Mohair Laces Arrive in Black and Brown for Shopping Bags
A new shipment of Mohair laces arrives for bag makers in black and brown. The article notes the large quantity received and its intended use in shopping bags.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
7
A new shipment of Mohair laces arrives for bag makers in black and brown. The article notes the large quantity received and its intended use in shopping bags.
Local items report visits and travels of residents in nearby towns. Many shops advertise Easter goods and sales including hats, millinery, carpets, wall paper, kid gloves, seeds, and buggies. Also noted are illnesses, a child’s death, and tax payments at the Monticello Bank.
Missés Hattie and Grace Rundle visit Marion while Mrs M W Herrick and Mrs Frank Groesbeck tour Dubuque. Lectures at M I church feature Rev Frank Luce on Jean Valjean. Saloons, brass band planning, and funeral cemetery meeting notes populate Monticello notices with ads for dresses, lace curtains and groceries.
Monticello residents including Mr and Mrs G Wilkens Mrs Wm Stuhler and several Misses attended a morning lecture on animals by Ernest Seaton Thompson in Cedar Rapids. The event featured other local notices and community updates from Monticello.
Two women labeled as of ill repute were ordered out of Monticello. One was found near the schoolhouse Sunday afternoon in a sickly condition and carried home by neighbors. Rumor says the episode was a ruse to avoid the order, while Mrs. M. E. Kiburz promotes new millinery after a Chicago trip.
The Monticello page notes Rockwood & Co. cocoa exhibit on April 10 and 11 with free tastings and half pound cans for 80 cents. It also spotlights a St Louis Globe Democrat beauty contest and a public vote, plus local ads for syrup and wall paper and a letter from Capt. T. C. West recalling old Monticello days.
Monticello business leaders weigh the proposed Dubuque to Toledo to Des Moines rail line with two routes via North and South paths. Bond sales and local funding are under discussion as residents consider costs and benefits. A committee will study the proposals and report back to merchants while noting the Milwaukee firm’s lack of involvement. Special sale at Doutrick's features gloves this Friday and Saturday.
The Monticello city council met Tuesday with all members present. Bills for Monticello Express and labor items were allowed. The treasurer's bond was accepted. sidewalk petition on Railroad to Varvel was granted, electric light petition laid over. Ordinance 237 grants G L Lovell alley access in exchange for city real estate from John C Rueger. City marshal Richard Cartano reappointed. water superintendent elected unanimously. Slauson re-elected street commissioner and A Kempf as city clerk. water engineer Hoffman receved five votes, Kirkpatrick one. Official papers chosen: Monticello Express and Jones County Times at half legal rates. Dr Geo Inglis elected health physician. Committees named: Street-Schoonover and Palmer. Finance-Suter and Bohlken. Water- Page and Hoag. Health-Hoag and Schoonover. Walks ward councilmen. Voorhees buys bankrupt farm stock for farmers’ bargains.
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