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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
5
Local notes list a clearing sale at Eilers Bolton and various visits to Cedar Rapids Moline Marion West Bend and Dixon Nebraska. Mentions include Miss Nellie Lawrence Anna Lynch Mamie Drees Mildred Lawrence and Miss Kate Breen among others with product promos from Burrichter's Hall's Holw and Gunther's candies.
A stream of local items covers Fourth of July events in Anamosa, Monticello, and nearby towns. Visitors include Mrs John Andrews of Mackinaw City and Mrs William G Eilers in Chicago. Community notices advertise Burrichter's dress goods and Millinery sale, plus social events by Rebekah Lodge.
A town clock that has refused to strike at one o'clock daily will be repaired soon due to residents relying on it. The article notes local events including visits by Madison Wisconsin graduates, library board elections, and farm and school board updates with several named individuals and places.
Tobias Tobiason and family lost control of a buggy near town after a runaway horse from Sand Spring. No one was hurt though some injuries from firecrackers occurred to Wayne Yousse and Elmer Lee, doctors called, and Dan Hearn stayed in Anamosa. Work paused in Monticello with neighborhood picnics still occurring.
Two afternoon games drew large crowds. Monticello beat Center Junction 1 to 0 in a close opener, then ceded 13 to 3 to Cedar Rapids as the strongest amateur club in the Parlor City proved too strong for the Monticello outfit amid some quarrels.
County supervisors met at the Dale mill site and ordered construction of an iron bridge across the Maquoketa river to serve southern Richland and northern Scotch Grove townships. The 146 foot structure costs 4000 dollars with a central 100 foot span and extensions of 16 and 30 feet. The bridge will aid cattle shipping from Scotch Grove station. Christ Schontol dies suddenly in Greenfield after living in Monticello and Adair county farms. born in Switzerland February 1856.
The obituary recalls a Norwegian born man who migrated with family from Monticello to Adair county then Nevinville and finally Greenfield. He married Misa Lizzie Toyt in 1878 and had four sons Harvery Delbert and Ollie among survivors. A Methodist and respected neighbor, he lived a life of integrity. Canvas oxfords, leather soles and trimmed-65 and 75 cents at Stuhler's.
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