Monticello Home News Highlights Various Visits and Ads
Local brief notes report Henry Burrichter buying a new Ford and various visitors including Mrs Catharine Miller Ana mos a and Elsie Holub from Wyoming. Mentions retail ads for Burrichter Brown & Renk Lea's Germazone Lace Curtains. Several Monticello residents travel to Chicago Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Manchester with social and business notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Beery
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Holub
Hettie Leysen
Wyoming
Monticello
Anamosa Notes Show Move In and Travel Dispatches
Anamosa items report visits and departures of local residents including Mr and Mrs W A Hubbard and Mr and Mrs Edgar Hubbard. Highlights mention a Davenport train engine trouble near Wheatland and various stops, visits, and relocations across Monticello Anamosa Cascade Hopkinton Cedar Rapids.
Priest Bitten by Dog May Be Rabid
Rev. Father P. J. O Conner of Sonix City, formerly in Monticello, was bitten by a dog at Boone. Doctors fear rabies and plan Pasteur treatment at the state bacteriological laboratory in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. O’conner
Sonix City
Monticello
Boone
State Bacteriological Laboratory
Iowa City
Mrs Flaherty Adjudged Insane in Anamosa Sanatorium
Mrs Johanna Flaherty of Anamosa has been adjudged insane by the commissioners of insanity and placed in a private asylum. She has been an inmate at the Anamosa sanitarium where persistent hallucinations rendered her unmanageable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Flaherty
Anamosa
Commissioners of Insanity
Flaherty
Anamosa Sanitarium
Parsons College athlete unable to compete due to sprain
Peter Laude of Parsons College visited Monticello at his brother Will Laude’s home last Sunday. He planned to run in Parsons College relay at Des Moines last Saturday but missed the event because of a sprained ankle. Fritz Hein of Richland, who took the rural carrier exam four years ago, was assigned to route 4 under civil service rules but does not want the job. Other names on the waiting list include A Kraft and Mrs. Ed Brazelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Laude
Parsons College
Monticello
Will Laude
Peter
Des Moines
Fritz Hein
Richland
Civil Service
Cramer
A. Kraft
Ed. Brazelton
Anamosa
Michael Uy. Hogan
Lucy J. King
M. S. Murphy
Carso Crane
Lebanon
Missouri
Colorado
Co. D
9Th Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Pea Ridge
Chickasaw Bayou
Arkansas Post
Vicksburg
Electa Glidden
Orleans County
New York
Crane
Cass Township
Congregational Church
Hubbard
Gaffney
Rip van Winkle
Miss Gaffney
Kensington
Onslow Parish Attendance At Tabernacle Service
The Express reporter notes a large Onslow gathering at the tabernacle last Sunday including Mrs James Smith Mrs M Franke Mrs Hattie Lamey Mrs Thomas Corbit Mrs John Young Miss Ina Young and several French Carson and Jaffries family members. Also present were Thos Lightfoot John Jansen and Ernest Horton with others unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Lovell Resident Entered State Tuberculosis Hospital
Mrs. John Boss of Lovell township will travel next week to the state tuberculosis hospital near Town City for a course of treatment. The hospital accepts only cases with curable prospects, and prompt treatment is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boss
Lovell Township
Town City
Five Cent Straw Stack Suit Ends In Tender Dispute
Richland township residents Al Kiburz and John Sauji faced a jury before Squire Koop last Saturday over a straw stack portion. The verdict found only five cents in dispute, tied to a tender offer. Jerome Brazelton has been committed to Independence insane asylum after severe head pain and a dangerous outburst. He admitted to not being right and feared harming others, prompting a gun seizure and medical restraint with hope for recovery through treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Kiburz
John Sauji
Richland Township
Squire Koop
Jerome Brazelton
Independence
Brazelton
Braselton
Assessments and political reforms noted in regional report
Howard Putnam, the city assessor, outlines a new tax law affecting banks and money credits with specific assessment bases and deadlines. The piece also shares Dr George Inglis’s update from Eugene Oregon praising the university town, recall and referendum reforms, and family health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Putnam
