Monticello Express December 8 1898 issue note
The Monticello Express dated December 8 1898 notes its weekly issue, with J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor. Subscription price listed at 1.78 per year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
4
Local notes from Onstow and vicinity mention moving, schooling, and church matters
Harry Jeffrey is ill with lung fever. Jessie Wasson moves to live with her father and attend school. J J Locher starts a term in Steam Mills Corners district. Rev Geo Potter preaches at the M E church. Ed Garside visits Will Garside from a stock train. Two men harvest 2020 bushels of corn from Supervisor Sokols land. Rev Philip Palmer resigns to lead Schaller Presbyterian church Jan 1. He has served Onstow six years with church prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstow
Harry Jeffrey
John
Anna Klema
Jessie Wasson
J.J. Locher
Monticello
Steam Mills Corners
Geo. Potter
M. E
Ed Garside
Will
John Cole
Henry Schrader
Sokol
Dubuque
Dyersville
Palmer
Local Notes From Pine Grove And Nearby Towns
Center Junction and Pine Grove residents winter teaching and schooling plans are noted along with visits from John Baum in Anamosa and Lee Coder in Hopkinton. Local deaths and funeral sermons are reported, with creamery changes at Amber. The Arnold Jubilee Singers and Epworth elocutionist drew small crowds, while old town bands sparked memories and mixed praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Dec
B. D. Kent
Pine Grove
John Baum
Anamosa
Lee Coder
Hopkinton
Will Stevens
Monticello
A. Murphy
Monmouth
van Buren
Hugh Robinson
Presbyterian Church
W. HH. Sanford
Amber
Hanna
Scotch Grove
Sanford
Arnold Jubilee Singers
Epworth
Iowa State
Local Notes and Debates at Ionian Society Meeting
Castle Grove resident G C A King visited area last week. Peter Ommen stayed with friends in Castle Grove. Elsie Cramer began teaching in Hazel Green. C F Krueger returned from Doon and threshing work. J A McLaughlin lost many hogs to cholera both this and last winter. Ionian Literary Society met Friday. debate on dangers of athletic contests ended in the negative by 2 to 1. New officers elected: President John Brown, Vice president H B Deischer, Secretary J A Deischer, Treasurer John Heiken, Marshal Ibe Hiben, chorister Miss Emma Pfeil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
C. A. King
Anamosa
Peter Ommen
Elsie Cramer
Hazel Green
C. F. Krueger
Doon
Iowa
J. A. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Ionian Literary Society
S. M. Hosford
H. §. Deischer
John Brown
H. BH. Deischer
J. A. Deischer
John Heiken
Ibe Hiben
Emma Pfeil
Christ mas trees shipped from Scotch Grove and local notices
Hoyt Bros shipped a fine carload of Christmas trees from Scotch Grove this week. Local residents P. M. Himebaugh and family attended a banquet in Anamosa. James Applegate recovered from illness. Monticello visitors J A Deutrick and Rev Staebler visited P. M. Himebaugh. Josephine Sutherland recovered from chicken pox and planned to return to school. F. Cramer and family visited Bentley. Local landowners warn hunters and trespassers will be arrested on their lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Hoyt Bros
P. M. Himebaugh
Anamosa
James Applegate
J. A. Deutrick
Staebler
Monticello
Josephine Sutherland
Frank Cramer
Mannchester
Monticello Gun Club hosts first trap tournament in town
The Monticello Gun Club held its first trap tournament last Friday drawing crack shots from surrounding clubs. Six events used clay pigeons as targets and officials report the event was financially and otherwise successful. A theatre program for Dec 18 follows, with a home talent cast listed for the play Bound by an Oath and a list of participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Philip Raymond
Carl French Jacob Johnson
B. E. Nevinseth Randolph
Forest Matson
Edward LeRoy
Lloyd Jennings
Amsden
John T. Campbell
Sambo
Jacob
Lillian Jennings Vrucilla Johnson
Jacod
Ceeseeeenes
Jessie Rundle
Lucy Snuff
E. V
Auctioneers Notice Monticello Iowa Sale Offer
Auctioneer's Notice seeks buyers for a house and lot in Monticello Iowa Lot 14 original plat Monticello and house south of Proctor's A bargain contact 24 O J Bucky Auctioneer Monticello Iowa Also includes a brief antiquarian bill of fare excerpt and unrelated quotes from period sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Proctor’s
J.B. Smith
Sunshine State pamphlets aid farmers seeking West homes
An immigration notice offers a free illustrated pamphlet The Sunshine State and other publications to farmers in the Eastern states. Address H. F. Hunter in Chicago for delivery, with no charge. Also ads for Blue Grass farm land at 25 to 40 dollars per acre in Iowa and for sale Chester white hogs and a 520 acre farm in Buchanan County Iowa with rental option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
H. F. Hunter
South Dakota
Old Colony Bl
Blue Grass
Town
S. Shoemaker
Fontanelle
Adair County
Towa
Horses Wanted by OUT BROS Exchanging Nursery Stock
OUT BROS of Scotch Grove Indiana seeks young horses aged 2 to 4 years to exchange nursery stock. They offer the highest market price for good sized, sound horses and promote top quality trees at low prices for buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OUT Bros
Scotch Grove
Excursion to Mexico Promises Rich Antiquities and Glories
Travel prospectus invites readers from Dubuque Iowa to a through Mexico journey described as the most complete ever. The itinerary spans ancient Toltec Aztec art at the National Museum and pyramids, grand landscapes around Popocatepetl, modern cities, and prehistoric sites. The trip uses a luxurious vestibuled train, a mobile hotel on rails, with routes beyond common tourist trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mexico
Dubuque
Iowa
Egypt
New World
Mexico
Popocatepetl
Cortes
America
Montezuma
National Museum
Rail Freight Schedule Across Cedar Rapids to Kansas City
Train timetable lists freight routes including Cedar Rapids Davenport Minneapolis Anamosa Marion and Calmar as well as Kansas City West with daily service except Sunday. Arrival times shown for multiple segments include 9:30 pm 6:25 pm and 11:20 am with departures at 10:55 pm and 8:40 am and 6:20 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Paul
Minneapolis
Davenport
Parley
Anamosa
Marion
Kansas City
West
Calmar—Freight
Davenport—Freight
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