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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
3
Local notes from Wromma December 1897
Wromma news highlights visits from Monticello and Hopkinton residents. New grocer Will Waite opens in Ieberhart building. Fred Arnold sells dray line to Will Morse who moves to town. Baby born to John Christopherson. Miss Anna Pixley dies. high school program at opera house. operetta The National Flower to be staged. six carloads of stock shipped. Dr. T J Baird family returns from Montana seeking location. illness affects several readers and staff including Annette Anderson leaving temporarily for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wromma
M. McAleer
Monticello
David Smith
Hopkinton
Will Waite
Ieberhart
Fred Arnold
Fisk
Main Street
John Christopherson
Geo
Wm. Barr
Manchester
Will Morse
Anna Pixley
John Pixley
First National Bank
Opera House
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Annette Anderson
Clarence
Windmill Rise In Caste Grove And Local Church Moves
Wm. Calligan owns a new windmill rising in Caste Grove. Jas Laude travels to Dubuque on business. Thunderstorm hit last Thursday evening. W A Hogan shipped a carload of cattle and hogs to Chicago. Miss Margaret Cramer spent weekend in Hopkinton. H E Deischer leads No 4 winter rod while Miss Emma Pfeil cares for No 6 youngsters. Talk of buying Evangelical church at Locust Grove and relocating for central access. Rev Street of Monticello surveyed site during school-house meetings. Ionian literary society met with debate on whether it is good fortune for a young man to be born rich. Geo Pfeil and Chris Specht spoke for. S M Hosford and J A Deischer spoke against. judges split two to one in favor of affirmative. Next week’s meeting moved to Thursday due to Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caste Grove
Wm. Cllligan’s
Jas
Laude
Dubuque
W. A. Hogan
Chicago
Margaret Cramer
Hopkinton
H. E. Deischer
Emma Pfeil
Street of
Monticello
Evangelical
Locust Grove
Ionian Literary Society
Community Notes From Center Junction District
Center Junction updates report visitors from Anamosa Hopkinton and Wyoming Christmas church events Plans for a Methodist social at J E Coder home December 16 and M W A officer installation January 5. J H Hebdon temperance lectures with kinetoscope pleased audiences. town seeks music class and a new school principal post Cartwright praised as best yet notes resignations and upcoming teacher appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Mullet
Anamosa
Kent
David Smith
Hopkinton
Geo. Walston
Wyoming
Vina Walker
T. Fisher's
Messrs
Kent and Young
Epworth
Christian Endeavor Society
J. E. Coder
James Hall
Monticello
J. H. Hebdon
Y.C
Cartwright
Curttright
Bhut
Foolish advisers threaten peril, warns an aged observer
A fragment from a column laments dangerous guidance by careless allies. The speaker, echoing a proverb, warns readers to beware advisers who may steer decisions toward harm and calls for discernment and prudence.
Onslow North Carolina News Highlights Local Developments
John Sokol visits home from Sunday stay while John Paul returns from Clinton to Onslow. Presbyterian meetings draw interest and the Alexander child shows mixed health. Franks prepares for spring brickwork as the burnt district rebuilds. TH D Hall store gains Carl French partial ownership and Croker undergoes successful foot surgery. County residents attend a costly lawsuit, and rail changes affect mail flow with Clinton freight pouch restored by Postmaster Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sokol
John Paul
Clinton
Presbyterian Church
Alexander
Franks
Onslow
Gilbert
Carl French
Monticello
TH. D. Hall
French
Eugene Croker
Oxford
Chicago
Noyes
Scotch Grove News Briefs and Farm Sale
Scotch Grove reports visitation by Geo Sutherland Sr to Springville to visit Rev H Robinson. Mrs F C Merriam and son of Hopkinton return from visiting nearby. Miss Blanche Applegate travels to Greeley where her music class now has twenty six students. A U Dreibelbis sells his farm to Henry Henrichs for 7200 dollars with plans to move there and lease the former farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Geo. Sutherland, Sr
Springville
H. Robinson
F.C. Merriam
Hopkinton
Blanche Applegate
Greeley
Miss Applegate
A. U. Dreibelbis
Henry Henrichs
Local notices from the old neighborhood
Cass Dee 18. C. P. Atwood laid up with rheumatism. Bert Muzzey and Connery Bros. have delivered a cattle car for feeding. Ladies Aid Society met Mrs. F. J. Brainard last Wednesday. W. A. Ketcham and W. A. Hale at a stock sale in West Liberty last week. Mrs. J. O. Osborne of Marion visited relatives and friends in the old neighborhood last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Dee
C. P. Atwood
Bert Muzzey
Connery Bros
Ladiesaid Society
F. J. Brainard
W. A. Ketcham
W. A. Hale
West Liberty
J. O. Osborne
Marion
Letter Warns Against Unsound Klondike Investments
Rev David Street asks Tacoma business leaders to avoid Alaska fever ventures. Edward Hamilton of the Klondike Information Bureau is urged to trust only reliable backers and warn that many schemes promise riches while true returns depend on responsible projectors and verifiable data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Street
Edward 8. Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce
Tacoma
Washington
Alaska
Hamilton
Klondike Information Bureau
Unclaimed Mail at Monticello Post Office
List of letters remaining in the Monticello post office advertised December 14 1897 includes Agy Nat C Cones C B Dunn Mrs Margaret L T Alexander P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Agy
Nat C Cones
B. Dunn
Margaret L. T. Alexander
P. M
Freaks of the Rio Grande and Mesilla’s riverbed shift
The Rio Grande’s changing course once made Mesilla an island and moved its channel west of the plaza. The flood altered landmarks, caused swampy conditions and deaths from exposure, and left orchards and alfalfa in the old bed. The river may return to its former path, complicating maps again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesilla
Rio Grande
New Mexico
San Juan
Colorado
Texas
Plaza
New York Sun
Choice Residence for Sale by JT Offer
Ten room brick residence offered for sale described as desirable property. Buyer expected quickly. Inquiries at the clothing store of Samter and Samter. David Samter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samter & Samter
David Samter
Nelson Story Shows Duty Over Petty Slights
The Detroit Free Press recounts Captain Mahan’s tale from Life of Nelson. Nelson rebukes Pasco for scolding a busy coxswain who forgot to drop his own letter. He orders the dispatch vessel to return, praising steadfast duty over mere pedantry as modern transport speeds rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Mahan
Pasco
Iowa State College Offers Broad Courses for 1898 Year
The Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts announces a new college year starting February 22, 1898. It highlights a large faculty, good equipment, and reasonable living costs with courses in sciences, agriculture, civil and mechanical engineering, electrical and mining engineering, a course for women, veterinary science, dairying, and group studies. An illustrated compendium is available by addressing W. M. Beardshear, Ames, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
W. M. Beardshear
Ames
Iowa
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