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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
2
In Castle Grove on July 22 M A Waddick bought a J I Case thresher, and locals report farm visits, storm mishaps, and debates on creameries and milk markets. The Jones County Teachers Institute opened at Wyoming with instructors from several cities and a large enrollment of teachers across many towns.
Visitors from Missouri and Clay call on old friends while 131 tickets were sold for a Davenport excursion last Friday despite rain. Captain John Green bids farewell as he plans a move to Lake Okoboji. Mrs. Mary Bennett travels to Cedar Rapids Mt. Vernon and Clarence. Will Wait becomes a cashier in Leeds South Dakota. Mrs. Bill visits Edgemont Wyoming. Jones county teachers arrive as C R Scroggie Ames G H Betts Mt Vernon W B Guthrie Hopkinton Mattie Holt Waterloo Julia Scurry Eldora praised by the superintendent.
Amarr reports July weather findings with crop damage details from the Town weather service. Southeast areas show worst losses as fields remain too wet for harvest. oats lodged heavily, corn looks promising in well kept fields, and much hay remains uncut or spoiled in flooded regions. Local social notes include visits by Henry Hellberg James Carson and W Farragher at Sand Spring. a birth announcement at H Resking’s. and regional residents in Anamosa Lincoln Kansas.
Bankruptcy filings reveal Frank B. Dickey & Co. of Hazel Green owe an estimated 50 000 to 60 000 dollars. Assets include general merchandise and four creameries. The collapse follows a 6 000 bond payment and a March mortgage, with four months to proceed under law. Farmers owed one to two months for milk, and creameries are now under new management as the community mourns the loss of a long time Delaware County businessman.
Fourth William Abel junior and Co announces a sale in August of about 100 imported heavy draft horses bred by South Dakota farmers. The animals are well halter broken and suitable for farmers to finish for market. The exact date will be announced later.
The Jones County Republicans met in Anamosa to elect delegates to the state convention and form a resolutions committee. They censured the Cedar Rapids backed judicial convention, approved Roosevelt and Governor Cumming, and named delegates and township committees as the session adjourned.
The Upper Iowa conference, a major Methodist region covering about half the state, is divided into six districts. Cedar Falls led by Dr. J. C. Magee, Cedar Rapids by Rev. W. W. Carlton, Davenport by Rev. C. L. Gould, Decorah by Rev. T. E. Fleming, Dubuque by Rev. H. H. Green, and Marshalltown by Dr. J. B. Albrook, with presiding elders listed for each district.
J. A. Voorhees advertises a line of farm machinery offered at bottom prices and promises to meet all competition. The notice urges farmers to consider the deal and notes the seller's readiness to compete on price.
Special round trip excursion rates from Chicago to New York City Atlantic City and New Jersey coast resorts announced for July 31 August 7 and 14 1902 are withdrawn and unabridged rates are abrogated. Owl Wm Blessing Maquoketa prominent businessman died Monday from blood poisoning due to an ingrowing toe nail.
In a chat with a reporter, Deputy Clerk R J Meigs explains how the name Return entered the Meigs family. A century ago a suitor joked there were other girls and the later child became Return Jonathan Meigs and his line continued.
John J. Patton of Patton Alabama credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life after a violent attack. He bought a 25 cent bottle and after three doses was cured. The ad urges readers to buy now, noting its usefulness in summer diarrhoea especially for children, and lists Bacher & Abel as sellers.
The uniform success of this remedy made it the most popular preparation for bowel complaints. It is recognized as the one remedy that can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. Especially valuable for summer diarrhoea in children and reportedly saves many young lives each year. For sale by Bacher & Abel.
A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a farm boy’s lesson on silence taught by an uncle who told him to close his mouth to reveal his identity. The fragment ends with a remark about Old Indications as the biggest bear in the Chicago grain pit.
Forty acres of timber land thirty three miles west of Sand Spring is offered for sale. Prospective buyers should contact Mrs M J Stevenson of Lacon Illinois for inquiries.
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