Weather forecast and local social notices in Monticello
Washington forecast predicts generally fair weather for the week with cool early in the Great Lakes region and warm, unsettled late in the period. The Plain States and Upper Mississippi expect above normal temperatures most days. Readable local social notes mention visitors to Hopkinton Dubuque Cedar Rapids Monticello and Ames, plus ads for Doutrick and Deutrick stores and millinery.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes Region
Plain States
Upper
Mississippi
Monticello Notes Highlight Community Life
Monticello locals attend church meetings and teacher institutes while students ride to Langworthy and back. Ads promote Foster Clothing Co outfits and suits. local officials expand Bottling Works delivery and Stabler's fashions appeal to young buyers. The high school track team eyes Marion and Grinnell meets as a new May 1 directory debuts, and The Divorce Question heads to the opera house April 28.
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Marion
Grinnell
Cornell
Fishermen lure river suckers and trout alike in a vivid scene
Ridgley Hoffman and Newton C. Wilkinson, formerly with George Stahler's Sons Co., will start a men’s furnishings and made to measure clothing business in Winona Minnesota. Hoffman has spent the past two years at Waterloo. The duo are regarded as capable, honest traders who should make a successful venture and be desirable citizens in Winona.
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Ridgley Hoffman
Newton C. Wilkinson
George Stahler
Losher Brothers Move Music Store to Cedar Street Building
Within two weeks Losher Brothers will relocate their music store from its current site to the South Cedar street building formerly housing Monticello Electric Co. Levi Castleman, longtime county resident and postwar figure, died recently at the Soldiers' Home in Kansas. He left this county in the early 1880s and is survived by three children.
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Losher Brothers
South Cedar Street
Monticello Electric Co
Lanigan
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Levi Castleman
Wayne Township
Soldiers
Kansas
Castleman
Nursing home opened in Dubuque for convalescents
Miss May Coy, former Monticello schools teacher, now runs a newly organized nursing home for convalescents at No 60 Mount Pleasant Avenue Dubuque. It serves out of town hospital patients ready to leave the hospital but not fit for rail travel.
Death of Oscar Scott 74 in Alexandria South Dakota
Word arrives of the death of Oscar Scott at age 74 in Alexandria South Dakota. He died on the 16th inst and was buried last Monday. He was the youngest brother of the late A V Scott and lived in Castle Grove township in early manhood. He is survived by two children.
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Alexandria
South Dakota
Oscar Scott
Mr. Scott
A. V. Scott
Castle Grove Township
Street Repair on First Street After Conduit Work
A gang renovates the south side concrete walks on First Street where conduits were laid beneath. The city rightly kept the pavement intact during conduit work. Two near accidents occurred last week as cars veered off the highway and a new car rolled over with no serious injuries reported.
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First Street
Yousse
Wm. Welch
Anamosa bootlegger Grimm captured in Sioux Falls
Charles D Grimm once skipped court and left his attorney to handle the case. He now faces federal indictment and has indicated a plea of guilty. He had posted two bonds, one of which was forfeited, after a prior bootlegging term.
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Charles D. Grimm
Anamosa
Sioux Falls
Grimm
Railway crossing safety urged and cemetery fund drive noted
A dangerous crossing near the Halt factory should be protected perhaps with a bell signal as sight lines are blocked. The cemetery trustees plan additional paving funded by lot assessments and permanent funds from residents and some $100 legacies to maintain graves and lots.
Traveler reports California trip and soon to Spokane by motorcycle
Henry Prult writes from California about traveling through the southern and northern parts of the state. He visited the San Diego exposition and expects the San Francisco fair to surpass it by late summer. He plans to ride to Spokane by motorcycle, notes slick roads, scarce work, and predicts Iowa may be the better option, aiming to return in September. Siegfried Guyan returns from North Dakota visit.
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Henry Prult
California
Gerdes
San Diego
San Francisco
Spokane
Monticello
P. Ball
Iowa
Goolden
High School Notes Reported by George Rickels
High School notes cover exam week shifts and a teachers' institute. Track team drill by Capt Kingsley aims for future meets while agriculture classes plant seeds. Students discuss a Mexican War era proposal, bias against disruptions, and track and baseball games with scores and seniors versus town team results.
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George
Rickels
Orville
Jarman
Bonner
Kingsley
New Mexico
April 1880 Monticello notes from The Hixpress
Monticello and nearby report a doctor moving with family to Odebolt. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs George Schaeffer on April 25. Deaths include Mrs Louis Hayden at 91 and Miss Louisa Guler at 18. Local events list high school declamatory winner Phillip McBlin and runner Elva Campbell, Paine selling Palmer and Paine hardware stake to Davis and Barnhill, Burns' lodge officers elected, Congregational pastor David Jenkins denied association admission, county GOP delegates chosen, Esther the Beautiful Queen cantata staged with local talent and Fannie Clark on piano.
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Monticello
Hixpress
C. B. Boardman
Odebolt
George Schaeffer
Louis Hayden
Harry Magee
B. F. Magee
Louisa Guler
Phillip McBlin
Elva Campbell
B. D. Paine
Palmer & Paine
D. L. Davis
A. C. Barnhill
Burns’ Leds
A. M
A. F
D. Paine
W.M
Houser
Wes
Joseph E. Nye
J. W
J. O. Dyer
S. L. Gardiner
David Jenkins
Congregational Church
Association of Congregational
Harvey Adams
Bowen’s Prairie
H. L. Servoss
Mr. Jenkins
George L. Lovell
F. M. Hicks
E. P. Kimball
John Blanchard
J. R. Stillman
J. Rigby
G. H. Jacobs
S. M.yoran
T. A. King
W. W. Calkins
James Davidson
M. W. Herrick
Esther
Herman Monroe
Ellen Tryon
H. G. Leichhardt
Mordecai
Carrie Starks
Lucy Schodde
Andrew Peake
Mr. Dugar
Haman
Fannie Clark
Farm accident injures Sutherland team near Scotch Grove
William Sutherland of Bates farm near Scotch Grove and Wayne suffered multiple horse injuries when two autos frightened four horses attached to a disc. One horse died on the disc, two others severely injured, and a fourth horse may recover with lengthy rest. Sutherland himself sustained back strain and chest pain but is not believed to be seriously hurt.
