Monticello Express Editor Announces Sub Price
The Monticello Express lists J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor and sets annual subscription at 1.75 dollars. The note confirms the paper’s ownership and pricing structure.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
3
The Monticello Express lists J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor and sets annual subscription at 1.75 dollars. The note confirms the paper’s ownership and pricing structure.
Local column lists C B Larkey and others traveling to Chicago, visitors from Davenport Hawarden Cedar Rapids Preston Albany Illinois, relatives visits and harvest plans. Mentions school seniors Roy Lilsley debater win at Coe College, weather forecast praise, and a church funeral for Aneata Helen Wilker aged 14.
Cass content notes visits marriages deaths and social events in Cass and surrounding areas. John Gooley Edith Cunningham Elmer and Ernest Johnson Mrs. Ketcham and others host gatherings. Will Brown dies near Christine ND. planned St Paul marriage to Francis Coddington. Funeral in Center Junction and interment in Wayne township.
Castle Grove updates list visitors and moves including Peter Caspers in Prairieburg and William Henderson visiting from Faulkton. Local economy notes report Downerville creamery butter fat price of 26 cents for January. Township changes include James Hogan resigning as trustee, W T Kehoe appointed, and H B Clark resigning as township clerk with Ford Clark succeeding March 1.
Center Junction notes show Roy Sheckler visiting Perry Iowa friends. Charles Livingstone caller in Wyoming and Robert Moncrief delivering horses there. George McDonald attended a Monticello party while Frank Sutherland and Frank Sergeant spent a weekend in Monticello. A. G. Smith and J. N. Smith depart for Chicago for a few days. Nellie Williamson visits with sister Mrs. John Krouse in Monmouth. George Magee and wife visit parents. Dick Williamson and wife return from a week with relatives in Farley. Ida Lyons visits N. B. Lathrop and wife in Oxford Junction. The ladies of Center Junction please.
Amber notes D. J. Dirks plans a Cedar Rapids move this spring. Maurice and Will O Conner return from Clinton for a Sunday visit. Mr. Keith and wife visited Cedar Rapids and Marion last week. Anna Farragher and John Schwartz wed February 14 in Marion. Farmers Co operative Creamery pays 26 cents per pound for January butter fat. Robert Carson returns from Ohio after months away. John Green visits friends here. formerly lived here but has lived in Indiana years. J C Bailey at Anamosa Sanitarium for appendicitis operation, very successful.
Rural Route 2 items report Mrs. Hedden seriously ill and several travels and visits by residents including W A Rizer Elmer Wahl and George Dorsey. Two weddings planned for Thursday Anna Zimmer man and Ada Broerken plus a basket social and a grand masquerade ball at Langworthy hall with a staged Battle of the Wilderness scene and stage mishaps.
The crowd left the room looking rough after the performance but the battle lines have cleared. A fresh chance is promised soon as the call goes out to bring the ladies and enjoy themselves.
Jones County Telephone Company finishes metallic cutover and lists new Monticello exchange subscribers from October directory readers urged to cut and paste into the directory. Names include homes and businesses such as Bernice Button H F Burrichter Diamond Creamery and Eagle's Hall among others.
I own two farms totaling 350 acres in Clay township four and six miles north of Onslow. Each farm has good buildings windmills and reservoirs. Will sell either farm on easy terms with possession March 1 1907. 36wd
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