Monticello Home News Highlights Local Visitors and Sales
Newton Parrott visited the county seat yesterday. Mrs. Fred Slauson returned from Kansas City. Mrs. Emma Hazlet of Wyoming and Lucy Gill travelled from Chicago. Hicks & Rickless feature new waists and skirts while Burrichter's cuts duck coats and caps. Trains were delayed by drifted snow last Friday and Saturday. Rev. John McGuinnes preaches at Monticello Presbyterian Church next Sunday. Several visits by residents to Iowa City Des Moines and Cascade noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams Brake
Mabel Bande
Bessie Bande
W. E. van Buren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Monticello
Monticello News Roundup Reflects Local Talks and Trades
Local notes record Butter Fat payments, family travels to Platt SD for illness, snow delays for teachers, and a January dress goods sale. Property trades include a 307 to 520 acre land swap in Iowa and Nebraska, plus hospital updates, school reports, and civic notices from Monticello.
Monticello News Roundup Spans Meetings, Obits and Maps
Dr Shellenberger and wife visit Monticello as regular month trips continue. Evangelistic meetings in Castle Grove chapel conclude after two weeks with several conversions. Langworthy Co operative Creamery reelects Batchelder family officers, debt free. Ed Albinger obituary notes January 1868 birth. Hoyt family reports Texas visit and irrigation prospects. Amanda Hosford reports library stats for 1905 and urges annual book funding. Anamosa Bank introduces county map costing about 1000 dollars for accurate land ownership records.
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Anamosa National Bank
The
Express
Monticello Happenings In January 1876
Thirty years ago this month Monticello residents saw deaths of Ebenezer Little Cynthia Alburty and William Moore. O E Gillen closed the Palmer house and moved to Amamosa. A leap year party was hosted by Mamie Palmer. W F Bingham bought the A R Swett jewelry firm. Kinsella and Mary Haley wed at the Palmer house. Council leader F J Tryon praised as bone and sinew. W H Proctor fractured his leg. Major Farwell moved to town with family. Jones County Farmers Institute met January 18 with packed sessions. Bee culturist Ellen S Tupper was arrested on forged note charges. Water works discussed with a windmill pumped reservoir and potential fish park and picnic area.
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Monticello
The
Express
Ebenezer Little
Bowen’s Prairie
Cynthia Alburty
O. E.i Gillen
Palmer House
Anamosa
William Moore
Mamie Palmer
F. YP. Bonniwell
W. F. Bingham
W. H. Parrott
A. R. Swett & Co
EE. B. Kinsella
Mary Haley
Father O'Dowd
F. J. Tryon
W. H. Proctor
S. S. Farwell
QO. Babecek
Jones County Farmers’ Institute
Kinsella Hall
Ellen 8. Tupper
Farmers’ Institute
Marshalltown
Monticello Bank
Georgie Bort
Cyrus Bort
Brad Street
Charlie Podhaski
Georgie
Jones County Tel ephone Co. manager to leave for Maquoketa
E D Chipman, manager of the Jones County Telephone Co for the past year, departs as the firm secures an expanded plant at Maquoketa Iowa and areas. Frank Fering named local manager. The notice also covers a church wedding, a coast ing accident, and local regulatory suggestions for youth safety.
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Jones County Telephone Co
E. D. Chipman
Wettstein
Jones County Company
Maquoketa
Iowa
Chipman
Frank Ferring
200 Acre Maryland Farm Near Washington City
Fine 200 acre Maryland farm six miles from Washington City with rich soil yields 12 to 14 corn barrels per acre. Includes good residence, outbuildings, a young orchard and near rail and electric car lines. Terms easy and particulars from F Menefee Washington DC. Also notices of dissolution and assorted classified items follow.
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Maryland
Washington City
Washington
Baltimore
National Capital
Menefee
T. Sts
N. E
Washington, D.C
State Legislature Preview Highlights Proposed Bills
The article outlines anticipated measures including a statewide primary law, a governor appointed fifteen member board for three state institutions, pure food reform efforts, life insurance reforms, a state marshal law push, four year terms for state and county officers, 150000 for tuberculosis hospital buildings, and possible juvenile court reform after the failed trial. Senator Hughes, Senator Newberry, and Representative Cumming are named in connection with specific bills.
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Hughes
Town County
Mntioues
State University
State College of Mechanical Arts
State Normal School
Newberry
Clayton County
Cumming
Marshall County
General Assembly
The American Girl Sermon by B. H. Chandler
In a congressional speech Chandler extols the American girl as heavenly beauty and virtue. He emphasizes patriotic manhood and praises the loveliness and purity of American womanhood amid loud applause.
