Monticello News of Local People and Events
Local notes report J B Hall ill at home, Clark Hubbard visiting, and many Cedar Rapids trips by residents. Miss Lottie Kness returns to Olin. John Bower on U S Army furlough. a stork brings a boy to CG Rynerson. Doutrick’s advertises a dress goods sale. Coe College Glee Club to perform February 17 at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bower
Henry Britting
Coe College
The
Presbyterian Church
Doe College
Special train to Paderewski recital from Hopkinton
A special passenger train will depart Hopkinton at 5 PM next Monday February 16 to take concertgoers to Cedar Rapids. Monti cello will perform around 5 20 PM and the train arrives Cedar Rapids at 7 15 PM. It will depart Cedar Rapids at 11 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo landlord Harry Wilson in town seeking Lovell House buyout
Harry Wilson of Waterloo, former Lovell House landlord, was in town yesterday aiming to purchase the Lovell House from current landlord Mr. Woollett. The two parties reportedly could not agree on price and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson
Waterloo
Lovell House
Mr. Woollett
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week in Several Iowa Towns
The past week saw licenses granted to Willie Bebrends and Eliese Dorothea Schatz of Monticello, Frank Henak of Oxford Junction, Rosie Kropik of Oxford Junction, J. H. Specht of Castle Grove, and Kena Harms of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Bebrends
Monticello
Eliese Dorothea Schatz
Frank Henak
Oxford Junction
Rosie Kropik
H. Specht
Castle Grove
Kena Harms
Anamosa
Ice Harvest Milestones From A Harsh 1913 Winter
The record recalls an early open winter in 1913 followed by a March plunge to 10 degrees below zero when the ice was at its peak. Locals who worried about ice shortages were reassured that the ice crop never fails here, whether early or late.
Local notes from Monticello and surrounding towns
A roundup of town news including a Dubuque surgery for Mrs Poole, a Mr Poole operated last Thursday, and weather turning wintery with record cold. Cascade ice harvest progresses as winter deepens. church site options discussed in Monticello, Jones County Hair board directors named, Donovan farm sale ordered, Carleton hotel fire at Oxford Junction, and a Jones county court case over lost corners in Anamosa. Local social notes cover a bar banquet in Anamosa with out-of-town guests and Lincoln birthday dinner remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Supreme Court
George U. Lawrence
J. A. Weiss
Anamosa
February 1889 Local Bits From Monticello Express
Twenty five years ago in February 1889 Monticello and vicinity saw Wheat land Gazette bought by Frank Buxton. marriages of James T. McWilliams and Sarah Elizabeth Beck. Eva Hofacre and Parker Bartlett wed. Garrick Nellie injured on Brad street. smallpox declared stamped out. William Grumm will probate shortened to 83 words. death of Thomas Cowan in Cascade and Edmund Quirk at 108. jail break in Anamosa. practical jokers forge marriage invitations. Farmers Institute criticized for outdated tutoring and pride in the farmers’ ignorance.
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Lewis Brown
Mike Brown
Castle Grove Township
Pacific Coast
Monticello
Philip
Washington State
The
Express
Frank Buxton
P. O. Babcock
Wheatland Gazette
James
Hofacre
Parker O. Bartlett
St. Paul
Thomas Ver
William Grumm
Jones County
Thomas Cowan
Cascade
Washington Township
Edmund Quirk
Sand Spring
Anamosa
Banks
Winters
Wells Ufford
Central City
Practical Jokers
Frank G. Friend
Minnie Farland
Springville
Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Institutes
High School Notes and Local Weddings in Monticello Area
Reports from Grinnell and Anamosa include opening exercises on Tuesday on Schools as Factories, a sleigh ride for basketball girls and teachers to Anamosa, and visits from Anamosa seniors Edithvdump and Reta Meteale. Rheumatism sidelines Helen Hefner. seniors plan a play As You Like It. Mrs Schatz and Mr Behrends wed at Bowen's Prairie home. two hundred guests attend a dance at Kinsella hall. wedding joins two local families with best wishes for a long, joyful life.
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Mabel Henrichs
D. P. Breed
Grinnell
Anamosa
Anamosa High School
Eliese Dorothea Schatz
Carl Schatz
Willie Behrends
Ben Behrends
Bowen’s Prairie
S. Ide
Ames Hogs Suffer Cholera Losses in Several Iowa Counties
Reports from Ames and correspondents detail hog losses from cholera over the past year. Jones county totals 11 483 head lost, with Sioux 71 percent and other counties showing high fatalities including Kossuth Palo Alto Pocahontas Sac Hancock Dickinson. Nearby counties show lower losses. Also notes the death of Rev L Q Sutherland of Sorrento Florida and obituary details for Manchester businessman A B Carhart.
