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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
5
Home News items report Howard Putnam on the sick list and numerous visits by residents to Baldwin Chicago Cedar Rapids Davenport Monticello and other towns. Activities include high school sports plans, sales ads for Deutrick's, civil service exam in Dubuque, and church conference attendance by Rev N F Norton.
Monticello columns report visits from Dewitt and Independence residents, local store notices, court updates, school closing plans, a religious service note, and community health alerts. It mentions people like Mrs. Reichart, Mr. Bucklin, Mrs. Hoss, and Dr. Stabler, plus local businesses and upcoming events.
Reports from Decorah state arrests for dynamiting and snaring fish with bond amounts listed while deputy fish commissioner Green surveys possible violators. Monticello Congregationalists attend Cedar Rapids state society session. local officials inspect Sycamore street bridge for paving. A charity ball pace between business men and high school team is planned with a parade from city hall. City assessor Howard Putnam has submitted tax books showing real estate and personal property values and exemptions.
An Illinois governor’s requisition brings Billy Buttles under Chicago officer custody after a Friday evening transfer. Buttles disputes criminal charges as a civil liability pressure tactic while the officer notes a likely conviction. The piece also mentions Fletcher’s moving picture theater opening last Saturday with three performances and upcoming changes. Michael M Benedict, Monticello’s oldest resident, died at 93, leaving a legacy as a cautious moneylender who aided many borrowers. his funeral was held at the Presbyterian church. He was born in 1816 in Williamstown Vermont and lived in Malone New York before moving to Monticello in 1868. He leaves children and a widow, Ruby A Hudson, with Herbert Benedict as a survivor. The item ends with a reminder of the matinee at Electric Theater on Saturday May 22 at 3 p.m.
The article lists committees for vocal music, band, finance, carriages and grave decorations for a monument dedication. It notes clergy and trustees leading events, with Ladies preparing wreaths at 2 pm on Saturday May 29 and the Grand Army escorting from First Street to the opera house for services at 1 30 pm.
The Express pages show W E Hoag buying Maple Street lots to build a turkey feather duster factory, Mrs Sarah B Morgan dying of paralysis, Catholic society buying land for a new church after a tornado, teacher fund tax and contingent fund levy, Clara Wales and Charles Bacher winning the high school declamatory contest, Moody Bros renting the Qondon block, a lodge of the Iowa Legion of Honor formed with J B Smith as president, David McCoy dying near Monticello aged 72, a birth to Mr and Mrs C G W Gurney, waterworks measure approved 269 to 68, Harding and Litchfield dentists dissolved, county seat contest between Anamosa and Wyoming, and delegates chosen for the Republican county convention with a long list of names.
Monticello residents including Mrs John E Foster and Mrs H B Richardson along with Harriet Coughlan H M Carpenter J W Coxsee M W Herrick V J Cross Alexander Hughes and J S Hall and Nellie Carpenter plan to attend the May Musical Festival at Mt Vernon with others possibly joining.
Sale is set at the late Mrs Nathan Smith residence located two blocks north of the post office. Items include two quarter sawn bedroom suites, quarter sawn bookcase, rockers, golden oak parlor furniture, rugs and draperies, a gas range, new cook stove, dishes, kitchen utensils, lawn mower, garden tools and various other articles. Miss Ethel Smith.
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