Monticello Express Thursday March 19 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
2
Onslow Notes Roundup Of Local Happenings March Events
Wm. Port of Olin spent Sunday in town. J. S. Pangburn moved back to Anamosa. Miss Carrie Paul visited. Blanch Paul returned from Chicago. Mrs. Coburn and Miss Wasson ill. Walter Williams of Wyoming now Frank's tinner. Verdie Litten and Gene Mackrill back from Epworth. Good Templars from Center Junction visited Onslow lodge. Harry Paul visiting grandparents and relatives. Johnston family visiting. Ahab Dewitt bought the local meat market. Casebeer moved to Green Island to farm and lumber. tie business continued. Eliza Dewitt aged 44 married Arthur Boys aged 18 in leap year. S. M. Streeper died aged 76. buried in Wyoming after service at Presbyterian church. Dora Hunt moved millinery to Slocum building. School board requires tuition for non residents. Egg thrown at street mob. calls for law and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port of
Olin
J. S. Pangburn
Anamosa
Carrie Paul
Blanch Paul
Chicago
P. E. Coburn
Ella Wasson
Walter Williams
Wyoming
Frank
Verdie Litten
Gene Mackrill
Epworth
Center Junction
Onslow Lodge
Wma
Johnston
Fairview
Mr. Johnston
Harry Paul
K. H. Paul
Western Town
Stuart & Seals
Ahab Dewitt
Clay Township
Dewitt
Casebeer
Green Island
Jackson County
Eliza Dewitt
Arthur
S. M. Streeper
Belle Osborn
Presbyterian Church
Philip Palmer
Streeper
Dora
Hunt
Slocum
Amber News Roundup Highlights Local Health and Commerce
Amber items note Mrs. Henry Harrs is dangerously ill and several residents report business and farm activity. Henry Stutt shipped hogs, J W Brickley rents his farm for relocation to Olin, Clarence Robertson and Will Smith visit Monticello on business, and W H Sanford updates a Delavan separator at Jackson creamery with Feb milk at 70 cents per hundred and 3.80 test. John Elvidge returns from Epworth after carpentry work. Isaac Hayes sells Jackson township farm to Walter Waggoner at 60 per acre. James Brown recovering from lung fever under Dr W W Hunter. A basket sociable at I H Meek raised 16 for church. Fritz Lagermann and Emma Engelbarts wed. plan to live in Amber. Clay district reports grip illness, juryman J L Bader returns, John Dennison visits, talk of new cooperative creamery, Victory district elects J L Carpenter director, Mike Powers to build new kitchen, diploma holder cutting and fitting thriving in Canton, Aggie Dennison closes Victory winter term with entertainment, Mr and Mrs J W Wolf of Edgington visiting. girls’ flag effort credited to Victory students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Henry Harrs
Henry Stutt
J. W. Brickley
Olin
Clarence Robertson
Will Smith
Monticello
W.H. Sanford
Jackson Creamery
Sanford
John Elvidge
Epworth
Isaac Hayes
Jackson Township
Walter Waggoner
James Brown
W. W. Hunter
I. H. Meek
Fritz Lagermann
Emma Engelbarts
Clay
J. L. Bader
John Dennison
Cascade
Victory
J.L. Carpenter
Mike Powers
Canton
Aggie Dennison
Victory District
J. W. Wolf
Edgington
Wolf
Victory School
Epworthites Attend Home Services and Local News
Several Epworthites remain at home and Presbyterians continue evening services. John Calahan of Scotch Grove visited town. Howard Shipley called on friends. Lizzie Shipley will teach Pine Grove school. Citizens ticket candidates swept town elections. Mr and Mrs Schofield returned from their wedding tour. Howard Dawson to work for a Cedar Rapids lumber firm this summer. H Hi Ruhe has moved with his
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
H. Hi. Ruhe
Local Social Notes and Hogs Market Report
Mrs Jas A Howie visited Miss Margarette Cramer Buck Creek last week. S M Hosford made a business trip to the county seat last Friday. Levi Stanger Buck Creek was a literary visitor Friday night. Kathryn Doron Amber visited Castle Grove friends recently. Mrs E E Overly Center Junction made a short visit here. Howie hogs sold last week at 3.8234 cwt. Mrs Martin Englebarts died of pneumonia last Saturday. E E Orcutt and Frank Howie shipped hogs Monday N Miller and Sons Tuesday. Deer Creek Literary society closes Saturday night to raise a flag funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. A. Howie
Anamosa
Margarette Cramer
Buck Creek
S. M. Hosford
Levi Stanger
Kathryn Doron
Amber
Castle Grove
E. E. Overly
Center Junction
J. A. Howie
Martin Englebarts
E. E. Orcutt
Frank Howie
N. Miller & Sons
Deer Creek Literary Society
City Hall March 16 1896 City Council Extra Session
The city council meets in an extra session with roll call noting all present except Lawrence. Oath of office given to the incoming mayor and officers. Term lengths set for ward representatives. Temporary clerk appointed. Bonds approved for clerks and park commissioners. A. Miller confirmed as marshal. Water commissioners sworn in and committees named. Health official elected A G Smith. Meetings set for 8 pm first Saturdays. incandescent light petition referred for report. Adjournment planned to next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Lawrence
J. F. Percina
Matthiessen
Overing
Bohlken
Heisey
Button
Clark
Schoonover
Heisey One Year Term. Third Ward
W. A. Doron
J.F. Petcina
D. E. Pond
W. W. Hunter
Mr. Smith
H. Warner
J. B. Smith Et al
Sycamore
First Streets
Schoonover and Heisey
Declamatory Contest Split Into Two Evenings This Year
The annual declamatory contest will occur over two evenings with oratorical and dramatic entries on Thursday March 26 and humorous entries on Friday. Tickets go on sale March 25 and 26 at 8 am at the opera house box office. General admission 15 cents. reserved seats without extra charge. Dr Drinkwater and Dr A A Bradley removed a fatty tumor from a colt of T R Marshall last Tuesday. The tumor was thirty inches in circumference. The cost is doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Drinkwater
A.A. Bradley
T. R. Marshall
Wyoming Journal
Science room funded by Lovell gifts advances teaching
The Lovell donation and board funds equip a science area with apparatus to demonstrate physics and related fields. A scripticon and projection views aid botany geology and astronomy teaching. The Lenox college debate on jury system and local weather and river ice updates follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Lovell
Schods
Atwood
Vacuo
Tyndall
Toepler-Hotz
Geisslers
Crooks
Lovell
Lenox College
Robt. M. Corbit
W.C. Cummings
Corbit
Fred Main
C. B. Paul
Robt
M. Corbit
Monument to Pierce Marks Jones County Lawyer
Judge Stacy funds a grave marker for Tom Pierce, a noted but frugal Jones county lawyer famed for trial skill. The obituary notes his lack of estate and hard habits, while a Jersey bull calf listing and Lambert lineage appear among scattered items. Acoustic design in large halls is discussed, stressing double paneling and thin wood walls for resonance, with historical notes on Greek use of pots to aid acoustics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Pierce
Jones County
Stacy
New York Ledger
Dot the Miner's Daughter staged by Argand club last night
A group of local youths attended the presentation of Dot the Miner's Daughter by the Argand dramatic club. The column also lists numerous real estate transfers involving residents of Oxford Junction, Monticello, Richland, Madison, Castile, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argand
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