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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
4
Wyoming notes visitors and residents across Davenport Chicago Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Local events include fraternal officer elections, road and farm movements, a saw mill lease, bank vault move, and a county representational boost. crime minimal and community projects praised.
Center Junction notes list visits from Mrs. J A Kell and others, theater and church events, a cattle shipment to Chicago, a silver wedding anniversary, a January lecture by Olivia Sanger Hall, and a local fundraiser for a monument to soldiers. Activities include family visits, social gatherings, political committee placements, and weather affected sociables.
Local notices report residents moving within Iowa towns including Art Lake in Mt Vernon and the Day family illness. Visitations and events include a phonograph program at a Cass church and a chicken pie supper at Mrs. Ogden with a bazaar. Funeral and moving notices mention Mr Iarl Little and families relocating to Anamosa and the Berndes farm.
Local item updates miss Grace Loy testimonial by the Literary society. Obituary for A. J. Kearney born 1831 near Shepherdstown and died at Cascade on January 8 after 51 years in the area. Family members named include W G Aitchison and A W Aitchison of Cascade, and doctors and editors elsewhere. Also a lighthearted prank in which the groom Edward Plowe and bride were driven by a ruse to a Cascade depot reception before departing on an eastbound train.
Heavy rain Friday night raised streams in Castle Grove. Mrs Dan McDonnell among the sick. D J Hogan left with two carloads of cattle. Mr and Mrs Dankiff Monticello visited the N C Peischer home. Mrs F P Doran Frairieburg attended the ladies aid meeting. Mrs A W Cramer recovered from illness. J A Hubbard shot a jack rabbit. two others seen. Joe Hennessey and Miss Nellie Crowlger at Church of the Immaculate Conception. A new barn to be built on J M King farm. Bert hauling rock for foundation. Mrs C T Berlin Laredo and Orville Orcutt Alexandria SD here for Isaac Orcutt illness. Grandma Noble celebrated birthday with family visiting and a day full of cheer.
A brief birthday toast hoping Grandma Noble enjoys many happy returns and a long, healthy life. The message expresses warm regard and well wishes for the celebrant.
Rural residents report daily activities including Jim Grey throat trouble John Johnson hog deliveries in Anamosa and D J Dirks corn shipment in Wednesday. Mrs Ann Ross ill with paralysis with poor prospects of recovery. Relatives from Topeka Beloit and Trorton visit Rogs home due to mother Noga's illness. Wm Rieken to buy lumber from Anamosa Lumber Co for 1250 to repair barn.
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