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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
8
A long list of notices from the Model Grocery and nearby stores touts celery oysters and Tamoka coffee while promotions at Soetje's and Wills' highlight imported perfumes dresses and gifts. Local people Miss Hogan Mr Farwell and Miss Whiting visit, and there is a brief report on a power outage at the electric light station.
Births, visits, sales and society notes from Monticello items include a son born to Mr and Mrs Henry Rickels on Wednesday and various ads for Johnsons cider at the Model and for items at Deatrick and the Lovell Block Store. Local visitors include Mr Burt Bowne of Pueblo visiting his sister Mrs Frank Pike and Miss Edna Thomas at Rush Medical College in Chicago.
Roy Peterson returns to Coe College for a two week vacation and resumes his post office duties. Chloe Brazelson improves after a Lake Geneva sanitarium stay. Mary E Leyden heads to Independence for Christmas with family. Grace Thoeni visits home from Des Moines Business College. Marcus Z Farwell visits Monticello, then leaves for North English. Infant dies aged six to seven weeks. burial at Catholic cemetery. Deutrick’s advertises holiday table linens Sixty-year-old saloon fixtures mortgage at Hawkeye. Teachers spend holidays at homes. church and school activities noted. Christmas gift perfumes and holiday sales featured. Chronicle reports $10,000 damage suit against E H Scheleman. verdict for defendant. Coal import outlook cited. hard coal unavailable in Monticello. Fur and winter goods promotion. calendar gift for subscribers. Public schools close for two weeks. spelling emphasis noted. general schooling discussion.
Mesars Ray Schaeffer and Ray George, Morgan Park Academy students, are home for a brief break with one heading to New York and Washington. The body of Geo Pause, 40, formerly of this area, was laid to rest at Sand Hill Cemetery after arriving from Tripp South Dakota. funeral escort included Adam Pause of Sioux City and a Montana-based sister. Model advertises Cream flour with a guaranteed quality.
The Presbyterian church group stages a novel event on the 31st with stations in China Germany Scotland and the United States departing from the Matthiessen building every fifteen minutes. Tickets are 25 cents for the round trip and refreshments are served at each stop.
The document lists daily attendance figures and enrollment numbers by grade from first to eighth, naming numerous students and staff such as John Pond Herman Schaeffer Stella Wilkinson Nelle Bigley Wilson Brazelton and Mary Dress. It also includes high school names and class rosters with extensive pupil names across grades including Marie Bateman Rosa Baer Edith Bajasch Halstead Carpenter and J. Dreibelbis.
Christian Aggola died of apoplexy on a Sunday morning after a period of poor health. Born January 28, 1849 in Switzerland, he came to America in 1868 and lived near Monticello before moving to Lyon county, Iowa. He resided on a Doon area farm for about fifteen years and was remembered for upright and kind character. Funeral services were held Monday at the Congregational church with Rev. I. K. Skinner officiating. burial followed in the Doon Cemetery.
The Monticello school board met in regular session with Stirton Inglis Tiarks and Hall present. Bills were approved for Teachers Fund Contingent Fund and School House Fund including salaries and supplies. Contracts for Russell Zimmermann and Miller extended to year end.
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