Monticello Express publisher and price note
The Monticello Express lists J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of $1.75 per year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
3
The Monticello Express lists J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of $1.75 per year.
February notes reveal John Watson moving to a Loudon area farm, George Sokol selling his lumber business to Franks and Son, and Rev J G Van Ness visiting relatives. Other items report deaths, illnesses, fire losses, stock shipments, and residents planning moves to Oklahoma and Nebraska.
Cascade briefs report visits from J M Edwards and Glenn in Denver and Mrs L B Carter returning to Charles City Iowa. RV Tanner of Malcom Iowa spent Sunday in Cascade. Wm Baird bought the Roche house on Oak street. The M W A and Mystic Workers held a joint banquet. Cascade Horse Co names W A Fairburn president and M F Barrett treasurer for 1906. Remains of Miss Carrie Lamey buried at Cascade. Mary S M Jackson born 1827 taught in Whitewater. married 1848. lived in Cascade until death. funeral Wednesday at the Methodist church.
Minnie Dawson visits Clinton relatives while J E Coder Leech and Espy travel to Anamosa on business. Mrs J F Brown improves after illness with family guests J F Brown and wife host visitors Mrs C B Larkey Wyoming visits Center Junction. C M A banquet tops Wednesday events at the opera house and Sam Witham rests at his sister’s home.
Rural Route items report multiple Monticello and Anamosa area visits. notices include sickness and deaths, farm sales, moves to Dickinson county, and community events. Obituaries note Adam Sutherland of Scotch Grove and Lizzie Turnis's scarlet fever death. The Coming Teacher's Meeting in Monticello and a local farm for rent are listed along with small personal notices.
J H Hogg returns to his timber farm and Mrs Gillilan is briefly unwell. Lightfoot rents to Joe Minnis Jr for the season. Miss Jennie Davidson visits Bowen's Prairie friends. Henry Eiben returns from G J Heiken's to Bowen's Prairie. Butter fat price at Downerville creamery for early February was 26.1 cents. John and Mrs Siebels celebrate 25th anniversary next Friday. Farmers attend Geo Pfeil sale near Prairieburg and J O Lawrence sale at Bowen's Prairie. Castle Grove men plan homesteading in South Dakota this season and load 12 carloads of men and supplies for a special train from Monticello on Saturday.
William Livingstone Brown aged twenty seven died February 14 1906 at Christine North Dakota after a bout of typhoid fever following a period of illness that interrupted plans for his wedding to his fiancée. He was the son of J F Brown of Center Junction Iowa and the funeral at the Presbyterian church was led by the pastor with Modern Woodmen of America conducting graveside rites.
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