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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
7
Christmas footwear offers low prices across men women and children. Slippers range from 75c to 2.50 with many styles in fur trim felt and soft soles. Overgaiters leggings and infant soft soled shoes add to a large city wide selection. Come and see the abundant variety.
Home news lists Cedar Rapids Marion and Monticello visitors including Frank Podbaski Lucy Altman Hannah Delay and many others. Public schools close tomorrow for two weeks and local shops promote holiday items with notices about Deutrick's Burrichter's and Deatrick D. G. Co. plus a blind student Carlyle heading to Vinton.
Monticello this week features Christmas preparations and personal visits. Local residents such as QO. D. Chase, Miss Edith Barr, and Miss Blanche Hunter head home for the holiday, while Miss Barr travels from Cornell College. Pooled notes cover bank calendars, lodge officers, and shop ads.
Monticello, Iowa items cover visits from Anna Scheer and Helen Schnier, plus Harold Bingham returning from Oberlin for holidays. Christmas church programs, drought news from Nor Chappell, and a Monticello death in Springfield are noted. A parcels post issue, saloon petition watchers, and postal arrears are mentioned alongside local marriages and business updates.
Twenty years ago in December 1890 Monticello and vicinity saw deaths of children and adults including Frank D. Gray eight, Estella Liddy two, and Nellie May six. marriages of John Ardager to Maggie Ahroken and others. court terms. births. and a Monticello Bank deposits showing 370188, twenty thousand above last year.
A reflective exchange extols the unseen backbone of a town the customer who pays his bills keeps commerce alive and ensures the town’s vitality. It praises the responsible citizen whose finances support editors merchants and the entire commercial community.
Monticello Iowa December 22 1910 sealed proposals invited for erection and completion of a central heating plant building for the Independent School District and for heating and ventilating a ten room school and a high school building. Architect Harry E Netcott plans available on deposit. Bids due January 22 1911 at 4 pm with required checks and bonds. Board reserves right to reject or accept bids and waive irregularities.
Sheriff Hogan returned from Northern Michigan with Aram Buffham who was indicted at the last term on obtaining property from an Oxford Mills man under false pretenses. A requisition by Governor Carroll for his arrest was honored by Michigan’s governor. Buffham is a trader and the trouble stems from a land deal.
The Jones County board of supervisors canvasses petitions to sustain saloon licenses after July. Of 976 voter signatures across eight rural townships, 245 were struck as defective or withdrawn, leaving a likely 644-name excess to eliminate. Saloon leaders fear defeat as withdrawals and repeats shrink the petition while a 200-woman gap in backing may force an end to the drive.
Allen Hutton, longtime Jones county resident born in Edinburg October 13 1841, died suddenly of heart disease at age 60 1 4 in Scotch Grove after a long farm residence. Survived by wife Mary Ann McIntyre and four children Jasper Owen Hutton Delver Warren Hutton Edgar Louis Shutton and Mrs M M Sinclair. Funeral held at home last Monday conducted by Rev R A Brough of the Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church.
Beatrice Kehoe was absent sick last Thursday. Miss Mirick gave an assembly talk on Monday. The Senior class works on a play The Finger of Scorn to be staged in January. A class Christmas program is set for Friday with decorations under way. The high school quartet fades since Doc left the Electric theatre. Professor Miller is in Florida. Miss Thomsen reads a German class tale about a mute woman. stockings will reveal Santa gifts.
William Dearborn son of Frank Dearborn lost his right hand at Stone City yesterday while oiling bearings on a well drill. The mishap occurred when the drill caught his hand, causing mangling that required amputation.
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