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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1898
Page
6
Obituary of Mrs John Hughes of Scotch Grove
Mrs Selina James Hughes of Scotch Grove died after a stroke on June 17 1808 at age 66 leaving four sons and four daughters. Born June 7 1882 in Cornwall England she came to the United States at 22 and married John Hughes in Council Hill Illinois. Nine children were born. six sons and sons-in law served as pallbearers at funeral conducted by Revs John Rice H Robinson J M Bolton and L A Sutherland with large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Scotch Grove
Hughes
Selina James
Land's End
Cornwall
England
Council Hill
Davis County
Tllinois
Seatch Grove
Mesdames, Bard and Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Local Notes Include Milk Cost and Socials
Our school closed last Friday. Sanford paid an average of 53 cents for May milk. Miss Carrie Merril is visiting relatives in the vicinity. Miss Dora Hartman of Anamosa visited relatives here Sunday. W. F. McNeilly and J. E. Larragher spent Sunday in Onslow. Frank Bailey family visited Monticello. Jasper Ramsey deputy county clerk visited his parents. Lawrence Young of Center Junction was in town. Mrs. Hans Lahn returned from Belle Plaine. Mabel McNeilly of Center Junction visited relatives here. Ice cream social at Mr. Casteel's raised 10 dollars. Mrs. Rilla McNeilly visiting Columbus Junction. Hog cholera reappears. James Brown and Tom Powers lost stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Sanford
Carrie Merril
Dora Hartman
Anamosa
W. F. McNeilly
J. E. Larragher
Onslow
Frank Bailey
Monticello
Jasper Ramsey
Lawrence Young
Center Junction
Hans Lahn
Belle Plaine
Mabel McNeilly
Columbus Junction
James Brown
Tom Powers
Langworthy News Roundup and Upcoming Services
June 21 notes report Mrs. Mayberry’s home improvements and Mr. W Allen visiting his daughter Mrs. Baghott in Massilon. Rev. Bretnall attends Cornell college commencement at Mount Vernon. Fitzgibbons fills Mr. Baghott’s depot post. Rev. F G Barnes of Epworth seminary to sing at Hickory Grove M E church June 29. School closes for summer with picnic. Miss Elizabeth Schoenherr praised. Quarterly conference June 27 at 10 am with presiding elder Rev C H Taylor to administer Sacrament at Langworthy and later at Hickory Grove.
Local Notes From Wyromine June Twenty One
Hon Geo Lathrop of Oxford Mills visited town on Saturday. Willie Clapp saw his father at Rock Island last week. Children Day at M I church. Ben Chamberlain and Frank Grindrod are home from vacation. Mrs P R Bradshaw and daughters of Jefferson Iowa visit. Mrs Ada Lunn and daughter Mary Epworth in town renewing old acquaintances. Clifford Paul to Cedar Falls for summer course at State Normal. Gertrude Hutchins returns after two years north western visit. J M Babcock and L M Barrett visit Mt Vernon by wheel. W H Shapland buys Grindrod blacksmith shop and moves in. Ice cream social on Mrs Jas Bronson lawn by M E church Ladies Aid. fair attended, good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyromine
Geo. Lathrop
Oxford Mills
Willie Clapp
Rock Island
M. I
Ben Chamberlain
Frank Grindrod
P. R. Bradshaw
Jefferson
Iowa
Ada Lunn
Mary
Epworth
Clifford Paul
Cedar Falls
State Normal School
Gertrude Hutchins
J. M. Babcock
L. M. Barrett
Mt. Vernon
W. H. Shapland
Joshua Grindrod
Jas. Bronson
Ladies Aid Society
M. FE
Local Weddings Highlight Jones County Society
Milo Garrison hosts friends with social amusements and treats after which Rev. S. M. McConnell marries Ada Alicia Breish. Ada, a long time Jones County schoolteacher, and Milo, a United Presbyterian pastor, depart by 11:35 p m for a short visit. Later, Rev A W Smith joins John O Smith and Laura K Watchins for a June 15 wedding at Laura's parents home with a band and music. The groom shows ambition and the bride is active in church work. Neighbors extend good wishes for a long life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Garrison
United Presbyterian Church
A. P. Cooper
Presbyterian Church
S. M. McConnell
Ada Alicia Breish
A. W. Smith
John O. Smith
Laura K. Watchins
Vna
Castle Grove Social Notes and Local Events
Castine Grove notes a Felon on hand incident nursing by Abs H R Orcutt. visits by Mr and Mrs John Durrack and LeClerc from Dubuque. VWred Laude and sisters in Uniontown. school maams at Anamosa institute. Bert King at party. E A Clark at Cedar Rapids convention. Jada and Lottie Laude with Mrs R Shear. Mrs B A Benson and Mrs J H Benson visiting Pfeil home. Mrs Krueger trip injures. W K Wild of Cass and Lacey Day marry. haying season and crop progress. gloves found after a party. Cass and Castle Grove youths invade Pfeil farm for social games and a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.R. Orcutt
John Durrack
Wayne
LeClerc
Dubuque
Vwred Laude
Uniontown
Ma'ams
Anamosa
Bert King
Monticello
W. Kk. Wild
Cass
Lacey Day
Castle Grove
Pfeil Farm
Summer entertainment planned in Scotch Grove on June 28
