Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
Local items note Mrs. J S Hall visiting Chicago, M W Welch at Manchester, and Miss Blanche Hunter in Cedar Rapids. Various residents travel for business, social events, and family visits including Rev R Brough, Rev W Z Allen, and the Easter Star initiations. Community scenes cover shopping at Deutrick's, automobile shows, and a charity social at Scotch Grove postponed to April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Welch
Manchester
Tillie Jock
Cedar Rapids
Chris Rohr
Earlville
Scotch Grove
Local notes from Monticello and surrounding towns
Messrs Henry Cargen and John Livingstone of Center Junction visited town. Many residents attend events and travels, including trips to Chicago and Cedar Rapids. The community reports sales, auctions, political appointments, and upcoming institute sessions. James Abel, Monticello resident since 1868, dies at 69 with funeral plans pending a telegram from his traveling son.
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Messrs
Henry Cargen
John Livingstone
Center Junction Region
James Abel
Monticello
James
Nebraska
Abel
James Irvin
Cedar Rapids
Irvin
Sand Spring
Monticello News Highlights Local Marriages and Courts
Louis Hong and Olga Arduser wed at a Morrison Illinois home. The report notes family backgrounds and Monticello popularity, with local comment on Hoag Duster Co. salesmanship. Also covered are a boy’s scarlet fever death near Monticello, court term updates, a will dispute set for March 24 at Manchester, and cemetery care praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hong
E. Hong
Olga Arduser
J. L. Arduser
Morrison
Illinois
Monticello
Hoag
Hoag Duster Co
Health Board Rules on Scarlet Fever Quarantine
The State board of health mandates quarantine for scarlet fever until full recovery and desquamation. If the case ends in death or recovery, quarantine may end unless other children remain unexposed, then it lasts ten more days. Pets must be washed with disinfectant and rats and mice killed. Breadwinners may work with permission but must avoid sick rooms and public gatherings.
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State Board of Health
Ita
Board of Health
Women Propel Bond Passes For School Gymnasium
In a tight village election Dr. T. M. Redmond was reelected as director. Voters approved a $10 000 school bond for a gymnasium by 232 to 172 with women contributing a decisive 78 in favor and 12 against. A separate $2 000 tax to cover interest and costs was approved 270 to 114, boosted by 76 female votes in favor.
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T. M. Redmond
Mar 1888 Monticello Notes Record Local Life
March 1888 Monticello items include marriages Frank Hofacre to Dena Obe on the 5th and Henry Warner to Emma Piper on the 8th, plus James Howie wed Miss Iugenia Laude on the 18th. City politics elect O. A. Henry and H. Tiarks as directors and R. A. Rickless mayor. A March thaw floods the Maquoketa River obstructing bridges and Dr Russell crosses but falls in. Notables include Belle Boyd lecture, a breach of promise verdict for Alta Dean, and Abbie Smith’s marriage to John Drake.
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Monticello
The
Express
Frank M. Hofacre
Dena Obe
Fred Matthiessen
Glidden
Carroll County
O. A. Henry
H. Tiarks
Henry Warner
Emma Piper
T. Oliver
James Howie
Misa Iugenia Laude
Castle Grove
R. A. Mofffet
Jennie B. Duer
Galena
Jacob Y. Wonderly
E. M. Troy
Castle Grove Township
Des Moines
Belle Boyd
Lincoln
G. A. R. Post
R. A. Rickless
C. F. Hogg
T. J. Peak
Lew Sherrer
James Young
A. Kempf
A. P. Jennings
A. I. Bort
A. L. Fairbanks
Ed Moore
John Russell
John Shelley
H. K. Fuller
Jacob Schneider
W. B. Sloan
Beiler
C. Ruach
Luella Jones
Bell Russell
Anna Mettler
Charles Jones
Flo Wenger
Newton Day
H. Shelley
Fiana Arduser
Jacob Arduser
Lillie Fiorine
John Arduser
Louisa Walters
John Florine
Elizabeth Jones
Five Year Old Frieda Wenger Dies of Scarlet Fever
Frieda Wenger, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Wenger of Langworthy, died last Saturday after a brief illness from scarlet fever. She was five years and two months old and described as a sweet child. The community expresses deep sympathy for the grieving parents as they bear this loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George. Mearle
Joseph M. Hofacre
Monticello
Lovell Township
Congregational Sunday School of
Mabel McCuskey
Schneider
Board of Education
McCuskey
Martin Kehoe
William Wenger
Langworthy
Frieda Wenger
Monticello Council Hears February Treasurer Report
Monticello council met March 3 with present members Arduser Schneider Ferring Rockstad Hicks and mayor. Clerk absent E G Hicks elected clerk pro tem. February receipts and expenses reviewed including license and scale receipts. Ordinance 448 approving city claims was passed after readings. light committee to report on a Third and Sherman intersection light request. meeting adjourned.