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William Sutherland
Bates Farm
Scotch Grove
Wayne
Mr. Sutherland
Miss May Statler Elected to Dunn School of Agriculture
Miss May Statler a Wyoming graduate who has taught Domestic Science in Missouri Valley schools for a year is elected to a similar post at the Dunn school of agriculture in Menomonie Wisconsin. Her salary is $90 a month, $15 more than her previous pay.
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Wyoming Journal
May Statler
Wyoming
Missouri Valley
Dunn School of Agriculture
Menomonie
Wisconsin
Ellison-Dale Paul Wedding in Anamosa Home
Miss Mildred Ellison daughter of Judge and Mrs F O Ellison and Dr Dale Paul both of Anamosa were married yesterday at the bride’s parents home in the presence of a large company of invited guests.
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Mildred Ellison
F. O. Ellison
Dale Paul
Anamosa
Mrs. Frank Diesch Returns Home From Visit
Mrs. Frank Diesch returning to her home in Greeley after visiting her sister Mrs. Chris Rohr this morning.
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J. W. Innes
Ames
Harriett Coughlin
Frank Diesch
Chris Rohr
Greeley
Tragic death by own action of Rev P Slocum on train
Rev P S Slocum 45, longtime pastor in Lyons and Monticello, died by suicide on a passenger train at St Paul Union Station. Ill health and nervous exhaustion were cited as likely causes. He left a wife Amanda and daughter Ruth. funeral services were held in Lyons and Center Junction with many ministers in attendance.
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Perkins S. Slocum
Lyons Methodist Episcoopal
Monticello
Union Station
St. Paul
Slocum
F. Q. Brown
Holy Land
Minnesota
Lyons
Center Junction
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Madison
Carleton
Cedar Rapids
Ministerial Association
Clinton
B. W. Slocum
Oaks
North Dakota
Lucy A. Slocum
Berwick
Wyoming
Bayless Business College
Diamond Creamery Co
Upper Iowa University
Cornell College
Loston
Chicago University
Morningside College
Epworth Seminary
Dubuque
L’xpress
Amanda Hosford
Ruth
Ellison
Clinton Herald
Clinton Ministerial Association
Methodist Conference
Lyons Lodge No
W. W. Carlton
N. A. McAulay
Lyons Presbyterian
EK. Jones
Lyons Congregational Churches
Seoville
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J. W. Doxser
Howard and Foster
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Allison Tibbetts
Hopkinton
Doutrick’s
Ernest Monahan
Dr. A. M. Maurice
Des Moines
Lyman Hoyt
E. D. Hogan
Cascade
McAleer Millinery
Isaac Maxwell
Claire Tibbets
D. G. Co
Martin V. Kehoe
Sioux City
Harry Wilson
Marshalltown
Ed Chassell
Andrew Kasper
Alice
Myrtle Cowan
Harry Lang
Ethel George
Helen Hefner
Helen Hosford
George Pond
the State University
Minnie Matthiessen
Nellie
Deutrick’s
R. T. Jenney
Chicago
Dean Morgan
Norman Landers
Foster Clothing Co
Nellie Hubbard
Thais van Meter
M. G. Alsever
Stubler
Stublers
D. P. Breed
Geo. Tomlinson
Margaret Ford
Young
White Sulphur Springs
Montana
Charles E. Cushman
Waverly
Congregational Association
B. Brebeny
Anamoga
Joe Myers
Thompson Taylor
Henry Hoffman
Langworthy
Monticello Cornet
O. B. Crane
Cola Monroe
Hale
Teachers’ Institute
A. Frank Vernimont
Dorothy
Theodore
Joseph Vernimont
Mesars. C. C. Curtis & Son
Monticello Bottling Works
W. Z. Allen
Presbyterian Church
Mechanicsville
P. J. Matthews
Milwaukee
Andrew Cassady
David Terwilliger and
Baby
Beaumont, Texas
Mrs
I. D. Terwilliger
H.S. Richardson
Mr. Slocum
J. F. Porter
Davenport
Robert Henderson
Mr. Henderson
R. C. Stirton
BE. Miller
Independence
Waterloo
Ben Haeussier
Stabler
Elmer Hicks
Anamosa Sanitarium
John Hockmuth
Clara Derickson
Henry Rickels
Maria Sophia Mardorf
James McMullin
Teresa Moran
the Express
Great City
William Anthony McGuire
Wingfield & Ridings
Opera House
Walton
Sam Clark
Leroy Clark
Sam
Eloise Hallauer
Glenn Orcutt
W. 2. Allen
Felix Hallauer
Elmer Orcutt
Castile Grove Township
Siegfried Guyan
New Rockford
Miss Jarman
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Bostion
Rev
P. Slocum
Eyee
L. G. Stubler
C. N. Patrick
Lowell Block
Hicks & Ricklefs
C. H. Schipman
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E. A. Hubbard
Graham
L. H. Lang
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