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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
2
Camp Meeting Attendance and Local Movements Reported
Castine Grove August 17 Henry Evans rode to Anamosa Sunday. A good number from this vicinity attended the Delhi camp meeting. C. A. Thomas attended the county convention in Center Junction Wednesday. A Miller of Monticello was in the vicinity Tuesday shaking hands with voters. Chas I Krueger left Saturday for Doon Iowa for a few weeks. A sociable at P T Black's last Friday was largely attended with several from Monticello. Miss Emima Laude returned to Detroit after visiting here. Misses Lulu and Lottie Laude attended a party at Mrs R Shear’s Hazel Green with Martha Zacher of Monticello. Thos Cashman Sr in Linn county tried to light a pipe on a grain stack last Saturday and sparks burned seventeen loads. Michael Hogan and Aggie Kehoe reportedly married in Dubuque recently. Hogan is son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hogan and the bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Kehoe of this township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castine Grove
Henry Evans
Anamosa
Delhi
C. A. Thomas
Center Junction
A. Miller
Monticello
Chas. I’. Krueger
Doon
Iowa
P. Te. Black
Emima Laude
Detroit
Michigan
Lulu
Lottie Laude
R. Shear
Hazel Green
Martha Zacher
Thos. Cashman
Linn County
Michael Hogan
Aggie Kehoe
Dubuque
Hogan
Patrick Hogan
Nicholas Kehoe
Wyoming town notes crowded with visits and local events
Wroming Aug 17 reports Melvic Spencer visiting from Onslow while Springville and Wyoming plan a game next Monday. Presbyterians served ice cream and cake for church fundraising at G A Hall. Mrs Geo Walston of Battle Creek stays with relatives. A W Brown and Lew Doll bought local farms. Many attend nearby fairs and a waterworks contract discord looms. Post office changes deputies as Blanche Applegate joins. County caucus set Aug 28 for delegates to Anamosa convention. Administrators and locals attend Epworth Seminary events. Several town visits, illnesses, and travel noted across Clay Onslow and Oxford areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wroming
Melvic Spencer
Onslow
Wyoming
Springville
G. A. Hall
Geo. Walston
Battle Greek
A.W. Brown
Lew Doll
Gen. Moore
Oxford Township
Anamosa
Monticello
School House
A. E. Spitz
Clifford
Bernard Murphy
Vinton
A. M. Loons
Penson
Oxford
Wyoming Township
Opera House
Park Chamberlain
Chicago
J. M. Swiggart
Maquoketa
Lottie C. Girton
Carroll
Josephine Riley
Jamestown
North Dakota
W.I. Chamberlain
Frank G. Barns
Epworth Seminary
M. E
Garrison
Blanche Applegate
Scotch Grove
Mace Johnson
Miss Johnson
J. W. Waite
Monticello Contacts and Local Accidents Reported
Monticello residents Minnie Heisey and Jennie Gilroy visited relatives here while Lizzie Newlan and Mrs. Amos Himebaugh are noted travelers. Joseph Wasson fell ill but improved, and George Schoonover bought Condit’s house preparing to move. A buggy accident near Sand Creek left Mr. Condit unable to go out and one horse drowned. Ice cream social at J. T. Cunningham’s drew local crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Heisey
Monticello
Lizzie Newlan
Joseph Wasson
Jennie
Bertha Gilroy
Amos Himebaugh
Mpnorth
Remington
Hartley
Himebaugh
Dr. Scott
Valparaiso
Ind
Scott
Reade
Jerry
Bauion County
Cass
Ang
Foe
Mame
Cunningham
Mro
Chas. Beebe
George Schoonover
WG. Condit
Clouse
Bagley
Atwood
Brainard
Buiffita
Harry Smith
Anemos
Condit
Sand Creek
Ambuk Social Roundup and Local Movements
Ambuk reports T. G. Davis in town on business. Mrs. Geo Frazer seeks treatment at Anamosa Sanitarium. Sanford pays 48 cents per hundred for July milk. last price was 3.70. Frank Bailey hauled lumber for a new residence. Jennie Sanford returns from Salt Lake City visit. Miss Katie Bailey returns from Jackson county visit. W H Sanford to Cedar Rapids as Republican state convention delegate. Davis Bros. of Center Junction photographed local residences. Many local residents subpoenaed as witnesses in the Clusen case this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambuk
T. G. Davis
Geo. Frazer
Anamosa
Sanford
Frank Bailey
Jennie Sanford
Allen Sanford
Salt Lake City
Katie Bailey
Jackson County
W. HH. Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Davis Bros
Center Junction
Peculiar Amigh community described in old Ohio lore
The piece portrays an Amish style settlement near Holmes County Ohio with 15 000 to 20 000 people on 1060 acre farms. It notes home meetings, strict gender customs with black caps and white bonnets, hospitable travelers, and primitive social structure without churches or ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohia
Amish
Holmes County
Bob Ingersoll
Atlantis
Amisa
Amigh
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Special train to Monticello for Jones County Fair
The C. M. and St. P. Railway runs a special to Monticello on Aug 26 and 27 for the Jones County Fair. Depart Scotch Grove 8:27 a.m. Return Monticello 7:00 p.m. Round trip 30 cents. Agent FE. EE. Benriry notes the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Scotch Grove
FE. EE
Benriry
Ag’t
Through sleeping car Monticello to Buffalo schedule
