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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
7
Local items mention births at Monticello and visits by John Rice of Rock Island, Mrs Harper from Garwin visiting relatives, and families moving between Cascade and Monticello. Advertisements include Burrichter’s coffee, Deitrick’s store goods, Star Clothing House, and a 17 cent bargain counter. Additional notes cover a magician act, county supervisors’ attendance, and pension case inquiries.
Miss Lillie White hosts friends at North Cedar Street last Thursday. Elder Clark Bateman and wife plan a three week Michigan Indiana visit via Chicago. Deutrick's offers geese feathers pillows and textiles. Miss De Mart cancels Monticello music lessons for a month. Kulp Bros advertise Scotch Grove farmers ad. Entertainer Maro praised by Hawkeye. Elizabeth Schoenherr hosts a basket sociable January 26. Several locals travel to Davenport for can making work. Hicks Eilers features Haviland China and Cut Glass. Monroe family visit from Fayette. French brothers patent a clothes rail and tent. January sale at Deutrick's dress goods and yarns. Durango editor George Raymond guests. Baldy Florine listed bankrupt in Delaware County. Maro acclaimed prestidigitateur. Van Meter to build greenhouse at Monticello. Mrs Bradley Stuart receives widow’s pension. Deutrick’s promotes muslins and linens. School exhibits geological specimens. inspection welcome. Altman taken to Anamosa, deemed insane. asylum transfer. Burrichter’s advertises blankets and coats. Oyster supper at Wm. Sand House postponed to Jan 26 with free church transport. Modern Woodmen of America origins note. Jewelry offer at Parrott’s with 14K gold fills. Repeal bankruptcy bill note: many debtors act before deadline. few Jones County residents affected.
The week includes a severe foot cut by Henry Behrends, a well attended Kinsella Hall dance by the Society of Foresters, a piano recital by Miss Gibson’s students, and a dramatic temperature drop of 43 degrees. Other notes cover a pend ing penitentiary reform plan, Minneapolis calendar art by Bart Bartholomew, real estate moves, theatre hype for Marc, and local business and legal notices.
Section 668 forbids council members from benefiting from new or increased municipal offices during their term. The Post Office plans a rural free delivery from Monticello to Castle Grove pending a ground survey and Congress funding. A Breezy Time opera show, a wedding of Louis Gardner and Blanche Thoeni, and a Parrott’s jewelry ad appear amid obituary for Malachi Cashan and a farm auction notice near Scotch Grove.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the initial collateral inheritance tax law was unconstitutional but its later curative amendment is constitutional from that time forward. It upheld retroactive coverage for personal property and avoided ruling on real estate, noting large potential tax implications for the Geo. W. Lovell estate. A separate item notes a quiet Epworth wedding between Edwin Earheart and Geneva Loomis.
Tipton dispatch notes engineer Downer completed Muscatine to Tipton survey and states the new line will reuse the old railroad grade for most of the route with six miles excluded. Weather permitting the survey will extend to Anamosa and Independence. The project promises to connect Tipton with nine towns across 71 miles, despite prior talk. Monticello creamery stockholders meet February 5 at 1 pm. J L Arduser announces. Mrs. O G Hunter visits. A Chicago Daily Tribune personal notice seeks a woman named Anni Lauener through Louisa Loet Scher of Monticello La.
Harry Hicks arrived Monday with a car load of horses recently purchased in South Dakota. The animals were taken to his farm where they will be fed for some time before being marketed.
I offer my residence in Monticello for sale on reasonable terms. Well located and in excellent repair. Taxes for Monticello and several townships can be paid at the Monticello State Bank. Tax lists for various townships are also available there for inspection by taxpayers.
A local retailer touts lower prices on all wool blankets during a sale. Consumers are urged to take advantage of discounted prices on a range of blanket styles and sizes.
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