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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
7
Hicks and Eilers advertise new skirts and dress goods with visitors from Cascade and Cedar Rapids. H C Wills offers lace curtains and Jersey underwear while Deutrick promotes low priced millinery. Local residents Mary Pond Mabel Inglis May Scales and O R Ricker visit relatives and conduct business across Monticello Delaware county 1901 tax lists noted.
Monticello comes alive with social notes and shop talk. Miss Clara Evans and Miss Daisy Waugh spend Sundays in Wyoming and Center Junction respectively while Hicks & Eilers promote fabrics and carpets. Ledger lists new roofs at Stuhler and Condon buildings and a closing sale at Herman the Clothier. Community events include a G A R meeting, memorial day plans, and church programs with Prof. Matlack and Miss Rew.
A Dubuque firm began laying first story stone for the Monticello State Bank building using Bedford Indiana quarried stone cut in Dubuque. Local progress includes theatre visits, road repairs, and community notices of illnesses, accidents, and business shifts across Monticello.
Miss Alma Matson and Miss Emma Welch along with Miss Gratia Hicks and Superintendent Paul left Monticello stations last Saturday to attend a teachers meeting at Center Junction. Other Monticello teachers joined later.
A fire started when a fallen wire across electric lines sparked at the Perrine wood shed. Mrs. Perrine, who doused the flames with water, received a severe shock as current followed the water. The incident followed a disused private telephone wire tied to Perrine’s property.
John B Mellette died April 25 in Logan Town aged 1? years after pneumonia and consumption. He practiced law in Ravenna Nebraska and left a widow and two children ages two and four. A State College Ames and Cornell College Mt Vernon graduate he worked as a lawyer and city attorney, earning high regard for intellect and civic service. He was son of Dr F B Mellette of Monticello. survivor Frank remains unlocated. Col J T Mollit attended the funeral.
Monticello business leaders form the Monticello Carnival Company to stage a September carnival with races and attractions, potentially replacing the Jones County Agricultural Association fair after 48 years. City council votes to pursue a sewer system funded from the general fund amid mixed public opinion, passes ordinance 259, and schedules bids.
Naomi Hofacre sues the city claiming 6219 damages from a winter sidewalk fall on North Cedar Street near the post office. She alleges the city knew of the icy condition, that her ankle was broken, and that the injury is permanent.
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