Monticello Express Editor and Publisher
The Monticello Express announces weekly publication each Thursday under J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of 1.75.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
4
The Monticello Express announces weekly publication each Thursday under J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of 1.75.
Castor Grove reports Fred Cramer walking with a cane. Ladies' Aid meets with Mrs. R. Shear. Wm A Krueger suffers rheumatism. John Barrack returns from Redfield. Nancy Howie’s old horse dies. Emmet Hall visits Stephenson county. Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Noble visit Doon Iowa. School No. 2 opens with Miss Eliza Thomas. Hope visits E E Orcutt home. Farmers harvest early potatoes. A fishing trip yields a fish and a turtle. Inez Kloss returns from Kasota. Ladies' Aid guests from Monticello. A new monument installed in Castle Grove cemetery for Almira Glazier and Enos.
Onstow Aug 20 John Ottsen returns to Kansas City Maud and Edith Spooner visit Epworth Will McCready of Cedar Rapids on business Mrs Tregaloan returns from Clinton ice cream social Saturday evening on Blyth lawn Fred Schmidt injured arm by horse kick Miss Lon Noyes seeks eye treatment in Clinton Eugene Hall Monticello visits father Rev Van Ness staying with family preached at M E church Prof Walrod and Miss Mamie D Paul to wed Thursday at Presbyterian church Walrod back from vacation Mrs Campbell and son of Monticello visit Litten family Verda Litten accompanies them home bogey accident injures Mrs Brown and baby in fall from seven foot bridge
Mrs. Amos Borah remains seriously ill. A.M. Loomis and wife and their son, the doctor, visited Cascade. Civil War veteran F. D. Hawley died and was buried by Ben Paul Post G. A. R. Principal C. C. Gray returns to Collins home on Washington street. Oxford defeats Wyoming 7 to 6 in a hot ball game. Will Chamberlain and C. C. Gray fish Maquoketa. Gray settled back in town after vacation. LeClaire Presbytery held a Sunday school convention with many delegates and a strong program.
Scotcy Grove on August 20 reports Messrs Heeren and Bohlken traveling to London. Wm Shoemaker of Fontanelle visits friends locally. Edward Hoyt, Davenport business visitor, was here last week. Mr and Mrs Joseph Eby welcome a baby daughter. Rev John Rickels and wife visit the former's parents. Frank Ray spent Sunday here after taking charge of the depot at Riggs. Delbert Kerr traveled to Fayette on Thursday.
The article notes Geo Moats left Thursday for Brainard to work in a lumber office and carpentry with his brother. Our baseball team played their first game Thursday and was defeated but showed promise given limited practice time.
August 21 items report Miss Ella Osborn ill Ezra Ketchum visiting relatives in New Jersey Miss Belle Crane of Anamosa visiting at W G Condit's Perry Sherman of Rolfe social visits George Benton J J Helmer families to Sanborn a son born to Mr and Mrs James Belknap Aug 10s Mrs Sam Lawrence welcomed a son Aug 17 etc Rev Robert Craig and Dr Horn visiting George Watts family F A Hobson of Central City and F Scimmers of Center Point visiting Austin Bros homes
The Anamosa District Fair runs August 26 to 30 with attractions like F Kitamura Imperial Japanese troupe and Deonzo Bros barrel jumpers alongside baseball games featuring Viola Cascade Mt. Vernon Prairieburg Cedar Rapids Manchester Monticello Wyoming Martello Central City Worthington Center Junction. Also notes excursion rates to Cleveland and Buffalo and local incidents including a fatal drowning near Maquoketa and fresh updates from Cascade Dubuque Marion and Maquoketa events.
The article lists democratic state ticket nominees including Governor and other offices. It notes H W Hagen leasing his photo gallery and living rooms to Mrs Banner for a millinery store with possession next Monday. It also invites absent students or new entrants to report to the superintendent’s office on Wednesday August 28 at 9 am for examinations.
Daily excursions to Buffalo and New York via the Nickel Plate Road offer $13 round trip to Buffalo and return with ten day return window. Chicago agents advertise low Chicago to Buffalo and return rates and through vestibuled trains to New York City with dining cars and American Club plan meals. John Y Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St Chicago, invites inquiries for particulars.
Nine thousand acres of excellent timber and meadow lands in a fast developing central Minnesota locality. Priced from 350 to 4.50 dollars per acre with smooth land and good soil. Easy terms and excursion rates twice a month.
Nickel Plate Road offers exceptionally low return tickets to Buffalo valid for 10 15 or 30 days. For details and Pan American folder write John Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago. City ticket office at 111 Adams Street. Tw
The old plank flooring of the lower iron bridge at Monticello will be sold to the highest bidder at the bridge on Monday August 26 at 2 o'clock p m. T H Duxyx Com.
A list of unclaimed mail remaining at the Monticello Iowa post office as of August 19 1901 includes A B Sanders Mrs C A Chandler D E Ponp and P M.
In Jones county Iowa District Court Ann Mullady files a petition to quiet title to the northeast quarter of section 10 town 86 range 4 west of the 5th P M. against defendants including Jennie Berry Frank Berry Nellie Mullady Joshua Jones and unknown heirs. The petition seeks correction of deeds from 1874 and 1877 and asserts twenty years of undisturbed possession and adverse claim. A default will be entered if defendants fail to respond before noon on September 16 1901. The notice is published in The Monticello Express for six weeks starting July 25 1901.
James T. O'Brien sues in Jones County District Court to quiet title to multiple parcels in townships 85 and 12, north range 2, alleging adverse possession and color of title for over ten years. The petition names numerous heirs and lenders including Farmers National Bank of Salem Ohio, seeks to bar all claims and reform a deed spelling. The case notes prior conveyances from Hartwell Hawley Gilbert and McCarthy families and requests judgment to quiet plaintiff’s title.
H M Remury serves in the 18th Judicial District of Iowa. The note identifies Remury with the district and emphasizes his association with the Iowa judiciary structure.
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