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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1880
Page
4
A page of local ads touts Kendall's Spavin Cure and Dr Thomas Electric Oil with testimonials, and promotes coffee grinding gear, dyes, jewelry, perfumes, toilet soaps, and a wide range of household wares. Sellers include Scjete Tiarka Soetje Tiurks Shaffer's New Drug Store Bacner Co and J H Bacner Co with brief stock notes and prices.
This page features local ads for art copying at Coyle's Gallery, tableware at Little & Bidwell, books at Bacher & Cos, Crockery at Little & Bidwell, and tailored garments by Henry Shipman. It notes an August weather forecast, events at Garfield and Arthur club, and a high school elocution class starting August 28. Also reported: a fatal Knight Templar incident in Chicago, a lost pocketbook, and postmaster appointments at Independence and Wilton Junction.
Over thirty glassware patterns at Little & Bidwell’s Crockery Store. Rosa Magee, daughter of D F Magee, married in Ashland Nebraska. groom unnamed. A swindler posing as a temperance advocate offers a pledge then a signed note for any amount. Babbe’s billiard hall and grocery break in. suspect Smith arrested with stolen items. Lurid gossip on the Murphy family life ends with Mary Murphy jailed and Young charged, four men named for a drunken Sunday night orgy. justice actions noted.
Coyle a tla photographer advertises samples at his studio as farmers are urged to prepare for the county fair the best exhibition in society history. The Normal Institute for teachers runs its final week with lectures by Stittler and Calkins.
Miss Mate Howard visits H D Rosa and family in Chicago this week. Miss Pink Dyer, a popular Graded school teacher, vacations with friends in Baltimore. R P Smith and Mr VanHorn fished the Wapsie near Oxford Mills with success. Sam Kahn returns from Leadville and his brothers stay there in business. Mrs N W Austin reports a Clear Lake Camp Meeting visit with praise. Jos BE Nye was in town then left for West Union. Mrs Nye remains in Monticello. Mrs G W Garlock travels to Nebraska to bring her ill mother home. Miss Kate Curtis has two offers at $50 monthly from Manchester and Maquoketa. Mrs John Moody visits Chicago to cheer her aging father. George Schaeffer and wife attend their firstborn’s sickbed in Chicago. hope of recovery grows.
Efre Norris of Galena accompanied by her daughter Miss Elizabeth arrived in Monticello yesterday morning to visit Mrs. John O. Duer bringing Master Joe Duer who has stayed in Galena for several weeks. The ladies expect to stay a week or two.
The Diamond Field reports a tightly contested game last Thursday between Anamosa and Monticello class teams. Both sides played with vigor and fairness, leaving victors and vanquished satisfied with the tie score.
A long roster of teachers enrolled at the Monticello Institute is listed, naming numerous tutors and staff such as Miss Motle Grassmeyer Eva Hofferes Clara Calkina Ray Lawrence and many others. Honorary instructors are L. Poster D J Ely Kate Cur tig and S D Stewart with additions from Wyoming Anamosa and surrounding towns.
A letter argues that local business houses indirectly violate the Christian Sabbath through Sunday activity. It cites Ordinance No. 26 and Code of Iowa sections to urge peace officers to enforce limits on Sunday commerce and disturbances, calling for moral accountability among corporations and individuals.
The C M & St Paul R I Co offers one and one fifth fare round trip to the Jones County Fair with a special Oxford to Monticello train connecting Cedar Rapids routes. Valid for Cedar Rapids Oxford Farley Delaware and intermediate points until Saturday the 4th. Officials expect a large attendance and call for lively competition in stock and domestic and ornamental departments.
Secretary invites participation in the annual fair and exhibitions to measure progress and renew friendships. The note promises daily interests and useful gatherings, urging attendees to bring excellence and learn from the great collection.
Harvesting is nearing completion with grain stacked and threshing starting on round. John and Wa Hale bought a new threshing machine for a busy season. Local social notes mention a tea party at Mrs George Ketcham on July 8th for her mother Mrs Mo G Thompsons birthday with many guests.
In Montisello on August ith by J. No ponder, George W. Dudin will wed Misa Lavins yau at the residence of the bridain percents and bridan.
The dying of a small child is described as fingering and painful with a long period of suffering. The bright child drew parental pride from George and his wife who mourn the loss, and the community shares deep sympathy for their bereavement.
Marietta Georgia August 7 1880 To the Editor of The Haprest Big text for a chapter of accidents in life from conception to death The author argues existence requires personal effort and thoughtful inquiry into sense and mind.
Sanka announces a private hearse available for public use at reasonable terms, not affiliated with undertakers. Also promoting Dr Kixna’s New Descoving for Consumption, offering a free trial bottle to prove its curative powers, with a one dollar size option available through local merchants JE Baer & Co and J. Bacon & Co.
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