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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
7
Mayor Voorhees attends interurban railway meeting in Davenport. Funeral attendance for Dr. D M Finley in Cascade. Cedar Rapids visitor George Backus from Paris. several local visits and travel notes. Burglaries at Burrichter’s meat market. watch chain lost near duster factory. Millinery openings and sales announced. School and church events plus civic actions and upcoming excursions noted.
A party including Bert Hubbard and Ed Harris heads to Arkansas for a prospecting tour. Delaware county hosts a spelling contest with Helen Hicks of Hazel Green among the top ten. The grand jury targets fraud and embezzlement cases while local sports and school events are announced, and town notices cover millinery openings and the Monticello High School seniors’ graduation performances.
County Democrats weigh Bryan camp support while dissenting voices grow, with W I Chamberlain predicting disaster if Bryan is nominated. In Monticello schools fire drill plans prompt debate on new fire escapes and safer exits as district updates doors.
Minnie May Perrine died at her home after illness tied to cancer. She was born in Monticello in 1876 and married John Perrine in 1894. Survived by husband three children and her mother and sisters. Funeral at Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. J. W. Innes. Mamie Howard Podbaski died after paralysis of the bowels at 39. She lived most of her life in Monticello and left two children Grace and Charlie. Funeral at family residence with Rev. M. A. Breed.
The district court in Jones County awarded the plaintiff 5000 dollars in the White versus Chicago and Northwestern Railway case. The suit stemmed from an Anamosa injury where Humpall lost four fingers in a round house incident after an engine started without his signal.
Friends learn Rev David Street and family will relocate from Warsaw Indiana to Belmont New York in April. The piece traces past moves from Pittsburg Chicago New York City Rochester Utica and notes Louis Street purchased a large Belmont home to house children and grandchildren for Christmas gatherings. The Belmont home sits near the Presbyterian church on Genesee River frontage with a public library and acreage for berries fruits flowers and poultry.
An educational rally to support Lenox College will be held at the Presbyterian church on Friday evening March 20. A pauper supper at 7 o'clock precedes talks by speakers including Miss Mary L. Jarman and Prof. John J. Woater. The program features five minute talks on education and culture, musical numbers, and a Sunday continuation with a union service led by Rev. A E Moody and Rev. W W Smith. Taxes for several townships and Monticello city are payable at Lowell State Bank with deadlines and payment options.
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