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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
2
Prairieburg correspondence lists births, visits, and travels with Hartwell Nebraska roots, noting a July 28 baby boy to Gordon P B Towle and wife from Weeping Water and first grandchild for Dr. and Mrs. Welch. The item also records visitors and small-town movements, church notes, exchanges, and neighborhood greetings through August.
Onslow August 11 social round up reports Duncan Wasson hosted a successful gathering at his aunt Mrs Janet Simm s gift home with ice cream provided. The house renovation by Glick of Anamosa is praised as among the county s finest.
August updates include Maurice Cashman recovering well from appendicitis at Anamosa sanitarium and near return home. Social hosted by Presbyterian youths at J A Deischer home drew good attendance. threshing outfits of W C Leclerc and John Rickels active in the area. Jos M Holub brought home a Short horn calf from S M Hosford’s herd. James Atwood and family of Rockford Illinois visited Mrs W A Montgomery recently. Reverend Lumbar and wife guests of Rev Montgomery. missionary society met with Mrs F C Cramer. Tobias Husmann and family mentioned.
Coggan were Sunday callers at the H Hahn home George Zimmerman of Wayne township was in the vicinity last week. G J Heiken and family of Wayne township were Castle Grove visitors last Friday. D W Cunningham was a Langworthy visitor on Monday. Will Rickels spent Sunday with relatives at Ryan.
Center Junction residents recount funeral services for Mrs. Magee in Monticello and extend sympathy to her family. The report lists visitors and travels including Olive Stingley from Elwood, Dr. Young and family from Davenport and Clinton, and visits by Himebaugh sisters, Mack Sinkey, George Preston, Olimer Henderson, Ethel and Miriam Rice, and others with trips to Anamosa and Walker.
The Monticello city council adopts a resolution of necessity for paving South Cedar street from Varvel's addition north line to the city limits. Plans by M Tschirgi & Sons are approved and costs allocated with city and railway company shares and Monticello Improvement Club funds offset. Public hearing held August 3 1914 with no objections.
Anamosa August 3 1914 and August 4 1914 records show the Jones county board meeting with all members present. They set September 14 1914 as the hearing date for Iowa Electric company applications and opened bids for bridges and road work including Bridge Nos 82 and 78 with lowest bids awarded to Flaherty Penny and Missouri Construction.
An itemized list records payments to medical staff, provisions, services, rent, and various suppliers for Jones County. It includes names such as Dr J E Davies, Dr Hunter, Tyler & Downing, and Nellie Davis, with amounts like 24 00 116 95 and 70 00, plus district court and county official expenses. It also notes an original notice in the district court of Jones County regarding a land dispute and a forthcoming four-week publication.
Local claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Devised by a leading physician, marketed as a regular prescription with testimonials available. Toledo firm J Cheney & Co dispute no quack medicine label and offer pills for constipation.
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