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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
4
The Monticello Express notes say that mosquitoes helped hasten the signing of the Declaration of Independence, while contrasting with the yellow fever carrier mosquitoes. The piece also mentions dividends from Standard Oil and a Theodore Roosevelt poetry review in Outlook.
The State Register notes Joe Triggs urging protests by several thousand young boys who support delaying farm work and morning rising. He argues boys should sleep until at least six, claiming early routings strip vigor and proper growth.
A Clinton committee of citizens proposes hosting fifty Chicago children for one week of summer entertainment and is raising funds to cover their boarding costs.
The Iowa Falls city council has refused permission for the harvest home carnival organizers to use city streets, and the project will be dropped.
Prof. L. P. Tellman an aeronaut from Clinton fell to his death in Kansas last week after his parachute failed to open properly.
Two hundred forty acre first class farm land two miles east and one mile north of Prairieburg. For particulars inquire of J J Henderson of Prairieburg. 101f £
Social notices from Onslow dated August 22 report travels and visits of residents to Waterloo Madison Village and Nashville. Marriage plans in town and local incidents include a boy’s hip fracture on a riding accident and a blacksmith shop change. Local events note fair attendance and a Knights of Columbus excursion to Bellevue.
W Kingsley visited Farley last Monday. Adolph Tindeman is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Lew Wells returned from Durand Wisconsin. Co op Creamery paid 80 cents for July milk. Mrs John A Martin of Quincy Illinois visiting Cascade. Mr and Mrs John Beatty welcome a young son. Mrs S J Hickman returned from a Dubuque visit. Thomas Kingsley broke ground for a new warehouse by his ice house. Presbyterians plan Harvest Home event tomorrow. Dixon Beatty and wife visiting Water loo with J D Beatty family. Mr and Mrs Walter Russell welcome their first daughter. Baptist Sunday School picnic planned for next Friday. Miss Alice Kingsley attends YWCA convention at Water loo next week. Miss Gertrude and Master Willard Dodd of Mt Vernon visiting Wilcox family.
Local notes from Castle Grove August 23 report painting at J A Deischer residence a Saturday dance at John Ligger s lawn social at J A Howie s and neighbors visiting from Monticello. An aged man Evers found dead in his son s home with funeral at Immaculate Conception church.
Edward McDonald, once of Castle Grove, died in the Mississippi near Clarkaville Missouri after falling from a boat while returning to shore. His body was recovered the following Tuesday. also notes a sale of a 418 acre farm one mile south of Monticello.
LOE E. J. Lyons offers a farm of 152 acres with north-side adjacency to Center Junction town. Also for sale are a store building and three lots in Center Junction.
Public notice announces that BE Reed has been appointed administrator of the estate of John Gasol, deceased, by the district court of Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk of court within the legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello August 17 1905.
Advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles burns boils and sores with claims of scarless healing. It also lists a call for fifteen stripping teams near Monticello and notices about insurance offices eggs and cash offers from Diamond Creamery.
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