Monticello Social Roundup Notes Various Visits and News
O M Brown and C S Barker on sick list and visits. Miss Kate Morse from Washington DC visits Monticello. Local notables including M A Breed, H B Richardson, J Welch, and F Kenney seen in town. Masonic Masters degree conferred on O E Brainerd. Post office uncalled for letters for Jacob Wilson and others. Remnants at low prices and harness repairs offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Wilson
Sec. Business Men’s Assn
Sec. Com
Lesgue
Monticello
Monticello Notes Busy News from January Scene
Local items report Mrs. Dexter Page improving after illness while Dr. Dwight Smith and bride head home to Mason City. Margaret Errickson returns from Parkersburg to stay with father, and Kinsella church plans a public ball in two weeks. Various notices cover family visits, illnesses, theater listings, legislative appointments, and upcoming sales and auctions in the area.
Purchase of Bowen’s Prairie estate near Whittemore home stead
William Burrichter of Bowen's Prairie bought the three acre tract across the road from his home from Mrs. Maria Leamann known as the William Whittemore homestead for eight hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Burrichter
Bowen's Prairie
Maria Leamann
William Whittemore
Miss Grace Albery Recovers from New Year Buggy Accident
Miss Grace Albery who was thrown from a buggy on New Year's evening has recovered sufficiently to be out again. She was rendered unconscious in the accident and though recovery was slow it was steady and evidently permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Albery
Miss Albery
Campbell Brothers Dealer Now in Wyoming Farm Machinery Sale
Wyoming correspondent notes Hugh Campbell left Mon ticello to sell farm machinery in a Wyoming town. The report highlights the library center’s popularity with increased readers and circulation in 1912 and shows adult fiction comprising under five percent of borrowed books.
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Hugh Camphbell
Wyoming
Campbell Brothers
Monticello
Campbell
Barnts Family Recalled by Illness of Mother in Ryan
Charles Barnts and his wife traveled from Ryan last Saturday due to the serious illness of Mr Barnts mother who lives with Herbert Barnts. The mother, nearly 89, showed some improvement and Mr Barnts returned home Monday morning while his wife stayed on.
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Charles Barnts
Ryan
Mr. Barnts
Herbert Barnts
Recital by Miss Luella Gibson’s Pupils At Stuhler Home
Pupils presented piano solos duets and mandolin orchestra selections at a Friday recital hosted by Mr and Mrs Wm Stuhler. More than fifty guests praised the students as they performed including vocal items and trios with Edison and Victor machines advertised for sale by Locher Bros.
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Luella Gibson
Wm. Stuhler
Mandolin Orchestra
Wills Home on Clark Street For Sale
The Wills home on Clark Street will be sold at a fixed date February 8 for offers. The executor in charge invites prospective buyers to tour the property and arrange terms, noting the house is well located and should fetch a fair price.
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Wills
Clark Street
Advertisements Fill Monticello Pages This Week
The Express features large Monticello trade ads likely to capture reader attention with prominent display placements. Suffragists plan persistent lobbying this winter and may pressure Henry Stutt on the Woman Suffrage committee. Mrs. Elmer Orcutt underwent appendicitis surgery after a train trip to Dubuque hospital. doctors report serious but stable condition. P. A. Kehoe, longtime Castle Grove resident near Hopkinton, died after months of illness following a fall, with details to follow.
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Monticello
The
Express
Henry Stutt
Henry
Elmer Orcutt
Dubuque Hospital
Dubuque
Salem appoints H P Harris as purchasing agent
H P Harris formerly president of the Diamond Creamery Co and long time Monticello and Salem resident has been named purchasing agent for Salem under the new charter. Harris served over thirty years with the Diamond Creamery Co and was a former director of the Boston chamber of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, Massachusetts
H. P. Harris
The
Diamond Creamery Co
Monticello
Salem
Harris
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts
Bidwell Plans Florida Trip With Farwell Family
OC S Bidwell leaves yesterday for a winter stay in Southern Florida with his uncle Lalon Z Farwell and Miss Belle Farwell of Freeport Illinois. They intend to spend the season in the land of oranges. He hopes to join a Panama voyage if a passenger relinquishes a berth before March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Bidwell
Florida
Lalon Z. Farwell
Belle Farwell
Freeport
Ilinois
Panama
Monticello
Herrick Couple Report From Los Angeles Trip
M W Herrick and Mrs Herrick arrived in Los Angeles last Saturday after a pleasant journey. They posed as bride and groom during the trip and will stay at Hotel Heinze man. He notes frost damage to fruit was underestimated with orange and lemon crops practically a total loss. They traveled through New Mexico and Arizona where old settlers said it was the coldest spell in the area. In Los Angeles the weather was cold at the time of writing.
