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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
5
Local shoppers see new embroidery carpets lace curtains and dress goods at Eilers Bolton's. Notices promote Jay's olives Ferndell coffee Hoyt's nursery and a range of ladies fashions. Several residents travel visit or attend events including a funeral and home party.
Local notices list visits by residents to Waterloo Hawkeye and Elgin, shoppers at Deatrick’s and Hoyt’s nursery, and farm updates. A birth, alums meeting, church services, an auction, and a wheat of variety snippets fill the page with commerce, travel, and community events. George Sutherland shoots two wild geese en route to North Dakota then dines well.
Local society items include Mias Anna Heiken visiting her sister in Cedar Rapids, Carl Fass and Meta Hohenkamp of Marx arriving in Iowa, and Miss Mariel Fitzsimons taking charge of a dressmaking shop during recovery. Others report illness, travel, church events, a small fire, renovations at Owl Lunch Room, and J P Matthews declining a Panama government post after receiving five offers.
Conductor F K Pike of the Farley to Cedar Rapids passenger line was arrested on a warrant for assault and battery. Ralph Isham, the boy alleging harm, says Pike booted him in the face as he was forced off at Stone City after being refused a fare. Pike asserts the eject was lawful with no extra force. He faces trial before Justice Wood on April 1.
Administrator George Sutherland sells fourteen acres to Charles Vanderham and twenty acres to J. Rice from the David Sutherland estate. The estate farm will be offered after this year’s lease expires. The new city council is to organize next Monday April 3 with a board of equalization and first business Tuesday evening. A bills-allowed meeting occurred last Tuesday. Hans Hanson theater production comes to town next Thursday with strong reviews. Edna Sutherland died suddenly at Econtuchka Oklahoma aged 62, cremation in Shawnee. Spring term Monticello schools begin April 10 with age six to seven admissions guidance from John E. Foster.
A brief hardware note promotes a steel tank product labeled The Iowa and credits Hall's hardware as the retailer. The item appears as a compact sales caption in the newspaper segment.
Edmund Booth longtime editor of the Anamosa Eureka died at his home aged 87. He helped found the paper in 1856 and named Anamosa after an Indian maiden. Survived by three children T E Booth Frank W Booth and Mrs Harriott Le Clere. Funeral set for 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.
A Monticello advertisement from Devoe explains that a satisfied buyer who repaints infrequently becomes the best promoter. It notes a rare purchase of extra gallons leading to future sales due to the customer’s positive experience. The letter, signed IF from Devoe & Co, is distributed via P. S. Bacher & Abel in New York and Chicago.
The Kiburz building on Main street is for sale at a bargain. Inquire of 31m Jas. Voorhees.
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