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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
8
Mrs. O H Soetye visits Chicago and Miss Ella Balater visits Anamosa. Numerous readers attend gatherings in Hopkinton Cedar Rapids and Hartford South Dakota. Clothing ads from Hicks Rickless and Deutrick mark sales while county towns report New Year visits and phonograph showcases.
Farms for sale and rent appear alongside local notices. Farms for sale and cord wood in cars and lots are listed by Matsell Bros Anamosa Iowa. Various residents and visitors are mentioned with travel and social news plus a sale at Deutrick’s and a fur coat clearance. dans.
Mrs. George Kline and children of Epworth visited Mrs. Barney Eilers and returned home. John Brunthaver, recovering from a right side paralysis stroke, can talk and get up though his right limb is affected. College students mostly returned to school. two week vacation for Iowa State College attendees. Mrs. S. R. Howard’s address changed to Baltimore Maryland, wintering with son George. A man offers three warm overcoats to those in need. Sicily relief supplies to be carried free by United States Express Co. John Clark shows slow but steady improvement. Two dances held last Tuesday by Modern Woodmen Camp and a wandering Italian band. A cold wave drove zero degree weather. depot grass kept by barriers. Wagenknecht of Fond du Lac and Schipman party visiting Mason City. Charles Heisey returning from Chicago plans to go to Nevada soon. Krank Becker fire alarm caused minor blaze. hose misapplied. Elvira Richardson dies after stroke. H S Richardson's mother, past seventy. Henry Matthews' brother ill in Yankton. trip with wife. Hall hardware stock invoiced and sold to Frederick J. Cross. Cross to Chicago with family. Webster to manage Lightfoot house.
The article notes Mrs Julia A Hagen has a pending Chicago suit to recover damages from injuries suffered last summer when alighting a street car. An agent of the street railway company visited town last Monday seeking evidence and offering a settlement she rejected, directing him to her Chicago attorneys.
Annual meeting held last Thursday re-elected Geo I Lovell as president and Geo L Lovell as cashier with J Hall as vice president R Stirton as cashier. L W Lovell elected assistant cashier. Frank Thompson retained as bookkeeper with no raise. Dividend of seven percent paid. $5,000 added to surplus. Portland Daily Oregonian 62 page issue noted for changes in city since 24 years ago trip up Willamette and Columbia rivers to Astoria.
Mr Ei Nevin of Oxford Junction wed Blanche Du Bois at the bride’s home yesterday the 6th. The groom formerly supervised the can making department at Diamond Creamery in Monticello and later joined a new Oxford Junction creamery with a leading administrative role. Friends in Monticello offer congratulations and best wishes for a joyful life.
A fire near the Fluckiger home east of town started behind a range due to asbestos paper and plastering burning lath and a two by four. Neighbors assisted in extinguishing with water and authorities warn to keep ranges away from walls.
Annual church and society meetings praise solid finances and debt free start to the new year. Officers elected include Trustees Andrew Davidson PF Stuhler J A Doutrick R M Hicks Wm J Rohn Wn KF Bingham and GW Rockstad. Treasurer M L Hooter. Deacons A Davidson and W I Bingham. Clerk Miss Mary I Jarman. Superintendant J A Denk trick. Asst Supt Frank Hayden. Organist Mrs Libbie Robertson.
In Hiawatha residents joke about replacing the town marshal with a neck worn cowbell to signal his location. The playful proposal highlights crowded communication issues in small towns.
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