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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1881
Page
4
The notice references SoN Blanchard Ino Co and Duer and Co at a specific block likely in a historical property or industrial listing. Details are fragmentary but indicate property identifiers and parties involved in a transaction or designation. Further context from surrounding text would clarify the action and location.
C. A. Starks offers pictures and frames while Schaeffer Co advertises dry goods and fresh fruit. Gardners and Wright promote lime and a new sign. J. Glazer expands harness shop and Graßmeyer builds a large brick block. Cummings notes butter and eggs prices and Decoration Day plans. Monticello merchants announce improved fronts.
The item column lists telegraph operators and a range of goods for sale including pianos, furniture, harness and flour. It notes Judge Shane's District Court session in Anamosa and a fire at D C Tice’s home, with damages and insurance. New papers launch in Fonda with praise for the town’s prospects and debt to local businessmen.
A compendium of village happenings includes a woman found wandering in a distressed state, a Norman horse investment planned by Wm Brazelton, boot and harness shop notices, a Upper Iowa University reunion set for June 14 1881, a Monticello romance tale ending with a comic chase by a calf, editorial misprint mishaps about wedding notices, and a critique of Cedar Rapids saloon closures and hog yard nuisance efforts along with public health concerns about Anamosa water quality and Wapsipinicon river pollution.
Expressing sincere thanks to the Fire Company and others who helped prevent my house from being completely destroyed last Friday. Insurance agent D. Eb Pond estimates repairs between 250 and 800 dollars, noting the help shortened the damage. W. Brazerton signs the note. A mention of a shop offering 138 button face Kids at Bomaurrer & Co.
Personal mentions include W W Webster of Muscatine proprietor of the Muscatine Marble Work in town Tuesday. F Crane and wife depart for six weeks in New York State. Mrs Robi Young to Cedar Rapids for two weeks. Prof JL Foster reelected Monticello Graded School principal at same salary. W Gurney recalled as Government store keeper at Camanche distillery. Anton Matthiessen, press wizard, his wife away. he wrestles with plows and wheels. B B Ryan of Monticello seen after returning from Ft Atkinson with 460 bushels potatoes for Jones county.
A visiting party from Dubuque including Sheriff Ferring and Hon. Fred O'Donnell toured Anamosa Penitentiary. They observed the 160 convicts, the new cell house with 520 cells, and praised Warden Martin for efficient, economical management. Convict labor funds much of construction and prison upkeep, with notable cost savings on doors. The group also toured the Fish Hatching House and noted a forthcoming Shorthorn cattle sale in Marshalltown.
Monticello dealer B J Podhanski ships a record harness and horse gear selection, including collars, whips, blankets and saddles worth over $800. Towns between Dubuque and Cedar Rapids share the claim of the county’s widest stock with low prices and strong inducements.
An obituary notes Mary Ann Taning a nine year old from Monticello who died at the Institution for Feeble-minded Children Glenwood Iowa after long illness. The piece mentions her bright school days and her poor mother’s struggle. It also includes local notices about butter prices and railway ticketing.
Attorneys in Anamosa announce Abstract Books of lands in Jones County and prompt abstracts for tie lo. They advertise civil practice in Real Estate law and promote various health salves and remedies including Bucklon's Amion Salve for skin issues. Dr. Thoms is noted for burns. Sold by 3.H. Bacurn & Co.
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