Monticello Local Notes and Social Giggles
Long list of notices from Monticello area includes new birth at the Stutt home, visits by Miss Kellogg and Mr. Kellogg to Cedar Rapids, and various relatives visiting Muscatine and Iowa City. Also mentions retirements, fabric and millinery ads, coal deals, and local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Webster
W. 8. Webster
Scotch Grove Township
Cedar Rapids
Fred Orandel
Fannie Allen
Henry Shipman
Mason City
John E. Shanks
Chicago
Monticello
Joseph E. Manz
Anna Chaloupka
Presbyterian Parsonage
J. W. Innes
Central Lumber & Coal Co
George W. Chaloupka
Manz
South Cedar Street
Iowa
Monticello News Notes Roundup of Local People and Events
Local items report Lottie and Maggie Luddon leaving for Chamberlain SD to claim land. Monticello host D E Pond welcomes Ernest Schenk guest. Kate McLees returns to Chicago. Home Guard selects lodge delegate for April 9. Davis hardware advertises fence rods. Bertha Moe improves after surgery. Easter services at churches with flowers. etc.
Monticello Dispatch Briefs Report Local Incidents and Events
Dr William Drinkwater works despite a broken toe cast after a horse incident. A district teachers meeting in Anamosa drew interest though attendance was modest. William Maxwell of Richland lost part of a finger at a feeder and was treated by a Monticello surgeon. A Rogs farm auction near Monticello lists horses cattle farm equipment and chickens. College students spend spring vacation at home and nearby towns. Indpendent real estate agent James McAleer from Dubuque county died by suicide in Cedar Rapids after heavy drinking. Revival meetings proceed at the Methodist church with citywide church participation and a free illustrated lecture by Wm Sylvester. City council considers assessments and elects staff including water superintendent marshal clerk and various officials. Official papers for the year selected are the Monticello Express and Jones County Times. Eggs offered in exchange for goods by N B Noyes Onslow Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McAleer
Independence
Dubuque County
Pullman House
Cedar Rapids
McAleer
Monticello
Tueday
Matthiessen
Arduser
Bell
Liddy
Matthieusen
Suter
Perrine
Lee
A. Kempf
P. H. Connor
Henry Hoffman
T. M. Redmond
Monticello Express
Jones County Times
Monticello Happenings April 1867 Highlights
Forty years ago events in Monticello include M R Gurney's window blinds, a cheese factory started by J B Ross, the Starke Burnight wedding, and railway agent Hull resigning with Fairchild taking over. Community notes cover church revivals, Sabbath desecration concerns, incorporation talks, and senior class orations at the Monticello high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
Express
M. R. Gurney
Daniel Starke
Victoria Burnight
J. B. Ross
Bowen's Prairie
M. G. Hull
O. Fairchild
Joshua Bentley
Scotch Grove
David Gardner
Gardner & Wales
Morris Murphy
Daniel Murphy
Richland Township
South America
Bradley Reasoner
Frank Simmons
Henry Simmons
Y. Bradstreet
Davenport’s Hall
Mr. Vinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
JW. Doxsee
Ballor Utd
Oxfords
Pingree
Hicks &Guyan’s
Home News
Herman Stutt
Bertha Kellogg
Veatrick’s
Robert Russell
Onslow
Fred Kellogg
Ernest
Burrichter’s
Geo. Stuhler
Ries
Muscatine
E. E. Nevin
Diamond Creamery Co
Eilers & Bolton
Henry Chadwell
Henry Vernimont
Joe
Frank
Apex
Davis’ Hardware
Lizzie Kirwin
Mechaniceville
Dave Lundon
Gertrude Dautremont
Dumont
New Dorset
Doutrick’s
James Hogan
Sinsinawa Mound
Wisconsin
8. F. Bentley
Hopkinton
James A. Voorhees
Av. Jackson
Charles City
J. C. Miller
Chapman
William Long
Coffeeville
Kansas
Florence Thoeni
Mrs
Frank Clinite
Minneapolis
Deutrick’s
L. C. Pride
Ross Farm
James Bowie
N. Maurice
Eilers& Bolton
F. C. Reeve
Lewis Lang
Gene Byers
Wyoming
Poultry House
E. J. Farley
John King
Maxwell
Clara Matson
Alfred Miller
Puleston
Jessie Fawcett
Olin
M. A. Fawcett
J. J. Locher
Simon
Iowa City
Lottie
Maggie Luddon
Suesday
Chamberlain
South Dakota
Ernest Schenk
State University
Monticellora
D. E. Pond
Kate McLees
Miss Fanny McLees
Home Guards
State Supreme Lodge
Bertha Moe
Elite Stamp Studio
Locher
Homer Hanna
Nebraska
Randolph
F. A. Hefner
Deitrick’s
H. A. L. Bigley
Lon
Jay Fryberger
Mate Rice
Albia
Mr. Rice
Minnesota
Martin Thoeni
Charles Gallagher
Milton Thoeni
G.H. Bohlken
G. F. Tobiason
Deatrick’s
Kinsella Hall
Serena Humble
Elmer E. Hicks
Ernest Shelley
E. N. Howard
Gardiner
Joseph Podhaski
Mr. Howard
Homstead
Eva Appleby
Greeley
Lovell House
Harry Wilson
Clarence House
Manchester
Pond
T. E. Booth
Anamosa
Davenport
Nicholas Kehoe
Alexandria
McNamara
Deatrick D. G. Co
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Hugh Bowen
Jones County
Bowen’s Prairie
Bowen
George Green
Missouri
William Drinkwater
William Maxwell
Emery Leggett
L. P. Waddick
Libbie George
John and
Margaret Pond
Catharine Lovell
Iowa State College
Lyle Hicks
Drake University
Catharine Ambuhl
Lenox College
Eva Brazelton
Cedar Rapids Business College
Margaret Dautremont
Bayless Business College
Lucy Altman
Iowa College
Clara Noyes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Messrs
Eric
Sylvester
A. W. Starks
E. & M. Starks
F. M. Hicks
Howard Deischer
Fred J. Hyde
Simpson, McIntire & Co
Boston
Mr. Hyde
Massena
New York
Hyde
N. B. Noyes
Xpress
Joseph G. Stowell
Annie E. Stowell
Jones County Fair Association
Wm. Brazelton
Protestant Episcopal Church
L. Gardiner
D. T. Gardner
J. K E. Eaton
C. E. Wales
M. M. Moulton
Wales
J. L. Dunham
J. L. Davenport
J. H. Scott
W. H. Parrott
W. H. Lloyd
St. Mark’s of
Annamona
Men’s Club
Presbyterian Church
Inglis
J. W. Innea
M. A. Breed
Congregational Church
Perkins Slocum
France
M. A. Breedmont
Mr. Breed
Monticello High School
Foster
Opera House
Miss Moe
Edna Templeton
Ellet
Lydia Darrow
China
Alice Deischer
Japan
Charles A. Coxsee
United States
Mary Pond
America
Catharine Drees
Miss Habermann
Joan of Arc
Florence C. Hubbard
Orleans
Selma Suter
Mr. Bryce
Paris
Zion City
C. H. Schipman
Lace
Lovell Block
Black Cat Holiery
Timothy
Essex
England
Java
Anne
Hubbard&Hanken
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