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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
4
Wyoming March notes list many visits and business trips by residents and guests. The Swedish Comedy Drama Hang Hansen is set for the opera house on April 5, with local social events including a Presbyterian tea, a hospital of community news, and reports on bank prosperity, water works, and civic league formation.
Center Junction notes record local illnesses visits and social events. Mr John McDonald Sr is ill at home. Mrs C R Scofield visits Wilton. Lillian Livingston visits Monticello. Leech at Scotch Grove. Stingley in Cedar Rapids. Leggett finishes Canton term. Overley visits from Wyoming. Election results show C Rawson and A G Smith winning. Several residents travel for school and visitors arrive from Chicago and Mt. Vernon. Presbyterian services planned. schools had a week long break. families face illnesses. townsfolk return from Epworth and Coe College breaks.
Castle Grove March 28 William Hiller Cedar Rapids visitor Monday Gladys Hosford staying with grandparents in Monticello Farmers plowing and seeding plans. Cramer and Hiller to wed at home of bride's parents Wednesday afternoon with Rev. W E Van Buren officiating.
Cascade news reports Selah Dodd in Mt. Vernon last week and Mike Faber family planning Dubuque. James McCue travels to Chicago and Milwaukee to visit sons. H. V. Dodd is second man at the electric plant. Elmer Knox resigns for Waterloo. East side school chief Mr. Newcum from Centerville opens with vim. Fred Kurt buys the Thomas Devaney farm NE of Cascade, becoming a leading local landowner. Town election results show J. W. Foulks and Frank Keefe elected councilmen on a reform ticket. A 14 year old faced a school entertainment disturbance. the jury disagreed but cases prompted salutary lessons.
Local items include visits and travel by residents such as George W. Sutherland to Emmetsburg and Il linois. Birth announcement of a son to Mr. and Mrs Carl Jacobs. Cramer-Hiller wedding attendance and several visits among Epworth and Castle Grove residents. Real estate sale of Main and First streets residence to H J Rehorsat and impending move to Washington state. Plymouth Rock eggs for sale at Hosford farm.
Mrs. Anna Connolly widow of Timothy Connolly died of consumption in Dubuque on the 24th last. Her funeral was in Monticello at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. John McCormick officiating and interment in Argand Catholic cemetery. Her maiden name was Foy born in Dubuque county 52 years ago. They lived in Boulder township Linn county before moving to Monticello. Her sister Myre McCracken cared for her during illness. The party transporting her remains included relatives and friends from Dubuque and Independence.
The municipal election produced a low turnout with Republicans winning park commissioner, two council seats, and three water posts. Democrats captured one council seat in the second ward by one vote. Weighmaster Albert Meyer was re elected by both parties. Ward tallies and candidate results are listed across three wards.
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