Monticello Home News Notices and Visits
Local items listMiss Helen Kehoe ill with tonsillitis visits by Mrs. Voorhees to Cedar Rapids and others, a stream of relatives and friends traveling to Dubuque Marion Chicago Council Bluffs and Anamosa. Notes on mills coal and sales at Deitrick's plus a baby born in Wayne and a ten day railway mail break.
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Leo Kiburz
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Cecil Williams
Marion
Ethel Young
Local notices and social notes mix in Monticello report
Carl Jones returns from Marshall town with cousins Edmund and Chris Wenger. Linn county farmers Institute reports a splendid success. Mail for Ray Barr and Mrs E A Cook remains uncalled for. Mrs Frank Mead and Ruth visit from Manchester. Peter Ommen funeral attended by Mrs Wohleburg and Mr Rohr. Various local visits and gatherings noted. Hallouer & Widmer seek 1 500 buyers for tender baby steers. Fred Manning on vacation at Excelsior Springs. Ed Hischeid visits from Perry. Miss Ethel George hosts Sunday school class dinner. Rev Father Byrne visits from LaCrosse. Church talk at Congregational on prosperity. Farmers slaughter hogs at Suter & Son. Entertainment A Cunning Conspiracy at Presbyterian church. Music recital by Miss Harriet McCuskey pupils well received. Manchester Democrat remarks on basketball score. Jerome Brazelton home sold for 1075 to Grant Stumbaugh.
Frank Ferring Builds Rear Garage in Lowell
Frank Ferring is erecting a brick garage at the rear of his residence facing the alley behind the Lowell State Bank. Joe Wally and Ferring will sell a $750 Max well touring car this season. Three inches of heavy snow fell early Sunday morning helping dust lay, but the snow melted the next day. Samuel Eby was summoned to DeWitt by the death of his infant granddaughter, daughter of John and Mrs Reichart. A basket social will be held at Arnold Egger’s north ofMontieglo Friday night January 23 with 7 o clock town transport from the Presbyterian church.
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Frank Ferring
Lowell State Bank
Mr. Ferring
Joe Wally
Samuel Eby
DeWitt
John M. Reichart
Arnold Egger
Montieglo
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian ©. E. Society
Alonzo Cowan
Maquoketa
Mr. Cowan
Joe Farring
Reacué
The Last Days of Pompeii A Photo Drama at Princess Theater
A six part photo drama The Last Days of Pompeii screens at the Princess Theater on Wednesday January 28 with a 3 30 matinee and 7 00 evening show. Admission is 25 cents with children under twelve at 15 cents. Further advertising to follow.
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Pompeii
Princess Theater
Funeral for Peter Ommen draws large crowd
The German Lutheran church was filled to capacity last Friday forenoon for the funeral of Peter Ommen. Rev. Ide conducted services in both German and English, honoring the decedent and his children with a large turnout of friends.
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Peter Ommen
Ide
Episcopal Church Members Invited to Send Names and Addresses
Communicants and adherents of the Episcopal church or Church of England are invited to send their name and address to Rev. Felix H. Pickworth, Amanosa Iowa for correspondence. Early attention to this request will be esteemed.
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Episcopal
Rider Injured When Horse Slips Fractures Leg
John Q. Shelley sustained a fractured leg last Tuesday morning when riding a horse that slipped and fell. The leg fractured in two places between the ankle and lines. Dr. Redmond reduced the fracture.
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John Q. Shelley
Dr. Redmond
McLaughlin Family Mourns Richard McLaughlin Death
The Monticello friends of Mr and Mrs John A McLaughlin express condolences on the death of their son Richard after a brave fight with tuberculosis reported by Our Castle Grove correspondent.
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Monticello
John A. McLaughlin
Richard
Castle Grove
1913 Tax Lists Now Available at Monti cello State Bank
The 1913 taxes are due January 1 1914 with payment of the first half by April 1 avoiding the second half. If the first half is unpaid by April 1 interest at 1 percent per month begins April 1.