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Ames
Jones County
Ihe
Sioux County
Kossuth
Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Sac
Hancock
Dickinson
Dubuque
Delaware
Clinton
Linn
Jackson
Cedar
Allamakes
Clayton
Davis
Herrick Honored by Jones County Bar Banquet at Monticello
The Bar association of Jones County feted M. W. Herrick Hay retiring president at a banquet Tuesday evening in the Monticello Methodist church lecture room. Forty guests attended with Judge H. M. Remley presiding and Judge F. O. Ellison as toastmaster. The event featured tributes from B. Rhinehart J. Locher and other lawyers who praised Herrick’s fifty years of practice. Herrick, born 1844 in Fort Wayne Indiana, has long served Monticello as mayor and county attorney and is famed for Probate Law influence.
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the Bar Association of
Jones County
Monticello
M. W. Herrick
Hay
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. M. Remley
Association
F. O. Ellison
Mr. Herrick
B. Rhinehart
J. J. Locher
O. B. Paul
James Remley
J. Cash
Welch
J. . Reed
Kemley
Herrick
John J. Locher
Pdod
Locher
Milo P. Smith
Davis MccUarn
Hogan
O. J. Cash
John S. Welch
Paul
Reed
Mr. Reed
Mrs. Herrick
McCain
Anamosa
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Madison
Wisconsin
Burnett
Wayland College
Beaver Dam
Albany Law School
Iowa
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Tae
Monticello Express
Mon
Ticello
J. W. Doxser
E.G. Burrichter
Home News
Hall
Clark Hubbard
Harry Locher
D.E. “Hanawalt
Lloyd-Sexton
Shelley
George L. Lovell
Harry Lang
Avamosa
Max Rettig
Denver
John Stadtmuller
Stork
Rynerson
Kentucky
Voorhees Coal Co
Arnold Egger
D. G. Go
Harry Rundle
Marion
O. B. “Rundle
Frank Dautremont
Portsmouth
Ohio
James Farley
Wyoming
Mies Minnis Rettig
Doutrick’s
Harry Stuhler
Mason City
Charles Cushman
Doris Northrop
Mitchell Northrop
Mary Drees
Salt Lake,tad
Mrs
Frances Drees
J. Suter & Sons
Bertha Locher
Hall Manufacturing Co
Ed Hgger
L. R. Smith
Monticello Postolhce
George Purcell
Frank Lyons
T. M. Redmond
District Medical Association
Deutrick’s
Ww. W. Hunter
George
Elmer Hubbard
Deutrick D. G. Co
Messrs
J. H. J. Stutt
Peosia
J.M. Hofacre
Mechanicsville
Emma Reed
F. J. Cross
Wood
Reta’Metcalf
Edith Jamp
Thais van Meter
Fred Matthiessen
Auburn
J. W. Coxsee
W. H. McClintock
J. A. Deutrick
J. C. Lawrence
Albert Kempf
Daisy Noyes
Clara
Vinton
Suter & Son
C. W. Ladd
Harry Bowman
Ed Gearhart
Worthington
George Ellsworth
Andrew Kasper
Dolph Kasper
Saskatchewan
Canada
Misa Lena
Haeussler
State Hospital
Iowa City
Charlie Stockwell
Osmond
Nebraska
Hallouer & Widmer
Congregational Church
Howard Putnam
Harold
van Meter Green
J. T. Lanigan
Nora Steele
Libbis Voorhees
Oreston
Marshall Hall
Masonic Order
Davenport
Palmer Hosford
Platte
South Dakota
Dakota
Dalton Olmstead
Cheyenne
Emil Ricklefs
Willow Point
New York
J. Z. Benedict
Farley
Presbyyerian Church
O. W. Brazelton
Commercial League
Chicago Mutual Lyceum Bureau
James Lahey
William McAleer
John Eggers
Carl Burch
Fairfield
Eggers
Dirk Johnson Coleman
Marguerite’ Post
Langworthy
Coleman
George Stuhler
N. Long
James N. Poole
Mr. Poole
Poole
Father Hauck
Jones County Hair Association
W.A. Beery
G. P. Rookstad
M. V. Kehoe
Theodore Lazell
Dr. A. M. Maurice
Ray George
C. L. van Meter
A. J. Ricklety
Donovan
Prairieburg
H. M. Carpenter
Carleton
Corwin House
KE. Rhinehart
A. M. Remiey
I. O. Ellison
C. B. Paul
James Remsey
George Gorman
R. M. Corbit
Mercury
Missouri River
Joney
Frank Ford
Pierce
G. H. George
Priscilla Clubs
Elmer B. Hicks
J. A. Doutrick
G. J. Bucklin
Mr. Doutrick
Lincoln
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State House
Springfield
Priscilla Club
Hach
Doutrick
Nellie
Garrick
Brad Street
Sorrento
Florida
L. O. Sutherland
Kitty Sutherland
Scotch Grove Township
Della Sutherland
Mons Corbett
William Warner
West Virginia
A. B
Carhart
Manchester
Bar Association
C. H. Schipman
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