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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1909

Page

2

Local notices from Onslow and Cascade reflect travel visits

Correspondence from Onslow August 3 notes Rex Spooner from Burt visiting. Eli Streets to Mitchell SD. Sokol family visiting Ocheyedan and Spencer. Hortons from Genoa NE visiting son in Clay township. Various health concerns, ball game revenue, and social visits including Miss Olive James from Alameda and Miss Bertha Faber’s lawn picnic.

Onslow Rex Spooner Burt Eli Streets Mitchell South Dakota Leyda Quimby Iowa Eliza Campbell Vera Paul New Eingland States Canada Hand Iand Ethel Collins Carrie Paul Olive James Alameda California George Lyons Miss James Chicago Walter James Wyoming Olive

Castle Grove Social Notes and Oat Harvest Report

Castle Grove notes from August 4 report a weekend visit by Ray Bacon Buck Creek and a Sunday guest Maude Shephard Blopkin ton at Appleby home. Local threshing veteran M A Waddick buys a new separator while C Chapman Jr family visits Buck Creek relatives. Oat crop nearly harvested and crop prospects strong despite early worries. Jolly week of camping on the Buffalo near Prairieburg chaperoned by Mrs J A Deischer includes Florence Hubbard Ina Nelson Lulu Jlowie Ethel Cunningham Olive Cramer Alice Deischer Grace Noble Bertha Harken Margaret Deischer.

Castle Grove Ray Bacon Buck Creek Maude Shephard Blopkinton Appleby M. A. Waddick Hilda Minnie Gienapp Rudolph Hopkinton al Starr Oelwein H. M. Carpenter C. W. Hosford Hanssen Monticello Misses Florence Hubbard Ina Nelson Lulu Jlowie Ethel Cunningham Olive Cramer Alice Deischer Grace Noble Bertha Harken Margaret Deischer

Local notes from Wyoming and nearby communities

T G Richardson visited What Cheer for business. Mrs J G Loomis of Lodi Ohio stayed with A M Loomis family. W J Chamberlain and wife vacationed in Salt Lake City and the Rockies. Elva Briggs and children from St Paul visited Dr M H Calkins family. Main street to be macadamized between depot and band stand. Alfred Day plans a trip east to Ohio Pennsylvania New York. Mrs HE M Babcock ill with rheumatic troubles. her daughter Irma Pringle at home. Ethel Brush and Fred Skruse wed at Garner Iowa. J H Sehamel family moving to Cedar Falls. Otto Allen and Hulda Warren wed at home of her parents by Rev T P Potter.

Wyoming T. G. Richardson J. G. Loomis Lodi Ohio A. M. Loomis W.J. Chamberlain Salt Lake City Rocky Mountains Elva Briggs St. Paul M. H. Calkins Alfred Day Pennsylvania New York HE. M. Babcock Irma Pringle Ethel Brush

Cascade Notes and Local Social Visits

Cascade notes list residents and visitors including Lew Will in Durand Wisconsin Mrs M Graham en route to Ireland J H Klinkner of Dyersville visiting Cascade Mrs 8 A Hill of Farley guest of Mrs N J Leytem Gertrude Dodd Mt Vernon visiting Bessie Hamil Pat Russell ex alderman of Bernard pleasant caller last Friday Mr and Mrs J F Anson returned from extended western trip Last Saturday John J Finn operating a binder on his Whitewater township farm experienced an incident or mishap

Cascade Lew Will Durand Wisconsin John J. Finn Whitewater Township

Rural Route News Roundup Highlights Local Visits

Rural Route No. 3 reports a series of social notes. Hank Peters stays near Len Reichart on the water wagon while Miss May Willian visits John Moore. Several residents travel to Langworthy and Dubuque. A Hill Side picnic yields a fine time and multiple gatherings at various homes.

Hank Peters Len Reichart May Willian John Moore’s Willie Behrends Langworthy Helgens Wayne Decker Big Four Hillside Selma Jaeger Dubuque C. Balsinger Ella Scherrer Anna Lang D. Schneiter Lizzie Ricklefs J. H. Ricklefs Andrew Ambuhl Jr W. Zimmerma Amber Balcar

Concert at the Electric Theater Tonight

Friday evening August 6 Rev I B Balcar and QO B Crane will perform with Miss Margaret Wissmeire, Miss Ethel Young, and Harry Locher. The program features piano duets, violin solos, vocal solos, a moving picture, and a reading with a vaudeville style lineup.

