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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1911
Page
9
Local Notices and Visits From Hopkinton Residents
Mrs. Lewis Lang visited Hopkinton last Monday while L E Schulze went to Cedar Rapids last Saturday. Miss Lizzie Schoenherr travels to Clarence to teach. The Lovell family spend week in Chicago. Rev. Sylvester visited Monticello from Cascade last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Lang
Hopkinton
Lizzie Schoenherr
Clarence
Rev. Sylvester
Cascade
Monticello
Evelyn Adamson
Teachers’ Institute
Martelle
Monticello Area News Briefs From The Week
Roy Jacque visited Anamosa yesterday while Roy Arabb of Greeley toured Monticello and Manchester. The stork brought a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferring. Mrs. W A Mirick and daughter Maude visited Cedar Rapids last Friday. William Blanche, ex-Monticello baseball member, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday. Uncalled letters include L A Broz and Frank Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Arabb
Greeley
Monticello
W. A. Mirick
Maude
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Blanche
L. A. Broz
Jas. Grizzle
Frank Reynolds
Traveling man replaces Herbert Foster in Rock Island firm
D. A. Allen of Iowa Falls becomes the traveling salesman replacing the recently resigned Herbert Foster. Allen plans to move his family to Monticello after the school year ends. William J. Good and his wife left for Sioux Falls last Monday to be nearer their butter commission territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Drinkwater
London
Ontario
Drinkwater
D. A. Allen
Iowa Falls
Herbert Foster
Rock Island
Mr. Allen
Monticello
Wm. J. Good
Sioux Falls
Mr. Good
Mrs. Good
School director Rickles Gerdes resigns after 26 years
Rickles Gerdes, longtime school director in the eastern district, resigns after twenty six years of service. Harry J. Wilson, former Lovell house landlord, has disposed of the Gedney hotel lease at Independence and plans to sell automobiles. Corset buyers prefer Nemo and American Lady corsets from the Deutrick D. G. Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Berlin
Lovell Township
Fred Berlin
Bruce Cropp
Rickles Gerdes
Harry J. Wilson
Lovell House
Independence
Monticello
Deutrick D. G. Co
Hall Family Returns From Chicago With Car
J. B. Hall and his son Marshall traveled to Chicago to fetch a recently bought automobile. Mrs. Hall accompanied them home as bad weather and muddy snow slowed their return, causing a late arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Marshall
Chicago
Doutrick Records Absence in Kismet South Dakota
J A Doutrick leaves for Kismet South Dakota for a two month stay. OC 8 Bidwell takes charge of the store during his absence ensuring the store and customers are well cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Doutrick
Kismet
South Dakota
Bidwell
Insurance managers visit Cedar Rapids for estate claim
Messrs. Niles and Proctor of Cedar Rapids, state managers for Michigan Mutual Life, left town with the administrator of James McLees estate, delivering a $2000 life policy payout from fourteen years prior. The Wilson infant died of diphtheria, with other children sick but improving after antitoxin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Niles and Proctor
Cedar Rapids
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co
James McLees
McLees
Express Forced to Add Pages for Advertisers This Week
The Express must add two extra pages to the weekly issue to accommodate unsolicited advertisements. Advertisers are encouraged to place orders early in the week as late requests before press day cannot always be expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Local notices of obituaries and marriages in Monticello area
Mrs. Lucinda Basinger widow of Felix Basinger dies in South Dakota March 25 and burial planned in Plainfield Iowa. Former Scotch Grove resident. her husband ran a blacksmith shop there a third of a century ago. K D Miller re elected Monticello school superintendent at 1400 dollars salary, up 100 from last year. Mina Corbett marries Clinton photographer M Michaelson last Tuesday. they buy a Clinton photograph gallery. David Corbett attends wedding. Mrs George H Haines dies in Davenport. her husband Milwaukee engineer previously lived in Monticello. Daughter two years old. Deceased Emma Dorothea Falck born near Calmar in 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Mageé
Lucinda Basinger
Felix Basinger
South Dakota
Plainfield
Iowa
Basinger
Scotch Grove Township
K. D. Miller
Monticello
Miller
Misa Mina Corbett
Mons Corbett
Clinton
M. Michaelson
Michaelson
David Corbett
George H. Haines
Milwaukee
Davenport
Haines
John Stevenson
Calmar
