New Goods and Local Notices At Monticello Stores
Monticello shoppers see new Ginghams at H. C. Wills and Deatrick and Burrichter’s announce fabrics and dress goods. Burrichter’s and Eilers Bolton’s advertise rugs carpets and lace, with Embroideries and Kids Gloves at Doutrick’s. Several residents visit Davenport and Cedar Rapids for business and social events, including a Masonic banquet, and school leader John Foster reports tonsillitis. A pole-resetting crew for Western Union works locally, while March transfer day posts modest farming activity and bank business numbers.
Miss Delia Hennessy Visits Chicago for Spring Goods
Miss Delia Hennessy arrives in Chicago on a business visit showcasing spring line of overalls and shirts at Burrichter’s. The town purse of notices includes millinery, drapery, and local sales ads from Monticello merchants.
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Delia Hennessy
Chicago
Burrichter’s
Columbia Opera Co. to Perform Here Next Wednesday Evening
The Columbia Opera Company will appear here next Wednesday evening to favorable reviews. Critics praise the troupe as entertaining and family friendly, with audiences across the country giving it high marks for clean comedy and broad appeal.
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Columbia Opera Co
Marriage at Eleven seals union in Langworthy
Miss Lizzie Wilkens wed Ben Wohlken at eleven o clock today. Rev Mardorf officiated. The couple will reside on the Tanner farm recently purchased by Mr Wolken. The report also notes the Columbia Opera Co performing Erminie with a 16 member company led by Stanley Felch and praised stage direction and scenery. Monticello March 8. The local Jones County Telephone Co manager changes from Mr Stuart Elgin to Chipman. Elgin leaves with good will from Monticello patrons.
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Lizzie Wilkens
Herman Wilkens
Langworthy
Ben Wohlken
Deiderich Wolken
Wayne Township
Mardorf
Mr. Wolken
Holmes
Columbia Opera Co
Erminie
Monticello
Stanley Felch
Columbia Opera Company
Stuart Elgin
Jones County Telephone Co
Chipman
Elgin
Rail worker killed in elevator fall at Rock Island arsenal
Edward O Toole a Milwaukee line conductor passing Monticello was killed at Rock Island last Friday when an elevator cable failed on the fourth floor sending the car to the first floor. He died within a half hour. Versal Robinson son of Mrs N A Rice and grandson of Mrs Alfred Miller was buried in Monticello after dying from appendicitis and pneumonia following an operation. Miss Rebecca Kipp died at age 80 after fifty years in the area. She cared for Mrs Eubanks and later Mrs Like. funeral at the Like home and burial in East Monticello cemetery.
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Edward O'Toole
Milwaukee
Monticello
Rock Island
Arsenal
Mr. O'Toole
Farley
Milwaukee Company
Count Price
Versal Robinson
N. A. Rice
Alfred Miller
Chisholm
Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Versal
Council of Physicians
Rebecca Kipp
Mel Like
Misa Kipp
New York
Scotch Grove
Miss Kipp
Jacob Fuller
Nebraska
Byron Williams
Coggan
Peter Kipp
Eubanks
Like
W. &. van Buren
East Monticello
United Brethren Church
Devoe Paint Promotion Letter from F W Devoe & Co
A promotional letter from F W Devoe & Co discusses why people paint buildings. It argues paint protects, enhances beauty, and costs little to apply, urging waterproof coats to extend structure life. P 8. Bacher & Abel is named as a local seller in New York and Chicago.
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Devoe
F. W. Devoe & Co
New York
Chicago
Bacher & Abel
Columbia Opera Co to Perform Erminis or the Two Vagabonds
The Columbia Opera Company appears Wednesday March 8 in Monticello to present Erminis or the Two Vagabonds. Tickets priced 35 50 75 cents, with guarantees from house patrons. Mixed town life notes follow, including travel woes and a dramatic tale of L B Peet the county poor farm steward resigning to serve a year in the Independence inebriate asylum.
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Columbia Opera Co
Monticello
Erminis
Primary Grade Entertainment Delights Rainy Friday
Children in the public school system staged an afternoon program last Friday despite rain. The event raised 30 for classroom pictures and featured songs, recitations, and a flag drill across multiple grades. Included acts ranged from Sheep Shearers' Song to America with performers like Clarence Brown and Carl Hacussler.
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Little Fellows
Clarence Brown
Brownies
Washington
Helen Hasford
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J. W. Doxsee
Guyan
Home News
H. C. Wills
William Dawson
Dubuque
W. G. Petrie
Sand Spring
William Stauring
Deatrick
Bruce Seaman
C. B. Snyder
Davenport
Kilers & Bolton
Doutrick
G. A. Biiss
Fayette
Children’s Underwear !—Doutrick’s
Eilers & Bolton
John Pond
The
State University
Eilers & Bolton’s
Doutrick’s
Ruby Ketcham
Anamosa
Viola Brown
Deitrick’s
John E. Foster
Deatrick’s
Libbie George
Mt. Carroll
Illinois
C.A. Errickson & Co
J. A. Doutrick
W. H. Stepanek
Cedar Rapids
Cadillac
Burrichter's
J. H. Fryberger
Mgr
Fred P. Sarles
Mississippi
Cleveland
A. Errickson & Co
H. J. Lang
Western Union Telegraph Co
Mary Neil of
Hopkinton
Mrs. Stirton
Dresa
Deutrick’s
Puleston
Edna Schoonover
Oakland
Ilinois
Rohn’s
L. E. Pride
W. F. Rohn
Florence G. Hefner
F. A. Hefner
Penn Family
Davis’ Hardware
Josephine Loveland
Utica, New York
A. S. Loveland
Nelson Kiburz
Richland Township
A. C. Albinger
Lena Rohn
East First Street
Bell Phone
William Rohn
Maria Holmes
Boner Place
J. M. Hofacre
C.H. Shipman
Order of Royal Neighbors
C. H. Schipman
Deutrick's
P. K. Wade
T. A. Wallace
Morris
Nellie Hartwick
Willie Hamilton
R. Hobert
Cora Wilson
Sterling
Panatorium
E. H. Johnson and Co
Paul Gruenstein
EE. Gruenstein
Irene D. Clayton
Gruenstein
Paul Black
Castle Grove
Harrs
Sycamore Street
Henrietta Brown
Philip Nimmo
Donald
H.C. Wills
Christian Endeavor Society
Congregational Church
Henry Moore
Baldwin
Bowen
Best On Earth
Miles Cook
Jones County
New Orleans
C. A. Errickaon
Uco
August Rickless
Wills Dry Goods
Davis Hardware
Frances Drees
Catharine
Bernice
BE. H. Johnson & Co
Nellie
Elizabeth Lane
John Eliott
B. H. Johnson & Co
Tobias Bohlken
the Express
Bell
Lena M. Robn
Morris Bebb
Presbyterian Church
Manager Holmes
C. H. Shipman
Wilson
Lovell House
C. WH. Schipman
E. H. Johnson & Co
John Boner
Squire Himebaugh
Boner
John
Sultana Tousley
C. W. Tousley
Tousley
Venice
Oklahoma
Stevenson
Mr. J. Zimmerman
L. B. Peet
Independence
Peet
Howard Miller
Tipton
Miller
Pest
Keeley
Miss Nelson
Dolly
Carl Hacussler
Stuart Stahler
Mellin
George Washington
H. Cc. Wills
Hubbard& Hanken
Ment
W. C. Nelson Co
QO. H. Soetje
C.H. Schipman
Merchant Tailor
Sourn Stog, Kinst Sr
Monticello, Iowa
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