Miss Anha McKean attends a Chicago summer school. Helena McKelvey visits Scotch Grove guests Misses Grace and Rose Maxson. A stereoptical show under canvas set for June 28 with admission ten ers. Attendees include Myrtle Clark Josephine Sutherland and R M Jleasty at the teachers institute in Anamosa. Rev dough Robinson and family vacationing in Scotch Grove. Robinson plans camping on the Maquoketa with Mr Scruggie of Monticello. Sympathy extends to the Hughes family upon bereavement. Obituary note elsewhere. Blanche Sutherland returns to Tarkio Missouri after teaching in Scotch Grove. Two Cedar Rapids men threaten arrest for concealed weapons and shooting on the Sabbath, then depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scorcy Grove
Anha McKean
Chicago
Helena McKelvey
Moworth
Grace
Rose Maxson
Scotch Grove
Robinson
Maquoketa
Scruggie
Monticello
Hughes
Palmer
Austin Wallace
Will Hughes
John Hughes
Blanche Sutherland
Scotch Grove Township
Tarkio
Sutherland
Cedar Rapids
Local Notes From Onslow And Nearby Fields
June reports from Onslow note teachers in Anamosa for the week and farmers cutting clover with a good crop. Schools closed with a Maquoketa picnic. Locals include John Sokol studying medicine in Wyoming and George Sokol at Iowa State College Ames for summer. Walter Noyes writes from the transport San Marco in Tampa Bay that soldiers face discomfort but remain eager for the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstow
Anamosit
Maquoketa
John Sokol
Kirkpatrick
Wyoming
John Orr
Orange City
Vincent
Belle Plaine
George Sokol
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Blackadder
Chicago
Mina Orr
M.E. Church
Walter Noyes
Tampa
Bay
Local bids on new school house reach five thousand
H. G. Haring & Son of Clinton won the contract with a low bid of 3295 for the new school house. A. Norton of Wyoming followed at 3297. Other bidders pushed totals toward five thousand, suggesting some inflated guesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
H. G. Haring & Son
Clinton
A. Norton
Wyoming
Monticello visitors and local residents noted in Center Junction
Center Junction reports various local visits and movements. Mr and Mrs Hemmenway of Monticello visited town last week. Alice Dawson is home on vacation. Peter Smith sold his farm to Seehusen. The Lyons family traveled to Colorado to visit their daughter. Dr and Jessie Kent and Addie Collins visited relatives in Cedar county. Helen McKelvey of Clarence visited friends here. Rev Slocum of Clinton IA came for an evening business trip. Win Felton and Chas Sutherland were in town for the weekend summer break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemmenway
Monticello
Alice Dawson
Peter Smith
Seehusen
Thomas Lyons
Colorado
Jessie Kent
Addie Collins
Cedar County
Helen McKelvey
Clarence
Rev. Slocum
Clinton
Iowa
Win
Felton
Chas
Sutherland
Letter from James F. Parker to W. IL Proctor from Pasadena
Parker writes from Pasadena California recalling old Bowen's Prairie friends and plans. He notes cherries at Butler's Ranch selling for 10 cents a pound and describes ranch improvements mosquito netting on trees and a forthcoming East Colorado street purchase. He mentions visits to Avalon Catalina Island and a fourth season there with fishing boating and bathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. IL. Proctor
James F. Parker
Colorado St
Pasadena
California
Parker
Bowen’s Prairie
Monticello
Pasavena, Car
Mr. Proctor
Mr. Niles
Iowa
Orpheus
Burbank
Niles
Colorado
Howers
Frank
Robert Hicks
Sarah Perley
Douglass Smith
Capt. Sherman
Major Farwell
Celia Whitney
Bowen
Sherman
Edmund
Susan Parker
New Bedford
Nebraska
Avalon
Catalena Island
Jl, Parker
Ada Gibson to Wed Hugh McCarroll at Parents Home
The marriage will take place this afternoon at five o clock at the Gibson residence. Rev. Johnson will officiate. Ada Gibson, long a Lenox College instructor, to wed Detroit native Hugh McCarroll, a Lenox graduate of honors. They will depart tonight for Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Gibson
John Gibson
Hugh McCarroll
Detroit
Michigan
Miss Gibson
Johnson
Rock Island
Lenox College
Hopkinton
McCarroll
Mr. MecCarroll
Tur Express
House and Lot for Sale in Monti Cello Plots
Lot No 14 from the original Monti cello plat with the house thereon offered for sale south of Proctor's. A bargain presented by J B Smiru. 3ltf-an
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Proctor
J.B. Smiru
The Hard Trade of a King and Nature's Firestorm
The passage surveys royal duties and public service across Europe, praising discretion and broad engagement. It then notes vast timber losses from fires and smoke darkening skies as Thoreau warned, followed by a nursery advert for seed buckwheat at Scotch Grove Nursery and a obituary of Gen. C. W. H. Booth, a 62 year Dubuque resident who died last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
London
Scotch Grove
Hoyt Bros
C. W H. Booth
Dubuque
Thanks to Societies and Neighbors for Support in Bereavement
We express heartfelt thanks to the religious and civic societies and to neighbors and friends who kindly assisted and sympathized with us after our recent bereavement. C. C. Curtis and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Curtis and
Famthy
Unclaimed Letters List and July Excursions at Monticello
