Monticello Express editor and publisher notes
The Monticello Express weekly issue lists J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor. The notice identifies publication frequency as every Thursday and attributes ownership to Doxsee.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
4
The Monticello Express weekly issue lists J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor. The notice identifies publication frequency as every Thursday and attributes ownership to Doxsee.
Readable segments note Steve Neal repairing his house, Mrs. G. W. Halsey buried locally, Mrs. H. Orr recovering after surgery in Chicago, and Dr. R. H. Spence returning from medical board exams. Also mentions hay shipments, poles for Wyoming Co. expansion, school board rehires, retail trade shifts, and a senatorial death remark about Ben Hill. A railway accident and a Texas tornado fatality are reported alongside telephone line plans linking Center Junction with Cedar Rapids and Olin.
Miss Edna McKean started for Des Moines last Thursday morning. Miss Edna Lyons attended the Odd Fellows Meeting at Cedar Rapids last Friday. Mrs. Fred Preas is noticeably improved despite a sore foot. Mrs. Jno. Krouse and son from Monmouth visited Robt. Williamson’s home last Sunday. Miss Belle Lyons returned from Monticello last Friday and visited over Sunday. Miss Genevieve Shipley stayed with Mrs. Alden near Wyoming and spent Sunday at home. Miss May Kent visited Aunt Mrs. Casse at Boone Ia but returned Saturday evening. Mrs. J. B. Ficket, daughter of James Young, visited here and returned home Monday morning. Mr. N. W. Crans, well known locally, is clerking in a Plankinton store. Mrs. James Livingston and Mrs. F. McNeilly attended the Anamosa state contest last Friday evening and were pleased. Next Saturday May 3 the Jones County Teachers meet in Center Junction. All teachers and patrons urged to attend for a profitable session.
W A Hogan lost a horse. John Barrack can move about again. Eugene Harris injured when tree fell. Schoolhouses in districts 1 5 and 6 to be repainted. Wind damaged windmills and barn roofs. Township assessor S M Hosford completed term. Total township assessment 1 250 329 up 9 365 from last year. Real estate last year 1 031 361. Livestock and property tallies listed. Center Junction milliner Miss Eona Lyons offers hats from 85 cents, five dozen trimmed hats arriving by early May. cash buyer, no rent, sells cheap.
Advertises Chicago to New York and eastern points via Nickel Plate Road with three daily trains and no excess fare. Dining cars offer American club plan meals. prices range from 35 cents to 1 dollar. Information provided by John Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago.
The Express will continue a clubbing rate of $2 for the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and Tue Express for one year. Subscribers to Tue Express can pay in advance to receive the low combination price. Tue Express ships several hundred subscriptions to the Inter Ocean annually and will renew old subscriptions on the same terms.
Dairy cows and Red Polled bulls offered by J A Voorhees three miles west of Langworthy. Farm machinery line also advertised at bottom prices to meet competition. MIL&Es Colton listed.
A broad list of land sales and transfers is recorded across Sec 8 Twp 84 R1 and nearby lots. Transactions involve John Paul Henry F Patney E E Myres Mary Warner B H Tobiason WJ Porter WB Allen Peter C Smith and others. Amounts range from 5700 to 10000 with multiple deeds in Onslow Anamosa and surrounding townships.
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