Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Shop Promotions
Geog Hodowal and Wm Rohn traveled to Chicago Saturday evening. Rain Macintoshes at Deatrick's. Miles Adamson of Cascade visited Monticello last Saturday. New dress goods and white goods at H C Wills. Al Kiburz and family visiting Maquoketa. Gloves fitted at Deutrick's. Mrs D C Jewett ill at daughter’s home. Roses and carnations available at the greenhouse. Mrs M Sweesy visited Hopkinton to see her daughter. Wills promotes white goods and embroideries. Mrs Wm Sloan recovering. Dry goods and millinery at Deutrick's. Presbytery meeting at Mt Vernon attended by Rev J W Innes and M Sweesy. German Portland Cement advertised by Hutts Hardware. Edith Coyle visiting sister O H Soetje. Refrigerators at Eastwood & Chase's. W W Loomis of Farley visiting Monticello. Wilfith Cor sets sold at Deutrick's. Mrs Elmer Hicks visiting sister Mrs Frank Mead in Manchester. Taxes payable at Monticello State Bank. Frank Eberhart back from prospecting and patrolling the night-watch. Fresh garden seeds at the Model. R A DeWitt, Fayette county poor farm superintendent, visited locality with his parents. Lace curtains at Central Block Store. C A Kleineck moves to Monticello from Mt Vernon to open an office. Compare Imperial with other wheels at Hall’s Hardware. Woodmen band counts seventeen members. Frank Podhaski to lead. Geo Stuhler & Sons seed suppliers for garden and field. Rev Father Murphy travels to Dubuque for pallium ceremonies for Archbishop Keane.
Local Notices and Miscellany From Monticello Iowa
Monticello readers see illness updates for Miss Catharine Lovell and Miss Clara Noyes, shopping features at Deitrick's and Model, a sermon by evangelist J. P. Martindale, and upcoming weddings at the opera house. Real estate sales, lawn tools, millinery, and hardware ads intersperse with community notices including school and church activities and a gypsy camp near the military road. The Nixons from Minneapolis visit family before traveling to French Lick Springs for health reasons.
Monticello Notes On Local Sales And Socials
Mr George L Lovell buys the Alberta Scjete store building once occupied by J A Doutrick. R C Stirton acquires 20 acres of Stevenson estate pasture land south of town. Town events include a Doxsee wedding trip to Rolfe and a visit by Mrs Margaret Hender with Eastern Star. Reports mention saloon bidding and cabinet photos at Hagen's, plus local theater and banking building sketches by Netcott & Donnon. Farwell and Voorhees noted in town traffic. Whittemore named state bank examiner candidate. Othello seen in Anamosa by Monticello residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Stirton
Stevenson
Netcott
Netcott & Donnon
Independence
Monticello
Monticello youths enjoy improvised golf course and tax convenience
Monticello youths in their teens play golf without caddies or multiple clubs on a self laid out links in pasture land south of town. The county treasurer arranged with Lovell State Bank to handle tax payments for Monticello, Lovell, Castle Grove, Richland, Scotch Grove and Wayne townships using duplicate tax lists, easing access for taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Lovell
Poisoning of dogs sparks outrage and local notices
Readers decry poisonings of free roaming dogs as cruel and dangerous while Monticello hosts a regional Odd Fellows anniversary in Anamosa and Monticello prepares for church and Sunday school events. Lost documents include a real estate plat roll found between Monticello and Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Cascade
Mr John Scales to Move Family to Central City Farm
Mr John Scales will move with his family to Central City around May first to manage his 120 acre farm located four miles away. He has relocated to Monticello three times, making this his third residence change since the Civil War era. The family has called this place home for nearly twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scales
Central City
Scales
Monticello
Reverend Nisewonder's East Tour and Conference Visit
Rev Nisewonder begins a multi city journey next Tuesday visiting Polo Illinois Dayton Ohio for Union Biblical Seminary exercises Greencastle Pennsylvania to see his mother and attend the United Brethren General Conference at Frederick City Maryland starting May 9 His trip includes a home visit and participation in religious events plus a note on insurance and stove offerings from Hraurs Harpware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nisewonder
