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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
4
W Yoming civic league met to discuss welfare while the town faced street lighting bids and plans against public spitting. A local tragedy at the Rohrer residence was reported with Cal Markham accused of stabbing his wife and injuring himself before surrender.
Attorney J. B. Utt of Dubuque visited Cascade last Friday. Twenty four car loads of cattle were shipped out last Sunday. New Baptist members joined the church last Saturday. George McQuillen and wife moved to the John Curley residence in West Cascade. Next Friday Myra Cowan will hold a social for her No. 2 Richland scholars. Weather notes and creamery board re elected old directors Dickson Beatty president Robert McNally vice president P J Conlin secretary J W Beatty treasurer. The past year was one of the most prosperous in the companys history. Vincent Tucker residence in North Whitewater burned last Saturday. He heard a roar and thought the cellar was on fire.
Cast le Grove notes report Tom Davidson in Prairieburg on Saturday Ford Clark buying cattle near Golden D J Hogan delivering hops to Prairieburg D J Hogan hauling young stock to Prairieburg for Kansas City market A W Cramer horse dies in timber Lake Bros sale draws farmers at Cass Belle Davidson recovering from illness Mrs Arthur Fairbanks visiting Beaver City Elsie and Grace Noble visit Coe College Ira Hearns basket social raises 44 dollars George Pfeil moves from Prairieburg to Radcliffe bank job to start bientôt
Rural Route No 2 reports Mrs James Kearns attending a Strawberry Point wedding. George Dorsey sold cattle to Flaherty Bros Anamosa. Mrs Hierman Rickels funeral drew large crowd. Will Schoon and wife welcomed a baby girl first grandchild of Garrett Schoon and G T Balster. Diamond Creamery No 2 patrons puzzled by cigars. Will says I smoke its a girl. Peter Hagen traveled to Langworthy to reunite with wife and children visiting Monticello. Pete and John Sibels quote about women doing the work as Heiken McCormick dissolves. George Dorsey home hosted card and song night with a lunch. Ed Herren chased and captured a jackrabbit after a wild goose hunt. lawrence Basker joined in.
Meade Sanford traveled to Chicago Monday. Tennie Belknap spent Sunday at the Coder home. Will McDonald visited Monticello earlier in the week. M Magee bought R G Lyons house on Main. Miss Irwin visited Ray Young. Sam Thompson from Hopkinton spent time with parents. Will Bucher of Winthrop visited town. John V Dawson from Clinton visited relatives. Mrs James Leech visited nephew Arthur Alexander in Clay. Miss Ross and Ofacre attended Moncrief party. William Tomlinson traded a gasoline engine for a car with Henry Stutt. About 35 guests were entertained at Belle Moncrief’s home. The play by the Young Peoples societies drew a good crowd.
Mae Trevor and Jessie Dunlap, Lenox College students, were Sunday visitors at the home of Robert Livingstone. Mrs. Stowers will move into the house recently vacated by Anson Leggett and family. Leggett has rented a farm south of town and will move there soon.
Residents and visitors in Onslow Cass and surrounding towns share travels visits and events. Notable items include meetings banquets and gatherings at homes churches and parsonages along with travel for business education and family matters. A death in the Osborn family prompts funeral attendance plans. A church supper fundraiser is announced for February 9 at the Austin brothers home.
Amber notes list residents and visitors including Grandma Weiss ill John Brown returning from Hop kinton Mrs James Kearns visiting Strawberry Point Mrs Alex Robertson caring for Mrs P C Smith Emmery Leggett purchasing Bowen's Prairie property planning move Basket sociable at Langworthy Friday February 5 for school benefit
J W Beatty of Cascade married Mary L Tranke at the First Baptist parsonage by Rev J W Graves. Beatty, former Cascade church pastor, now cashier at Farmers State Bank, and his bride depart for Cascade to establish their home. Friends in both cities extend best wishes for their marriage.
The Priscilla Club of Onslow celebrated its second anniversary with a Friday evening party at J. B. Lyons home. Guests enjoyed decorated rooms in club colors, clover carnations, and a sequence of playful entertainments including a sleight of hand segment that sent attendees briefly as famous historical figures before returning to conversations with current members led by the President and Miss Alice.
Saturday Evening February 17 1906 the famous Roney Boys Concert Company will perform at Hopkinton College Chapel as part of the Y M C A lecture series. The group Bitte has played major U S venues and even performed before President Roosevelt at the White House Christmas dinner. Admission is 50 cents with reserved seats via Livingstone's Pharmacy. many seats already sold.
Attendees including Carrie Nation depicted as body guards laughed at pillow drill antics as Marion Harland figures presided over a late night supper. Four decorated tables hosted by Priscillas offered delicacies served by George Lyons as head waiter. Mrs Harriet Lamey Mrs S B McClelland and Mrs R D Cooley cut illuminated birthday cakes as Sylvia’s beams lit the gathering. One guest recalls the scene.
Rollin Thomas an eight year old student from No 2 Fairview submits a humorous essay describing a duck as a heavy meat and feathers composed bird with a hoarse voice from “frogs in his neck” and odd anatomy including a balloon in his stomach and back running legs. The piece notes drakes do not hatch and prefer loafing while ducks grow curls on tails.
The article notes that any UK inhabitant can be drafted as hangman with a retaining fee of five dollars weekly and a ten dollar payment after an execution. It outlines the assignable duties and compensation for performing executions.
J D Slauson sold ten head of young steers to Livingston Center Junction averaging 946 pounds bringing 402 05. Mrs Tim Sullivan recovering from cancer operation in Chicago. Mrs S P Thorpe dislocated shoulder and bruise after icy fall. Andrew Sullivan cut by axe nose during wood chopping. H H Wheeless reports Sand Spring skinned on first robin. Valencia wreck update: W H Harper, fireman from Hopkinton, missing with no survivors listed. relatives seek word from company offices.
The Jamaican population totaled 797,528 at the close of 1904, with only about 20,000 identifying as white. This highlights the small white minority relative to the total population.
A Bavarian widow living in Milan bequeaths her entire $2,000,000 fortune to tenor Vincenzo Jirpo in gratitude for his singing.
A dialogue from the New York Times recalls a chandelier collapse last night and the wife's suspicion of her husband’s sudden return, suggesting a tense domestic moment tied to a prior business absence.
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