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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
4
E. G. Burrichter announces a full line of new spring footwear for women and men. Ladies pumps sandals oxfords and styles in white gun metal tan and patent leather join a bright selection of young men’s shoes including oxfords in the latest fashions.
Sheriff Hogan visits town and many residents, including Arthur Ladd in Anamosa and Miss Sadie Cotton in Anamosa, stopovers in Monticello. Reports mention visits to Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Omaha, Chicago, Seattle, and Joliet with several domestic excursions and a Cascade Fourth of July ovation.
O S Barker visits Hopkinton and many residents travel to nearby towns for visits and events. The Doutrick store offers a clearance sale on ready to wear starting Saturday July 6. Camp Fire girls plan a food sale at Stabler grocery next Saturday at 9. Various residents leave for visits to Waterloo Strawberry Point Belle Plaine and Cascade. Also notices about alumni events, lectures, theater shows, and eye care services at Patrick's.
Distanced wedding guests attend the Carpenter Innes nuptials. Post office notices list several uncalled for letters. Local signs gain a metropolitan look. Reverends and visitors frequent Wayne and Monticello homes. Cedar Rapids and Marion Railway Co leadership changes accrue. Las Vegas hosts Johnson Flynn fight. Taupert is mayor. West Monticello prepares dust control with oil on First Street. Nebraska Indian baseball club scheduled for July 15 at city park. Etta Krey dies at 18 in Glenwood. Christopher Kohler dies near Monticello aged 62. Dr. Dwight Smith considered for Mason City area practice. Express predicts bright future. Rainless Plains face five weeks drought. Platte SD reports. Mrs. I Breed and two children visit in Marion. Ed Kohl injured in Missouri cyclone, May 24, severe damages noted. Boosters Club in Anamosa hires Chicago booster. speech draws mixed reactions but town plans continued growth.
A Monday-implemented timetable shifts one passenger run on Cedar Rapids to Varley ending at 7:30 PM now. Evening trains stop at Anamasa instead of Monticello, reducing local convenience for district court matters. Two extra main line trains mainly serve through traffic, adding little benefit to Monticello and surrounding towns.
Dr L G Stuhler conducted eye examinations and fitted glasses for patients, offering vision correction services.
Rudolph Bohren's Holstein herd in eastern Iowa posts strong seven day test results. R F Ritter of Iowa State College supervised. Total milk 2358 pounds averaging 836 pounds per cow per week. Estimated 49975 quarts per month at six cents a quart equals 209.85 dollars. Willemote of Holland leads cows with 495 pounds and 3.1 test. Bohren offers cows for sale from the herd upon inspection.
The county auditor released figures showing 2,034 polls over 45 years old and 2,603 under 45, with 1,814 dogs. Monticello leads in personal property value and banking capital, while Greenfield township tops agricultural wealth and Washington is lowest. Wayne township has most cows, Madison leads in steers, Circonfield in hogs, Rome in sheep, and Anamosa in merchandise.
The Express records numerous small town items from July 1892 including a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Rickless on the 9th, several deaths such as Michael Henley on the 20th and Charles C. Jewett to typhoid, a new girl at the Bar racks, a Cordilla GC. Peck death, and the Locher family adding an eleventh child. A new Cas cade bank began with $25,000 capital and Dickson Beatty as president. Other notes include marriages Frances L. Rohn and Fred W. Abel, a prohibition convention delegate Henry D. Smith returning from Cincinnati, town shop sales and property moves, and a missing Langworthy child found after a five hour search.
The Anamosa county Republican convention completed the ticket by acclamation for superintendent Miss Hazard Monticello, county attorney B. K. Rhinehart Anamosa, recorder William E. Spohn Center Junction, and supervisor Rudolph Bohren Lovell with minor contest for recorder. Delegates named for state convention and district committees elected. party united for a strong campaign. The issue also notes local notices and business items.
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