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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1906

Page

5

Holiday notices and visits fill Monticello column

The Monticello column lists residents and visitors including Mrs. W Dawson of Traer visiting relatives, Senator R C Stirton in Davenport on business, Miss Mary Stoner and Miss Abbie Ferguson from Dubuque visiting, O R Ricker of Cedar Rapids and Anna and Helen Schnier of Worthington in town, and multiple trips to Edgewood Danville and Chicago. Also notes shopping, new sewing machines, Christmas goods, and local events at Deatrick's Hubbard Hanken Hall's Hardware Burrichter's and Davis hardware with mentions of candies, furs, and a recital.

Christmas entertainment and town notes in Monticello

A Monticello column lists church events and holiday displays, a small fire incident, retail mentions, family updates, local trades and politics. It notes tax sale results, new business ownership, real estate transfers, school retirements, and upcoming high school play with ticket details.

Monticello High School Opera House

Holiday window splendor and farm sale notices

The town highlights festive shop windows at Hilers & Bolton and a surge of holiday trade. A Hicks estate house on Bowen's Prairie burned briefly. neighbors saved the building. Auctions near Langworthy sell horses, cattle, corn, oats, hay, and farm implements, led by Capt Tarbox. The Diatrick store and Davis Hardware feature holiday goods and weather prognostications spark chatter.

Messrs Hilers & Bolton F. M. Hicks Bowen’s Prairie Cyrus Whittemore Lewis Batchelder Batchelder Langworthy E. Tarbox G. B. Colton Monticello

Davis visits in Langworthy area planning Missouri winter

Mr. Marshall Davis and his wife travel from Langworthy toward Southern Missouri to spend the winter. He reports his 84 year old father, Squire Minor Davis, is in good health and the couple hope a milder winter helps Mrs. Davis.

Marshall Davis Langworthy Missouri Davis Towa Mr. Davis Squire Minor Davis Jones County Andrew McDonald Frank Serbousek Guthrie Dubuque McDonald Board of County Supervisors

December 1876 Monticello Happenings Preview

Thirty years ago December events in Monticello and vicinity are recapped from The Express files. Marriages include Alice Curtis with Clifford Keith and Calhoun Stevenson with Caroline Shaw. A death records Porter Babcock and Typhoid claimed Henrietta Oswald. The Tremont House sale and a fire loan story are noted amid church hoaxes and a frozen Maquoketa river.

Monticello the Express Alice A. Curtis Clifford Keith J. 8. Eberhart John Clark Clinton Calhoun Stevenson Caroline Shaw Porter H. Babcock Maquoketa Tremont House William White Henrietta W. Oswald Theodore Soetje Mike McCullough Bentley M. AL. Phillips

Old Subscribers Speak Expressing Reader Support and Local Notices

Letters from readers praise The Express for news about familiar people and places while notices advertise holiday sales hardware stores a creamery auction and a teacher examination in Anamosa. The mix shows community support and commercial appeals in a single issue.

The Express C. F. Schneiter Mason City Gregory Mitchell Dakota Herrick Samels Bros Minneapolis Minn the Express Sandy Shoemaker Bridgewater Town

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NEW Shoe Store Goodyear Glove Banigan Home News Mr. Henry George Mrs. W. Dawson Traer Deatrick’s O. A. Ablers R. C.stirton Davenport W. G. Eilers Edgewood Mia Blanche Peltier Hubbard & Hanken’s Hall's Hardware Mary Stoner Abbie Ferguson B. Paul Nathan Lathrop Oxford Junction Eclipse Lumber Co O. R. Ricker Cedar Rapids Hall’s Hardware Anna Helen Schnier Worthington Frank Podhaski H. P. Bancroft Greeley Burrichter’s George Inglis George Schoonover Danville Ilinois Deitrick’s Mrs. W. Eberhart Manchester Charles Cramer Henry Heisey Perry Charles Winner Davis’ Hardware Luna Templeton Emma Eams Wasi Andes B. Devlin & Co N. W. Hutchins Wyoming Anamosa Henry Harms Wm Heiken Gerret Harma Sherman County Kansas Puleston Hubbard & Hanken Mons Corbett X’mas Handkerchiefs Filers & Bolton’s Messra Hicks Ricklefa Mary Smith Lorain Ohio Stuart Harry K. K A. B. Livingstone Wallace, Idaho Alexander Livingstone Iowa Legion of Honor Noyes Onslow J. F. Petcina Olin Oxford Township Fairview Township R. Coultherd Owl Joe Jock Jock Cedar Rapide Coatrick’s John Rieder Washington Township Frank Kurt Kurt X’mas Fura Eilers & Bolton’s Albert Harriet Batchelder Herman Stutt Misa Maurice J. C. Magee Fayette Methodist, Episcopal Church D. F. Magee Toyland Variety Store Pearson Petcina F. M. Magee Storm Lake John Martin Chestnut Street Patent Office John H. Heisey Heisey Miller R. Coutlherd Rebecca E. V. Monroe Soetje Deatrick Grandpa Heisey Brother Sister Edwin Sparks United States Congregational Church America Central Lumber & Coal Co Clara Whittaker Presbyterian Church Arteas I. Kepford Kepford Ah Iowa Association Cornell College Monticello Public Library Iowa George Pierce Millington Carpenter H. M. Carpenter Morgan Park Academy Chicago Chicago University Sears, Roebuck Co Douglass H. Smith M. A. Breed Oakwood Cemetery Northwest Territory N. B. Noyes Busse Parrott Supreme Court Anamoga Cornell Scotch Grove Scotch Grove Township Wyoming Township John G. Krause Wayne Clay Townships Eilers Bolton's John Blanchard Hal’s Burrichster’s Chicago, New York Electric Air Line Railroad G. W. Eastwood J. A. Deutrick Douglasa H. Smith Clover Leaf Creamery Co Wayne Township John Ke, Folkerts Clifford B. Paul Itc Eilers & Bolton C. H. Schipman South Cedar Street Merry Christmas Lovell Block Mrs. Delaine AD Wikow Ubeu Cee Evrerees Olotitdy Dautrensont Reber Ech O Foundling Nied Frieda Hanssen Clarissa Codman Mary Pond Club Dora Gaines Marence Hubbard Jennie Woodman Selma Suter Sadie Morrell Berthy Soc Gracie Greenwood Mae Hubbard Emma Stevens Blanch Hilers Katie Aeyve Mary Coxsee Nellie Sutherland Edith Bajasch Lou Dayton Edna Templeton Madge Dayton Ghatlys Fairianks Dick Mujendie Oj. H. Dreibelbis Duchess of Diddiesex Marie Bateman Fanny Alta Spate Delseher Algernon Penryhn Heron Charles Doxsee Russell Stabler Loctje's Picture Sale
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