Monticello Trade Notes and Local Visits
Monticello column records Mr M W Herrick on business in Dubuque and John Overly of Onslow visiting town. Shoppers encounter shoes for babies at Sumters and men’s nobby tan shoes at Stuhler's. Mrs Isabella Bacher visits Lisbon, Mrs Gadimer with daughter Mrs Hughes at Fonda, and prices on carpets at Hicks & Eilers. Local residents frequent Wills & Deutrick's, Goldstone Bros, and Overing & Stockwell for waists, hats, shirts, and jewelry. Weather notes, visits by Miss Carrie Burrell, and social plans with the Friday Club are noted amid sales and harness bargains.
Community notes from Anamosa era of gardens and trains
Local items report visits by Mrs. Adaliza D. Davidson of Whit ing Indiana and Mrs. Sarah T. Perley, a Davenport birth to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sears, and several shop notices from Hicks & Eilers Summers and Wills & Deitrick's. A Sunday track lay, auctions by C. H. Shipman, and park improvements near Lovell House are described along with city debt figures and a call to settle accounts with Brucks & Button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaliza D. Davidson
Whiting, Indiana
Sarah T. Perley
Davenport
Isaac Sears
Clara Weir
Monticello News Briefs Touch On Burns Dying Man and Local Events
Obituary notes a man named Cunningham dying at about 73 after gangrene followed a long illness, with a foot amputation failing to stop spread. Reports mention trials for liquor selling, new deliveries, church anniversaries, a Cedar Rapids doctor visiting, Odd Fellows event plans, cemetery board actions, high school alumni meetings, and a Monticello shipment from Spencer guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moan
M. E. Church
Monticello High School
Jessie Fawcett
Spencer Guides
Two Little Boys Struck by Wagon in Davenport Incident
Master Millington and Halstead Carpenter, seven and five, were riding behind a traction engine wagon when it toppled over them near their father's Davenport home. Millington is in critical condition with possible internal injuries, while Halstead suffered a sprained ankle. Doctors say recovery is possible but uncertain. anxious parents and friends monitor the boy's fragile state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millington
Halstead Carpenter
H. M. Carpenter
Third
Little Halatead
Mirick
Halstead
Middleton
Davenport
Lightning strikes Cecil Thompson home injuring Mrs Thompson
A morning lightning bolt damaged the northern Monticello residence of Cecil Thompson. Mrs. Thompson was knocked senseless but survived with no serious injuries. The house suffered shattered chimney, torn plaster, broken glass, and a damaged cistern as bystanders felt the shock in nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Thompson
Geo. W. Russell
Albert Kiburz
W. W. Burker
Windstorm Levels Grover Barn and Hurts Cattle
A heavy wind storm last Monday morning struck near Grover, tearing a 28 by 100 foot barn to the ground. Two hired men, Levi Troxler and Peter Hagen, were present. Hagen was injured, Troxler escaped unharmed. Fifteen cattle were trapped by timbers, two cows crippled, eight horses in the barn uninjured. Grover held a $700 wind policy with Continental. renewal for a higher amount would have helped if the storm had been a week later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Grover
Levi Troxler
Peter
Hagen
Troxler
Dick Hughes
Grover
Continental Insurance Co
Mrs Sally Shaffer Rites Held. Ohio Burial Planned
