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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
2
Correspondence from Wyocomina notes business trips and visits by residents from Clay Center Center Junction Clarence Hampton and more. Local events include an ice cream social by firemen a steam heating contract for the school and a stock train bringing 19 cars of livestock. Also mentioned are marriages hospital recoveries and upcoming trips and family visits.
Ed Miller builds a windmill over a new well as wet conditions injure grain. E E Orcutt travels north toward St Paul, while D J Hogan ships stock to Kansas City and Chicago. Rev M B Murphy returns from Ireland with a heavier frame. Mrs F J Crusinberry and children visit, as Mr Crusinberry sells pianos. Weeds spread along roads. owners urged to cut. Geo Butterfields visit from Nebraska, returning after nineteen years.
Miss Alice Dawson returns from Clinton visit. Mrs. D. L. Davidson visits Anamosa. Mr. D. L. Young leaves for Des Moines for two weeks. Miss Margaret Walsh of Maquoketa visits Center Junction. Ghita Preston returns from Myron Dodge home. Mrs. M. B. Smith goes to Monticello for son Harry's typhoid illness. Miss Margaret McDonald visits from Winterset. John Livingstone to Davenport with Netcott firm. Adelaide Collings and Jessie Kent guests near Monticello. Ladies aid to host ice cream social on Robinson's lawn next Saturday. E L Tomlinson ill with typhoid fevers improving with Dr. Richards.
Onstow residents host Sunday guests Rev McQuown and C B Ames depart for Duluth. Henry Banghart of Cascade visits relatives. James Lang of Rockford Illinois visits Mrs A E Chase. No Presbyterian church service next Sunday due to the pastor's vacation. Albert Hall and wife of Cleveland Ohio stay with nephew M B Walters and family.
Amper August 19 report lists Mr and Mrs W H Sanford traveling to California. New boys are reported at homes of W E Daley and August Toenies. Several citizens visited Davenport and Moline last Thursday. Jas Bradley and D J Dierks attended a Latter Day Saints meeting in Edgewood. The three weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Trank Farragher died August 12 and funeral with interment at Anamosa occurred Thursday.
K Tracy of Cedar Rapids may seek the democratic judicial nomination in the district left vacant by John H Redmond. The Gazette cites authority that he would stand if the committee places him on the ballot. Tracy previously served as general solicitor for the B O R N road before its absorption by Rock Island Route. Justice Matthiessens court handled a quarrel case between Nic Maurice and Jake Schneider with Schneider under $200 peace bonds. Proposals due Sept 1 for plumbing the High School. plans at Lowell State Bank. City council approved a 14 mill tax levy. Electric razors emphasized as free sharpening. Nina Paul repertoire company to perform next week. Police and civic notes on sewer plans, millinery trips, and local trades. Various visits and local anecdotes.
The grand opening of Brown's Business College at Second and Brady streets Davenport occurs September 2 and 3. The school reports strong attendance and job placement and invites prospective students to apply early for the next term. The notice also mentions the 8th Dedication of the David B Henderson library at Upper Iowa University on September 16 and directs inquiries to J. W. Dickman. Pupils are advised to visit the superintendent's office at 4 to 5 pm next week for classification questions and admission information.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company schedules a special stockholders meeting for August 20 1902 at 11 am and the annual meeting for October 15 1902 at noon in Chicago. Free travel passes are issued to registered stockholders for the journey to and from Chicago during the four days around each meeting.
Four year old boy suffered colic and cramps until morphine injections failed. After giving Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the child slept within thirty minutes and recovered. Endorsed by F L Wilkins of Shell Lake Wisconsin. Available from Bacher Abel.
A three month old girl in Richland Oregon was saved from cholera infantum after a relief dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy given by a friend at the urging of the baby's parents. The child recovered by morning and remains well. The remedy is sold by Bacher and Abel.
Notice of permit application filed by John H Bacher a registered pharmacist of Monticello Jones County Iowa to buy keep and sell intoxicating liquors in a brick building on lot 502 Railroad Addition Monticello hearing scheduled September 22 1902 in Anamosa Iowa and attorney J W Doxsern listed Administrators notice appointing Lena Kohn estate administrator requests claims against the estate be filed and debts paid at Monticello Iowa August 5 1902
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