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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
4
Wyoming July 22 correspondence lists visits across Davenport Anamosa Mt Vernon Scotch Grove and Cedar Rapids. Mentions new home additions school students outings baseball game Center Junction Wyoming cricket and social gatherings with multiple residents named and local places referenced.
Center Junction notes numerous visits from Monticello residents including M G Alsever and Mrs G H Hanken. Locals attend socials and picnics, with names like Livingstone, Applegate, Stingley and Raymond. A home talent play titled Out in the Street is scheduled for Saturday.
Mrs Geo Smith visits relatives. Mr and Mrs Cone of Clinton guests with Sears family. Cedar Rapids visitors Mrs Lunn and Mary Paul. Mrs Carbart spoke at church services. Sunday storm caused washout delaying trains. John Tebo enlists in navy. Will Garside improving at home. F J Sokol returned from north western trip. Haying and harvest underway. grain and hay ripening in good weather. rusted goats reported.
An ordinance authorizes street improvements on First Street and South Cedar Street in Monticello Jones County Iowa. It details curbing guttering depth materials and cement work on both sides of the streets with city funded portions and assessments on adjacent property owners to cover the remainder. It sets notice and collection procedures with a 1908 assessment deadline and liens.
Twenty years ago in Monticello July 1887 featured Fourth of July celebrations with parade floats games and a Goddess of Liberty. Local deaths include Mary Shipman and Sarah Clark. marriages mention Dr. H Philips Irene Bailey. bank deposits stood at 207705. plans for electric lighting discussed. multiple residents traveled or moved.
The Monticello born granddaughter of Mr and Mrs A F Bort and Mr and Mrs C F Dent announces the marriage of Miss Fannie B Henders on to Frank J Schrom. The ceremony occurred recently in Chicago. They plan to live at 223 North First Street. Mrs Schrom was a former Chandler Bros bookkeeper and Mr Schrom has long worked at Gardner's restaurant and is now on the road.
Amber notes report W Folkers erecting a wind mill Henry Stutt shipping hogs Bailey and Davis receiving a carload of flour this week. Miss May Green visits grandmother while Miss Magpie Bailey returns from Rochester. A 240 acre Amber farm two miles northeast offers good cultivation, grass, barn, outbuildings and deep well with school nearby. Will sell on liberal terms contact W H Sanford Kansas City.
Scientific American describes wax tapers and rats de cuve made at Bourg Jac Rine near Paris using a waxed cord fed through perforated plates to reels, with short veilleuses candles from wax and stearin, and parafined paper produced by rolling rolls through heated troughs. A Chicago Tribune note warns fruit may be scarce on trees but canned goods are ample.
A light red steer two years old, nearly three, with a slit in its left ear arrived at a farm between May 1 and May 10 and is currently among the cattle. The owner is urged to identify and claim the animal.
Open bids will be received at Monticello State Bank on Saturday August 10 at 3 p m for the 200 acre Applegate farm with 17 acres of timber and proximity to creamery post office market and Scotch Grove station. Features include two frame houses a good barn well and windmill in repair and 80 rods from town. Executor Charles S Applegate reserves right to reject any offers. Further details at Scotch Grove Iowa.
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