A Monticello Iowa 1898 notice lists unclaimed mail and announces July 2 8 and 4 excursion sales by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to within 200 miles with return options through July 5. Nickel Plate schedules a July 14 17 Buffalo trip with water or rail routes Cleveland to Buffalo and a special Manila display at Clear Lake Iowa June 25. Also notices on a fine residence for sale and health cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Monticello
Nickel Plate Road
Cleveland
Buffalo
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Clear Lake
Towa
Lake Erie
Jd. Y. Galahan
New Train Service to Buffalo on Nickel Plate Line
Nickel Plate Road introduces daily train No 6 from Van Buren street station Chicago looping to Buffalo sleeper arrives 7 40 am next day and through Lackawanna sleeper to New York arriving early evening. Three through trains daily to Fort Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston with lower rates. City ticket office 111 Adams St Auditorium Annex Main 3 389.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
van Buren Street
Chicago
New York
Lackawanna Road
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Boston
City
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
Town Property for Sale by Lous Gardner
The undersigned offers for sale his house and lot in a quiet desirable neighborhood with a barn. Desires to sell at once and will dispose of the property at a reasonable figure. For further information inquire of Lous Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lous. Gardner
New Sleeping Car Line Chicago to Buffalo On Train 6
Nickel Plate Road announces a new sleeping car service between Chicago and Buffalo on train No. 6 departing daily at 2 55 PM from Van Buren Street Station. The through sleeper to New York via Nickel Plate and Lackawanna roads adds to existing high quality through service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buffalo
van Buren Street
New York
Nickel Plate
Lackawanna Roads
Republican Judicial Committee Sets Nominating Convention Date
Cedar Rapids meeting of the Republican Judicial Committee, June 15, names T. B. Hanley, J. W. Coxsee, and J. C. Davis. A convention to nominate three district judge candidates is ordered for Marton Court House on Tuesday August 2 at 11 a.m. Delegates per Cedar, Jones, and Linn counties are specified. Dated June 16, 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Judicial Committee
Cedar Rapids
T. B. Hanley
Cédar County
J. W. Coxsee
Jones County
J. C. Davis
Linn
Court House
Marton
Cedar Jones
J.C. Davis
Public notices of estate and highway actions in Jones county Iowa
Public notice records appointment of a trustee for the Mary Harrington estate and calls all claimants to file sworn statements with the clerk. It also announces an administrator for Orlando D. Rundle’s estate and directs debts to be paid and claims presented. A highway vacation and relocation proposal is filed for section 29 township 86. objections or damages must be filed by July 20, 1898 in the county auditor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauage
Finnland
W. S. Barker
Duffy Estate Notice From Jones County Court
The District Court of Jones County Iowa as executor of Mary Duffy deceased notifies all claimants to file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time and for debtors to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa May 11, 1808. Be delia Duffy executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Mary Harrington
Anamosa
Town
A. D
Mary Duffy
Towa
Buckwheat Maturity From Japanese Variety Observed
A grower notes buckwheat yields and ripening differ with the Japanese variety, which ripens better under their conditions after several years of cultivation.
Illinois Central R R pamphlet appeals to home seekers
This 264 page illustrated pamphlet features letters from northern farmers prospering along the Illinois Central Railroad line through Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana It describes cities towns and surrounding country and offers reliable information on the South’s accessible prosperous areas Free copies are available by writing J F Merry A G P A Illinois Central R R Manchester Illinois July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Securch
South
J. F. Merry
Thinais Central R. R
Manchester
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J. W. Doxsee
Langworthy
Castine Grove
Crenton Junction
Lex
Wm. Campbell
John Bajasch
Forty-ninth
Iowa Regiment
Jacksonville
Florida
Western Forest
John Muir
Thoreau
Mullin George
D. KE. Ponp
P. M
Sawyer
A. Kempf
Baptist Young People’s Union
Pairis
Manila
HE. Hicks
Baptist Young People’ Union
N. Y
S.M. Geary
Pierson
Mich
de- Witt
J. H. Bacher & Co
Republican Judicial Convention
F. M. Hicks
Orlando D. Rundle
Gerry Matthiessen
M. W. Herrick
Bedelia Duffy
Ious
Halls Hardware
Cae
Bateman
Eagle Drug Store
Deutsche Apotheke
Grapig
Bell, Tainter
Fdison
Macdonald
Columbia Phonograph CO
State St
Chicago, Ill
Paris
St.Louis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington Buffalo
Illinois Central
R. R
Southern Home-seekers’ Guide
George W. Green
South Carolina Street
Teare
Victor Bicycles
Lee
C. W. Brown
Our News Depot
Firet
Cypewriter Essentials
Smith Premier Typewriter Coy
Syracuse
Monroe Street
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