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Monticello
Non-Partisan Judicial Petitions and Local Notices
Primary petitions for Judges Weaver and Withrow seek non partisan re election on Australian ballot. Marriage licenses issued include Amos Kohl Bernice Filloon Charles Hall Nellie Tyrrell William Custis Garnet Tarbox Gustav Kroll Mary Zaruba and Shover brothers James Shelley. Hunters trespass complaints escalate farming tensions near Delhi Straw berry Point and On the Wall.
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Weaver
Withrow
Supreme Bench
Clerk Fisher
Amos ©. Kohl
Mechanicsville
Bernice Filloon
Chas. H. Hall
Oxford Junction
Nellie Tyrrell
Cedar Rapids
William Custis
Olin
Garnet Tarbox
Gustav Kroll
Savanna
Illinois
Mary Zaruba
Paderewski Concert Train Offer From Iowa Cities
Music lovers in Monticello Anamosa and Hopkinton may attend the Paderewaki concert in Cedar Rapids on February 9 via a special round trip train. One hundred names guaranteed at regular rates. send names or call Miss Harriet McCuskey or Miss Augusta Hauessler Friday morning between nine and ten.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Hopkinton
Cedar Rapids
Harriet McCuskey
Augusta Hauessler
Cat in the furnace gives child fear and a tale of Doron move
A four year old on Angle Street resisted the dark furnace room after a mother explains the cat has green eyes. W. A. Doron, ex Monticello superintendent, is in Williams California earning his highest salary, with six teachers for 40 pupils, in a 10 acre school with lawns trees and flowers.
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Angle Street
W. A. Doron
Monticello
Williams
California
Sacramento
Dubuque Boy Honored For Heroic Ice Rescue
Quincy H. Wylie a 16 year old Dubuque incident hero drowned in the Mississippi while attempting to save a companion who fell through ice. The council praises his bravery and petitions the Carnegie Hero Commission to award a medal to his parents.
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Quincy H. Wylie
Debuque
Mississippi River
Express
Peter Dress
Dubuque
Carnegie Hero Commission
Oan Road Railway Sold at Public Auction in Dubuque
The Chicago Anamoss and Northern Railway known as the Oan road, thirty five miles long, was sold at a Dubuque auction last Tuesday to George B Caldwell and L E Meyers of Chicago who had obtained a judgment against the road. They paid 252030.09 dollars, and the sale included the track rolling stock six hundred thousand dollars of capital stock and three hundred fifty thousand dollars of bond issue. The road was originally financed by Peter Kiene and Son, and these investments contributed to the bankruptcy of the Kiene partnership.
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Chicago, Anamoss
Peter Kiene
Monticello Crushes Manchester 100 to 14 in Big Win
The Monticello basketball team routed Manchester with a 100 to 14 victory Friday night as local fans cheered loudly. Earlier, Anamosa defeated Manchester 32 to 21 last week.
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Hawkeye Hall
Manchester
Monticello
Anamosa
Knickerbocker Volume Found in Kansas City Library
A Kansas City pastor reports finding volume 16 of the Knickerbocker Magazine from 1840. It contains the first printing of Longfellow’s The Village Blacksmith and Irving’s The Crayon Papers. The Monticello Public Library houses nearly a full set, donated by Mrs. Harriet Coughlan.
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Kansas City
Knickerbocker Magazine
Village Blacksmith
Longfellow
Crayon
Washington Irving
Monticello Public Library
Harriet Coughlan
Monticello to Hold Spring Municipal Election Amid Local Tensions
Monticello plans a spring municipal election with limited opposition as residents debate street paving this summer. The piece also notes local letters from Terra Bella farmers on California editorials, Kehoe farm lease outcomes, a near-drowning incident on the Maquoketa River, and a rescue of horses after a flood of worry.
