This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
7
Miss Mamie McMahon visits Anamosa while Miss Esther Howell tours Greeley. Local residents travel to Manchester Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. others attend sales and events at stores in town. A birth is recorded to Mr and Mrs William Dierks. several notes mention health, travel, and jewelry advertisements from McNeal and Beery Bros.
Letters remain uncalled for at Monticello postoffice as Easter nears. Notables visit from Iowa City and South Dakota are noted along with family and friend visits. Local ads promote Bowstring thread and optical services by Patrick the optometrist in the Monnier building.
Bay Spring Hosiery and Deutrick's are mentioned along with Christoph Mardorf and Willie Bar rack attending school in Waverly spending Easter with their parents. Several local residents travel and visit relatives in Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Canton. A spring opening of dress goods silks and millinery is noted plus real estate moves in Monticello and Lost Nation. St Patrick’s Day is modestly observed in town with green and shamrock.
Mesars John Ambuehl and Ben Balear departed for Battleford Saskatchewan to seek summer work in the great Northwest. They expect to stay all summer if they like the country and people. Miss Iola George returned from Madison Wisconsin for a short Easter vacation. Mrs. G H Georges and son Robert returned from a Sioux City visit. Miss Lou Stambaugh, longtime Alleghany teacher, arrived for a vacation visit with her feeble father William Stambaugh. Mrs Abbie Drake of Fort Collins Colorado visits Bowen's Prairie relatives and is remembered as Abbie Smith before marriage.
Dr. L. G. Stubler conducts eye examinations and fits spectacles for patients.
Spring promotion invites customers to buy kodaks and supplies at Patrick jeweler in the Monnier building. Rudolph Langer, a Hall factory employee, married Lillian Engarther in Cedar Rapids last Tuesday and will be welcomed back by coworkers upon his return today.
William Altman and Fred and John Otten traveled from Dubuque to Chicago last Monday morning. The Ot tens aimed to buy a large traction engine to work a substantial tract of Canadian land owned by Fred Otten for several years, to be used for breaking and then plowing.
High water Friday night disrupted electric light operations. The river rose beyond its banks but was held by the turnpike near the bridge. A broken rail south of the passenger depot derailed a coal car from the southbound freight at 10 pm Tuesday, requiring Roadmaster Drury and crew to work until 2 am to clear the line. rail damage may have been caused by a passing engine.
The Doutrick D G Co announces a farmers trading place for dry goods millinery and nations. The notice highlights a market event covering a variety of goods and services offered by the company.
Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter fly to Houston to visit son Millington teaching there then head to New Orleans to meet Mr and Mrs William Stuhler and travel to Panama for canal inspection Mr Stuhler and wife will leave next Saturday Weather shifts from muddy March to a snow storm Easter millinery and goods advertised at Deutrick s Rail water supply issues at Monticello engines troubled after water pipe sabotage by a careless employee delaying repairs
Marion Sleeper prepares to ship household goods to Fruithurst Alabama where Mrs Sleeper and Miss Minnie now reside. The move is not seen as permanent for the family as Mr Sleeper will stay. Mrs Sleeper, daughter of Daniel Varvel Monticello's earliest settler, is valued for linking pioneer past with the present.
A morning disturbance at an express company depot followed a broken jug of two gallons of forty-red whiskey. The package opened revealed one intact jug. the other had shattered, leaving only glass fragments and a strong odor. The farmer laments slow settlements and drier outcomes.
Scarlet fever cases fall but one new case appeared this past week and no deaths occurred. City board of health orders a further week of school closures and bans public gatherings including church services, lodge meetings and electric theaters to be safe.
The Cedar Rapids Republican recalls J. F. Porter, once an electrical worker, who rose to lead Tri-City Railway Co. in Davenport. He wired Cedar Rapids Kimball building and the Y M C A with his own hands. The piece credits native ability and a good marriage to a Monticello girl as part of his success.
Frank Caldwell and a group of ten to twelve prospectors from Hopkinton and Delhi traveled by Higgins flyer to Davenport then south via Kansas City. Notable members include Sam Carter Jim Morgan Horatio Merrill and Jim Burns. Horatio spoke softly admitting strong odds yet others predicted Raish would endure until late.
Johnson a 24 year old Savanna resident died after being accidentally shot by his brother a guard at the Anamosa reformatory during a hunting trip. The younger man, unmarried, was conscious to the end and asked that no blame be placed on his brother who was gravely shocked by the accident.
A number of Wyoming residents, including Col. George W. Evans and Editor Dave White, passed through town en route to Anamosa to observe the Orissick will contest. The Colonel celebrated St Patrick's Day and resumed court duties, while Mrs Nellie Campbell of Lovell township died after a week of illness at 25, leaving two young children. Her funeral was led by Rev Roy V Porter, and the family faced bereavement amid scarlet fever in the five year old.
Monticello and vicinity records for March 1883 include editor John Blanchard at Hot Springs amid threats, municipal election results with T A King as mayor, and early Easter notes. Also noted are marriages D O Lice and Lizzie Dawson, T T Smith and Carrie Starks, William A Ralston and Fannie Brown, and Albert Kempf with Ida Grassmeyer. Additional items cover residents relocating to California, property sales, post office closings, and local social events such as a skating rink tally.
Dress silks sale at Deutrick's invites buyers. Bring in your harness for oiling and repair services. All work guaranteed by Renk and Cropp.
The funeral for James Abel was held at the family home last Saturday with Rev. M. A. Breed of the Congregational church officiating. Pallbearers were five of his sons and his grandson Ben Abel. Abel, born November 8 1843 in Ellen Aberdeenshire Scotland, emigrated to Canada 1855 and married Mary Cattaach in 1867 at Ferguson Ontario. They moved to Monticello in 1868 and raised several children. He was a wagon maker by trade and esteemed as a diligent, honest, and devout family man who cared for his wife and many children, leaving a comfortable home and a legacy of faith.
The district court is hearing the Crissick will case from Wyoming with contestants alleging mental incapacity and undue influence. A relative reportedly seeks to break the will of a woman who died within the year. Meanwhile Mont Woodworth near Anamosa was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape after alibi arguments. he did not testify. A negligence suit against the CO. M. & BLOP. Ry. Co. ended with a verdict for the defendant as the plaintiff failed to prove damages from a horse injury. An August Buessing case for malicious mischief ended when he pled guilty and paid a fine. The Whitaker indictment for false pretenses was dismissed for lack of evidence. Easter church services are planned with expected special music, and Mrs. Harrison Appleby, formerly of Castle Grove, underwent surgery at Anamoaga sanitarinum and is reported to be recovering well.
Mrs. John Riemers of Wyoming has moved to Monticello and taken occupancy of the house recently purchased from Mrs. E V Monroe.
Patrick, a jeweler in the Monnier building, offers to help buyers save money on every article he sells including watches rings and diamonds with guaranteed satisfaction.
The Davault Company appears at the Presbyterian church on Wednesday night March 26 with Annie Davault as reader Ellen Bausemer on violin and piano Kenneth Stead as baritone tenor and pianist. The program includes Zampa Overture Two Crenadiers Schumann Polonaise and excerpts from The Music Mas. A comedy reading A Husband in Clover features Horace Lydia and a wife.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.