Onstow Notes and Monticello Local News 1899
Monticello Express reports Onstow weather with eight below and a string of local happenings. Residents include L B Brown visiting family and D S Cooley buying a residence for May possession. The M W A stage a play Woodman Soldier and Mrs Vaughn dies with funeral set. Teams Shipped: Schmalfeldt Carstine Johnston Brothers. Stella Miller to study styles in Chicago and open stock at Stinson Bros. store. Interment at Wyoming.
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Onstow
L. B. Brown
Parnell
I. A. Dougherty
la Porte City
D.S. Cooley
Dr. Scott
Peter Schmalfeldt
Martin Carstine
Johnston Brothers
A. H. Paul
Anamosa
Opera House
Floyd Johnson
St. Louis
Geo. Chase
Mercury
Robt. Scroggie
Wm. Neelans
Samuel Blackadar
Chicago
Minea Orr
Stella Miller
Stinson Bros.atore
J. H. Weideman
Harry Hall
Vaughn
M. E. Church
van Buren
McQuewan
Presbyterian Church
Wyoming
Center Junction Community Notices and Movements
Center Junction notes March events and local mobility. Mr John Cole visits Onslow. Mrs Alexander to Fayette. Vern Lewis drilling for Dair Lewis. several residents move houses and farms. new infant daughter for Mr and Mrs Thompson. lodge sociable planned. town gains and loses residents including Montague departure and multiple relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cole
Onslow
Alexander
Fayette
Forsyth & Underwood
Vern Lewis
B. D. Kent
Davenport
Geo. McKelvey
Clarence
1. O. G. T. Lodge
Frank Larkey
M. Platner
Amber
Wayne
Neb
William Tomlinson
Dreibelbeis
Ed Sprague
Z. W. Montague
Montague
Richardson House
George Hood
John Cook
Robert White
Wyoming
Will Poppy
Kossuth County
Swan Johnson
Wisconsin
Harmon Sladutsky
Johnson
Rolla James
Kossuth
W. Brady
Olin
C. E. Magoon
Local notes from Wromina and vicinity jump with dozens of visitors
March 7 notes feature Cecil Wherry’s trip to Clarence and visits by Mrs. James Stephenson and others. Several townsfolk travel to Chicago and Centerville while new residents plan to settle in Scotch Grove. The fire company previews a play The Husking Bee for the 22nd. School elections set for next Monday with two directors to be chosen. The community mourns Mrs. R L Vaughn of Madison township. Oxford Junction youths attend a Raleighing ending with supper here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Wherry
Clarence
James Stephenson
Center Junction
B. Karr
Chicago
Bert Tourtellot
Tourtellot
Centerville
Grace Leverich
Marion
Daisy Bottomstone
N. W. Hutchins
W. S. Chamberlain
G. Brown
Opera House
H. V. Fordham
G. G. Bronson
Three Anamosa teachers win certificates. Woodyard moves in
A cheerful scene at Scharrel's reports three examinees from Anamosa earning teacher certificates, bringing three happy hearts to town. Jerry Woodyard relocates with family, acquiring the Erickson property on Jones Street to settle permanently.
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Scharrel
Anamosa
Jerry Woodyard
Mr. Woodyard
Erickson
Jones Street
Khoweth
D. A. Waite
Local Notices From AmBEER Wit Note March Events
Prof Lusk held services at M HE church and a wedding is planned nearby. No pie sociable in Sandford hall March 14. Mrs Cora Peterson is seriously ill. Dr Sigworth attends. Mr and Mrs Streets of Jackson County visit relatives. Black Oak district closes winter term. Amber schoolhouse entertainment raised over 7 dollars. Jose Castillo De Bonavia offers 10 cent readings of character and prospects. all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambeer
Lusk
M. HE
Sandford’s
Cora Peterson
Sigworth
Thomas Streets
Jackson County
Rilla McNeilly
Black Oak
Amber Schoolhouse
Jose Castillo de Bonavia
Movements and Local Transfers Around Cass County
Adam Mann moves beyond Central City while C Condit and wife relocate to Nebraska. Patrick Hayes buys Charley Crow farm. Manns go to Nebraska with spouses following. Robert Austin visits Vinton and Fayette with Fred Crane. Elsie Brown visits Monticello aunt W L Ket cham. Myron Dean relocates from Sycamore to Cass farm. Ernest Condit hosts Lieut Horton Stickle. Fayette trip, Crane family set to move. No.2 school closes for Washington's birthday entertainment.