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Monticello
Monticello High Notes Highlight Semester Start
The second semester begins after exams with the Boys Glee Club of thirteen members practicing. The agriculture class plants beans and handles potatoes for good luck while a milk tester is secured for future lessons. A basketball win by Monticello 100 to 14 over Manchester is noted, plus a freshmen sophomores game scheduled Thursday with lineups listed.
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Monticello
Manchester
Charles Podhaski
Elwood Brazelton
John Rickels
George Bort
Solomon Marugg
Riess Stabler
Orville Peet
Will Carson
Frank Himebaugh
George Rickelas
Petitions Required for Independent School Director Elections
A new amendment to Section 215 requires all candidates for independent school director offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the school board at least seven days before the annual election. Each candidate must be nominated by a petition signed by ten qualified electors, and ballots will be printed listing all candidates in alphabetical order with voting instructions.
For Sale of Conner Estate Residence on Angle Street
Sealed bids are invited for the Frances Conner estate two lots with a six room dwelling and a large barn on Angle Street. Bids due at Lowell State Bank by Tuesday February 10 at 3 p m with possession March 1. Executor R C Stirton reserves right to reject all bids. The Last Days of Pompeii photo drama part six shows at 3 30 night at 7400 admission 25 Watch for advertising. Misa Kate Skahill and Thomas Kennedy were married at St Martin's Cascade last Tuesday.
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Angle Street
Frances Conner
Lowell State Bank
R. C. Stirton
Misa Kate Skahill
Washington Township
Thomas Kennedy
Castle Grove
St. Martin’s Church
Cascade
Twenty Years Ago in Monticello Jan 1884 Highlights
In January 1884 Monticello and nearby areas record unusual weather with- 83 degrees below zero the duster factory seeks active girl help. Local weddings include Henry Stevenson and Flora Perrine, L E Brownell with Mrs Cooper, Frank White and Katie Snamels, Ernest Hubbard and Ida Eberhart. A timber accident kills Samuel Williamson. Ada Terwilliger dies at 19.9 years. O A Henry plans a skating rink at the church site. Irving club elects officers. First Street hill hosts a barrel hazard injuring Miss Scheade. Will Catkins freezes ears after a bareheaded trek. Emersonian society hosts programs and debates on the value of old times.
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Monticello
The
Express
D. E. Pond
Worcester
Massachusetts
Louisa M. Phillips
I. H. Phillips
Henry Stevenson
Flora A. Perrine
J. L. Wilson
Scotch Grove
Ada M. Terwillider
I. D. W Terwilliger
L. E.brownell
Center Junction
BE. A. Cooper
W. D. Hartsough
Samuel Williamson
Frank White
Katie Snamels
Hopkinton
Ernest B. Hubbard
Ida Eberhart
Holmes
Delhi
O. A. Henry
Presbyterian Church
Irving Club
A. H. Beals
Hi. H. Hickox
Effie Gramling
Maury Marvin
George Lovell
E. Dunn
First Street
Will Catkins
Mercury
Michael Hofacre
Emersonian Society
Ernest Sherman
Charles Gallagher
Tom Bixby
Clyde Hunt
Marcus Farwell
O. Stirton
Grant Hicks
Sam Harris
Foreclosure Sought Against Iowa Power Plants
The Eastern Iowa Consolidated Light & Power Co. faces a $250,000 foreclosure suit in Jones County district court. Chicago Title & Trust Co. seeks to foreclose the mortgage on all plants at Anamosa Wyoming Oxford Junction Oxford Mills and Olin and to appoint a receiver to operate them during litigation. The suit names Park Chamberlain as receiver and notes prior financial troubles, inflated valuations, and potential losses to unsecured creditors.
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Iowa Consolidated Light & Power Company
Anamosa
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Oxford Mills
Olin
Chicago Title & Trust Co
Chicago
Jones County
Park Chamberlain
Barnes & Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
Welch Concern
Jones County Telephone Co
Dows Smith Co
St Luke's Monticello trip honors organ dedication
The St Luke church society from Dubuque reports a Monticello organ dedication trip. Fourteen choir members performed music for both services, opening with a processional. On the return train, passengers sang spontaneously, earning hearty applause as Buck's Festival Te Deum in E flat was sung from memory.
