Local Notes Highlight Visits and Sales Across Communities
Mrs P O Babcock visits relatives in Bremer county and Miss Nina Miller travels to Jefferson for a seven week stay. Eilers & Bolton promote a clearing sale with summer dress goods and fancy ribbons while Gunther's candies are sold at Bacher & Abel. Various residents make trips to Davenport, Waterloo, Manchester, Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, and Independence for social visits, business, and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eilers & Bolton
Monticello Trade Notes and Visitor Highlights
Local items report Miss Emma Weaver visiting Mrs. E J Nandell of West Union and Miss Anna Balcar departing for Chicago. Notes include sales at Stuhler's and Eilers Bolton's, births, visits to Des Moines and Davenport, millinery and dress goods promotions, and multiple community visits and travels among Monticello residents and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Weaver
West Union
E. J. Nandell
Anna Balcar
Chicago
Accidents, travel, and local notices in Monticello area
In Monticello and surrounding areas a spate of incidents and events is reported. An accident befel Mrs. Michael Kennedy and companions, and a mowing death near Martello is noted alongside family travels involving the Drees sisters and their mother. Local business, visits, and farm news are interwoven with druggists meeting and weather crop updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Befel Mra
Michael Kennedy
Ira Breed
Martello
Katherine Drees
Frances Drees
Dubuque
Monticello
Boston
Bernice
Fannie Drees
LaCrosse
Jobbers discuss Monticello Davenport day train and Cedar Rapids diversion
The Davenport Times reports a meeting of the Jobbers and Manufacturers association of Davenport focusing on extending the Monticello Calmar to Davenport weekday morning train. They urge Milwaukee to reroute passengers to Davenport rather than Cedar Rapids and fear a possible discontinuation of Calmar Monticello service. A Chicago visit is set for talks with Milwaukee officials, amid passenger decline and local trade concerns. The piece also mentions Perrine's Restaurant smoke sale and a testimonial from N A McKee of Batavia about kidney and stomach treatment by Dr. Shallenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Times
Calmar
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Business College Promoted As Top West School
Cedar Rapids Business College in Iowa touts its status as the best equipped business and shorthand school in the West. The catalog and information are sent on request. the firm lists a twelve strong faculty and emphasizes a strong teaching staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Business College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Twenty Years Ago in July 1886 Local Glimpses
The Express notes events from July 1886 including visitors like William Waterhouse in England, Prof. Fred Jackson returning from Topeka, and the Laneussler daughter’s 13th birthday death. It records marriages in Milwaukee, cemetery incorporation as Oakwood, student returns at the State Agricultural College, a fatal firework accident in Anamosa, drought damage to corn, and county tax assessments for Monticello, Anamosa, Wyoming, and Oxford Junction.
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The
Express
William Waterhouse
England
Fred Jackson
Topeka
Kansas
Margaret
Louis Laneussler
Raymond
Isaac Orcutt
Castle Grove
the Express
Adolph Grassmeyer
Milwaukee
May Ohe
Langworthy
Anamosa
Monticello
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
County Board weighs moving bridge site over Maquoketa River
Residents petitioned for a Dale's ford bridge at Maquoketa River between Richland and Scotch Grove townships and the board granted the $4000 contract. Now advocates push shifting the bridge east of Monticello to shorten the Monticello route, raising land and road costs. Businessmen form committee to secure rights of way, arguing Monticello would gain more than the original location benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Supervisors
Maquoketa
Monticello
Skelley
Fitzsimons
John K. Kiburz
Richland Township
Business Men’s Association of
O. HL
Soetje
Wall
Matt Noyes
Mr James Stimpson Applegate of Scotch Grove Dies at Home
James Stimpson Applegate aged about 79 died at his Scotch Grove home Friday morning. He was born September 12, 1826 in Ohio and lived in Iowa since 1857. Funeral services were held last Sunday conducted by Rev. J. P. Martindale of Greeley. Survived by seven children: A L Applegate Corning IA N R Barnhill Shenandoah IA Jr W Applegate Horton KS K M Heasty Wyoming IA R M Thomas Monmouth IL Maude Shaffer Boise ID C B Applegate Scotch Grove IA.
