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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
5
News notes from Center Junction and nearby towns mention a grand celebration planned for July 4 at Center Junction with preparations underway. Local visits and social events include Mrs. Joseph Rieger in Hopkinton and Mrs. Anna Hazard in Farley. Fashion items, ads, and household goods fill the page with notices of renovations, travel, and available merchandise.
Burn's Lodge master attends state sessions in Clinton. Monticello club loses 2 0 to Dubuque on the park. Hicka couple at Ames for State College commencement. Isabella fox boa missing near Monticello. Hall's Hardware promotes stove and bargains. High School alumni banquet at Lovell House with tickets at Soetje's. Anna Oltman called home due to mother’s illness. Fine pianos for sale by Locher Bros. Russell Bates party from South Dakota returns after a wet trip. Richard Dawson heads to Canada likely buying land. Epworth Seminary trustee Rev Slocum attends commencement. Slocum and daughter visit Dubuque. Anna Hein to wed Howard Hicks in June. Seniors tour Hub of the county by bus with small treasury. Frank Quimby contemplates future plans after NP railway work. Rent offered for house lot on Second Street. Mrs Volney Hickok leases home to Farley. plans to spend year in Kansas. Leo Courtney graduates Epworth Seminary valedictorian. praised by peers. Lumber stock promoted by Central Lumber & Coal. Yale alumni invited to Taft day on June 12 in Iowa City. Davis Hardware advertises cement and lime. Last noon train trip ends next Saturday due to fare cuts. White Buggy Co. buggies at C. W. Brown's. Frost scare hits early corn. some replanted. Maquoketa lime in stock for trade. Miss Eda May Cramer and George J. Van Buren wedding planned June 12 at Castle Grove. J H Matthews advertises southern South Dakota land sale and Monticello or Anamosa trade.
Monticello columns report Mrs Florence Cronkhite and Ellen Cronkhite of Olin spending summer with Mrs Kiburz in Monticello, plus Minnie Rettig’s improved health after a sanitarium stay. Local items include court motions in the Snyder case, a group of youths jailed for drinking, a farewell party for retiring teacher Miss Sadie Buck, farm and building notices, fire at John Bailey’s nearby home, and cemetery flower thefts.
Local items note the Schaeffer family arriving from Chicago after a wedding, a Palo Missouri resident earning an electrical engineering degree at Iowa State College, and other Monticello region updates. City council actions include rejecting a Standard Oil location near Van Meter’s and tabling an electric light petition. Financials show treasury funds and May collections. The George Stuhlers acquire Johnson Stuhler Clothing, with restructuring and leadership changes.
The Hoag Duster Company seeks a large number of school girls for vacation work. Applicants should go to the factory to apply, with positions reserved for them. C. D. Chase, Manager.
Henry Brunthaver, long time Monticello area resident, died at his niece’s home west of Monticello last Friday aged 85 years 5 months 24 days. He never married, lived 58 years on his Monticello farm, read scriptures, and valued quiet integrity. Funeral at the Matthiesen home conducted by Rev. M A Breed and interment at Onastle Grove. Born January 7 1822 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. Survived by brother John Brunthaver of this city.
A June wedding at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Castle Grove near Monticello joined Misa Nellie Welch and John H. Schilling with Rev. M. Murphy officiating. The couple, escorted by family and friends, received many gifts and planned to settle in Waterloo after June 25.
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