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M. W. Herrick
Los Angeles
Pensioners End Advance Voucher System For Pensions
Local pensioners express satisfaction with a new policy removing advance voucher execution before remittances. On the usual quarterly date some soldiers and widows went to notaries, but most waited for government checks mailed from Des Moines. Now they present checks at the bank with pension certificates to prove entitlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Shoe Repair Shop Opened in Lazell Garage Building
Charles Appleby, a deaf mute shoemaker with more than 15 years of experience, announces the new repair shop in the Lazell garage building offering first class work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazell
Charles Appleby
Thompson Sues Northwestern Railway Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court last Tuesday affirmed the judgment in John Thompson vs The Chicago Northwestern Railway Co. from the district court. Thompson won damages for injuries to a charge during shipment from UChicago to Onslow Iowa over the Northwestern line. The railway fought hard with many witnesses. Thompson prevailed and the railroad must pay damages plus substantial costs.
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Supreme Court
John Thompson
Chicago Northwestern Railway Co
District Court
Thompson
Uchicago
Onslow
Iowa
Northwestern Railway
Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart
Costa
.Presbyterian Church Recital Highlights Local Pupils
Misa McCuskey's pupils presented a music program at the Presbyterian church last Saturday afternoon. Invited guests praised the performance and the pupils' talent. Graduates from the primary group included Elaine Reed Selmar Prahm Seraphine Schweitzer and Lucile Schweitzer. Other performers were Dora Ketlattz Elfrinda Cartano Vivian Chaplin Mildred Pierce Lucile Chase Olive Cartano Dorothy Allen James Snazell Florence Noble Bernice Heiken Leonard Hoyt Lyman Hoyt and Russell Patrick.
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Misa McCuskey
Presbyterian Church
Rom
Elaine Reed
Selmar Prahm
Seraphine Schweitzer
Lucile Schweitzer
Dora, Ketlattz
Elfrinda Cartano
Vivian Chaplin
Mildred Pierce
Lucile Chase
Olive Cartano
Dorothy Allen
James Snazell
Florence Noble
Bernice Heiken
Leonard Hoyt
Lyman Hoyt
Russell Patrick
Snow laden trees cause widespread damage and outages
Morning snow coated wet trees bending limbs and snapping branches and downed telephone and electric lines. Damage will take days to repair as wires and poles fail. several storms and outages reported across streets. John Folkers dies at 70 after a stroke and hog incident. funeral at German Lutheran church led by Rev Mardorf.
Mrs Margaret McCrea Dies After Year’s Illness in Linn County
Mrs Margaret McCrea wife of John McCrea died yesterday before noon at 9 o clock at her Linn County home two miles west of the Jones county line after a yearlong creeping paralysis. She was about 62 and survived by her husband six children and two siblings. Funeral services will be held at the Im maculate Conception Church tomorrow morning. She was born in Missouri and lived about 40 years near the home.
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John Folkers
Harm Folkers
Amber
German Lutheran Church
Rev
O. Mardorf
Margaret McCrea
John McCrea
Linn County
Jones County
Maggies
Anna
Alice
Stella
Missouri
David Hennessey
Mary Flannery
Ryan
John Hennessey
Monticello
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father M.S. Murphy
Foster Named Assistant Inspector for Iowa High Schools
John E. Foster, former Monticello superintendent and current Independence schools chief, is chosen by the state board of education as assistant inspector of secondary schools. The move reflects growing inspection needs with 274 accredited high schools and more than 150 schools seeking on site review. Foster, a Leander Clark College and Yale University graduate, has held roles from Delta teacher to Hedrick and Adair principal, and six years in Monticello followed by three years in Independence.
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John E. Foster
Monticello
Independence
State Board of Education
P. E. McQlenahan
Iowa
Monticello Friends
Foster
Leander Oark College
Yale University
Delta
Hedrick and Adair
Farmers Co-Operative Creamery to Hold Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Farmers' Co-Operative Creamery Company of Monticello will be at the creamery on Monday February 3 1913 for election of treasurer secretary and seven directors and other business as may come before the meeting. 8012 O W Brazelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Co-Operative Creamery Company
Monticello
O. W.brazelton
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted by Dr Stubler
Dr L G Stubler conducted eye examinations and fitted glasses, providing complete optical care for patients.
Obituary of Mrs Esther Danks Wife of Alson U Danks
Mrs Esther Danks widow of Alson U Danks died in Monticello January 15 1913 at nearly eighty. Born Esther Starr near Toronto January 20 1833 she moved to Wisconsin in childhood and married near Stoughton on November 6 1856. Funeral held at North Cedar Street home conducted by Rev Roy V Porter with burial at Prairie Hill cemetery.