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Chandler
Hle
Sunflower Philosophy and Witty Observations onMarriage
A humorous meditation on marriage jealousy gossip and honesty. The author muses that doctors see little sickness in the world and that men often excuse lies to their wives while praising patience with their own faults. It ends with a warning to avoid gossip and focus on one’s own words.
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Cupid
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Monicello Express
JW. Doxst
Pat
Lea
Button
Hicks & Guyan
Shoe Specialists
Home News
Newton Parrott
Fred Slauson
Kansas City
Deatrick’s
Emma Hazlet
Wyoming
Lucy Gill
Eilers & Bolton
Ervin E. Reed
Fayette
John Rickles
Wheatland
George Stuhler
Carl
Iowa City
Burrichter’s
James Abel
Canada
Jack Hogan
Chicago
Mark
Thos. H. Macbride
the State University At
Deitrick’s
Margaret Young
Boone
Peter Holmes
Hicks & Rickless
John McGuinnes
Monticello Presbyterian Church
B. D. Haeussler
Kasper Heirs
Andreas Guler
E. E. Gruenstein
Seigfred and
Paul
Harry Bricker
Otto Wettstein
T. M. Redmond
K. of P. Lodge
John Gibson
A. King
Jackson County
Eilers & Bolton’s
Charles Huntington
A. W. Skinner
Cascade
C.J. Martin
Bay City
Michigan
A. W. Scott
R. C. Stirton
Des Moines
Puleston
Axe
Diamond Creamery Co
Alonzo Hosford
Hazel
Platt
South Dakota
Stephen Hosford
Dew
Haberman
Grundy County
J. A. Deutrick
J. D. Hogan
Eliza Lane
Hogan
Frederick
Robert Finlayson
Grundy Center
Finlayson
Homer Hanna
Ben Loomis
Farley
Nebraska
Jones County
Fred Zimmerman
W. A. Mirick
Deutrick’s
Michael McLaughlin
St. Petersburg
Florida
Tampa Bay
McLaughlin
Supreme Court
P. H. Wood
Hattie Smith
Douglass H. Smith
Sandhouse
Hattie
Hicks & Ricklefs
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
A. E. Himebaugh
Germany
France
Morris Bebb
China
C. D. Chase
America
George Inglis
Monticello Electric Co
J. 8. Hall
O. H. Soetje
R. P. Smith
R. M. Hicks
H. Tiarks
Wm. Stuhler
Kilers & Bolton
Hunter
Kempf
Herrick & Bauder
Wm. Welch
J. 8. Welch
Parrott
Sycamore Street
James Parrott
Welch
Shellenberger
A. R. O’brien
Cedar Rapids
Castle Grove
J. W. Innes
O’brien
Mason City
Langworthy Co-operative Creamery
Lewis Batchelder
John H. Batchelder
J. H. Dirks
Wm. Siebels
L. Batchelder
G. L. Lovell
H. M. Dirks
Fred Poppe
Fred Doden
Henry Monk
Henry Rickels
J. R. Rickels
Gerd Harms
Ed. Albinger
Mary Like
Joseph Albinger
Linda Kiburz
B. L. Hoyt
Scotch Grove
San Antonio
Texas
Edward
Edward Hoyt
Ben
Wm. Schodde
Fred Koop
Fred
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Amanda E. Hosford
Monticello Public Library
Alia Holmes
George Holmes
This City
Charles Rourke
Lawrence Rourke
Sacred Heart Church
Menno
J. G. Suter
Matthiessen & Slimebaugh
Iggwa
A. Matthiessen, A.W. Timebaugh
Cnalicos
Percales
German Mutual Insurance Co
Tenry Alferts
Sand Spring
J. B. Bohtken
Farma
King Row Bells
Dolly Patton
Axtell
Northwest
Missouri
Eastern Iown Hardware
Ilinois Grocery
Independence
Souh Dakota
Ohio
Northern Iowa Land Co
Towa
Strimp
Jos. A. Alexander
Sunflower Philosophy
Atchison Globe
Great Clearing Sale
Dame
Hubbard & Hanken
Soetie’s
C. H. Shipman
Che Merchant
South Cedar Street
Toile du Nord
Ginghar Ags
Ptiayesrogs Ryrmrsaeiuneey Ee
Gale Price
Gene Scare
Waterloo
Sorosis
Lovell Block
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