Polo
Ill
Dayton
Ohio
Union Biblical Seminary
Greencastle
General Conference of the
United Brethren Church
Frederick City
Funeral for Henry Zimmerman Held at Family Home
The nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Fritz Zimmerman died after being run over by a horse driven crew in a field. The funeral took place last Saturday at the family residence with Rev C Mardorf officiating. The parents expressed thanks for sympathy and assistance. Mr William Schodde, visiting from Redlands California, sent a letter to his children describing weather, health, and local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zimmerman
Fritz Zimmerman
Tur Express
Rev. C. Mardorf
Wm. Schodde
California
Redlands
Clara
Mamma
Towa
Reed and Coxsee Couple Married in Rolfe Iowa
Mr. Ervin E. Reed and Miss Gwendolen Coxsee wed at the bride’s family home in Rolfe Iowa on Tuesday afternoon the 16th inst Rev O S Bryan officiated in the presence of relatives and friends After the ceremony the couple left for Monticello arriving the next day Mrs Reed is the Coxsee’s only daughter born in Monticello She attended the State College at Ames graduated 1897 taught at Colfax Town Mr Reed a Drake University law graduate served in the Spanish American War and became Monticello city attorney in 1900 The note adds an advertisement for harnesses and buggies from W F Rony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin E. Reed
Gwendolen Coxsee
Rolfe
Iowa
O. 8. Bryan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary for C R Applegate longtime Scotch Grove settler
C R Applegate an elderly Jones county settler died Thursday after a long illness likely pneumonia. Born June 17, 1832 in Hubbard Ohio he moved to Scotch Grove in 1865, helped locate the railroad station and build a church, and served the Christian church fifty seven years. He leaves a wife four daughters two brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral was April 14 at his home with Rev J P Martindale officiating. burial at Oakwood cemetery Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Applegate
Jones County
Mr. Applegate
Charles Reno Applegate
Hubbard
Trumbull County
Ohio
A. J. Schoonover
Wayne Township
I °. Royden
Edgewood
B. L. Hoyt
Scotch Grove
C. P. Latta
Joplin
Applegate
J. P. Martindale
Oakwood
Monticello
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the Express
First Street
Home News
Clark Byam
Hopkinton
Carpets
H. C. Wills
Geo. Hodowal
Wm. Rohn
Chicago
Rain Macintoshes”—At
Deatrick’s
BE. N. Howard
D. L Goldstone
C. H. Shipman
Miles Adamson
H. C. Wits
Mrs. al. Kiburz
Maquoketa
Doatrick
D.C. Jewett
Ed. Hicks
Farmers
Deutrick’s
J. W. Innes
Mr. M. Sweesy
Mt. Vernon
Hatu
Edith Coyle
Cedar Rapids
O. H. Soetje
Eastwood & Chase's
W. W. Loomis of
Farley
Wilfith
A. L
Elmer Hicks
Manchester
Frank Mead
Monticello State Bank
Frank Eberhart
R. A. DeWitt
Fayette County
C. A. Kleineck
Hall’s Hardware
Woodmen
Frank Podhaski
Geo.Stuhler & Sons
Father Murphy
Castle Grove
Dubuque
Keane
Miss Catharine
Deitrick’s
Clara Noyes
H. C. Wirrs
Master Mitchell Northrop
Mrs. C. E. Mitchell
Marion
Christian Church
Fannie
Eibo
Eileen
J. A. Voorhees
HaAry’s
Congregational Church Building Quarterly
James L. McCabe
Malorey
Opera House
Eastwoop & Chase
U. B
W. F. Rohn
Messrs. Clark & Harms
Bingham
Asa Phelps
Nature
O. C. Hunter
Fred Koop
H. A. L. Bigley
Golden Eagle
D. I. GoLpstone
Gerry Matthiessen
Fred Matthiessen
C. D. Chase
Mrs. Robt, Nixon
Minneapolis
R. P. Smith
George L. Lovell
Alberta
J. A. Doutrick
Holk’fs
J. W. Doxsee
Charles
Mr. Doxsee
the State Register
Jones, County Fair
H. A. L. Grigley
Adaliza D. Davidson
Whiting
Indiana
H. D. Sherman
W. A. Mirick
Margaret Hender
Order of the Eastern Star
Tryon
Hagen’s
Anna
Henry Schlemmer
Richland Township
Lee
C. W. Brown
Fred Whittemore
Nebraska
Marcus Z. Farwell
la Junta
Colorado
8. S. Farwell
Farwell
James A. Voorhees
Anamosa
Wm. Owen
Robt. Abel
Ina Overing
Flo Babcock
J. S. Hall
C. H. Seetje
Owen
Eastwood & Chasee
Hatow
Harpware
Anamosa Journal
Haiti
Harpwarek
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
O. O. Smith
Congregational Sunday School Society
Congregational Church
Hraur
W. F. Rony
Chicago, Milwaukee
A. G. Williams
Monticello, Ia
Central Block Store
Mery
India
C. H. Schipman
Merchant Tailor
South Sipe First St
Monticewxo
Pararees
Home Sewing Machine Co
Hubbard & Hanken
Oscar H. Soetie
Druzsist
Chashr
Sherwin-Williams
Eastwood & Chase's Hardware
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