Monticello Express Subscription Notice 1900
The Monticello Express announces a yearly subscription rate of 1.75 dollars. The paper is issued weekly on Thursdays with J W Doxsee serving as editor and proprietor.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
2
The Monticello Express announces a yearly subscription rate of 1.75 dollars. The paper is issued weekly on Thursdays with J W Doxsee serving as editor and proprietor.
The Pfeil Cramer wedding on December 27 in Castle Grove drew about thirty five guests including relatives from Monticello Clinton Wasaw Neb Mason City Hopkinton Hazel Green and Uniontown. Rev Stackler officiated with lavender gown bride and flower girl Olive Cramer. A wedding dinner followed with many presents and travel plans to Clinton.
Center Junction notes visitors including John Elvidge and W I Sanford of Amber and Anna and Blanche Canty in Maquoketa. Uncle John Overley of Onslow visits J S Smiths. Van Buren couple gift $25 New Year purse to Rev and Mrs Van Buren. John King journeys to Monticello for his father’s funeral. Eight local young men depart for Epworth Iowa City and Minneapolis to attend school. Norman Crans visits before returning to Davenport then Iowa City to study law.
Mrs. Van Ness is sick. R R Miller moves onto T W Sils bee farm. I C Finch & Son install clothing in Hall building. Mrs Paul the milliner plans to sell out. Royal Neighbors social held Monday evening. Mr Weiderman visited from Miles and sold his residence to Jos Tomlinson. Orr & Graham take over the implement and harness business. Berteweck stock sold to South Dakota parties. remainder being closed out. Sam Reide and Saml Beary poor health. T N Silsbee also ill with his daughter Mrs John Byerly Jr. Zach Oregon of Cushing visits old neighbors. town has grown. Chas Benkey injured felling a tree. hip likely broken or dislocated. Notice of Scotch Grove United Presbyterian Cemetery association annual meeting January 8 1900 at 10 00 a m. M J McNeIluby secretary.
Mr. H. Fredlanskey operates a junk purchasing room at the old Van Meter carpenter shop on First street offering top prices for old iron rags rubber copper zinc brass tallow beeswax horse hides sheep pelts and wool. Railway rates have increased about twenty five percent.
The Evangelical Alliance marks a week of prayer with services across Monticello hosted by the Congregational Presbyterian and U B churches. Programs list Rev J A Tings Rev D B Staebler Rev C C War Rev J Harper and others with 7 30 p m starts and a note inviting all parishioners and friends to attend. The schedule also includes Sabbath school Junior League Young people services and prayer meetings plus Sunday morning and evening services at the opera house. The Congregational church reports a successful annual meeting and endorsements include Supt Deitrick trustee F P Stuhler and treasurer W F Rolin.
The Board of Supervisors in Anamosa organized this week by electing T. H. Dunn as chairman. It named committees including Finance Sutherland and Brainard. Equalization Clay and Scroggie. Poor Farm Sutherland and Scroggie. Roads and Bridges Clay and Dunn. School and Bonds Brainard. Claims Clay. Salaries Sutherland. Poor Outside Dunn and Clay. Public Buildings Dunn.
The 1899 Oakwoods Cemetery burial records list numerous interments by date, name, and age, including Robert Gray, L G Hildreth, Jos Smalley, Ursula Gadmer, Nathain Smith, Catherine Ackermen, Ephiriam Pepin, John Rigby, Mrs Frank Butler, Lois Lightfoot, Joseph D Smith, Ola Matson, Lauretta Mansfield, Ann King, and Alfred S Miller among others, with ages ranging from infancy to 81 years.
A seaside habit of blowing the nose after bathing can trap salt water in the Eustachian tube, causing temporary or permanent hearing loss. The advice: wait after a bath before blowing the nose and do it gently. A sharp inversion on business ethics notes honesty and sagacity.
A Memphis family kept using their old wood stove after a gas range was installed. The workman left gas jets burning inside the oven and the woman cook kept cooking on wood, leading to a $21 gas bill. Investigation found the oven jets had burned since the installation.
A New York Sun excerpt notes skill in backing up a vehicle on a sloped causeway. It explains hitting the curb precisely on level ground and the precision required to back into an excavation area where a narrow cellar causeway narrows at the top for carts or wagons.
A Chicago Advance estimate tallies direct and collateral costs of church carpeting at 800 dollars, arguing final total reaches 4000 dollars after counting labor, worry, and social costs from fundraising entertainments. The piece cites the burden on church life and giving.
Residence for sale offers a cottage and two lots on reasonable terms with all in good repair. Raven Food dairy product claims to increase milk flow, improve cow health, prevent abortion, aid digestion, and cure calf scours. Gee Stabler & Son Grocers of Monticello Iowa advertise. Former Senator William M Evarts, nearly 82, is confined to home but remains engaged in public affairs.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kings New Life Pills restore youth with two weeks nightly use. It touts liver stomach and bowels benefits, a vegetable formula, no griping, 25 cents at Pra der's Drug Store, and includes other medical claims and a separate note about a Newark gentleman’s insomnia relief from a warm foot bath.
J C Sherman editor of the Vermontville Medio praises Electric Bitters as a remedy for aging and many ailments. He claims it stimulates kidneys tones stomach aids digestion and improves appetite. He and his wife report remarkable benefits. Price fifty cents at D C Prader's Drug Store. Also notes two daughters of Senator Mason study law in Washington.
Ir M Ross of Winfield Tenn credits his wife for urging Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption which cured his bad cough and breathing difficulty. The medicine treats coughs colds bronchitis la grippe pneumonia asthma hay fever and chest throat problems with guarantees and trial bottles at D C Prader’s Drug Store. The article also notes Queen Victoria sent a personal present to Cape soldiers weighing eighty eight tons costing £4000.
On December 13 APD 1800 W W Hogan of Monticello Iowa took up five mares described as dark roan, iron gray and brown mares about five years old each weighing around 700 pounds with markings and a brown colt star in forehead. Owner may reclaim upon proof of ownership and payment of costs. 2w3
By special execution the court in Jones county Iowa orders sale of Lot 59 in Monticello to satisfy a judgment of 743 72 with 55 61 costs and accruing costs. The sale to be at the Anamosa courthouse steps on January 13 1900 at 10 o clock. purchaser to pay cash. J W Doxnr attorney signs the notice dated December 18 1899.
Charlotte Smith Qt Administratrix with J W Doxsne as attorney for the estate is named in a probate notice defining representation and filing requirements for claims and administration of the estate.
The notice identifies Tl. M. Remany serving as judge in the Eighteenth Judicial District of Iowa. It references official capacity and geographic jurisdiction within the state's court system. The fragment confirms judicial title and district designation.
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