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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
7
The Express, official city and county paper, published weekly under J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor, serves as the local record of public notices and community affairs.
Monticello area residents receive multiple notices and sales updates. Henry Albers ill. Mrs. John Clark leases farm to Burt Hubbard. shops promote dress goods and linens. Leroy Farnum visiting. Mr. Hanken ill but improving. Wm Brazelton improving. sales on boys coats and shoes. Short Order Cafe for rent. Baker family travel to Boston. discount on winter suitings at Shipman the tailor. public sale postponed due to cold. annual inventory sale at Wills & Deutrick. Presbyterian sociable postponed. shoe bargains at Stahler's. John S Welch returns from Mississippi trip. clearing sale extends. coffee deal at Lyn Jennings. A G Williams rents Conn or Hogan building. mercury down to 15 degrees below zero. winter conditions praised. Isabella Farwell visiting. dinner by Congregational Sunday school on Feb 12. sewing muslins at Wills & Deutrick. A P Jennings in 19th grocery year. 20 percent off winter stock end soon. spring school plans announced.
Monticello prepares for the United Brethren general conference in March with Rev. M L Tib bits arranging host duties. Weddings, shop deals, a runaway team incident, a dissolved partnership at Star meat market, a centenarian soon to celebrate, and a variety of local notes fill the town page.
A resident on First street tried a sponge rub with whisky and sage tea to stop hair loss but switched to drinking whisky and ended up bald. Other notes cover accidents, local commerce, a libel trial, a packing house near Davenport, and a general push for sales and notices with warnings about overly long church event postings.
A stream of brief items covers residents' travels and visits across Wisconsin and Iowa. Albert Alexander heads to Wisconsin for schooling. Geo Schoonover visits his daughter in Coldwater. Rev E G Waite tours Milwaukee and Evanston. Wm Hawley Smith lectures on reading in Hopkinton February 10. Mrs Williams (Mrs Alex Lewis) visits Monticello for her father's illness. Dr W J Coughlan rushed to his father’s bedside. father dies near Newton. DeVore showcases a Kranich & Bach parlor grand piano. The Iowa Historical Record honors Thomas J Peak and wife for their 58th anniversary piece in The Express. Monument orders offered at discount via Bateman & MILLHOLEN. John Watson to perform February 8 with E A Patchin and Agnes Reid. Cartwright arrested over alleged sale of school supplies. acquitted on grounds of ignorance. Center Junction school fight stirs local debate. The Express refrains from taking sides.
Advert announces mens shoes at Stuhler's bargain counter. Utah State Farmers Institutes report edited by Luther Foster includes papers and lectures by Mrs. Foster. Local agricultural notes discuss Ed Delay, Chester White stock, Poland China hogs, and a false cholera claim about Sheridan. Candlemas notes explain Groundhog Day folklore with a brief weather omen.
Mary Ann Booth aged about 80 Mrs Walworth wife of Edmund Booth Anamosa Eureka senior editor died at home after a lingering illness. Born Feb 28 1817 in Canaan New Hampshire she became deaf mute at four. She helped with pioneer life in Iowa raised four children and was charter member of Anamosa Congregational Church. A charity supper and piano talk follow in town.
Local note recalls Geo W Schodde born in Monticello visiting his parents. He originated wool soap, co founded Raworth Schodde Co, later sold to Swift Co. He joined Swift on salary and promoted a wrapper rebate for WCU. The piece ends with a grocery store liquidation and a note that only Henry Scheer has authority to purchase for the store.
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