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Alson C. Danks
Esther Danks
Alson U. Danks
North Cedar Street
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Prairie Hill
Danks
Esther Starr
Jesse Starr
Toronto
Canada
Monticello
Wisconsin
Stoughton
J. H. Carl
George
George Carl
Ray
Colorado
Iowa
Roy Y. Porter
Longtime Jones County residents pass in Monticello era days
Mrs. Danks lived on a Jones County farm over fifty years before moving to Monticello in 1808. The article remembers her family, church ties, and enduring devotion, and notes the deaths of a child, George Carl, and the later marriage of Henry Ortgies and Frieda Krey with plans to reside on Castle Grove farm.
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Henry Ortgies
Lubbe Ortgies
Misa Frieda Krey
Henry Krey
Rev
Naother
Castle Grove
Mrs. Ortgies
Scotch Grove Social Measures Heights For Charity
A 19th century social event called a measuring social offers five cents per foot tall and an extra cent per inch as entertainment. Music and dinner will accompany the event hosted by Presbyterians and Henry Carson's in Tipton on Friday January 31 at six o'clock. Tipton council rejected all seven sewer bids with the lowest at 80 581 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carson
Dr Redmond Eyes Tested For Low Price Sheet Music
Fragmentary ad copy notes eye tests by Dr. Redmond and Locher Bros offering sheet music priced at 10 and 15 cents with fittings and glasses mentioned, plus Dr L Q Stubler referenced. The readable text is inconsistent and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locher Bros.gett
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the Home of Shoes of Quaality
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Greeley
Lewis Lang
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M. A. Breed
Deitrick’s
John
Welch
Marion
Michael Hofacre
Arnold Egger
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Frank Kenney
Oxford Mirror
George Netcott
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Mra. O. H. Soetje
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Eldorado
Kansas
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Messrs
Robert Henderson
James Abel
Illnass
Jacob Rohr
Barlville
John Miller
Deitrick
Masonic Order
O. E. Brainerd
Be, E. Hoag
Kansas City
St. Louis
Hoag Dwater Co
David Heisey
Anamosa
Alson OQ. Danks
Kate Morse
Washington, D.C
W. A. Mirick
Eliza Severn
Farley
D. G. Hazard
Pearl Heisey
Grinnell College
A. O. Danks
Doutrigk’s
James Wilson
Nellie
Parlor City
Catherine Lovell
George L. Schoonover
Anamoga
William Porter
J. W. Beatty
Petoskey, Michigan
Cascade
Henry Britting
Frank Dautremont
Colin Thomas
Miss Lucile Thomas
Chicago
J. H. Henry
Belle Plaine
Deutrick’s
Renk & Uropp
Dexter Page
Dwight Smith
Brida
Mason City
Margaret Errickson
Parkersburg
Kinsella Ball
Mrs. Carl
Joseph Carl
Tittle George Carl
John Williamson
Storm Lake
Robert Williamson
Peter Janelt
Lost Nation
Arminda Baker
Carl Starr
Emmetshburg
Josephine Hostetter
W. Z. Allen
George Igon
George Davis
Oy Bert
Tower
Agriculture
Conservation of
Penitentiarias
Pangburn
Errickson’s
B. E. Rhinehart
Herrick & Rhinehart
George Green
Ellison
Reform School
A. W. Cramer
McConnon
William Tuetken
Anamosa Sanitarium
Fred G. Matthiessen
A. G
Hanken
Cross Hardware Co
Huntington Pianos
Locher Bros
Banker
J. C. Bailey’s
Bertha Faber
J. L. Faber
L. E. Board
W. E. Lloyd
Osmond
Nebraska
Hazel Neal
Monticello High School
A. Errickson
Rudolph Rickless
G. W. Hosford
Errickson
G. H. George
Hopkinton and
Edison and
Victor
P. A. Kehoe
J Christ Tachantz
L. G. Stubler
Iowan
Mr. Danks
Q Charlotte Helsey
John Ff. Helsey
Amond
Jennie Deischer
Newton O. Deischer
Castle Grove Township
David Starr
Emmetsburg
Milton Starr
Kensler Starr
Seattle
Washington
Armida Baker
Amy Hibbard
Long Beach
California
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Scotch Grove Social
Tipton
Dr. Redmond
L. Q. Stubler
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Kayser
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Royal Worcester and Warner
Beery Bros
C. H. Schipman
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Lovell Block Store
Hicks & Ricklefs
E. A. Hubbard
L. H. Lang
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