Monticello Express Local News and Social Notes
The Monticello Express reports on community happenings including Thanksgiving visits, a Mystic Workers lodge organized in Onslow, staff changes, travels to Chicago, supper events by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, and local moves such as Henderson Bros. purchasing Center Junction property to open a shop. Several residents relocate to farms near Spirit Lake and Madison Village hosts gatherings.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Lodge
M. KE
J. H. Cooksey
N. B. Noyes
Eling Anderson
Madison Village
Lamford Jennings
Henderson Bros
Center Junction
H.H. Roberts
W. A. Neelans
Spirit Lake
David Simm
Harborr
Simm
Cass News Roundup from Dec 5 With Local Notes
School in No 2 opens with Miss Ford as teacher. George Thomas and family Thanksgiving in Monticello. Shirley Muzzey turns Center creamery into a cheese factory. Harry Sandhouse visit Fred Brainard’s. Farmers plowing more this season. W K Wilds moves to Delaware to enter mercantile business. Anamosa visitors at Brainard’s and Ketcham’s. Ed Flaherty’s son Johnny injures finger untying a horse. Hog cholera dying out. 20 hogs lost by Thomas, 57 by Day, 70 by Michaels. Over 500 hogs affected by the outbreak in the township.
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F. J. Brainard
John Hale
Anamosa
W. L. Ketcham
Johnny
Ed. Flaherty
Geo. Thomas
Mr. Michaels
Scotch Grove News Briefs and Local Notes
Lucy Eby visited Epworth last week and A. P. Moats saw his brother in Cedar Rapids. Lyman Moats returned from Monmouth Illinois last Wednesday. Ed Warner of Muscatine spent Thanksgiving with his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Warner. H Lachman and family quarantined. a child has scarlet fever. J Rice injured hand while assisting Hine at the parsonage. arm to be in a sling for a time.
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Scotch Grove
Lucy Eby
Epworth
A. P. Moats
Cedar Rapids
Lyman Moats
Monmouth
Illinois
Ed. Warner
Muscatine
Paul Warner
H. Lachman
J. Rice
Mr. Hine
Death of C P Henderson Praised by Woodman Camp
The Modern Woodmen of America Root Camp No 282 resolves to honor neighbor C P Henderson who died after a brief illness. The note commends his loyalty to the camp and care for his widow and children and calls for publication in local papers and a copy to the family.
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C. P. Henderson
Root
Woodman of
November Marriage Licenses in County Clerk Records
A November list shows license pairs including Geo Vanslyke with Mary Everts and Samuel B Bixler with Nellie Stephens among many entries. Other couples include Chas Teutsch with Anna Krebser and James Trimble with Anna Edwards, with ages and dates partially noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Vanslyke
Mary Everts
Samuel B. Bixler
Nellie Stephens
Nathan Potter
Mary Hutton
Herman Hanken
A. Tobiason
David Scroggins
Gertrude McCann
Chas. Teutsch
Anna Krebser
Chas. Helphrey
Flora Peck
James Trimble
Anna Edwards
Albert Seimers
H. W. M. Thuman
Alvin Twilers
Mae 1. Hubbard
John Hunwartsen
Clara Holst
Earl Hatcher
Gertrude M. Miller
Geo. F. Vernon
Eva M. Stingley
Albert Sinkey
Lillie Ralston
O. M. Newman
Surgie A. Peet
Joseph Milota
Mary A. Wasoba
Jas. Hollingsworth
Edna Rooney
Edwin Lyon
Myrtle Switzer
Frank H. Berry
Minnie Heisey
John H. Mortensen
Ida Thomsen
Iowa Publisher Offers Eight Page Daily for 1900
Remit $2.00 for December 28 as Iowa marks fifty three years in the union. Lafe Young, publisher of the Daily Capital at Des Moines, will sell his eight page daily paper on that single day for $2.80 for the year 1900, with a check accompanying the order. The Capital is a regular eight page daily newspaper, well established and modern, owning its own building and costly linotype machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lafe Young
Daily Capital
Des Moines
Embarrassing Mixup At West Philadelphia Reception
A young West Philadelphia woman faced an awkward moment when she questioned Mrs. R about divorce at a reception. Several attendees were divorcees, and the misstep led to a blush and a hurried retreat as the host revealed her own divorce. The adviser urged doing nothing and treated the topic casually.
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West Philadelphia
Mrs. R
A Child's Fancy Imaginative Growth in Youth
Florence Hull Winterburn argues that a rich imagination is a gift in children and that precocious play blends real life with fantasy. Creative ability arises from reconstructing and connecting patterns, with many lively acts born of happy accidents rather than deliberate genius.
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Florence Hull Winterburn
The Endless Reach of the Word Grand
An editorial notes how the word grand is overused in urban life and everyday objects. It cites Grand hotels and Grand View houses as examples and laments its all purpose misuse from mountains to weather to fashion. The piece warns of grand used to praise or sell, shaping perception unfairly.
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New York Sun
Musical snakes cause church organ scare in Pittsburg
A tale recalls black snakes drawn to music, one scales an organ bench and starts the church’s water motor to play the organ during service, frightening the choir. The piece contrasts a vaudeville anecdote with a Seneca quote on self-discipline and attainment.
