Monticello Express weekly edition notice
The Monticello Express dated Thursday December 2 1897 announces publication by J W Doxsee as editor proprietor with a yearly subscription price of 81 75 dollars.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
2
Scotch Grove Community Notes Reflect Murmur of Daily Life
C S Applegate serves on jury duty in Anamosa this week. Neighbors share visits and travel news including Lottie Sweesy with Mrs. Applegate and Delbert Kerr with Lyman Moats heading to Epworth for a commercial course. Obituary news notes Harry Brady’s death in Waverly after pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
C.S. Applegate
Anamosa
Lottie Sweesy
C. S. Applegate
Ernest Himebaugh
Hutton
Lincoln
Neb
Raleigh Glenn
DeKalb
Carrie Clark
Clinton
Iowa
Thomas Marshall
Rev. H. Robinson
Springville
Harry Brady
Waverly
Delbert Kerr
Lyman Moats
Epworth
Margaret Sutherland
Clarinda
Des Moines
A. L. Garrison
Summerville
Tenn
Lanark
Iinois
Garrison
Amber District Notes Reflect Local Happenings December
Amber reports shipping hogs and cattle, illnesses at homes, ongoing revival meetings, church improvements, and a dec 9 debating society meeting. Local clergy conduct communion, a hunting accident led to amputation, and residents travel to Cedar Rapids and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Will Daley
John Kull
Frank Bailey
Bretnall
Reformed Church
Onur Good Templar
Morley
H. G. Davis
Baldwin
Amber School House
Boomershine
Maquoketa
Jim Meilland
Tom Schoon
Jim
Tom
Dottor McKay
Sigworth
Kent
Local Social Notes and Health Headlines from Onstow
Miss Mary Bates visits Maquoketa while Mrs. Brown tours Iowa relatives. Prof. Cummings readies to open school next week. Mary Carter returns from Albert Lea and Greene. A baby near Onstow dies from convulsions. Frank Briggs promotes Town State Advertiser in town with wife visiting Sears family. New England supper fundraiser set for Dec 10. Several locals attend a Maquoketa church fair. Carrie and Mamie Paul resume teaching after scarlet fever scares. John Paul returns from Clinton sick with mumps. mother stays to care. George Alexander Jr. ill with scarlet fever complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstow
Mary Bates
Maquoketa
Brown
Toledo
Iowa
Geo. Evans
W. C. Cummings
Mary Carter
Albert Lea
Minn
Greene
R. Green
Frank Briggs
Clinton
State Advertiser
Geo. Sears
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
New England
W. A. Scott
S. B. Richardson
H.C. Meade
Carrie Paul
Center Junction
Mamie Paul
John Paul
J. M. Paul
George Alexander
Alexander
Castle Grove Notes From Delaware County Area
December reports from Castle Grove include J B Clark rebuilding his barn last week and changes in local teaching staff Miss Jessie Byerly of Monticello teaches in No 2. Deer Creek literary society reformed and will present a program next Saturday. Conrad Pfeil sold stock at auction and plans retirement with his sons Sam and George taking charge of the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
J.B. Clark
H. Rickel
Jessie Byerly
Monticello
Margaret Noble
C.L. Scott
Dean
Iowa
J. F. Delay
Hopkinton
Margaret Cramer
Union Township
Delaware County
Deer Creek Literary Society
Conrad Pfeil
Pfeil
Sam
George
Widow of John G. Wood Dies in Bellevue Ohio
Mrs Almira C Wood aged 70 died suddenly of heart disease at her son Georges home in Bellevue Ohio on November 25 1897 She was born July 5 1827 in Saratoga Springs New York and lived in Wisconsin and Monticello before moving to Bellevue Survivors include two sons Frank G Wood of Stuart Town and George E Wood of Bellevue a grandson Nellie Wood a sister Mrs J Stebbins and brothers Milton Mills and burial at Bellevue Cemetery The obituary honors her Christian life and motherhood with tribute from her son George E Wood and pastors Rev G W Huddleston and Rev Ch Swartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almira C. Wood
John G. Wood
Monticello
Geo. E. Wood
Bellevue
Ohio
Bellevue News
George FE. Wood
Wood
Mills
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Chautauqua County
Painesville
Walworth County
Wis
Earth
Bellevue Cemetery
Myr
Frank G. Wood
Stuart
Town
George E. Wood
Nellie Wood
J. Stebbins
Zearing
Iowa
Mary J. Kinney
Mentorville
Neb
Milton F. Mills
Lovewell
Kaw
Methodist Episcopal Church
Unclaimed Letters At Monticello Post Office
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Monticello Iowa post office advertised December 7 1897. Names include Curts John Lahn John L and T Alexander P M. For Sale Forty tons of timothy hay inquires directed to W H Haxkesx 23w2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Curts
John Lahn
John L. T. Alexander
P.M
Timothy Hay
W. H. Haxkesx
City Council Adopts Reports And Appoints Officials
Council met in adjourned session with members present and approved minutes. Weighmaster report for November shows 165 drafts weighing 22 tons 5 cwt and total earnings $17.60. salary adjustments discussed. Mayor’s report and warrants filed. N. S. Lee approved as marshal and water superintendent. bond for H. L. Tee as city marshal and for Lee as later superintendent approved. Advertisements note piano dealer visits Monticello and sale of excursion tickets to Cedar Rapids for December 14 meetings. shop for sale and inquiries invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overing
Heisey
Button
Clark
Schoonover
Abel
Adolph Miller
N. S. Lee
Tee
Lee
J. Peretya
J. E. Coder
Rebecca Nelson
Grette Seimers
Henry H. Seimers
Anamosa
Towa
A. D
J.B. McQueen
Clk
District Court of Jones Co
J. A. Hartman
Independent offer and warrants report from Monticello ad
A newspaper page advertises The Independent of New York offering a year of The Independent Century Magazine and the Century Gallery of One Hundred Portraits for 750 instead of 1450. It notes portraits valued for framing as holiday gifts. The page then presents a warrants draw report from Monticello Iowa listing warrants for November 1897, sworn by City Clerk J F Pervera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thnk
Independent of New York
the Land
United States
Independent
Century Magazine
Century
Owa
Jones County
J. F. Percina
Monticello
Iowa
Evergreens for Shelter Planting in Jones County
The undersigned offer to plant evergreens to protect against weather, handling spring timing and soil prep. They will plant at no upfront payment, take two years to ensure establishment, and bear tree loss risk. They also stock established apple, plum, and cherry varieties, urging sound, well rooted trees and inviting visitors and correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Towa
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