Electric Theater I. B. Balcar QO. B. Crane Margaret Wissmeire Ethel Young Harry Locher O. B. Crane Cate H Gaatian Donehim T. Balear Megean C. B. Crane

Monticello Walks Off In 12th Inning Win At Anamosa

Monticello defeated Anamosa 5 to 4 in 12 innings after Anamosa surged with 8 runs in the first and 1 in the fourth. Umpiring controversy led to removal of the original official and replacement by Martin Kehoe, ending a bitter rubber game between the towns.

Anamosa Monticello Clarence Martin Kehoe Anamega Allen Cis Rogers F Locher Bawler Wacko Manede Ceerreeens Anamoba— Ak Loder Sale Dennis Eho Ae Dowden Darrah Doddy Sis Ees Starry Carson Brown Ecuseee Cee Lamb Wea Boyer Bush Platt Aseee Armstrong John Sheesebes Grant Wolves

Voorhees Coal Company to Sell Illinous Coal Cheap From Car

The Voorhees Coal Company announces a sale of coal from a car next week. Farmers are urged to attend as the coal described as good Illinois coal will be offered at reduced prices.

Illinois Coal

Jones County Good Roads Association Organizes at Anamosa

About 35 auto owners and residents met at Anamosa city hall to form the Jones County Good Roads Association. George L. Schoonover named temporary chairman and Wm. A. Hale temporary secretary. Goals include road improvements, clear route signs, curb reckless driving, and enforcing road laws with township cooperation. Next meeting set for Friday August 13 at 2 p.m. at Anamosa city hall.

Anamosa Jones County Good Roads Association F. J. Cross Monticello Geo. L. Schoonover Wm. A. Hale L. M. Carpenter Olin J. S. Hall J. H. Gildner

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Eula Morgan Theo. Koopman Jackson Mississippi A. J. Skinner C. H. Huntington Jr Ida Purnell Petoskey Michigan Bertha Faber Shelley Balear Wski Veces Laska Moving Picture Planquette Crane Miss Wissmick Mr. Crane Martin N. B. Noyes OCI Rabus 6Th St West Cedar Rapids Thelma Stickford’s Ke, M. Byers Blind Boone Concert Co James Young Wm. Fuller Scotch Townhip J. G. Krouse The Express W. A. Doran Scott County Teachers’ Institute J. T. Blanchard Congregational Church Messrs. W. H. Proctor G. W. Condon O. B. Rundle Hot Springs, Arkansas Laura L. Curtis G. W. Curtis Jacob Boner Livenia MacClain Center Junction E. E. Gruenstein Delhi Theodore Little Bowens Prairie A. Allaman Charles King Edward Soetje Ernest Hicks George Wilkens Lon Jennings Cbhris Prader Maquoketa George Rettig Father Powers Waverly Houser M. L. Carpenter G. L. Lovell George Stabler & Sons H. D. Sherman Farwell F. M. Hicks Henry George Isaac Rigby James Davidson L. Rice M. W. Herrick A. Matthiessen Col. C. J. Rider Robert Hicks Jones County Normal Institute George Chandler Osage Lester Greenwood Storm Lake Doron J. 4 Bishop Moline Sarah Brooks Ernest Sherman Des Moines Marshalltown D. ¥. Sullivan Suhr Sumter Carpenter Pangburn Dunshee Rohn King Podhaski Kiburz Moore Scott McKean Sanford Merrill Rowrey Armitage Wicher Beam Bedell Monticeo Ana Edison Victor Locher Brothers Alfred Meier Rock Island Marion Oxford Junction Leonard W. Starks Coleridge Nebraska Bright Mr. Starks Emily J. Jacobs 31St Iowa Infantry Mr. Stark Champlain Village Coleridge Blade Masonic Order Starks J. S. Houser J. M. Linnell Voorhees Coal Company Good Roads Association Harry W. Stabler Allison Hotel Coffman Davenport Lovell House Deitrick’s Anamosa Fair Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Fayette Arlington Strawberry Point Edgewood Greeley Oneida Junction Delaware People’s Store Doutrick D.G. CO Oxfords Iowa State Fair and Exposition Pain Parker Liberati Co. E. Cameron J. C. Simpson DR. B. Coffman Glaggen Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart E. E. Reed Burrichtar's Drygoods Store Monticello, Lowa Hubbard’s Furniture Store
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