Mrs Sally A. Shaffer died at her daughter’s home in Monticello April 20 from pneumonia. Survived by daughter Mrs J A Doutrick and sons Geo F Shaffer Spirit Lake and W T Shaffer Zanesville. Funeral at Doutrick home. interment in Zanesville Ohio. Rev H G Waite assisted. Born near Zanesville December 27, 1827.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally A. Shaffer
J. A. Doutrick
Geo. I. Shaffer
Spirit Lake
Waite
Sally A. Davidson
Wm. H. Shaffer
Zanerville
Ohio
Ladies Hats Trimmed and Untrimmed for Sale
An advertisement invites women to inspect a line of trimmed and untrimmed hats offering low prices and the latest novelties. The Persian effect is highlighted and gloves in stock are mentioned with sizes and fitting prices. The sale closes out below cost at a location opposite Wills and Doutrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Suhr & Sons
Mra. H
Johann
Wills & Doutrick’s
Furniture Inc
Mouse Offer At Halil Hardware Store Notice
The store seeks live mice for sale with a pay rate of five cents each for the first 30 and three cents each for the next 30 half and full grown. Deliveries accepted Saturday between 9 and 10 o clock at the Halil Hardware store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor’s
Arnold Bader
HALIL
Bargain Grocery Ad Offers Pricey Goods From Ohio to California
Several states condemn cheap alum baking powder as unwholesome and a local firm announces direct purchase of Dr Price Baking Powder from the factory. The ad lists various foods and prices including corn, oatmeal, coffee, prunes, rice, tapioca, and apples with regional mentions and a firm motto of purity at small profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Ohio
Dr. Price
Gro. Srughter & Sons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Papari Wee Behee
Monticello
Bank
Bidwell & Taupert
Jewelers
Home News
M. W. Herrick
Dubuque
Sumters
John Overly
Onslow
Isabella Bacher
Lisbon
Stuhler
Mrs. Gadimer
Mrs. Hughes
Fonda
Hicks & Eilers
Tur Express
Lapins Suirt
Wills & Deutrick’s
John Martin
van Meter
Henderson
Mr. Geo. Sutherland
Tokio
Missouri
Blanchard
Iowa
Carrie Burrell
Canton
Goldstone Bros
Frank W. Buxton
Wheatland
W. S. Rohn
W. A. Hubpurd
Tom Kingsley
Myrta Kingsley
Cascade
Weir
Wills & Doatrick’s
H. D. Sherman
Ed. Templeton
Cedar Rapids
Overing & Stockwell's
Eastwood & Chase
Marshal Miller
Congregational Church
Richard
Dawson
D. Pace & Son
Des Moines
We A Ee
Safe Young
Moony
Henderson’s
Stabler & Sons
Vera Smith
Underwear
Wills & Deitrick’s
Jamaica
Plant Steamship Line
B. W. Wrenn
Savannah
Overing & Stockwell
Col. N. G. W. Winner
Cincinnati
Robinson & Franklin
Sibyl Street
New York City
Charles Street
Street, Wyckes & Co
Charlie Butler
The
Presbyterian Church
Wills & Deutrick's
Jacob Bruesch
Express
Butte
Montana
Allison
Charles Chase
Lipbie Robertson
David Street
Marion
Y.p.8.c. E
Drury
Goldstonre Bros
C. H. Shipman
Luna Templeton
Millington Carpenter
Messrs
Brucks & Button
G. H. George
George
Oak Woods Cemetery
Quincy
Messrs Bateman & Laing
Lovell
Herrick
Wyoming
Smole
Gus Trainor
Daniel Turner
Prairieburg
Marlow
W. W. Hunter
George Suhr
Dave
Doron
Fred Rettig
Marshalltown
Fred Jairned
Hampton
Ralph Seeber
Ray Schaeffer
Ferguson
Synodical Sunday School
Castle Grove
I. A. Kegley
Iowa City
American Odd Fellowship
Towa City
Eastern
Odd Fellows’ Association
Oak Woods Cemetery Association
J. B. Smith
R. P. Smith
Matt Noyes
H. D. Smith
W. H. Proctor
F. Grassmeyer
S. BE. Sarles
W. H. ‘Proctor
Benjamin Dewald
Hogan
Switzerland
Rhine
London
Paris
Tiskz & McNutt
Awad Wind
BOHR
Marseilles
Cgood Place
Wills & Doutrick
C. H. Schipman
Sauth Sinz
Monricri1o, Iowa
Clarks
Scetie
Lon Jennings
Pratlmrs
Sherwin-Williams
Rie
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