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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
7
Local notices mention Ray Schaeffer visiting Anamosa, visits by Rev Nathan Potter and wife of Olin, Attorney Troy from Cedar Rapids, Conductor Frank Quimby of Savannah, and Merritt Campbell of Hopkinton. Also advertisements for Doutrick's, Hicks Hilers Dress Goods, and A White Elephant show. A daughter was born to Elias Ely on March 16.
Miss Carrie Clark visits Anamosa at her home while Matt Noyes and Henry George attend a Greeley blooded horse sale. Various notices include auctions at Overing's, jewelry sales, and Mrs. Barney Magee returning from Dubuque. Multiple residents travel, shop, or attend events in Monticello and nearby towns.
Social visits unfold as Miss Jessie Davidson stays with sisters in Cedar Rapids and H A L Bigley travels with relatives to Chicago. Talks of city politics follow mayoral appointments while Woodmen and Royal Neighbors hold dances. Local ads promote painting, suits, and Oklahoma lots as prices rise and fall. Miss Sadie Varley visits from Stewart and Mad dog fears surface in Wayne township. The Uncle Tom play draws crowds as Marion Sleeper expands shop space. Water commissioner posts vanish from caucuses amid honorary status.
Mr and Mrs A I Jackson return home from a two week southern excursion with the Ticket Sellers association praising the trip and noting Mrs Jackson’s health improves. Major S S Farwell comes back from a southern tour via Augusta and Washington. Local politics express lukewarm Democratic prospects and possible tough tactics. J P Waddick imports four carloads of farm machinery and wagons. Cedar Rapids Odd Fellows plan a Monticello district celebration on April 26. Saloon stocks in town change hands with transfers to Robert Jugenheimer and Jacob Thurn. Monticello Gun Club to hold spring shoot April 4 with thirteen events and officials named. Paints and Lion wall finish now sold by Eastwoopn Chase.
Leroy Clark drills a deepening well near Proctor's store where water erupted at 120 feet and rose two feet above an eight inch casing. The water is described as excellent and the well will be sunk deeper to find another flow.
Postmentor D E Pond reports the death of his aged mother Mrs J F Pond at a Worcester home on March 19 in her 89th year after a short illness. She leaves three children, with Mr Pond as the sole son, who could not attend the funeral due to official duties. He recalled her fondly from a visit last summer to his old East home.
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