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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
4
Monticello and surrounding areas report cattle business visits by M McAleer and Park Tourtellot. Local events include Slayton Jubilee Singers at the Opera House, lectures, fashion changes, and a band performance. Obituary for Mrs Harriet Williams highlights a long Christian life. community notes on sickness, travel, and road conditions conclude with calls for better roads.
March notes record minor Davis traveling to Anamosa and Pane visiting Waterloo on business. Will Whiting recovers from illness as Mrs Hattie Strickell visits her parents. Geo Leake of Monticello does carpentry for Henry Hanken. John Batchelder's sons sick but recovering under Dr Mirick. Woodmen entertainment in their new hall enjoyed by all. Will Eaton and family visit Carl Albertson. telegram summons Mrs Eaton to Dakota deathbed. An old saying condemns gossip about superiors.
James Hall traveled to Scotch Grove on business while George Isbell of Maquoketa visited his parents. A new baby girl arrived at the W. F. Walsh home. Revival services continued all week at the M E church. James Stevenson from Wyoming visited relatives. A dance at the Opera House drew many attendees. Wm. Robertson of Amber visited his brothers. H G Davis left for Harrison county visits. Mrs Col Springer of Anamosa will deliver a temperance lecture in the M E church Wednesday evening.
Onsow items report Miss Otha Chase ill with quinsy. School reopened after a week’s vacation. Mrs Dr Scott returns from Clinton visit. A I Woodyard opens a restaurant in West Beadicheck’s building. Mrs Etta Brown and son Ralph visit from Parnell Indiana. Lizzie Neelans starts school in valley district east of town. J R Carper buys Steckels’ bar gain store to run. Mrs Ellen McCready and son George back from Ohio. P J Coburn returns home with bride. Congratulations offered. Lester Russell returns from Seymour Indiana where he studied this winter. Camp fire postponed due to weather and road conditions. Apron sale by Ladies’ Aid Society at the M E church’s opera house a social and financial success. E J Wood of Anamosa sells aprons. sale exceeds expectations. Society clears over thirty two dollars.
A study described by Hamlin Garland in Ladies' Home Journal portrays Pueblo and Hopi women as pretty and picturesque, detailing their care of burdens, ceremonial dress, hairstyles, and the varied styles among Acoma Isleta Laguna Walpi Hopi Hano and Isleta maidens with notes on youth symbolism and beauty.
White of Kentucky, then Speaker, was pressed for time and used a ready made valedictory. He read Burr's famous senatorial farewell, brilliant yet not his own. He never recovered, fell ill, and is believed to have killed himself from shame.
Monticello district trustees debate finances and approve bills for teachers and janitors. They abolish the superintendent’s office, assign High School control to the principal and assistant, reduce to eight months of school, and require completed grade work for diplomas, with suspensions for rule violations. Adjournment follows.
A group of 14 young women entertained their gentlemen friends at a Friday banquet. The Q O M order name remains a mystery with playful guesses about its meaning. Other notes mention strawberries, horse fittings by W F Rohn, and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a product highlight.
Three to four thousand large 8 to 12 foot evergreens including Norway Spruce White Pine and Red Pine offered for 20 to 25 cents per wagon load. Roots fibrous and matted. heavy enough for windbreaks or ornament. Also best Iowa apple varieties sold in large lots. Hoyer Bros proprietors Scotch Grove Jones County Iowa.
An 1847 Monticello Iowa notice cites warrants drawn by city official J H Bacher Co and promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a fast remedy for coughs and lung trouble. It includes testimonials from residents and mentions G C headache capsules as relief from headaches.
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