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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1880
Page
2
The State Register notes Yoran returns to Des Moines at the Aborn House. Dunham & Leichhardt advertise bargains while Marsh al Moulton houses five tramps last Tuesday. Readers are urged to inspect Dunham stock and avoid buying a lamp before checking prices. Iron bridge news and Davenport Division rail improvements are outlined along with upcoming Scribner February issue contents and Th e Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain promotions.
Emmetsburgh visitor Mrs J Scott returns to see her father Jr H Starks after eight years. A birth is announced for Paul and Bud with a eleven pound boy. congratulations to the family. Prof Caldwell reopens Commercial College near the Post Office. Methodist meetings slated with Dr Emory Miller preaching. Mills and a lecture on prison life by A O Abbott to follow. Various local notices include business ad for Grassmeeger's cement products and oblique remarks about local figures.
A heated discussion questions biblical infallibility and interpretation while praising the New York Herald as a leading national newspaper. The piece also notes editorials on geology and inspiration, and includes local notices about agents, a party at Agent Nash’s home, and Moody's creamery opening nearby.
The letter discusses 1879 crimes by respected figures, moral and educational critiques, and questions about public trust. It notes Aldrich’s disputed finances report and the Kansas Glasco letter pleading for mills, wool, bricks, and creameries, with local pride and family news.
A reader notes prints in snow showing a woman's shoe. The heel marks from edge to toe spark discussion about shoe sizes and style. A brother compares a morning slipper size two and a broader Portamonth boot, pondering how girls perceive fashion and foot shape.
Roll of Honor lists pupils who were not absent or tardy in the Fall Term across multiple grades at the high school and primary levels. Names include Kath Cuntia, Elmer Hicks, Nettie Sleeper, Mima Vehon, May Hickok, Adelbert Sandhouse, Anna McCannon, Jennie Henderson, and others across Second Grammar, Fourthie Primary,IRD Primary, Second Protery, and First Primary with many repeated surnames like Lorentzen, Moulton, Whittemore, and Rutherford.
Our Cass Letter reports the derangement of Solomon Thomas, long a town supporter of the Methodist church. His son James arrived to find him an inmate at the Independence Asylum, as the town records note others, including Iaa Stewart, recently sent to the asylum after a violent seizure.
Mhelory Springer aged 78 years dies in Chico California after long illness He lived in Maine Vermont New York Ohio Portage County Franklin Castle Grove Iowa and Chico He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and remained a devoted member nearly fifty years His widow Irena Root survives The death was due to enlargement of the liver He expressed praise before death and spoke of meeting loved ones in heaven. Christian Advocate obituary by A Hoteroon
A jumble of legal notices and personal notices from Jones County and surrounding towns. Prominent items include congratulations to Mr and Mrs Blabbard on their marriage, property sale lead ins and notices of debt settlement. Also mentions dissolution of Weight Dowey drug firm and continuation by HLM Wright with abstract books and land dealings along the railroad corridor in Iowa.
Advertisement notes a steam saw mill in Monticello Township for lumber sawing of any size using a 55 inch Loran circular saw. Patrons urged to bring their own lumber and saws this winter to save costs. Also tax list notice for Monticello Township calling residents to pay taxes at First Street office from dotclock A M to March 1 1880.
A fragmented page notes a Dexter Livery Stable owner advertising a personal hearse for public use on reasonable terms. It also includes unrelated quips, medical ads for rheumatism remedies, vanilla extract claims, perfumes, and Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder urging liberal patronage.
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