Local Social Notes and Advertisements Featured
Mrs. Joseph Reiger is ill. Doutrick promotes ribbons and kid gloves. Sherrer visits Cedar Rapids. Bessie Matthiessen travels to South Dakota. Tamoka coffee advertised at the Model. Dr. Bentley visits Monticello. Doutrick’s Complete line of American Lady Corsets. Dorris Northrop visits Marion. New dress goods and silks at H. C. Wills. Edith Thompson returns from Cedar Rapids for the weekend. Fresh cut roses at the Greenhouse. Minnie Fisher returns from Correctionville. Embroideries shown at H. C. Wills. Mrs. E. B. Jones returns from Mt. Vernon. Soetje’s booklet on interior decorations. George Hogan recaptured by Sheriff Arnold. White goods at Lovell Block Store. Henry Heisey returns from Perry. White Lily washers advertised. Davis’ Hardware. Board of Trade saloon now Ed Turner’s Farmers Store. Deitrick’s Central Block. Wm. VanMeter visiting Monticello relatives. Window shades new line. Palm Sunday observed at Catholic church. Wm. Long sells yellow seed corn testing 93 percent. Wm. Johnson and M. Sweesy hosts. White Lily washing machine promoted. Jones County Sabbath School Association meets April 28–29 at Wyoming M E Church.
Monticello Notes Highlight Visits Sales and Socials
Local residents share visits from Oelwein and Cascade, with theatre and church events, hardware promotions, and Easter services. Notable items include the Lennon troupe member Blanche Plunkett visiting, Cream Flour offers guarantees, and a Faust performance by Hubert Labadie’s company at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Labadie
Opera House
Perrine’s Restaurant and Local News Bits Stitched In
A sweep of Monticello notices covers Perrine’s restaurant outlook, militia matters for Co. M of the Forty-ninth Iowa, library board formation with Major Farwell as president, and Mrs. Arduser’s death. It also reports Shawnee mayor-elect Chas J Bacher, Dunkley goods in town, and Des Moines gossip about Fred Pike and Minnie Siegel with legal trouble unfolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Prahm
Des Moines
Prahm
Co. M
Forty-ninth
Iowa Regiment
Maquoketa
Fred Wallace Pike
Monticello
Pike
Davenport
Women’s Musical Guild
Minnie Siegel
Siegel
Local assessor praised as errors none in Lovell returns
Lovell township assessor Henry Wernimont faces no changes by the board of equalization, with the highest ever totals for land and moneys and credits. Footings list net land value 87 840, total personal property 283 220, total taxable property 817 640, and moneys and credits 127 610.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wernimont
Lovell
Mystery of the missing horse near Monticello
Ben Che reports discovering a neglected horse in the city park stables then finding it again locked inside with hunger and thirst. The horse belongs to John Yousse, missing from Jackson Yousse’s Richland township farm after a lightning struck straw stack three weeks ago. The insurer was notified as detectives consider the case. Nearby, the old Third street elevator is being torn down to ship lumber to South Dakota for Measrs. S. S. Farwell and Ed Templeton, ending its long landmark status as a fire trap storage site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
John
Fred Binggell
North Dakota
South Dakota
Canada
United States
Dominion
Germany
Monticello
Ben Che
John Yousse
Jackson Yousse
Richland Township
Yousee
Third Street
Farwell
Ed. Templeton
Iowa
City Council Deadlock Over Marshal Choice and Library Funding
Monticello Iowa council hears a deadlocked vote on appointing Fred Kellum as marshal amid conflict with appointing a water superintendent. A library board is formed with Carnegie funding offered, pledging 1000 dollars annual maintenance. bills from the general and water funds are approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuesreas
Andrew Carnegie
Monticello
Iowa
General Assembly of
Andrew Carnegle
Guo
G. Schabefer
A. Kemper
Council of Equalization Adopts Property Assessments
