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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1898
Page
6
Onslow News Roundup and War Dispatches
Town notes Onslow includes visits from Evelyn Russell and Lizzie Trumbull relatives and the return of Rev Van Buren. Reports from Santiago Cuba describe N B Noyes’s son Walter in combat at San Juan Hill with details of Lieut Ord’s death. Local events include a W R C sociable with G A R members and depot duties by Will Dickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstow
Evelyn Russell
Des Moines
Thos. Hamilton
Lizzie Trumbull
Spokane Falls
Wm. Lytton
van Buren
T. H. Lightfoot
Jessie Brown
Onslow Lodge
Morely
Blakely
Williams
New York
Johnston
Spear
Arthur
Bertha McMullen
Chicago
J. A. Paul
Will Dickson
Anamosa
G. W. Evans
D. A. White
Wyoming
John Overley
Krause
Davenport
Berdicheck
N. B. Noyes
Walter
Santiago
Cuba
San Juan Hill
Lieut. Ord
Quartermaster’s Department
Noyes
Orla Wherry
Ed Parks
Local News Notes From Amber New Town
AMBER July 19 E R Moore was in town one day last week. Patrick Chesire has recently had a well drilled. Sanford paid an average price of 53 cents for June milk. Farmers harvesting oats. Mr. and Mrs Charles Hinds spent Sunday in Monticello. Ida Perryman visiting aunt Mrs Cripe of Chicago. Esther Bailey sick. Margarette Hall visiting aunt Ms Overly in Onslow. Margaret Sanford and Jennie visiting relatives in Iowa City. Lee Coter of Center Junction attended M E church service. Amber lodge delegates attended I O G meeting at Morley Friday. Walter Casteel home from Canton with sister Mrs Nora Street. Farmers threshing grain and hay nearly completed. Haeussler meat wagon of Monticello and Hall and Dreibellis wagon of Center Junction visit Amber biweekly for fresh meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
E. R. Moore
Patrick Chesire
Sanford
Charles Hinds
Monticello
Ida Perryman
Cripe
Chicago
Little Esther
John Bailey
Margarette Hall
Onslow
Ms. Overly
Margaret Sanford
Jennie
Iowa City
Lee Coter
Center Junction
M. E
Amber Lodge
Morley
Walter Casteel
Canton
Nora Street
Haeussler
Hall & Dreibellis
Reno Oriental shows set for July 25
Wyromine reports Reno Oriental shows will exhibit at the designated place on July 25. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. Joseph Holmes of Davenport and Miss Milchie Paul, are noted in town. A social for the hose company is planned July 27 to fund equipment, amid a progressing windstorm and a town fire bell installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyromine
Reno
Joseph Holmes
Davenport
Henry Kettleson
Unionville
Milchie Paul
Monticello
Ben Chamberlain
Frank Grindrod
Agricultural College
Ames
W. Johnson
Blanche
Id. James
Des Moines
James
Madison Township
G. W. Evans
D. A. White
Onslow
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Opera Hall
Scotch Grove Local Notes and Births
Miss Anna McKean returns from Chicago. J B Sturtevant and wife welcomed a son last Thursday. Mrs C M Hanna and Sadie visit Greeley. Aug Schlemmer’s family welcomed a daughter last Tuesday. Olive Hughes visits from Cedar Rapids by Mabel Hunting. Mr and Mrs Walter Applegate and daughter visit relatives. Tom Pinder receives shark teeth from a Nashville gunner. Storm damages barns and windmills at Applegate Balster Jacobs Null. John Rickels and Dena arrive from Milwaukee. Rickels to finish studies at German Theological Seminary St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Anna McKean
Chicago
J.B. Sturtevant
C. M. Hanna
Little Sadie
Greeley
Aug. Schlemmer
Olive Hughes
Mabel Hunting
Cedar Rapids
Walter Applegate
Marion
Tom Pinder
Nashville
Gid. Hughes
Henry Heron
Jas. Applegate
Geo. Balster
Rudolph Jacobs
Gerd Null
John Rickels
Miss Dena
Milwaukee
Rickels
German Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Castle Grove Weather, Nineteenth Century Farm Notes July 1
Castle Grove reports a windy storm with hail and 95 degree heat. Barns and windmills suffered damage at Hosford and Hall properties. threshing engines and machines were affected as crews prepare for a new county bridge project. Local visits include Ollie Hall returning from Ottumwa and guests from Monticello and Concordia.
