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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
2
The Wyoming column reports visits by Mrs Bigelow, E L Barber, A G Wood, Mrs F E Lewis, P Joseph and others to town and Cedar Rapids. It mentions high school program, funeral attendance, lectures, infractions on renting farms, and civic notes alongside Clinton poultry show winners and local trades.
Editor Moore visits Anamosa. James Forsythe visits Clinton. Miss Charlotte Chase stays with friends in Anamosa. Seed dealer Noyes urges not to order seeds yet. L H Paul from Anamosa visits his father in his nineties. Hazel Courtright home from Clinton hospital. Stormy weather delays Methodist church meetings. T T Tebo recovering from grippe. Esquire Lightfoot performs first marriage ceremony. Streeper family mourns death of Mrs. Streeper. funeral near Verndale Minnesota. James Garvie dies S Dakota home. funeral at St Patrick’s Anamosa. Mrs. Robertson learns of James Garvie’s death at soldiers’ home.
Center Junction report lists residents and events including Howard Norris shipping hogs, Mead Sanford doing business in Monticello, Nelle Lvingstone visiting Hopkinton, Marguerite McNeilly traveling to Wyoming, a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Hart, A. W. McDonald welcoming a son in Hopkinton, W. W. Hunter's professional call in Monticello, and funeral attendance for Mrs. George Krouse in Wyoming. Fred Bohlken shipped household goods to Canada. M. G. Alsever visited Cedar Rapids for store purchases. John Hendricks improves from pneumonia. Miss Burton visits Delhi for the Sebrowiek Nelson wedding. R. G. Cousins declines primary qualification, drawing regret from supporters.
Castle Grove notes report an auction set for February 19 by S. I. Mayberry. Arthur Fairbanks visited the county seat Friday. Mrs. Frank Howie recovers from a weeklong illness. Vesper Rearick rode a Marion excursion Saturday morning. Ray Fairbanks spent part of last week with friends in Hopkinton area. S. M. Hosford traveled to Marion and Cedar Rapids last Saturday on business. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Weiken welcomed a fine new boy born Tuesday night. Rudolph Fahrni moved in with brother Fred as they plan to work together this season. Clark Bros finished filling the ice house at the Downerville creamery and secured high quality ice from Silver Creek. Robert Howie, Monticello senior, hosted classmates at his township home last Friday. Joseph Reiger sold farm in the southeast part of the township. John Lubben bought eighty acres with buildings and Henry Rickels bought 40 acres across the line in Lovell township.
A montage of social updates from Casa and nearby towns includes visits by Mrs. J Dierkson and Mr and Mrs J Dierkson of Dixon Iowa. The Peters Hansen sale draws a good crowd despite bad weather while Miss Nora Spellman and Miss Ella Watt host gatherings. Also included is a long Panhandle letter from Farwell Texas with farming reports praising crop yields, climate, soils, and travel conditions, urging readers to visit on the 18th to see new country prospects.
Amber February 12 reports Clayton Hartman of Anamosa on business here Monday Ezra Clark moved from Cedar Rapids to Schoonover farm Edward Brady of Idaho returned home due to his father’s illness Alphes Wright from South Dakota visited her children Daniel Brady died at his home in
Mrs Nancy Sackett returned from an eastern trip last Saturday. The creamery finished harvesting ice yesterday. Mrs CO A Sutherland visited Illinois. Clark of Cedar Rapids moved from Peter Schwarts farm this week. Bilnyney's shipped household goods to Mt Vernon to establish home. Lester Kuhns left for Davenport for rheumatism treatment. Mrs A P Monts visited her son in Center Junction. Maxwell of Monticello visited Rex Sutherland last week. Philip Hilden Pranut returned to farm to Bentby. Mr hilgen plans unclear. Mac enry Schirmer returned from visit with son Eddie at Anamosa sanitarium after appendectomy. Eddie improving. Mrs Ed Servon and Miss Behrends spent Tuesday with Mrs John Woelher t. Frank Sutherland recovered from illness. Frank Pesky visited in Wyoming Tuesday. Mary Clark Grace Moats and Nellie Sutherland visited Monticello last Saturday.
A January update shows new titles across subjects including religious works by Bowne and Peloubet, travel and history by Hume and Gould, Shakespeare analysis, a Navy history, and Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. Notable entries include Gloris Christi and Napoleon The Corsican.
A Republican candidate announces for the Jones County Iowa county attorney nomination ahead of the June 1908 primary. The note mentions an interurban survey in Anamosa and surrounding towns as part of regional transport discussions.
Monticello Iowa January meeting notes show approval of last meeting minutes and bills for teachers including Foster J E and many listed staff. The board accepts J E Foster’s receipts and expenditures statement for Monticello High School 1906 1907 years and will file with the secretary. The Evening Gazette contest promotion appears with prizes and nomination blanks offered.
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