The council met in council rooms last Monday as a board of equalization and raised or lowered various assessments across real estate, merchandise, personal property, and moneys and credits. The changes affect named residents and businesses, with a clarifying table of increases and decreases and a date for appeals on April 11 at 1 p.m. at the council rooms. A cemetery trustees election and an Oakwoods cemetery association financial report are noted, along with Whittaker family’s move to Oklahoma and return to Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Board
S. Farwell
W. W. Hunter
Rev
C. C. Warner
BE. E. Hicks
Putnam
OC. W. Brown
Parrott
Hubbard & Eberhart Vanes
Asa Phelps
Satnaegetinaseretios
Nic Maurice
Joe Vernimont
A. Matthiessen
FF. P. Stahler
D. H. Smith
Fred Matthiessen
R. M. Hicks
J. H. Bacher
Oakwoods Cemetery
Association
Dan Cartano Among Spokane Roosevelt Reception Committee
Springville notes from Cedar Rapids Gazette recall Dan Cartano former Springville youth now editor of Labor Journal Spokane is among fifteen residents chosen to greet President Roosevelt in Spokane on May 15. City council deadlock over water superintendent affects marshal position. Fred Kellum already decorated as marshal. A son was born yesterday to Mr and MrsGeo Herren of Scotch Grove township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cartano
Springville
Labor Journal
Spokane
Roosevelt
Council
Fred Kellum
Geo. Herren
Scotch Grove Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Express
J. W. Doxsee
East First Street
Home News
H. C. Wills
Joseph Reiger
Doutrick
Chas. Sherrer
Cedar Rapids
Bessie Matthiessen
Tamoka
Deutrick’s
Edith Thompson
Minnie Fisher
Correctionville
E. B. Jones
Mt. Vernon
Soetje’s
George Hogan
Arnold
Lovell Block
Henry Heisey
Perry
Charles Winner
Davis’ Hardware
Board of Trade
Chas. Herrington
Ed. Turnis
Deutrick
O. H. Sourie
Wm. Long
Wm. Johnson
Hopkinton
White Lilly
Lily White
Davis
Jones County Sabbath School Association
M. E
Wyoming
Wm. VanMeter
Oelwein
Mise Blanche Plunkett
Lennon
Mrs
Ed. Monroe
John Sampson
Cascade
Scholl
Princess
Mundell’s
M. E. Sunday School
Northwestern
Newton Kleckner
Greeley
Clell McLaughlin
Hawkeye
M. McLaughlin
John Miller
Earlville
Jacob Rohr
Chris Rohr
Congregational Sunday
C. S. Bidwell
California
Great West
Hall’s Hardware
Deatrick’s
Kempf
Lisk
Carnegie
Julius Heminway
Anamosa
Hauw’s Hardware
Kinsella Hall
Arthur Warner
Perrine
John Arduser
Lowell Township
W. M. Witcn
Chas. J. Bacher
John Bacher
Shawnee
Oklahoma Territory
Bacher
Southland
Model Grocery
Ed. Gardner
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Heacham Galopin
St. Louis Dispatch
Miss Evans
Deatrick
Sarah Deischer
Vogel Delbert Main
Colfax
Emma Mae Deischer
W. E. van Buren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Main
H. C. Chadwell
F. D. Slaugon
H. C. Hoffman
A. Kempf
Hoffman
Tucker
Matthiessen
Podhaski
Young
Suter
Bajasch
Arthur Hall
Jacob Schneider
S. S. Farwell
W. A. Mirick
Lewis Lang
C. C. Hunter
E. Wicks
P. H. Connor
C. D. Chase
General Fund
Clyde Chadwell
BSL
Sherrer
Scec
Oese
Joe Peterson
Monticello Electric Con
Ed Monroe
Herrick & Bauder
Bob
Jones County Times
J. Quimby
F. Hofacre
J. Hoss
Yi White
P. Quigley
Long & Steiner
Tales
Hose Co
J.H. Ramsay
Wees
Board of Equalization
Whittaker
Oklahoma
EJ Lightfoot
Lot Maen Telpeutee
Sevresesseeeees
U Metzenberg
Ab Asaseceese Seorseres
Abe Snyder
Veeeereesess Eoave
Doxsee
Seseseeavvaris Seere
Hogan
Ornneccereoenens
Thos Rhatigan
Oeeeee
Sarah Caldwell
Rise Sdas Aeetoeene
Gus Thomas
Seeneer
Dea Raibabl
J Wilcox
J Richmond
John Holler, Jr
C Hoffman
Sishanes
Kaylor
Sexton Servi
A Matthiessen
Seago
Sadoz
Estes
Park Mills
Soros
H. Schipman
South
Sioz First St
Montice
Miss Hennessy
Emporium
Casper Aggalo
Spee Aggala
Katherine Ettinger
Switzerland
Jones County
Lyon County
Doon
Martin
Peter
Meinreth
Casper
Sioux Falls
Andrew Flitch
Heney Guyan
Rock Rapids
Lathrop
North Daota
W. J. Watt
Puan
New Home Co
W. P. Nelson Co
I’, Ee, James Co
O. H. Soetje
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