Atate
Board of Equalization
Monticello April 1871 notes and civic items
Forty years ago Monticello saw talk of macadamizing First Street, jurors named, J. A. Chandler on the grand jury, and Cpt. James Davidson named postmaster after sixteen years. Wilhelmina Albrecht died April 8. Farmers faced dry weather with no spring rain by April 20. City council formed ladders and pound committees while a writ blocked a tax vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ixpress
First Street
School House
B. O. Parker
M. Yoran
Palmer
J. A. Chandler
Jerome Allen
P. O. Babcock
Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Railroad
Wyoming Township
Last Week of Revival Edifies Monticello Congregation
Evangelistic meetings at the tabernacle near Monticello wrap up next Sunday after four weeks. Stephens Brothers and helpers including Harry Storrs and Mrs. H L Stephens stayed on to strengthen faith and reaffirm commitments. Nearly two hundred choir members and many converts filled services. delegates visited from Anamosa Cascade Hopkinton Center Junction Onslow and Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle
Messrs. Stephens Brothers
Harry Storrs
H. L. Stephens
Joan Lamont
Stephens Brothers
Monticello
H.L. Stephens
Pharaoh
Moses
Israel
Egypt
Caanan
Satan
George Stepheng
Trafic
Anamosa
Cascade
Hopkinton
Center Junction
Onslow
Wyoming
Weseman
Mr. Stephens
George Stephens
Death of Mrs. Mary Dreibelbis in Monticello Iowa
Mrs. Mary K Hoyt Dreibelbis died Friday morning after a long illness of Brights disease. She leaves five children Jay Chicago Lyman Ames Aletha Esther Arvilla with support from brothers Edward and B L Hoyt and sister Mrs Anna Bosworth. Funeral held at Mrs Dora Brucks home. burial Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dreibelbis
Mary K. Hoyt Dreihbelbis
Bright
Edward
B. L. Hoyt
Dreibelbis
Anna Bosworth
Pennsylvania
Mary E. Hoyt
Caceola
Lyman
Sarah Hoyt
Monticello
Scotch Grove Township
A. QO. Dreibelbis
Weiser
Idaho
Driebelbis
Jay
Chicago
Ames
Aletha
Esther
Arvilla
Des Moines
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Dora Brucks
J. W. Innes
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
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Iil
W. Doxshe
Grandfather
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Henry Burrichter
Ford
Catharine Miller
Brown & Renk
Ross Young
Ike Suter
Harry Magee
Epworth Seminary
Deitrick D. G. Co
Ann Malady
West Union
H. F. Burrichter’s
Louis Gardner
Anamosa Eureka
Wilson Brazelton
Hampton
Iowa
Elmer Lang
Greeley
Lea’s
Marian Hill
Adelbert Sandhouse
Welch & Welch
Dubuque
Puleston
H. M. Carpenter
Don McAleer
Burrichter’s
E.G. Hicka
Federal Grand Jury
Jay Matthews
Manchester
M. M. Franks
John Gibson
Harry E. Storrs
Evangelical Force
Lee
Brown & Renka
Jennie Porter
Davenport
Robert Henderson
C. M. Hanna
J. W. Beatty
Miss Elliott
Thomas Pender
Matt Miller
Wm. Altman
Mre
I. E. Ravenscroft
George Kettig
Minnie
Pond
Lowell State Bank
Minnie White
Thorpe
John Barnts
Burrichter
J. Boler
J. B. Murfield
Frank Potter
John Roche
W. A. Hubbard
Edgar Hubbard
Wheatland
H. 8. Lee
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Ladies’ Home Journal
H. F. Burrichter
Herman Witt
the Beery Block
Bessie Hamil
Grinnell
Joseph Peterson
There
Joe Kehoe
Castle Grove
Dennis Kehoe
Brown & Renk’s
Robert Livingstone
Andrew Kasper
Prader
Wm. L. Schuetz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Delaware
John Sutton
Amber
Percy C. Shanstrom
Seattle
Washington
Frank Podhaski
Frank McUonnon
Government
John McConnon
Deatrick D. G. Co
New Spring
A. M. Maurice
Jefferson
State Dental Association
Netcott
Fritz
D. E. Pond
Lovell Bank Building
Charles Beaver
A. J. Schoonover
Josephine Sutherland
Montana
David
Louis
Locher’s
J. B. Willard
Mary Howell
Lyman Dreibelbis
State College
Farley
Langworthy
Eureka
A. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Herbert Foster
Messia
Eugene Anderson
Thomas Wilson
J. F. McCullouch
Maquoketa
Washington Township
Andrew McGovern
Lees Bros
Frank Takes
Hugo Webber
John, Heery
James A. Gavin
Charles
Gavin
Mia
Hugh Dixon
Jones County
Coxsee
District Court
Express
Chicago Inter Ocean
George Inglis
Hugene
Oregon
Mabel
Ward
State University
Eugene
Itupene
State Agricultural College
Salem
Tacoma
Inglis
A. H. Gruenstein
Beery Bros
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Hicks & Ricklef’s
Hicks & Ricklefs
Our Store
A. G. Hanken
Bran
L. H. Lang
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