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The
Pittsburg Times
A Fisherman Returns With His Basket
A man returns from a day of fishing to his wife who frets about late hours. He reassures her with affectionate humor as they discuss the timing of fish shops closing in town.
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John
Jove
Iowa Capital to Offer Full Year for Two Dollars in 1900
The Daily Iowa Capital announces a special 1900 offer: the Capital will cost two dollars for the entire year to celebrate Iowa’s 53rd year in the Union. The paper pledges full Associated Press coverage of world conflicts and rumors, with checks payable to publisher Safe Young in Des Moines.
Unclaimed Letters Listed at Monticello Post Office
Advertised December 4 1899 in Adair county shows unclaimed letters for Giuseppe Tuccio Picho Sera R Calcarine Alfonso Salvatore Francesco Manale G Manale Giovanni Stassi Giovanni Cuccia Dick H Johnson D L Poxp plus notes on fur sales buying raw furs and a farm offer in Blue Grass region with cash payments by C W Brown and Shoemaker Banker Fontanelle.
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Monticello
Towa
Giuseppe Tuccio
Picho Sera
R. Calcarine
Alfonso Salvatore
Francesco Manale
G Manale
Giovanni Stassi
Giovanni Cuccia
Dick H. Johnson
D. £. Poxp
P.M
Blue Grass
Town
Fontanelle
Adair County
Statement of Condition of Tite Lovell State Bank 1899
Ledger style report listing assets and liabilities shows the bank’s condition as of December 2 1899 with details on bills bonds cash on hand drafts and checks due from other banks and capital stock deposits. The excerpt notes total assets of 10684402 on hand cash 5230 12 drafts and checks 8675 00 and total assets 815286 but provides unclear final liability figures and capital stock details due to transcription errors.
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Lovell State Bank
Iowa
Monticello
Jones
Dee
National Bank
Wind
Ceee Ieee Eae Lowa
District Court Admits Quiet Title Action in Jones County
In Jones County Iowa District Court Robins Tobiason sues Wing W Hamilton Engelhard Fielitz claiming absolute ownership in fee simple of parts of sections 35 2 and 2 township 86 85 north range 3 3 west of the 5th P M and seeks a quiet title against unknown heirs and claimants with a public notice order issued for six weeks in Tom Montice Lo Express Anamosa Iowa dated November 13 1809.
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District Court
Jones County
Levi G. Wildreth
Levi G. Tildreth
Levi G. Hildreth
Matt Noyes
Recorder
Iowa
Thomas Rearick
Jedediah Ferris
Mary Ferris
United States
J. W. Doxsee
Tf. M. Remley
Eighteenth Judicial District Court of
Town
Monticello Express
Anamosa
Robins Tobiason
Wing W. Hamilton
Win
W. Hamilton
Engelhard Kelitz
Engelhard Fielitz
Engelhard Ielitz
Defendants
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
George W. Lovell
William Moore
Alvira Moore
Wm. W. Hamilton
United States Land Office
Dubuque
Engelhard Wielitz
Nngelhard Fielitz
Towa
J. H. M. Remley
Eighteenth Judicial District of Iowa
Tom Montice
Lo Express
Charles Henderson
Monticello
Martha D. Henderson
Jd. W. Coxsee
State of
Peter Strong
Holiday Train Fare Deals For Students And Public
The Nickel Plate Road offers Central Passenger Association tickets at a fare and a third for round trips during Christmas and New Year holidays with return by January 2 1900. Students presenting proper credentials may buy at the same rate with generous return limits. agents in Chicago provide full service information.
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Central Passenger Association
Nickel Plate Road
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Tfostoria
Adams J
Chicago
van Buren St
Pacific Ave
Adams
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J.W. Coxsee
Onstow
W. H. McKean
Mystic Workers
Lydia Gilbert
Clinton
van Ness
Marshalltown
Cooley
Lulu Noyes
Trotter
Cass
Hi Tragerdy
Lowe Comerdy
Oshkosh
Catholic Standard and Times
Seneca
Iowa Capital
Associated Press
Safe Young
Furs
T Ean
C. W. Brown
First Nav Bank
Peer Nut’l Bank
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Nat'l
Alf Ve
Lowa
R. C. Stirton
Banx
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Leonard Arduser
H. Sandhouse
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J.W. Doxser
Davenport
New York
Sarre
U. S
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Farwell
I. M. Carpenter
FarwEl
Hi. M. Carpenter
A. M. Carpenter
R. P. Smith
WM. Stuhler
O. H. Soetie
BE. Sarces
Jedediah Perris
Maury Ferris
North Range
J. W. Doxser
HL. M. Rewary
England
India
Herald
Cordova
Standard Oil CO
Peter C. Smith
J. W. Doxses
State OF Iowa
And
Gerd J. Bohlken
J. A Hartman
District Court of Jones Co
Palace of Sweets
J. H. Fryberger
Hingnest
J. W. Benson
Agency & Club Department
James W. Benson
Queen & Royal
FI. N. UW
Prince of Wales
Ludgate Hinn
London
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MR. Hoult
Turnham Green
C. B
Mr. Hout
W. A. Overinc
W. A. Overing
Golden Eagle Clothing House
Santa Claus
Ulster
Kuppenheimer
B. Kuppenheimer & CO
D. I. Goldstone, Propr
J.D. Maxwell
I Dundell
Monticello State Bank
Wi Wan Winn
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