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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
5
Various shop updates at Eilers and Bolton note new embroideries carpets rugs and dress goods while Deatrick and Dontrick advertise lace curtains and ribbons. A flu like illness plagues town as the German measles spread. Community notices include fishing, church services, and a Sunday Easter program at the Methodist Episcopal church.
Arlington notes report visits by Mrs Sophia Nordman and Mr George G Drury while Deitrick's advertises blue tag sales starting April 22. Other items include travel by Mr M W Herrick and A B Loveland, a wedding of Mr Felter Smith and Mrs Sarah E Brooking, and various local announcements on groceries, olives, plaster, and hardware specials.
Mrs Nellie Coble visits her mother Mrs Kate Garlock while Hoyt's nursery promotes hardy apple trees and Colorado Silver Spruce. Notices cover travels of Rev M R Drury, farm fire at George Brown's near The One Mile House, James E B Filkins ill in Chicago and return, T Hi Dunn postponed golden anniversary, Hicks Gugan blue tag sale, and a May Supreme Court docket for Jones County. Roy A Smith marries Anna Vangeburg in Sioux City. Smith works at Northwestern National Bank.
Mr F B Bolton and Mayor Voorhees circulate a subscription to fund Monticello's $200 share toward surveying an electric line from here to Tipton. They report Monticello will do its full part. Olney the pants hanger is lost in the shuffle. The Friday Club announces a colonial period program for its forthcoming year with Miss Nellie Carpenter as president and a fourteen member limit.
Long list of local notices covers obituaries church meetings confirmations and civic events. Easter timing notes and late season phenomena are highlighted alongside town growth bids and upcoming school entertainment.
Local notices report Earle Bishop of Myersdale invites attendance at Monticello Pennsyl vania high school commencement. C W Brown scouts Big Horn irrigation prospects in Wyoming. James McKeever dies in Monticello aged about 37. City assessor Howard Potham outlines 1905 and 1908 property values. Fire damages a hill residence as water pressure limits protection. John Boner, Lovell native, dies in Portland with seven children and two sisters surviving.
Letter from F W Devoe & Co. outlines costs to paint a Brewsters New York house built in 1884 by the late Croton River bank president. It notes lead and oil costs of $400 and a $31,000 house price, repainting in 1887 for $350, and Devoe paint efficacy since 1809. P S Bacher & Abel are noted as sellers.
The Alexander Marshall property on Chestnut street is for rent. Inquiries accepted at Lovell State Bank. 43-2.
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