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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
4
Local correspondence reports residents and relatives traveling to Canada Oklahoma and Ohio, plus visits to funerals in Center Junction and Andrew. It notes new school principal A W Graham moving in, a new bridge north of town, cemetery plans for a soldiers monument, and Mary Coburn visiting Oklahoma relatives.
Cascade notes include Leon Wallace visiting his mother at Clear Lake, Presbyterians’ harvest home fundraiser, and Mrs. S A Hill traveling this week. Automobiles dominate service, and Tri-State Fair drew steady Cascaders. Various locals travel, study plans unfold, and St Martin church prepares a new school. Kingsley led a successful Baptist picnic with strong community support.
Castle Grove reports D J Hogan traveled to Anamosa and Chicago with cattle from Prairieburg. A new Lutheran church bell is in place and Miss Harriet Lubben will teach in district No 5 this fall. A Rocky Hill bridge project stalls. a lawn social at J A Howie’s drew a strong crowd. Downerville creamery stockholders meet next Saturday to consider selling the creamery and related assets.
Onslow notes that schools will commence next Monday as of August 28. Mrs. Sears has returned from a five weeks visit in Clinton. Mrs. Dr. Scott of Maquoketa is calling on old neighbors in town Monday. Mrs. Robert Russell visits her Des Moines parents and attends the Fair. George Shumacke of Clinton is visiting.
Amber August 29 report details Marshal Lee arresting two suspected pickpockets from Henry County Iowa after a Cambridge Illinois fair crime spree. The pair allegedly robbed a man of a watch and 2200 dollars, plus entered two stores. Illinois authorities, with Sheriff Stiers, took custody Wednesday for trial.
A Cedar Rapids couple hosted a small noon ceremony at the bride’s home for Florence Louise Schodde and Charles Arthur Clark. Guests included the Schodde and Stuhler families, with gifts of furniture, silver, and linens. After two weeks of honeymoon travels the couple will settle at 218 South Tenth Street.
Arrangements made for a September street carnival in Vinton. Manchester Delaware county wins an $11 000 brick paving contract. Three Monmouth dairymen fined 100 each for selling formaldehyde adulterated milk. Re C Williams new superintendent at Stillwater Minnesota prison twine factory. Over 1 644 visited Anamosa penitentiary last week paying 25 cents each for library fund. Life term for E Seymour near end. Strawberry Point merchants seek Great West connection. Surveys to Lamont Dundee for short line route. Mrs W F Hayford killed in Cedar Rapids runaway. Mrs William J Mather injured. George M Towner dies by suicide at Iowa City. B F Elbert drowns near Fort Des Moines. life insured 295 000. Four Filipino students to Iowa State College next year. Rock Island shifts interurban with 50 cent round trip Cedar Rapids Iowa City on Wednesdays. Frank Fruce shot dead near Buxton. Italian laborers involved. killer at large. Keokuk earthquake felt at 11 pm with three shocks. Child injured by falling spike while father rushes to doctor. Wholesale jail break at Vinton. five escape through tunnels. One pair captured and returned. Grundy Center merchants form association to curb dead beats and gather support for pure food law.
Henry Watterson labels the Czar a perfidious reptile and calls him a snake in the grays to critics and business rivals. The remarks reflect sharp diplomatic and commercial tensions of the period.
A farm note links bumper corn yields to many sick hogs and promotes Lee's Hog remedy as pure and preventive. The product is sold in Monticello through Co W. Brown with a suggestion to apply two or three times weekly. An ounce of preventative is claimed to be worth pounds of cure.
Farmer Alonzo Hosford offers 418 acres of land for sale in one tract, located one mile south of Monticello Iowa. It can be divided to fit the buyer’s needs.
Miss Hattie McCuskey hosted Monticello friends last Monday while Rev F C McKean preached in Monticello and headed home Tuesday. Monticello plans an attraction with Governor Cummins next Thursday and Strawberry Point with Bryan the same day, plus a special excursion from Hopkinton. A large Monticello crowd arrived by special train, 186 passengers, to join the Harvest Home events. The Monticello baseball team defeated Worthington 18 to 2 as errors plagued Worthington in the first inning. Cora Beckwith, famed swimmer, performs in 40 000 gallons of water at the fair all week.
A property listing notes a tract of one hundred fifty two and a fraction acres joining Center Junction to the north, plus the seller's store building and three lots in Center Junction. The dated reference is likely from the 10th of the month.
Normal rates have been restored by all lines between Chicago Buffalo New York Boston and other Eastern points. Nickel Plate Road provides first class service on three daily through trains to New York and Boston with meals in dining car not exceeding one dollar. Information at 111 Adams Street or 1143 Adams Street room 298 Chicago. John Y. Calahan, General Agent. John L Sullivan must prove he has knocked out John L Barleycorn before another bout.
An ad offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a solution to a mother-in-law problem promising health happiness and docility. It includes price 35 cents and notes tea or tablets sold by O H Soetije.
A cheeky Kansas City Journal item notes racing yachts crossed the Atlantic but none matched the speed of the unnamed subject, delivering a punny vignette about speed and rivalry.
Three Nickel Plate express trains connect Chicago to Buffalo and Eastern points with colored porters in coaches. Passengers receive attentive care for ladies and children and solo travelers, with no excess fare. Dining cars serve American Club Meals from 35 cents to 1 dollar. Trains depart La Salle Street Station Chicago from the elevated loop. General agent John Y. Calahan invites calls or letters at 118 Adams Street Room 298, Chicago.
Advertises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for sunburn skin diseases and piles, claiming it heals burns without scarring and treats boils and old sores. Warns against substitutes sold by O A Soetje and promotes genuine product.
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