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Co runs a through sleeping car from Monticello to Buffalo departing 10 45 p m August 21. Round trip ticket rate 16 60 with return valid to September 20. Double berth rate through to Buffalo 1 50. For full information call at the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Monticello
Buffalo
N. Y
Italian professor links divorce to personal crisis deaths
The New York Sun reports Dr. Morselli claims death by own action correlates with divorce and separation across Germany Italy and Denmark. He contrasts Legout's higher risk among unmarried people and childless marriages with divorce prevalence and notes Ireland's low divorce rate and Germany's high divorce rate align with personal crisis reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambicore
Morselli
Germany
Legoyt
Legout
France
Italy
Ireland
Denmark
New York Sun
Public Land Transfers And Property Lots Listed
A long OCR list details numerous transfers of land and lots in towns including Monticello Oxford Junction Oxford Mills Rome Castle Grove Jackson and others. Names include Schoonover Peters Gavin Casey Switver Hale Welch Anderson Anderson Chuey and Beatty among others with various sections, blocks, and subdivisions referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LP. Schoonover
Church of Christlott
Peters
Cameron Lind
Clay Sarah Ann Gavin
Casey
Shaw
Skinner
Animosa
J. A. Berguson
Milo Gailes
Bradstreets
Monticello
J. Us. Switver
N. J. Coun
Bohemian Slovakian Benevolent Society
Oxford Junction
Parsons
Michael Betts
Cass
Jennie Starks and
Lushand
Wy. M. Welch
Abijah Bickford
W. OM. Welch
Robert Garni
M. Paul Jand
Chay
Kaylor
Church of Christ
Lanelt
Araah
Z. N. Marks
Dukeel& of
Oxford Juunetion
Nin
LD. Mason Jr Land
Rome
Anderson
James P. Anderson
Jarvew
Franklin Ben-jamin
Kairview
James Chuey
Riley Arnold
Edward G. Volt
Naval Delay Land
Castle Grove
Alma
House
Frank D. Elwood
Madison
Nettie Stroud
Margaret
Zimdner Hind
Jackson Mareturet Zimiumier
Abram
Wile Fins
Jane
Jackson Ian Abram C. Wilkins
Gordon Hind
Jackson
A. J. Chesterfield
Seandel
James T. Briddgy
TE. G. Maley
L.D. Cartton
Mary P. Keller
Oxford Mills
Gen. W. Lathrop
Felton
Oxford
John
Beatty
Jas
Republicans of Jones county nominate officers at Sept meeting
The Jones county Republicans plan a party convention at the court house in Amunesi on September 1 at 11 in the morning to nominate county officers including Representative Auditor Treasurer Sheriff Superintendent of Schools two Supervisors Surveyor Coroner. Delegates are apportioned by township with seats per township and extra delegates per 25 votes for McKinley in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Amunesi
McKinley
Blood Poison Cure Claim From S S S Remedy
A Washington jeweler testifies that after costly treatment failed, S S S cured his blood poison. He describes mouth sores and hair loss before taking 18 bottles. Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta promises more information. Also an offer to sell a house with barn by Louis GarpNER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Martin
Pensylvania Ave
Washington,d.c
S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Louis Garpner
Hort Bros Offers Fall Planting Advice And Stock
The notice urges timely tree cultivation and home landscape care and asks readers to write to Hort Bros for fall planting guidance. It claims Gliss nursery carries stock and that they test varieties to discard worthless ones. Readers are encouraged to rely on nursery intelligence to reduce failures in purchasing stock.
Lawsuit Notice in Jones County District Court
In Jones County Iowa a petition filed by Donghisa TH. Smith as administrator seeks six hundred dollars plus interest from Nancy A Sackett and foreclosures on two mortgages on the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter in section nine township 85 range 2. Defendants other than Sackett are named but no personal judgment is sought against them. A default will be entered if not appearing by noon of the second day of the term beginning September 13 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Bigley
J.B. McQuren
Ens Clk District Court of Jones Co
J.W. Doxser
Nettie Sackett
Nancy A. Sackett
M. D. Sackett
Jones County
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THE
J. W. Coxsee
Wyothng
Clay
Wa. Orr
Dubuque County
John Dennison
Geo. EB. Reid
Hia
Lizzie Neelan
Joseph Orr
Clinton County
John Kennedy
Mary Dennison
J.N. French
Cora
Wilton
Orr
Onstow
Dr. Bentley
Wopkinton
W.H. McKean
Rev. Palmer
M. M. Franks
Alex Heminway
David Simm
Mac
Clinton
ANBER
Lady Tennyson
Henry Selwood
Alfred Tennyson
Charles
Turner
Charles Richard Weld
the Royal Society
Indianapolis Journal
CUBS
Justle Grove
Fyne Fairview
Greenfield
Hale
Washington Jackson
Reo
Owayne
Alwyomine
Republican County Central Committee
A. Marthiessen
Ch'n
W.G. Efiners
Richliund
Atif J
Houser
Sun Pena
W.L. Douglas
W. Ts. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Geo. Stuhler & Sons
Hawkeye Merchant Tailoring
New Merchant Tailor Shop
Second St
Raliway Depot
Tie
Times
R.zacher
Dthay
Hort Bros
Atarst Gliss Nursery
the Express Office
Tr: Tiprovermente
Che Smith Premier Cypewriter Co
Monroe Street
State OF
Towa
J. W. Doxber
Conner
Pacil
Conner & Mwogan
Venticella
John Gibson
Ll Aleslow
BASE
Angels Concert Band
Ellen Venter
Motoro Public
Mom Prume
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