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Cass
Adam Mann
Central City
Will C. Condit
Nebraska
Patrick Hayes
Charley Crow
C.R
J. F. Mann
Robert Austin
Vinton
Fred Crane
Fayette
Elsie Brown
Monticello
W. L. Ketcham
Myron Dean
Sycamore
Ill
Ernest Condit
Horton Stickle
Manilla
A. Crane
Fayette County
No.2
Mae Allen
Washington
Congregational Church Plans Modern Renovation and Expansion
Monticello residents discuss a full program to modernize the Congregational church. A west addition with classrooms and a library wing is planned, plus a middle seating layout, a new stair, and a ladies library room. A future gym and basement use may follow if funds allow. The project aims for a prominent public improvement and lasting moral impact. The obituary notes the death of Judge Edward P. Leeds's wife in Manchester.
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Ladies’ Library Association
Monticello
Church Notices and Upcoming Religious Events
Congregational church announces a sermon on The White Man's Burden next Sunday and invites special attendance. Union Missionary Library Society forms and circulates missionary books to city churches. Church of Christ holds services with Sinning by Proxy and Is Church Membership Essential to Salvation. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 with Good singing and Bible reading. Calico Carnival at the Christian church Friday March 10 with 10 cent admission and calico attire rules. Calico card gifts and carpet rag drive planned. U B church holds quarterly meeting next weekend with Rev V A Carlton from Toledo Iowa preaching. Y P S C E Progressive social at Dr Inglis home March 14. Second M E church quarterly meeting includes sermon and Lord s Supper and new members. Evening sermon on The Unpardonable Sin. Presbyterian church preaches Curious Questions Concerning the Nature of Christ next Sunday.
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Church of Christ
U. B. Church
V. A Carlton
Toledo
Iowa
The
Presbyterian Church
Inglis
M. E
City Council Minutes Report and Actions Mar Seventh
Council met in regular session approving last meeting minutes. Weighmaster Abel reported February drafts totaling $21.00 with salary allowance of $15.00. Several bills were approved including coal and pump work. Financials show general, waterworks, bond, and park funds with balances listed. Zoning and licensing items granted and denied. Election judges and polling places set for three wards. Hog ordinance repeal tabled. Meeting adjourned.
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Abel
H C Hoffman
Electric Coal Co
Wm Long
Conner & Hogan
Pine Coal
Hall
Ecus Jas Young
I Hoag
Ccssccc
Pessensenes
Mad Waterworks
HS Lee Water
Alex Hemmenway
Reing
General Fund
Ceeseceesee Sense Ree
Park Fund
Population centers and westward expansion in early America
The article surveys early 1800 population distribution along coastal towns and inland growth. It notes New York and Philadelphia dominance, smaller coastal towns like Baltimore and Charleston, and inland frontier villages. It traces westward settlement, roads, freight costs, and the rise of stage lines by 1804 as civilization pushed beyond the Alleghenies.
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St. Nicholas
New York
Ernest Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Montreal
Quebec
Maine
Old Salem
Boston
Newport
New London
New Haven
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
New Orleans
Alleghanies
Chicago
Oswego
Buffalo
Detroit
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New England
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Valley of the Hudson
Newburg
Kingston
Albany
Europe
West
Erie
Pennsylvania Mountains
Horses Wanted by LJOYT BROS for Nursery Stock
LJOYT BROS of Scotch Grove Indiana invite offers for young horses between 2 and 4 years old. They seek good size and sound animals and promise the highest market price. The notice promotes top quality trees grown in the state at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ljoyt Bros
Scotch Grove
Mon Monticello horse sale begins January 6
The notice declares weekly horse purchases at Monticello every Monday starting January 6, continuing indefinitely. Buyers seek sound horses weighing 1100 to 1800 pounds aged 4 to 16 years and promise cash payment at the highest market price. Sellers are urged to remember the day and bring horses for sale.
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Monticello
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Wromina
Atiber
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Manchester
Eliza Bebb
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Christ
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E. W. Kohl
Lightfoot
Young Nays
Suter Heisey
Schoonover
Bohlken
First Ward
Noyes
O. R. Ricker
August Ricklefs
Heisey
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J. F. Petcina
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P. Young
A. Matthiessen
Godfrey Schneider
C. French
City Hall
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Kellum
Young
Suter
J. F. Perorna
America
John Nible
Richland Township
Zwingle
Dubuque County
Niblo
Rhode Island
Madge Shepard
Miss Hallock
John Mathews
Edward Flynn
Castle Grove
Jones County
Henry Callahan
Bankston, Dubuque Co
W. A. Overing
Blue Grays
S. Shoemaker
Fontanelle
Adair County
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Aeeee Hicks Harmon
Rundle
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Teed Ranges
Hall’s Hardware
Inter Ocean
the Inter Ocean
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Eagle Drug Store
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