Welcome to the new century blankets and wearables
A wrap of local items notes births and visits with Montgomery area names. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs William D Magee last Saturday. Gard Hicks and family in Colorado welcome a boy. Thos Richardson and wife Joy celebrate birth of their first son. Local shops advertise cheap dress goods and wool undergarments. January clearance sales and special prices abound. The edition also reports illness and a frigid first day of the new year with temperatures dropping to 19 degrees below zero.
Monticello notices chronicle social and business scene
Local items report visits by John Perriner and others, New Year gatherings, travel to Dubuque and Chicago, church events, sales at Burrichter's, and a January dedication plan for the Congregational church. Public notices include bank directors, dividends, and an Anamosa concert ahead.
Monticello Reports and Local Notices From Week Ending Saturday
Sheriff Arnold transferred four incurably insane patients to the state asylum with aid from three assistants. The Epworth League plans a Quaker Male Quartet visit on January 22 at the opera house, featuring Gahring Randall Harley Baker and Miss Turner. Mrs. Suhr, nee Rohn, died suddenly from apoplexy, leaving seven children. The Hoyt marriage at Scotch Grove joins Miss Blanche Applegate and Benjamin Hoyt, a nursery owner, in a quiet New Year’s Eve ceremony. Monticello water system remains largely self sustaining despite regional disputes and lawsuits affecting Cedar Rapids and Marion. Notice of unpaid accounts from Golden Eagle Clothing House urges settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Arnold
Monticello
Independence
Mr. Arnold
Henry Reece
Frederick Brown
Frank Matthews
Thos. Mulverhill
Epworth League
Opera House
A. J. Gahring
F. D. Randall
Edwin Harley
N. S. Baker
Nellie B. Turner
N. L. Baker
Miss Turner
Lenox College
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
Blanche Applegate
Benjamin I. Hoyt
Scotch Grove
Chas. Applegate
Hine
Scotch Grove Nursery
Hoyt
Johanna Augusta Suhr
Henry Suhr
Johanna Augusta Rohn
Wonstorf
Prussia
Henry C. Suhr
United States
Peekskill
New York
Suhr
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Marion Register
Marion Water Company
Marion
Census bulletin shows Iowa population gains and Jones county figures
The census bulletin records Iowa population at 1 231 858, up 16.7 percent since 1890, with Jones county at 21 954 in 1900 from 20 288 in 1890 and 21 052 in 1880. A water analysis from Floyd Davis of Des Moines praises Onslow city well water as exceptionally pure and suitable for drinking, noting low ammonia and nitrates and overall good minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
New City
Floyd Davis
Des Moines
Clark
Froyp Davis
Lovell State Bank Reelects Directors and Officers
In a stockholders meeting held last Monday afternoon the Lovell State Bank re elected directors for the coming year: Geo J Lovell J B Hall R Stirton Wm Schodde J W Coxsee N Holst Dr W A Mirick A L Fairbanks H Sandhouse The board then re elected George L Lovell as president J B Hall as vice president R Stirton as cashier Leonard Arduser was hired as bookkeeper for the year A seven percent dividend on capital stock was paid and $10000 moved from undivided profits to surplus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello State Bank
Farwell
G. H. George
E. Sarles
O. AI. Soetje
H. M. Carpenter
John MacDonald
F. M. Hicks
John Schweitzer
Wm. Stuhler
H. 8. Richardson
R. P. Smith
Lovell State Bank
J.8. Hall
R. ©. Stirton
Wm. Schodde
J. W. Coxsee
N. Holst
W. A. Mirick
A. L. Fairbanks
H Sandhouse
George L. Lovell
J. 8. Hall
Leonard Arduser
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THE
Express
J. W. Doxseer
First Street
Home News
Blankets
Hicks & Eilers
William D. Magee
Deatrick
Chas
Abel
Davenport
Yarns—Hicks & Eilers
Ralph Moorehead
Deatrick’s
Seymour Bennett
Cloaks—Hicks & Eilers
Mrs. Gard Hicks
Colorado
Doatricks
David Mundell
H. C. Wills
D. Gilchrist
Strawberry Point
J. O. Lawrence
N. F. McNair
Deitrick’s
Martin V. Kehoe
J. 8S. Hall
Messrs. J. B. Zimmerman & Co
A. Monger
Alfred 5. Walton
Jennie Atchinson
K. P
Court of Honor
Rohn’s
Indies of the Christian Church
John Perriner
Della Arduser
Dubuque
Feathers—Hicks & Eilers
Helen
Kathryn Young
John Schatz
South Dakota
Brother
Rev
Wm. Schatz
Henry Hokenbach
New Hampton
Wm. Balster
H. F. Burrichter
Deutrick’s
Kate Maurice
Romberg
Brenham
Texas
Peter Ommen
Ladies’ and Society of
Castle Grove
Frank Howie
Bert Walker
Charles City
Burrichter’s
Anna Noyes
Henry Prult
Bowen's Prairie
Wright
Methodist Church
David Heisey
W. M. Lemen
Lemen
Thos. Cassady
Iowa Falls
Cassady
George Karst
Adelbert Karat
Jeffers (Minn.) Mirror
R. Batchelder
Langworthy
John H. Dirks
Batchelder
AD. Sutherland
K .P. Lodge
Herman Tiarks
Alfred Tucker
Robert Abel
Fred Sarles
Ervin E. Reed
Dr. Marugg
Frank McConnon
Henry Nordman
Kate Oltmans
Asta
Frank Cummings
Norfolk, Nebraska
A. S. Cummings
Martha L.johnson
Buena Vista
Laura
Luella Aynerson
Libbie Robertson
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
Isaac Rigby
Georgia
Miss Evans
Wyoming
J. A. Deutrick
W.F. Remy
L. F. Johnston
B. B. Ryan
Perry
Mr. Johnston
Clark Byam
C. R. Ricker
Ricker
E. V. Monroe
Clifton House
C. W. Best Concert Co
Slayton Lyceum Bureau of
C. W. Best
Raphael Groff
C. Wilson Reed
Gail Higgins
Harry Storms
Lilith Storms
Servitus Needham
Albion
Nebraska
Needham
Oscar Needham
Mr. Needham
Addison County
Vermont
Illinois
Golden Eagle Clothing House
D. I. Golpstone
Cass Township
Clay Township
Fairview Township
Anamosa City
Hill Town
Stawbery Hill
Greenfield
Koanehiy
Martelle
Hale Township
Jackson
Lovell
Madison Township
Center Junction
Onslow
Madison
Wyoming Town
Oxford Township
Orford Junction
Oxford Junction
Richland
Ielne
Cascade Town
Rome Vorwitchte
Olin
Washington Township
Meee Township
Wyoming Township
Inelu
Wyo Cowds
Geo. G. Schaeffer
Minenan Analysia
Fas
C. H. Schipman
Monticeio
Iness
Hubbard & Hanken
Scar H. Soetje
LD Asgist Chemist
Dehasha
Sherwin-Williams
Finst Street
Eastwood & Chase
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