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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
2
The Monticello Express issue from August 30, 1900 reports local notices and brief items in a period newspaper style. This record notes the editor J. W. Coxsee and the Thursday publication cadence with pricing details.
Fall plowing has begun A F M Casper drilled a well C A Thomas new barn nearly finished J A McLaughlin erected windmill Schoolhouse No 3 got a new coat of paint Miss Louie Mitchell to teach in No 4 Forest Matson to head No 2 school Arthur Fairbanks in Des Moines State Fair with new two seated carriage milk price 76c per hundred at Downerville creamery Threshing good oats 30 to 55 bushels per acre A magic lantern show drew a small crowd near Castle Grove post office Kicking buggy incident injures two men but not seriously and the buggy is wrecked
Amber notes report births for Mr and Mrs Hendrickson and Mr and Mrs James Brown plus visits by Mrs Joseph Perryman from Nebraska and Miss Cora Peterson from Indianapolis. In Cass, Fred Brainard hosts at the State Fair and activities include butter fat price takes, cattle shipments, and families visiting Fremont and Anamosa.
Edith Spooner visits Chicago. Dr. Stoffel and Prof. Walred appear in town and Chicago. School opens next Monday. Encampment attendees Noyes pair visit daughter in Chicago. Denton Stimson and Miss Earle wed at Muquoketa and settle here. Pearl and Lyle Welch host cobweb party for Miss Duke. Carrie Paul and Mr. Frank Fow preach locally with Castle Grove series. Rev Ferguson and Mr Harvey assist. Presbyterian Board funds services. Concert choir provides music. First meeting Sunday at three with eight o clock evening session.
The couple married last Wednesday at 5 pm in the bride’s home with a small party of relatives and friends. Rev J R McQuown performed the ceremony. They left for Stanwood the same evening to begin their new life. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph A Paul, is a longtime county teacher respected by many in the community.
Miss Ebersole of Anamosa hosts guest Lyans. John Baum and Will Stingley visited Olin. Mattie Carson begins fall term in Madison village. Kathie Magee returns from Marshalltown. A Wapsie camping crowd gathers. a wedding at Mattie Colling’s home. ice cream social planned at Henry Preston’s with team transport.
Scotch Grove notes a Sunbeam Mission Band ice cream social planned for Tuesday evening September 4. Local activity includes Dr L Woyt at DuBuque races last week, and William Kuhns shipping fat cattle to Chicago today. Frank Ray of Greeley visited, as did Mr. Robinson of Greeley visiting his son station agent here.
In Clay last week Monticello residents Mrs. Carl French and Prof. Seroquic visited. Michael English sold a farm to R A Scroggie and bought another 300 acre property for 16000 east of Bernard. John Dennison wed Agnes Dennison at the bride's home with Rev Mc Quown officiating. the couple plans Buchanan county life, as friends extend best wishes.
The Castle Grove tent meetings open next Sunday September 2 in James Howie's grove six miles west of Monticello. A five hundred seat tent will host the services with Capt. A. R. O'Brien in charge as speaker, a former ship captain of twenty years who left the sea life to preach.
A historic account outlines the town's early religious life from the first Sunday school in 1859 to the formal organization of the Congregational church in 1860. It details founding members, building of the church after 1867, its 14 pastors, and the 1900 decision to construct a new church on Chestnut street The piece notes key figures like Rev. Kimball, Rev. Jones, Rev. Warner, and benefactors including Mrs. Lucretia Mott.
A Monticello Gun Club shoot concluded successfully yesterday. Local residents Wim Starr of Maxwell greets old friends while Miss Gertie Lang plans to enter the State Normal school in Cedar Falls next week. Fire destroys John Weers home in Cass township. loss around $2,000 with some insurance. Wm Allen buys 160 acres from Sandy Shoemaker near Fontanelle in Adair county.
Church services announced by Capt. O Brien and Rev Nisewonder with dering tent meetings. Union services at U B church and M F E church schedule. Montieo note August 28 preacher and lightning loss settlement. Insurance endorsement praises State Insurance Co of Des Moines and local agent O R Ricker. Court referees invite open offers for E M Thompson real estate in Monticello on Sept 10 at 2 pm.
Ezra Jansen listed as 10w4 Administratrix with M W Herrick as attorney for the estate. The brief entry names the parties involved in the settlement or probate proceeding and their roles.
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