Emma Dorothea Falck
School for colored people in Jenifer Alabama seeks donated goods
Mrs. Sarah Seward notes the Jenifer Alabama school founded by Mary Julia and Emily Smith can use second hand clothing books pictures seeds furniture or tools for classroom or home use. With housecleaning time approaching she asks articles be left with Mrs R Stirton for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Seward
School For Colored People
Jenifer
Alabama
Mary
Julia
Emily Smith
Monticello
R. ©. Stirton
Poe Recitation Confusion At Two Local Churches
A mix up sent attendees to the Presbyterian church instead of the Congregational church where Prof. McMurry was to recite Poe verses last Friday afternoon. Rev. H. L. Stephens spoke at the former church to a large attentive audience. A late-arriving woman exclaimed she had never read Poe like that and doubted the professor’s source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMurry
Institute
Poe
Presbyterian Church
Congregational Church
H. L. Stephens
City Board of Equalization raises several assessments
The city board of equalization met last Monday and raised money and credit values for I Maxwell to 1000 and Samuel Eby on one horse. Dr Mirick increased horse assessment from 140 to 200. Real estate hikes include Rhodes to 1000 Clark to 4000 Long to 1000 Hearn to 500 Dirks to 1600 Houser to 1000 Bohlken to 800 Kiburz to 1500 Suter from 80 to 100 per acre. Complaints will be heard April 13 in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Equalization
I. Maxwell
Samuel Eby
Mirick
W. W. Rhodes
Joseph Clark
Wm. Long
E. Hearn
H.M. Dirks
J. G. Houser
H. C. Bohlken
A. Kiburz
J. G. Suter
Chaldean Christian Asks Aid With Questionable Credentials
A Chaldean Christian, claiming credentials from the Patriarch of the East, circulated in town to solicit funds for churches and orphanages. Some credentials were guarded while others claimed authenticity. local papers warned that some travelers with similar missions are unworthy of confidence and he faced little support in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Mrs Helen Harms Dies After Illness in Wayne Township
Mrs Helen Harms wife of Gerret Harms of Wayne township died last Friday from aggravated appendicitis and brain fever. Surgeons reported no hope after an attempted operation. She was 24 years old and leaves an infant. Funeral at Wayne township Lutheran church conducted by Rev OC Mardorf was one of the township’s largest. She was daughter of John Johnson and had lived on the Henry Harms farm since marriage less than two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Harms
Gerret Harms
Wayne Township
OC. Mardorf
John Johnson
Mr. Harms
Henry Harms
Mrs. Lydia A. Babcock Dies in Mason City Home
Mrs Lydia A Babcock wife of former Jones county sheriff Perry O Babcock died at her daughter Mrs Floran Kirk home in Mason City at 11 o clock on April 1 after long illness. Funeral held at Monticello residence of Mr and Mrs W F Rohn with Rev M A Breed and Oakwood Cemetery burial. She lived in Jones county since 1859 and Monticello remained her home for nearly fifty years. The text includes a biographical sketch and notes five children two sons died in infancy, three daughters, husband, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren surviving. The Jones county Modern Woodmen of America convention followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry O. Babcock
Lydia A. Babcock
Jones County
Floran Kirk
Mason City
Monticello
Hiusband
Mr. Breed
Lydia A. Barnum
New York State
Marengo
Inois
Bradford
Chickasaw County
Iowa
Julia Swale
Fredericksburg
Frank Tharnum
LaPorte City
Castle Grove
Frank W. Buxton
Juttla Falls
Minnesota
Win, I’. Rohn
Leonard van Kirk
The
Baptist Church
Illinois
Teachers Institute Closes After Successful Session
The institute ended last Friday following a successful run. Dr Ira W Howerth of Chicago spoke at the Congregational church and provided thoughtful lectures. Prof A Mae Murray of Ames led Poe readings and elocution work for teachers and students alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Institute
Ira W. Howerth
Chicago
Congregational Church
A. Mae Murray
Ames
Poe
Confirmands to be Confirmed at German Reformed Church
The class of young communicants will be confirmed by Rev. E. E. Gruenstein at the German Reformed church next Sunday. Listed are Christina Marugeg Clara Zumbrunen Clara Zimmermann Lena Messerli Martha Kaufman Louise Mettler Lily Lesekamp Emma Mettler Frieda Guler Henry Paulsen Otto Paulsen Albert Zumbrunen Herman Egger Alfred Iten Fred Messerli Oscar Ambuhl Andrew Lesekamp Willie Schneiter Carl Sehneiter Fred Lang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Gruenstein
German Reformed Church
Christina Marugeg
Clara Zumbrunen
