Eby and Anna Espy. Other couples include John Franks and Hiva Rhodes. Walter Cripps and Cora Mitchell. J F Moes and Lydia Underwood. B Wherry and Mary Gridley. Additional pairings list Conrad Mardorf and Mary Aleriches. John J Cagh and Minnie Smith. W G Finefield and Charlotta Elliott. G Chaloupda and Sarah Holubaz. Louie Horn and Edna Coonit. Archibald Livingston and Helena Stankey. S Hoffman and Paulina Miller. David A Nramer and Oliver Fall. Henry Finnigan and Emma Wasra. Edwin Wilcox and Mary Cameron. Chas Schmnelter and Margaret Arduser.
In Dublin a July afternoon scene sees an officer of the Eleventh Hussars in full dress striding past Sackville Street after a castle levee. Two Irishmen, newly arrived from the interior, stare in astonishment at the glittering parade and joke about pawning him with a sharp nudge and amused glance.
The Bloomsbury landlady recalls Mr Lightweight, a devout boarder who died last week in a Strand Magazine note. He paid in advance, never complained about the bed, and possessed a notably delicate appetite as the "saint" of the boarding house.
An anecdote from a Detroit Free Press piece recounts a bank president who test teased a junior employee. The tale describes the man’s rise from errand boy to paying teller amid jokes about an alleged theft and a humorous reveal of a raise.
Laurence Hutton recalls a boy known as a runner attached to Pearl Hose No 28 and later No 11 Hook and Ladder. He tracked alarm bells, joined fires at odd hours, steered a ladder truck to a false alarm, and once carried two Black babies from a tenement, tasting rare self styled heroism.
Scorch Grove NURSERY offers 8 to 6 feet high large trees including Norway Spruce White Pine and Red Pine at 20 to 25 cents per wagon load heavy to ship. Three to four thousand trees must go offering bulk lots of apple trees and more at deep discount as soil conditions improve. Iowa Hoyt Bros Propr's Scotch Grove Jones Co
Local notice offers Tae Express and The Weekly Hawk-Eye for one year at $2.15 cash, payable at the office. Contact THE Express, Monticello, Iowa, for details.
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