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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1897
Page
7
A crowded Monticello page lists visits by Mr. Robert Abel and others to Chicago and Anamosa, local store improvements, bids on blankets and curtains, and sales at Hicks & Eilers Wills & Deatrick. Notices include rail delays near Strawberry Point and a ten cent sociable for the M. E. library.
A local education meeting is planned for Saturday January 28 at the Center Junction opera house. The program includes morning and afternoon sessions with discussions on reading, physiology, state courses, reading, libraries, attendance, duties of teachers, and roles of patrons and directors. Executive committee members and entertainment organizers are listed.
Mr G W Simpson of Boston co owns Diamond creameries and is doing business locally this week. Alfred Tucker found a gold plated cuff button bearing L and will return it to owner. Cedar Rapids’ John A. Eddy and Sawyer Smith were in Monticello on business last Monday. Snow and sledding conditions noted with school crossing runs. Will & Deutrick's advertise as a cash dry goods spot. Church attendance at Presbyterian services totals six in morning and two in evening, plus two new members the prior Sunday. Tax lists for Monticello City and townships any payer can pay taxes via D E Pond. The New Woman topic at Congregational church next Sunday evening. A humorous question about congress or rocking the cradle. Mrs Isaac Rigby traveling to Sumner IA to visit children and sheriff son in Bremer county. Winter goods advertised at Sumter’s. Masonic dance and banquet set for Friday night Jan 29 for members and families. Colfax White of Chicago visited brother Benjamin last week. Mr White’s father William White formerly ran Central house. Mr Joseph Mace of Savanna IL visiting Monticello. Mary Seeber returning with brother Mace after months at Savanna. A mush and milk sociable for Sunday school benefit at James Voorhees home Friday evening Jan 15. Lon’s Grocer promoted in Express reader notices. Surprise birthday party for Maude Hosford at Alonzo Hosford’s home with local youths. Dr G A Isbell of Maquoketa spent two days at C S Bidwell’s store and plans return early February. Exact return date to be announced.
Grand closing out sale offering jackets and capes at cost. Store promotes no carryover of season goods and invites customers to come and be convinced. Includes mention of vases.
Major and Mrs J G Cudworth leave Anamosa for Cedar Rapids where the Major will supervise the general agency of the Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. Mrs Cudworth is the daughter of Mr D C Tice of this city.
Mr Geo L Himebaugh of Indianola visits his son Eugene L Himebaugh in Wayne township where he once prospered as a farmer. The elder Himebaugh is thriving in his new home and enjoys time with friends during a week’s stay.
Isaac Kiburz of Tingley Iowa sends the subscription price for The Express noting his home is incomplete without it. He comments that times are tight in Ringgold County and lists local prices for corn twelve cents per bushel oats no price potatoes twenty five cents per bushel and apples twenty cents per bushel.
Hon. George W. Lovell continues to improve with stronger recuperative powers. He can raise his hand to his face and speak a few words. If this progress continues, he may soon sit up and regain his voice, with strength increasing as in the last two weeks.
Wide-Awake Encampment I O O F hosted a pleasant social with games dancing and supper. Ivy lodge K of P installed officers with Robt Abel as C C and F W Koop conducting services. Local updates include the county assessor plan, Ringling Bros. inquiry, a finger amputation without anesthetic, and a banker indictment in Timber City.
C W Waggoner a former grain buyer who lived in Monticello about 25 years ago died at his home in Bismarck North Dakota at age 65 after months of frailty. He leaves a widow and three daughters. A former member of Co FE 5th Iowa Infantry he was active in the G A R the A O U W and the Free Masons. The Bismarck Daily Tribune lauds his life as unblemished and steady in business and character.
Monticello and nearby communities publish an obituary for Miss Blanche Langworthy who died at 21 after a winter illness, with funeral details at the Congregational church. The issue also shares notes on local businessman S. E. Sarles, a school time card change, and a severe skin disease case of Mr. John Reichart, plus the Hartsough family obituary from Fayette and other local notices.
Mrs. Everhart wife of Hl. 3B. Everhart of Grove Creek Jones County Iowa died at her Marcus Iowa home January 6 after a brief illness from heart failure. She was 67 years 8 months and 22 days, laid to rest January 8 in Marcus cemetery. She was a devoted Christian for nearly 50 years and survived by six daughters two sons and 18 grandchildren. Her family planned a June fifty year reunion before her sudden passing. A list of unclaimed letters at Monticello post office January 18, 1897 appears with names and initials.
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