Sunday School Session At Green Valley Church Program
The Sunday School association of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of eastern Iowa meets at Green Valley church seven miles northeast of Onslow on July 30 and 31 starting 10:00 a.m. The program includes prayers recitations essays papers on Sunday school work and lectures by Elder Peterson on the origin of American Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Association of the
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Iowa
Green Valley Church
Onslow
Ella J. Green
Ella Roush
Ernest Teeters
Lizzie Huller
Ettie Teeters
Thomas EK
Sutton
Libbie Sutton
Eddie Heide
Davie Green
Lizzie
Lottie Muller
Elder Peterson
Ray Shippy
J. R. Sutton
Effie Brooks
Mrs. Peterson
Amos Heide
Madeloss
Pauline Schrunk
Reuben Green
Green Valley Sunday School
Freddie Johnson
Lena Bradley
Chas. Sutton
Ella
Florence Green
Elsie Hayner
Nina Brooks
Irvin Green
Ada Teeters
Climate and Crop Bulletin Reports Across State
The past week shows favorable harvests with fall wheat and rye nearly complete and threshing underway. Barley mostly in shock, oats harvested in southern sections, with early sown fields in central and northern areas progressing. Dry weather hastens oats and spring wheat ripening, rust may reduce yields. rain needed for pastures and crops, flax superb, hay abundant. Overall, a very prolific season.
Fighting Joe Wheeler Scorns Defeat in Spanish Town Skirmish
In vivid verse the Plain Dealer praises General Wheeler as bold and relentless. The poem depicts him surveying the Spanish town from a tree limb, then descending swiftly and promising resilience against any foe who tries to stop him.
Improvements at Oxford Junction Progress
The Oxford Mirror notes steady improvements at Oxford Junction. Bracha & Co. move from Sip's hall to a larger brick store after the fire, while Zel ler’s brick work nears completion and O J Felton's building will rise two stories alongside two corner shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bracha
Bracha & Co
Sip
Zeller’s
O. J. Felton
Poppe
Grimwood
Monticello
Zeller's
Old Town
Oxford
Faddens Social Club at Camp Barrett and Tragic Injury
The San Francisco Chronicle notes the Faddens a social group imported from Grass Valley now leading tents at Camp Barrett with Chimmie Fadden as patron saint and John Lammon as king of the order. Russell Hatch a 23 year old farmer near Central City was fatally injured by a hay fork from a barn gable and is paralyzed with likely death imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Monticello
the Chronicle
Good Fellowship
Faddens
Camp Barrett
Grass Valley
Royal Order of Faddens
Chimmie Fadden
John Lammon
Lis
Barrett Order
Russell Hatch
Central City
Hatch
Store fixtures and farms for sale in Monticello Iowa
T D Perernmayn announces sale of Monticello store fixtures including counters tables fruit cases scales show cases and a large safe. Also offering Fayette county farms for sale at low prices and easy terms and two or three rentals. Visit July 23 25 or July 28 at the Monticello store or write to Fayette Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 5. Houser
Monticello
Iowa
Fayette County
Fayette
One Fare to Saratoga and Return via Nickel Plate Road
Transportation notices advertise excursion fare details to Saratoga N Y and Chautauqua Lake via Nickel Plate Road with return limits and ticket deposits. Also unclaimed letters list from Monticello Iowa and miscellaneous city notices referenced with Chicago offices and stations.
Excursion to Saratoga by Nickel Plate for Y P C U
Young People's Christian Union of the United Presbyterian church offers an excursion from Chicago to Saratoga N Y via Nickel Plate Road. Tickets on August 1 and 2 with return by August 31, deposit with Joint Agent at Saratoga. Dining car service smooth roadbed and sleeping cars. Address J Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago Van Buren St Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Nickel Plate Road
Young People’s Christian Union
The
United Presbyterian Church
Adams Street
Chicago
van Buren Street
J. Y. Calahan
Property for Sale in Quiet Neighborhood with Barn
The undersigned offers for sale a house and lot in a desirable quiet neighborhood with a barn. Desires to sell at once and will dispose of the property at a reasonable figure. For more information inquire of Louis Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gardner
House and Lot for Sale and Train Excursions Advertised
Lot No. 14 original plat of Monti cello with house for sale south of Proctor's a bargain. J B Smith. Nickel Plate Road advertises excursion tickets to Chautauqua Lake July 29 with return in 30 days via through express trains and tickets from 111 Adams St Chicago. Also Graphophone promotional copy from Columbia Phonograph Co Chicago touting its versatility and home entertainment appeal with catalogue No 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Proctor
J.B. Smith
Chautauqua Lake
Columbia Phonograph Company
State Street
Chicago
Mls
Trees for Jones County Planting Offer
A long established nursery promotes reliable Apple Plum and Cherry trees suited to the local climate. They emphasize hardy varieties, better terms for Jones county customers, and invite prospective buyers to view stock and place orders with reliable parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
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