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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
Publication details show J. W. Coxsee as editor and proprietor with a weekly publication cadence. Subscriptions cost 1.76 per year, indicating a historic pricing model and local newspaper operation. The fragment reflects typical early 20th century local press setup.
Monticello High School held commencement at the opera house last Friday with a full house. A class of fifteen received diplomas after four years of study as students delivered orations on topics from pictures to American ideals.
High school alumni and guests gathered at the Lovell house for a Saturday banquet. Lenox college mandolin orchestra provided music and the post dinner program featured toasts by Prof. C. R. Scroggie and several alumni. The event included speakers on school director trials, senior memories, railroad opportunities, and reminiscences.
The notice lists Sunday services at M E and Congregational churches with Children’s Day programs and a Methodist speaker Mrs Tlahi Baksh. It covers U B Church conference outcomes at Frederick Md and key actions, plus Presbyterian services and two land adverts in central Minnesota and Castle Grove township, Delaware county. James London.
District Court actions include approving final reports for the estates of John Brown Fadley Edzards Neville and Schoonover set probate date for P Schoonover estate and appoints executors or guardians with limited powers. Budgets and orders authorize cemetery deposits and care of crops with executor supervision.
The Monmiero May 380 Board of Education met in regular session with members Stirton Tiarks Hicks Hall present. Minutes from previous meeting read and approved. Bills approved including supplies and flowers. Teachers for first grade elected Margaret Young and Clara Rickless. Salaries set at $40 and $35 monthly. Meeting adjourned.
Castle Grove news notes include J D Poppe building a new barn and repairs by F Hedden on a corn crib and granary. A duck with four legs hatched at Chas Hall, but died soon after. The Robinson estate house burned, with insurance believed. Lenox Monticello baseball score 18 to 23 in Monticello's favor. Several residents listed including sicknesses travels and visitors.
Public notice declares the district court of Jones County Iowa has appointed and commissioned an executrix of the estate of Dewitt O Jewett deceased. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and within legal time. debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello Iowa May 30 1901.
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