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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1881
Page
4
Fragmentary entry notes freight and accommodation figures with East and South bearings and a passenger record. Irenee linked to an account or ledger item. Details are incomplete but indicate a transportation and cost record from an archival document.
Town notices advertise lawn sociable August 6 at Mrs Sarles residence. Local dealers tout bargains in tea coffee and groceries. Betsy Wright hosts a party at Gill residence. Grinnell College opens Sept 12 1881 with six courses. Cummings sells fresh groceries and advertises stalls for horses and dairy butter. Two boys injured by wagon wheel accident. one arm broken, other leg run over. Fresh confectionery and ice cream on offer.
Monticello reports include burglars stealing from P. C. Burke, arrests in Dubuque, and a train of local improvements. Rev Von Strobe returns from vacation with wife. Duncan Cummins promote harness goods. theater minstrel show at Monticello. Public notices mention coal deals and preparations at Tice’s carriage works.
Millinery department of Cracxcei Mooly Brod is sold to Miss Betty Jacobs who moves the stock to the Moody building on First street. Jacobs plans larger assortment including bonnets plumes ribbons and flowers and will hire top trimmers to keep up with fashions inviting patrons to inspect the goods.
Miss Mary IL Preston left En field Iowa on Wednesday for vacation absence. Mrs. Harrison Scott of London Ontario visits her sister Mrs. F A Coyle, with daughter Mrs. L Olmstead, planning a fortnight stay. L B Davison of Kentucky visited Monticello with brother-in-law M G Leichhardt. B W Blanchard Sr arrives from Chicago for a family visit. Bruce Baldwin visits Express office at Cascade Pioneer and explains a term. Mrs. M M Moulton returns from Minneapolis with her daughter attending Minnesota State University. Frank Booth, Monticello High School teacher and son of the Eureka editor, was noted. further details await.
Tuesday night in Monticello Frank Walworth son of Mrs. W J Walworth spent vacation with his aunt while teaching deaf students at Council Bluffs. He edits the Deaf Mute Harbinger and will return to Anamosa in September. Col Wm C Sullivan, new Pension Agent at Gallatin, visited, with brothers gathering for a Franklin county family reunion after 12 years.
G W Munt writes from Fonpa dated August 8 1881 to The Express promising that his old friends will not be forgotten and praising a broad based movement. He notes strong rail and real estate activity, a no jail county with few convictions, limited saloons, and widespread immigration. He reports Des Moines Northwestern Railroad progress, local population growth, and abundant crops and game while urging workers to relocate.
A Republican caucus is set for Saturday August 13 1881 at 8 PM in the City Hall Monticello to elect 15 delegates representing the Township in the Jones County Republican Convention to be held at Monticello on August 17.
The Republicans of Scotch Grove will hold a caucus Saturday August 13 at 2 o'clock PM in Center schoolhouse for the purpose of choosing six delegates to the County Convention by vote.
Wayne Township holds a caucus at the Center schoolhouse on Saturday August 19 to select delegates for the County Convention in Monticello on August 17. The message comes from Oxupnen or Com.
Notice announces a meeting of Republican electors at the stone school house on Saturday August 13th at Pollock x M to select delegates for the County Convention in Monticello on August 17th 1881 and to transact other business as needed by order Cum.
W. M. Preston advertises sharpening services for corn plow shovels. He promises to restore edges without damaging temper or fire in the feast, claiming the tools become as good as new.
The author in Lane County writes of the Willamette Valley from Portland southward noting forests along the river, open prairies, and abundant timber. He records large red firs and white cedar, high shingles production, valleys 150 miles long, strong wheat and berry yields, orchards with prolific apples pears and cherries, and favorable farming conditions for laborers and farms, with mild winters and low death rates.
A 1881 letter to the editor discusses how the U S President appoints ministers with Senate input and the friction from Conkling and the Stalwarts over consulting Senators. It notes Garfield's resignation to Senate demands and calls for vigilance against political manipulation. Also notes a county convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to meet August 12 at Ambrosa inviting delegates.
The bride, daughter of J C Lawrence of Wayne township and Monticello High School graduate, has married. Well wishes are extended for a long life of happiness and prosperity.
Brido A Gourgey aged two years two months seven days and Freddie A Gourgey aged one year and two days died at the home of James George in Battle Creek Ida county Iowa in June 1882. The parents Mr. and Mrs George have removed from Monticello and face deep bereavement and illness. The families are left childless and the mother Mrs George is in feeble health. The community offers sympathies for the grieving parents.
A coal dealer notice states 1155 tons already sold with more to follow and urges quick contracts this year. Nut and Range coal offered at top quality A No 1 with close cash prices for immediate contracting. Deliveries set August 15 to October 1. W E Proctor J G Linoumanair
Local notices advertise cheap cash sales of harnesses saddles and brushes with promise of first class stock and quick repairs two doors east of Grassmeyer's Hardware. Also cemetery survey notice at Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church and plans for district agricultural society premiums and sale details. News items report political and civic notes from Cedar, Linn Counties including Republican leadership and local officials.
Stemley and Hreanbrick, Anidiftita firm, advertise a complete set of abstract books for lands in Jones County. They offer timely abstracts and emphasize real estate law as their specialty.
A reader praises the No. 84 White Bronze Monument noting its superior appearance and marble-like quality. The correspondent, signing as Gino, expresses strong satisfaction with the memorial work and mentions Capy TA Mus Karas Enarorit in the closing note.
Letter from Mayville New York dated May 18 1581 praises white bronze monuments. T J Griffin treasurer of Soldier's Monument Fund writes that after two years the material proves durable and beautiful and remains perfect since completion.
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