Clara Zimmermann
Lena Messerli
Martha Kaufman
Louise Mettler
Lily Lesekamp
Emma Mettler
Frieda Guler
Henry Paulsen
Otto Paulsen
Albert Zumbrunen
Herman Egger
Alfred Iten
Fred Messerli
Oscar Ambuhl
Andrew Lesekamp
Willie Schneiter
Carl Sehneiter
Fred Lang
Woman's Christian Temperance Union history featured in Oakdale issue
Fred Reichenbach of Monticello sends thanks for a copy of the Oakdale Graphic women’s edition. Editors passed it to the Oakdale Ladies’ Improvement Club for a week and the piece, written by Mrs Reichenbach, portrays the local WCTU and its work as if in a metropolitan paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Reichenbach
Monticello
Oakdale
California
Tabernacle Meetings Inspire Unity and Renewed Faith
Evangelistic tabernacle meetings have reached the halfway mark with strong church involvement. George Stephens and H L Stephens preached compelling sermons on humility and prayer and many church members confessed sins. The crowd grew as the campaign proceeded with renewed zeal, and over twenty people publicly repented after last night’s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
George Stephens
H. L. Stephens
Teachers’ Institute
Tabernacle
Independence
Misses Starka offer rooms to rent and household goods for sale
Misses Eunice and May Starka plan filing on western homesteads this spring and advertise desirable rooms to rent along with household belongings for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice
May Starka
Millinery Preview At Deutrick D.G. Co
The Deutrick D. G. Co. invites attention of ladies to their line of new spring millinery. This store has for years been a favorite place for popular priced millinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deutrick D. G. Co
New Spring
T His
Sewing machine repair event at Locher's Store
Mr J B Willard, expert in sewing machine work, will repair machines at Lochers Music Store one day each week. No failures reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locher’s
J. B. Willard
Deepest US well near West Elizabeth Pa reaches 6576 feet
Historical notes compare the deepest US well at West Elizabeth Pennsylvania totaling 6576 feet with the world record in Germany at 6572 feet. Accounts mention an early petroleum drill in western China using crude gear like rat tan cable and twisted strand rope. Auction notice lists a sale at a residence near the foundry on Friday April 7 starting at 1 30 PM including beds carpets stoves and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West Elizabeth
Germany
China
R. P. Smith
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J. W. Doxseer
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
L. E. Schulze
Mrs. L. W. Lovell
Harry Magee
Epworth Seminary
Grace Nance
Epworth
A. W. Starks
Fred Matthiessen
Ike. Schneider
Burr Finch
Deitrick D. G. Co
Roy Benedict
Cass
Florence Foley
Anamosa
Margaret Pond
Carl “Maxwell
Matthew Campbell
Robert Topping
Delhi
Robert
Mary Pond
Dubuque
Messrs
Matt Noyes
Jacob Suter
Colfax
Clark Hubbard
Mrs
Elmer Hubbard
Edgar Hubbard
Colorado
George
Bessie Alamil
Gertrude Campbell
County Board of Supervisors
Henry Vernimont
Frank F. Hotacre
Aberdeen, South Dakota
J. M. Hotacre
H. F. Witt
Beery Building
B. E. Loomis
Robert Williamson
Florence Livingstone
Clara Thomson
J.N. Peterson
EH. H. Reed
William Kingsley
Quascade
George Cowan
Uncle Sam
P. J. McLean
Sioux City
Washington Township
J. J. Fagan
Fb Hicks
Elmer Hicks
F. W. Koop
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Express
Chicago Inter Ocean
Roy Jacque
Manchester
Stork
Frank Ferring
F. B. Millsap
W. H. Waugh
A. C. Burroughs
Morley Bank
Prof
Frank Good
W. J. Good
Greene
Elizabeth McCarthy
Minneapolis
Tom King
West Union
Rock Island Railway
Tony Eilers
Tony
Anthony Courtwright
Arlington
Oxford Mills
Courtwright
Miss Moore
Oberlin
Ohio
Miss Paget
Frank Butler
Clara
Cy Bert
Detroit
Mr. Raymond
Hartford
Connecticut
M. W. Herrick
Charles H. Marvin
Mr. Margin
Olympia
Washington
James Wilson
Knights of Pythias Order
Knights of Pythias
Remley
W. J. Kehoe
W. B. Fagan
Fagan & Kehoe
Modern Woodmen of America
I. M. Rodman
A. A. Cole
Olin
J. F. Brown
Martello
Des Moines
James Remley
W. McMaster
Onslow
J. I. Brown
H.H. Soper
0. M. Beam
M. Gavin
J. H. Remley
G. B. Macomber
J. W. Coppeass
W. W. Switzer
W. F. Gordon
C. W. McMaster
I. J. Hansen
G. W. Barnes
Joe English
W. Mitchell
W. H. Shelley
IF. D. Slauson
H. 8. Lee
A. W. Steiner
Frank Stockwell
Tabernacle Meetings
Stephens Brothers
Stickford
R. C. Stirton
F. D. Slauson
Puleston
D. E. Pond
Lovell Bank Building
Beery Bros
Heatherbloom
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Wear Store
Lovell Block Store
Hicks & Ricklefs
Globe Wernicke
A. G. Hanken
Bran
L. H. Lang
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