Monticello Express August 24 1899 front page notice
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
2
Rain Desired by Farmers in Castle Grove Area
Castle Grove notes rain is now welcomed by farmers. Local harvest figures show oats 25 to 60 bushels per acre, wheat 15, barley 40, rye failing. Community updates include visits, funerals, a Republican convention, field work, and a camping party at Hartwick Mills with residents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pierce
Delhi
D. J. Hogan
Chicago
W. C. Kehoe
W. H. Henderson
E.J. Lightfoot
Monticello
R. A. Rickless
Warren Gregg
Stone City
Andrew Davidson
Stanwood
Fred Laude
W. A. Krueger
Castle Grove
Hartwick Mills
Delaware County
H. B. Clark
Margarette
Elsie Cramer
Maggie
Mary
Jessie Davidson
Will Hiller
F. C. Cramer
D. J. Heisey
F. J. McLaughlin
Local notes from Onstow and vicinity span visits and moves
Miss Verdia Lytton visits Maquoketa while Harry Chase labors in Dakota harvests. George Smith and family return to Clinton. Josie Klema arrives home from Maquoketa. A W C T U sociable is praised. Geo Evans of Toledo assists with plastering at David Simms' new house. Henry Lightfoot and wife attend a Monticello funeral. Minnie Wasson visits. James Scroggie returns from hay field to Sears' blacksmith shop. Fred Jepson leases Wyoming’s Commercial House. John Russell and Evelyn Russell attend a funeral in Anamosa. Uncle John Overly injures his foot. Mrs. Graham and sister Mrs. Palmer back from the north. Forest Brown and L. E. Brown visit relatives. Stoffells guests with Jennings. Nicholas Holst recovers from a broken collarbone. FB Mead returns from Oklahoma trip. Sokol shows flax sample. C W McMaster sells Clay township farm for 64 per acre and buys Osborn farm for 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstow
Verdia Lytton
Maquoketa
Harry Chase
Dakota
George Smith
Clinton
Josie Klema
Geo. Evans
Toledo
David Simms
Mrs. Horn
Fred Jepson
Wyoming
John Russell
Evelyn Russell
Anamosa
John Overly
Graham
Philip Palmer
Forest Brown
Byron
Neb
L. E. Brown
Parnell
E. E. Brown
Henry Stoffell
Mechanicsville
Clarence Jennings
Stoffell
Jennings
Nicholas Holst
FB. J. Mead
Oklahoma
Wm. Fletcher
F. J. Sokol
Qccola
C. W. McMaster
Clay Township
Hugh Corbit
Lyman Osborn
Daley Welcomes Baby as Local Notes Highlight Amber
Amber reports Mr. and Mrs. John Daley are parents to a bright baby boy. Mrs. John Bailey Jr. is seriously ill but improving. Mr. Oldes and family plan to move to Marshalltown. Granny Weiss returns from Indiana. Joshua Brownell and Clarence Robertson visit Delaware county on business. J N Ramsey and Amanda Weiss return from Chicago. Rev Hartsough of Mt. Vernon leads services. J R Bradley and Peter Robertson plan a prospecting trip to Decatur county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
John Daley
John Bailey, Jr
Oldes
Marshalltown
Granny” Weiss
Indiana
Joshua Brownell
Clarence Robertson
Delaware County
J. N. Ramsey
Amanda Weiss
Chicago
Rev. Hartsough
Mt. Vernon
Messrs
J. R. Bradley
Peter Robertson
Decatur County
Missionary Picnic Planned at Mrs Warner Home
Scotch Grove on August 23 reports the ladies' missionary society arranging a picnic at Mrs Paul Warner's home on Thursday August 31. Presbyterian ladies from Monticello will join to present a foreign topic after an 11 am gathering and basket dinner. All invited including gentlemen for a pleasant day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Ladies' Missionary Society
Paul Warner
The
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Church Notices and Local Court Future Dates
Church notices from Anamosa list sermons by Elder V A Carlton Rev C C Warner and other ministers with union meeting at the opera house. The small town moves toward September court with a juror list and resolutions of respect for the deceased R A Rickless. The state central committee aids selection of a senator as weather and crop bulletin notes August conditions for corn maturation and drought risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Warner
Union
Opera House
Republican State Central Committee
Kossuth
Clay
Palo Alto
Emmet
Dickinson
State Central Committee
Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
Monticello Council Sets Tax Rates And Water Meter Plan
In a special Monticello Iowa session council members approve an eight mill general levy plus two mills for bonded debt and a two mill water tax within the water district. The board ends the contract with C M St P Ry for water at 30 days notice, moving to metered rates. adjournment follows. A note recalls Monticello residents planning to attend Dubuque races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Lightfoot, Young, Suter, Hoag
Ayes
Lightfoot
Young
Suter
Hoag
Schoonover
Bohlken
Thanking Friends for Help During Our Affliction
We express gratitude to the many kind friends who provided assistance and showed sympathy during our trying period. Mrs. R. U. Rickners and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. U. Rickners and
