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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
7
Local items report May 15 as a hoped for arrival for fishermen while a flurry of notices mentions Miss May Liddy securing a stenography position in St. Paul and various local business ads and personal updates from Monticello and surrounding areas.
Miss Marie Holler visits friends in Manchester and at Deutrick’s store. M W Herrick a Marion visitor yesterday. New dress goods at H C Witt. Iola George and Nancy Galligan ride Imperial wheels. Burrichter’s grocers stock fresh lines. Peter Lem Marugg and family moved to Montana. Wash dresses at H C Witts. B R Rhinehart of Anamosa doing business in Monticello. Model offers canned goods. Rev. Schutz of Scotch Grove spending week at Farnhamville. H Wills on graduating dresses. John Gerdes ill with lung fever. Alva and Alfred Millers visited Hazel Green. Taxes payable at Monticello State Bank. Monticello High School graduates meeting May 3 at 7:30. Mrs Henry Hanken Sr. returned from Illinois visit. Central Block Store lace curtains. Charles and Mrs Little returned from the south. Decoration Day address by Rev L L Lockard in Monticello. Insurance stores sold at carload prices at Hall’s Hardware. Emma Rickels going to Farnhamville for summer. C D Chase preparing new residence near Matthiessen. Our flour praised. O G Hunter guarantees sacks. Illinois Central timetable change may shift Farley and Cedar Rapids morning train earlier. Gerd Weers’ lost light overcoat found. Lace Curtain Sale May 4–6 by J A Deutrick. J H Heisey in Chicago for son David’s Northwestern dental degree. German Reformed church improved with funds from members. Geo Stuhler & Sons seed specialists. William Gerdes leaves for Orange City California for health. Telephone installed in city marshal/Squire office. easy requisition for services. Local officials offer patient hearing and swift justice.
Mr. John Friedley of Bucyrus Ohio will occupy the pulpit next Sabbath morning. He is son of J Friedley of the city and on a wedding tour having married on the 24th ult to a Milwaukee young lady. Friends are invited to greet him.
A Monticello newspaper column reports on illness and mumps among students with a note on Prof Scroggie, local millinery ads, a wife and father in law travel plans, a dental student’s graduation, feed prices, anonymous correspondence rejected, and remarks on Sunday store closures. Also covers a Cedar Rapids rumor, a performance critique, and community aging milestones.
Local notices report a missing pony at Leroy Clark’s enclosure with signs of tampering and a suspect linked to a possible trade with Clark’s son. A man named W. F. Rohn shows erratic behavior, uttering “a ten pound boy” as friends fear for his mental health. Work strikes disrupt Lovell building excavation as contractors face wage demands. Captain A. M. Loomis receives a 70th birthday tribute in Wyoming with several dignitaries present. The Monticello beauty contest ends as The Express declines further participation, noting public reluctance to publicity and quoting perspectives on women’s roles.
May 9 sessions feature hymns reports and officer elections with Miss Crawford Mrs Loggie and Mrs Russell leading segments. Local talent performs dances recitations and songs as delegates prepare names for the county convention.
116 acres of prairie land in Castle Grove township plus 20 acres of timber in Delaware county five miles away. Enquire of the undersigned on the farm. 45tf
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