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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
5
Cedar Rapids visitors include Miss Mary Marvin while Hilera Bolton lists new embroidery and rugs. Filera Bolton showcases carpets as Deutrick's hawks Hosiery and lace curtains. Local folks travel to Chicago and Davenport, with announcements of nursery stock, evergreen orders, and a millinery opening in April.
A mixed Monticello column lists bulk stock offers from H. C. Wills dry goods, callers at Jay's for olives and coffee, and notices of guests and visits. It covers local business, spring goods, real estate, and public notices, with weather remarks and community items on schooling, land, and appointments.
The park commissioners announce strict enforcement against carousing to keep the park orderly for families. An outlay on eggs for hatching and an advertisement for ice cream offerings appear among local notices, while Rev Mackintosh delivered a lecture on Words at the Hopkinton Presbyterian church last evening.
Missa Ott's announces a two day spring millinery opening on April 14 and 15 inviting Monticello and nearby ladies to view an exquisite high class line at unusually low prices. The event aims to attract correct dressers with a cordial invitation.
Mr H S Richardson has suffered a painful spell of illness with an abscess in the left ear. The abscess broke last Friday, bringing relief. He remains weak and confined to his room, his first sickness or need to consult a physician in his life.
A montage of short items from Monticello and area details a murder in California with a $3,000 robbery of Bert Yousse the horse buyer and his family, a church confirmation list, an estray calf offer, Epworth League officer elections, interurban railway talks between Tipton Monticello and Cedar Rapids, recruitment ads, a move for Mrs. Melissa A. Weir to Davenport, and the sale of the old Monticello home after her departure.
Miss Libbie Voorhees of Monticello recently stayed with Miss Mary Hayden at 718 South Second Street West. Hayden hosted an informal gathering Wednesday evening welcoming Miss Voorhees and several young women friends.
Charley Wales of the Wales hotel has bought a 240 acre farm two to three miles behind Buena Vista. He funds clearing ground for a summer resort and will build a large cottage for private use, possibly plus two or three smaller cottages for friends seeking a brief outing.
A half tone portrait in the Chicago Tribune last Friday features Mrs D E Gardner with her Scotch Collie Ravenswood Ideal who took first prize at the Collie Club of America show in Boston last week. The silver cup donated by Dr James Hyde of Chicago goes to the best rough coated collie and Mrs Gardner now holds it for the third time. Telfair, a collie puppy shown by Mrs Gardner, won second prize.
Mrs. E Sarles and relatives attended the funeral of S E Sarles in Minneapolis. Obituaries note Alta M Lloyd died in Elgin Illinois and her Royal Neighbors dues. Local items report boys violating bird shooting laws and Clark Byam’s on street injury, with recovery hopes. Ex supervisor Dunn seeks cancer relief at Excelsior Springs and hopes to return for golden wedding on the 19th.
The Wills stock is being sold retail with price cuts until bulk sale. Clerk chief C S Bidwell reports over $1,200 in sales in the first three days. The store features a clean line of high grade dry goods and spring stock recently removed from packing cases after Mr Wills death. Center Junction residents Orville and Mrs Webster marked their fiftieth marriage anniversary with family friends.
Remains of Edna Brown Newman died at Wheatland were brought to Monticello and buried in Oakwood cemetery beside her father. Aged twenty four, she taught in Schoonover district years ago and married Frank Newman of Marshalltown. She leaves no children and had recently undergone a surgical operation to extend life. Funeral services were held in Wheatland prior to the transfer.
A Monticello Iowa letter extols Devoe lead and zinc paint over traditional lead and oil. It cites a Fair Haven New York user, Charles Hallenbeck, and compares a son’s house still looking fresh to his father’s chalked exterior. The notice ends with endorsement from Devoe & Co and local seller P.8 Bacher & Abel.
The mayor orders residents to clear alleys and adjoining premises of ashes and refuse or the city will perform the cleanup and charge the adjoining property owners for the cost through their taxes. Residents are urged to remove debris promptly to avoid assessment.
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