Familly
Farm for sale or rent in Castle Grove township
160 acre farm from the Johanna Tobiason estate in Castle Grove township offered for sale or rent. Possession available March 1, 1906. Inquiries to T Zimmerman near Monticello 9w3 PF Store Room for Rent. We buy old gold and silver and pearls by mail or express. prepaid return charges if unsatisfactory. Cascade Courier notes Frank Locher and Fred Berlin of Monticello visited town Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Tobiason
Castle Grove Township
Monticello
T. Zimmerman
Tripy & Taylor
Watchmakers
Cedar Rapids
Frank Locher
Fred Berlin
Cascade Courier
Argand Catholic Church
Towa
Huiza Lane
Final Curtain at Lyceum Leaves Shoes as Curtain Raiser
In a Detroit Free Press noted scene an audience member struggles to fit tight shoes after a theater performance. A woman is seen leaving with a pair of shoes under her arm amid rain and applause. Whether the wearer and the bold friend are the same woman remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell
Detroit Free Press
Figures of the Past tale on 1862 stagecoach journey
Josiah Quincy recounts traveling from Boston to Washington with Justice Story. Story recalls the Supreme Court social routine and dining once a year with the president. He notes the court’s asceticism and jokes about rain and the doctrine of chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Quincy
Boston
Washington
Justice Story
Federal Supreme Court
Marshall
The Professor's Prize Egg Prank Ends In Explosion
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale recalls Adelbert’s popular professor at a social party playing Pedro with two guests. He wins a booby prize a double yolk egg marked Something you can beat. After leaving with two young ladies a locked door leads him to push a panel. the egg explodes showering yellow gloves and muffler, prompting gales of laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert
Pedro
Cleveland Plain Dealer
That First Sin Figures on Apples Ate by Adam and Eve
A humorous exchange ponders how many apples Adam and Eve ate. Each contributor offers ever larger numbers, from one each to millions, culminating in a playful tally 8,182,382 in a Philadelphia Record exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Eve
Hive
Philadelphia Record
The Barber Was All Right
A Pittsburgh Dispatch quip recounts a South Bend man visiting Chicago barbers, noting three shaves in one day and the misinterpretation of intentions as one barber jokes about shaving skin off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Bend
Pittsburg Dispatch
Special train excursion to G A R reunion Philadelphia 1899
A special sleeping car train plan runs from Iowa to Philadelphia for the G A R reunion September 4 to 9 1899 with a Gettysburg stop for sight seeing. Low rail rates and through sleepers from West Union Mason City Decorah Fairbault Austin Dubuque and Perry. Contact CMStP RY agents or John Cook West Union Iowa for berth reservations rates and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Philadelphia
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Battlefield of
Gettysburg
West Union
Mason City
Decorah
Fairbault
Austin
Dubuque
Perry
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
John Cook
Farm Sale Near Monticello Seeks Bids and Tenant Rights
The 160 acre Peter Byerly farm near Monticello Iowa is offered for sale with open bids at the Monticello State Bank from 1 to 4 pm Tuesday Sept std. A 10 percent cash deposit is required day of sale and balance within five days. Sale subject to tenant rights to March 1 1900. Abstracts of title available. Referees A J Bye by G H Grover. Also noting veterans encampment at Philadelphia and Nickel Plate low excursion rates for Sept 1 4 with Niagara Falls stopovers. City bids invited Sept 1 1899 for 670 feet of three inch cast iron water pipe in Monticello with right to reject bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Byerly
Monticello
A.J. Byeby
G. H. Grover
H. M. Carpenter
Iowa
Center
Wargell
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J. W. Coxsee
Amiber
V. A. Carlton
U. B
Carlton
Church of Christ
Petit Jurors
Burns’ Lodge
No. 173
A. F
A. M
D. Fe, Pono
A. J, Jackson
B.L. Conn
Com
Sam Moyer
Fairview
H. W. Shipley
Neve Madison
Matt Miller
Cass J
Council Proceedings
G. E. Bishop
Indianapolis Sentinel
G. W. Coxpan
Nickel Plate
Adams Street
Lyceum
GEO. Stahler & Sons
Oxfords
GEO. Stuhler & Sons
Gd. A. R
Atlantic Seaboard
Nickel Plate Road
New York City
the Veterans of ’61
Niagara Falls
Adams &T
G. E. Bisnor
Standard Oki CO
Modern Remedy CO
Kewanee
Illinois
O.H. Soetje
District Court
Jones County
State of
Rickles A. Ricklefs
A. D
Charles S. Bidwell
Ows
J. W. Doxsty
Richland
Leonard Wismeyer
Wa. I. Moore
Adams Hines
Building Committee
C. M. Hanna
W. A. Overing, Sr
Rundle
Paul Rettig
Yours Truly
C. W. Brown
Bateman
W. First St
Owa
John 8. Rigby
J. W. Do Atty
George Schoonover
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