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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
3
Miss Edith Curtis visits Kansas City and Mrs H S Lee holidaying in Chicago. Local ads promote winter wear and undergarments. Visitors include Cyrus Heisey, JoAn Haeuseler, Otto Meyers, and J A Dontrick. Apples sold, savings urged, and a burglary appeal involving Charles Schneider noted.
A long list of holiday visits and greetings across Monticello and area includes Mrs. Burrichter in Baldwin, Miss Kate in Aimes schools, the Langs in Davenport, the Ahlers family in Bellevue, and Dr. Hefner in Cedar Rapids. Local travelers, students, and teachers share Christmas travels, gatherings, and school events. A wolf hunt report, Masonic lodge officers, and a Cantata at the opera house round out the notes.
Des Moines teacher Miss Anna McCormick visits Rev. J W Innes family. Rev Innes absence means no Presbyterian church services next Sabbath. Burna Lodge officers elected F A Bolton W M E E Reed S W C Stirton J W G Lovell treasurer T A King secretary. Alonzo Heaford hosts young people. Land near Monticello sold for 65 per acre to Henry Knake. owner Mrs Sarah Miller Arapahoe OK. Imperial Male Quartette of Cedar Rapids with Mrs Phebe Sherman to perform at Congregational church for organ fund. Blizzard foiled a college student dance. Christmas snow and sleet on roads. Chicago Tribune, Express offer ends Dec 31. new year price promos. Mrs Eliza Bebb gives Presbyterian church a 240-glass communion set. Rufus Ricker, former Rock Island engineer, visiting Monticello. he praises his career. Blizzard disrupts travel nationwide. one man found frozen in Chicago. Henry Seimering returns from Philippines service. plans third enlistment. January term of Iowa Supreme Court opens Jan 10. local cases slated for April 4. Jones county cases listed. A tramp named Frank Evans arrested in Anamosa for stealing a coat. bound over for March term.
Snowy conditions halt rural carrier rounds and block highways forcing travel stops. Only two people call between six and seven, and the night train from Cedar Rapids arrives at nine. Local clubs form at State University to boost attendance while Monticello Manufacturing seeks stock payments. Will Smalley Leytem and Herrington face jail terms for Christmas disturbances.
Holiday shopping boosted sales for local merchants in Monticello with Hubbard and Hanken reporting record weekly sales for furniture and other dry goods shops expressing satisfaction. A Monday gathering at Dr. and Mrs. George Inglis home brought together multiple Inglis descendants from Hale Cambridge Wyomin Anamosa and Monticello sharing a joyous family reunion.
Miss Extella Zimmerman and Miss Clara Haeseler, first and second grade teachers, resigned last Thursday to take positions in Georgetown Colorado with higher wages. They will start next Monday, leaving vacancies to fill before the 9th. The note then shifts to Lowell State Bank promoting thrift with interest bearing deposits for small savers including children and home metal saving banks, inviting all thrifty earners to save weekly and learn budgeting.
Ames Iowa December report details a bitter clash between C R Scroggie city superintendent and C Q Lee secretary of the board. Scroggie offers resignation. board refuses to accept. Teachers threaten to resign if Scroggie leaves.
The article urges all classes to settle accounts at the start of the year to foster goodwill and smooth business. It notes a severe blizzard with heavy snow, downed wires, impassable highways, and abandoned trains, then reports on a fractured arm of Miss Jennie Matthiessen and a humorous paint job anecdote involving Dooley and Devoe.
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