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St. Luke’s Record
St.Luke As Church Society
Dubuque
Monticello
Buck
Grand Jury summoned for 1914 term in Anamosa Iowa
Grand jurors for the year 1914 summoned to appear at the court house in Anamosa on March 2 at ten o clock a m. Alien F H Wyoming Everhart NM Jr Rome Leonard William Clay McCann Ed Greenfield Moore Patrick Washington Norton George Oxford Osborne A Hairview Powelka George Hale Robertson Peter Wayne Shipman OC H Monticello Smith JM Center Junction Stivers Ray Jackson
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Court House
Anamosa
Iowa
A. D
A. m
Alien
F. H
Wyoming
Everhart
N. M
Rome
Leonard
William
Clay
McCann
Greenfield
Moore
Patrick
Washington
Norton
George
Oxford
Osborne
Hairview
Powelka
Hale
Robertson
Peter
Wayne
Shipman
OC. H
Monticello
Center Junction
Stivers
Ray
Jackson
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Ueviolal City and Gounty Paper
RY Rey
W. Doxseb
Ball Band
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Helen Kehoe
W. M. Welch
Doris Northrop
Mike McKeever
James Voorhees
Fred Barton
Farley
Christie Guyan
L. W. Lovell
Deitrick’s
Allis Cowan
James Gordon
R. M. Corbit
T. A. King
West Union
Tom King
Jacob Carmichael
Iowa City
L. G. Stabler
John A. Rickels
Peosia
B. F. Main
Cliff Main
Harry Rundle
August Gerdes
O. H. Soetje
Kate Stiubler
L. Q. Stubler
Mary Wilson
A. W. Cramer
John Oswald
Lovell Township
Charlen
Mt. Carmel
George Netcott
Kentucky
Voorhees Coal Co
Will Shelley
Austin, Minnesota
Kate Vernimont
Council Bluffs
Cora Ricketts
Rudolph Ricklefs
Lew Oltmann
J. Suter & Son
Charles J. Heisey
Fallon, Nevada
Chris Balsiger
Leonard Hein
Margaret Rundle
Mrs
Don Rathbun
Perry
Deatrick’s
John Pond
F. J. Cross
J.S. Hall
Kate Maurice
Beon Hand, Dentrick’s
William Young
Fletcher
Peter Young
John Lubben
Minnesota
St. Paul
Fred Fagan
Fagan
Carl Jones
Marshalltown
Edmund and
Chris Wenger
GO. D. Chase
Linn County Farmers’ Institute
Ray Barr
E. A. Cook
Simon
Frank Mead
Ruth
Elmer Hicks
Wohleburg
Lyons
Chris Rohr
Andruw
Thompson Taylor
Henry C. Hoffman
DC. W. Hosford
Eugene Gilmore
Baldwin
Marion Sleeper
Hallouer & Widmer
Fred Manning
Here
Davenport
Excelsior Springs
Ed Hischeid
Ethel George
Frank Gillian
Howard Deischer
Borg
Wausa
Nebraska
Father Byrne
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Sarah Kennedy
Mary Hopan
Suter & Son
Manchester Democrat
Manchester High School
Monticello High School
Jerome Brazelton
Main Street
H. 8S. Richardson
Grant Stumbaugh
Frank Bucklin
Springville
Shover Brothers
James Shelley
Lewis & Kitchen
Central West
Frank Locher
Eugene Dewitt
Dorset
Doutrick’s
Gerdes Brothers
Messrs
W. G. Gerdes
F. H. Gerdes
Terra Bella
the Express
Hare
Los Angeles
P. J. Kehoe
Kehoe
Nulcent
Hallauer
C. H. Schipman
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Hicks & Ricklefs
E. A. Hubbard
L. H. Lang
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