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James Stimpson Applegate
Scotch Grove
J. P. Martindale
Greeley
Applegate
Jones County
Mr. Applegate
Trumbull County
Ohio
Elizabeth Scofield
Dekalb County
Indiana
Iowa
Dubuque
Jackson County
Eby
Christain Church of
Christian Church of
N. R. Barnhill
Shenandoah
Jr. W. Applegate
Horton
Kansas
Kt. M. Heasty
Wyoming
R. M. Thomas
Monmouth
Illinois
Maude Shaffer
Boise
Idaho
Wart and mole removal at Bidwell barber shop
Surgeon James Dorrell promises wart and mole removal at the Bidwell block barber shop. The ad guarantees painless treatment with no scar and offers in-location service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell Block
James Dorrell
Miss Clara Bobleter Returns From Dubuque Wedding
Miss Clara Bobleter arrived home last Monday after attending the golden wedding of her uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Andrew Bahl, in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Dawson
Center Junction
H. 8. Richardson
Clara Bobleter
Dubuque
Andrew Bahl
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J. W. Doxsee
Home News
Mrs
P. O. Babcock
Bremer County
Mies Nettie Hazard
Cherries
Maraschino
C. A. Errickson & Co
Charles S. Bidwell
Waterloo
Gerd Kammerman
South Dakota
E. E. Reed
Eilers & Bolton’s
Jacob Rueger
Florence Barnts
Delaware
Bacher & Abel
Gunther
Harry Seeley
Bort
Leighton Hall
Hot Springs
Arkansas
W. D. Magee
Ethel
Martin Thoeni
Harriett
Anamoga
George Bocher
Kilera & Bolton
Nina Miller
Jefferson
Mrs. H. M. Dirks
Strawberry Point
James Innes
Eagle Grove
J. W. Innes
Bacher & Abel’s
Royal Neighbors
Fred Matthiessen
Eclipse Lumber Co
Mary E. Leyden
Independence
Mrs. Winchester Rearick
Marion
O. P. Hanssen
Miles and Clinton
Puleston
Maria Bateman
Ireton
Oxfords
Stahler’s
Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Dawson
Traer
Son Will
Nicholas Maurice
Mrs. Bowie
Des Moines
Stuhler’s
Henry Alferts
Milo Brandige
Green
Arch Koop
Deitrick D. G. Co
James Wilson
Davenport
Anna Hazard
J. F. Petcina
Just
Frank Hofacre
Dakotas
J. M. Hofacre
Deatrick D. G. Co
W. G. Hungerford
Kenneth Park
Ruth Nelson
Webster, South Dakota
James Heatty
Colorado
Richard Dawson
Morris Bebb
Flandreau
Wheuc
Jessie Harper
Harry Wilson
Rufus P. Smith
Minneapolis
Norman Smith
L. C. Lee
J. H. Owens
Mabel Wheelock
Hopkinton
Bertha Clark
Arminta Baker
Dickinson
North Dakota
Amy Hibberd
Emmetsburg
A. Danks
John Perrine
Oxford Mills
Nellie Shrigley
Hazel
James Young
F.E. Martin
J. F. Brown
South Bend
Chas. W. Brown
George H. Jacobs
North Yakima
Washington
OC. W. Brown’s
Tessie Dempsy of
van Horne
P. D. Bell
Winnie Long
C. M. Latta
John Livingtson
W. Campbell
John Drybread
Nevada
Maslin Andrewear
Harry Voorhees
Canada
N. Baird
Eelipse Lumber Co
William Smith
Winchester
Rearick
Dundee
Alicia Whiting
Fremont
Nebraska
Miss Whiting
T. M. Redmond
State Health Association
la Porte City
B. R. Tuel
Ben Bilers
Epworth
John Kline
A. D. Kline
Coffman
Lovell House
John Hein
E. E. Gruenstein
Melbourne
Marshall County
F. W. Kease
Central City
Congregational Church
Union
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. G. Hicks
Lowell
Frank
Micheal Barr
L. D. A. Snyder
Prairie Township
Delaware County
8. E. Sarles
Kathryn
Iowa City
State University
George Wilkens
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Wilkens
Taupert
Elmer Orcutt
Springville
Paul Berlin
Denver
Minnie Lange
John M. Lange
Deatrick Dry Goods’ Co
Gus
Paulsen
Schweitzer
Dr. Mirick
Teter Meyer
Switzerland
New York
Red Star Line
Antwerp
Belgium
Flo
Brussels
Davos
Canton
Grambaden
Meyer
Alps
National
Association of
Druggists
Miller
Onslow
Grimwood
Webb
Macomber
Olin
Skinner
Gibbons and Beam
A. E. Grimwood
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Epworth Seminary
Methodist Episcopal
Perrine
F. M. Lytzon
J. H. Perrine
Shallenberger
N. A. McKee
Batavia, Ia
C._A. Errickson & Co
C. H.schipman
South Cedar Street
Lovell Block
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