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Monticello
Arduser
Sehneider
Ferring
Rockatad
Hicks
G. Hicks
Bohlken
Meyer
Hong
Iowa
General Fund
Washington Hose Co
Matthiessen
Hook & Ladder Co
Monticello Electri Co
Ils Lee
Albert Meyer
Tred
W Koop
J A Voorhees
FT Zimmerman
Ben Holmes
Bert Chapman
Geo Darrow
Floyd Darrow
Jacob Uess
Hank Loop
Schneider
Rockstad
Kuntzel
Third and
Sherman Streets
Hoag
Ski
Monticello Board Finances and Budget Estimates
Monticello Iowa March 7 1913 Monticello board of education held a special session with five members present. The finance committee presented an annual statement covering Teachers Fund School House Fund and Contingent Fund detailing taxes receipts overdrafts and expenditures. They also provided a proposed budget for the next school year including salaries, fuel, repairs, and other costs with expected receipts from textbooks, tuition and levies. The statement was approved and the meeting adjourned. Patrick optometrist jeweler advertised. Topeka Capital editorial note on Democrats and jobs.
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Monticello
Board of Education
T. M. Redmond
D. D. Chase
W. FE. Rohn
A. M. Maurice
L. W. Lovell
Foll
Iowa
J. Ww. Lovell
C. D. Chase
Thos. Redmond
E. E. Reed
J. E. Reed
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J. W. Doxser
Selby
Howard & Foster Shoe
E. G. Burrichter
Shoes of Quaality
Home News
Mrs. J. S. Hall
Chicago
Doutriock’s
Harm Helgens
LeMars
A. S. Jackson
Fayette
Ethel George
Patrick’s
R. Brough
Springville
Eb Hicks
Mike McKeever
Dubuque
Kodaks
Premos
Monnier
Frank Dautremont
Riverside
H. T. Bates
Wyoming
Blanche Hunter
Dorset
Doatrick’s
W. S. Garrison
Roy V. Porter
Hopkinton
W. W. Stickford
Garwayville
J. J. Locher
Anamosa
Russell Stubbler
Deatrick’s
W. Z. Allen
Grinnell
Deutrick’s
Supervisor Mead
James Hennessey
Ryan
Peter Bell
Fred Binggli
Hartford, South Dakota
L. P. Waddick
Hazel Hall
Maquoketa
Edith Benedict
Lydia Bader
Deutrick D. G. Co
H. B. Boies
Mr. Chamberlain
Waterloo
Henry Nesler
Worthington
Newton Parrott
Mrs. Avert Schoonover
B. L. Hoyt
Edison
Victor
Locher Bros
Charles Campbell
West of Town
Po, DC
Keith
Henry B. Heisey
William Abel
Deatrick D. G. Ca
Order of the Easter Star
Alice Hanawalt
Ted
Cosdar Falls
Samuel Reed
Clay Township
William Eckler
Beery Bros
John G. Thomas
Messrs. A.M. Cloud
Melvin Yoran
Mary A. Fawcett
Buitterick
J. Ross Lee
Coe College
K. M. Carpenter
Smith Girls
Nancy J. Wills
Wills
M. H. Teeter
J. A. McNeal
Verner Stockwell
Huntington Pianos
Locher Bron
Leonard Arduser
Minneapolis
Eberhart
State Board of Optometry
Minnesota
Noble
Wm. Netcott
Detroit
Lyle Hicks
John L. Graves
Edgemont
South Dakota
Colorado
Fairfax
Ohio
Jones County Teachers’ Institute
W.D. Livingstone
Onslow
Janesville
Marshalltown
A. W. Bacon
California
Joseph Reiger
Patrick
J.J. Bailey
Frank Byerly
Mr. Bailey
Maquoketa River
Mr. Byerly
Tom Pender
Hogan
Hogan & Pender
Ramona French
Waterloo Business College
French
Michael McLaughlin
Charles Bates
Mesars
H.S. Richardson
H. M. Carpenter
James A. McNeal
Ellison
L. Zeller
Hammond Bros
Oxford Junction
Newton
St. P. Ry. Co
Lebo
Tebo
James A. MecNeal
Archibald Livingston
Lenox College
Livingston
McNeal’s
Oakwood Cemetery
John K. Bateman
Hare
Oakwood
Dr. L
State Senate
Smith
Linn
Jones and
Cedar
Marion
Dr. Redmond
School Board Proceedings
Monnier Building
Topeka
Warner
H. Schipman
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Hicks & Ricklefs
Kk. A. Hubbard
Warn Grain
L. H. Lang
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