Monticello's 1867 Incorporation and Its First Town Leaders
Monticello became an incorporated town on September 17 1867 after a rural township governance period. The first mayor was Y. Y. Bradstreet, an able architect and temperance advocate, who built the elevator central to grain trade and owned substantial real estate. First councilmen were C B Wales N P Starks J L Davenport Stanley R Howard and P O Babcock.
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Monticello
Y. Bradstreet
C. BE. Wales
N. P. Starks
J. L. Davenport
Stanley R. Howard
P. O. Babcock
F. J. Tryon
E. Wales
New Hampshire
New Yorker
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Mr. Davenport
New York
Clay Township
P. C. Babcock
Jones County
BF. J. Tryon
Missouri
P.O. Babcock
Monticello Trade Circular of 1870 Recalled in Local Notice
A historic Monticello trade circular from about 1870 is reissued as a double page advertisement. It details town institutions, churches, hotels, mills, a busy shipping trade, local officials, and a long list of merchants and firms with brief notes on the town’s economy and society. A separate line notes Phillip Lawnspacht, 62, hanged himself in Center township, Dubuque County, last Friday afternoon due to illness and despondency.
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Monticello
Dubuque
Presbyterian
Odd Fellows Lodge
The
Good Templars
J. P. Sleeper
W. Hunt
Monticello Express
Maquoketa River
Wom, Moulton
Col. C. Gurney
J. L. Simington
D. F. Magee
G. PF. Fastman
A. J. Monroe
S. Chamberlain
George D. Bradley
P.O. Babcock
J. C. Duer
H. H. Starks
G. W. Conlin
S. Rioward
J. W. Webbard
M. M. Moulton
Gill & Coxsee
Monticello House
C. Langworthy
R. P. Smith
Phillip Lawnspacht
Center Township
Dubuque County
May 1829 Monticello highlights births deaths and local events
May records show a birth for Mr and Mrs F H Otten in Seatch Grove and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Zimmerman. The community mourns Mrs Johanna Rickels aged 55 and notes returning 49th Iowa Infantry soldiers with one death Augustus Muiste. Local marriages include Miss Jessie Voorhees to Frank Hayden and Charles Hogg wed Miss Fannie Wilson. Assessor Putnam tallies city values.
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Monticello Express
F. H. Otten
Seatch Grove
Clelt McLaughlin
Clear Lake
Joseph McConnell
Monticello
Ponca
Nebraska
Adella Osborne
David Osborne
Cass Township
Flinabeth Kannanit
Henry HB. Hessey
Enghand
Wh. Poteing Wen
St Paul
Cle. Lee
Wisconsin
Diamond Creamery
Revo Merrill Twins
Congregational Church
John Zimmermano
August Lussop
Wayne Township
Theodore Reinfels
Mary Burreckh
Bowen
Mardort Park Chamberlain
Woo Chamberlain
Wyoming
Supreme Court of Town
Jessie Voorhees
James Voorhees
Frank Hayden
C. Warner
Daisy Neyes
Fred Voorhees
Hayden
Manchester
Johanna Rickels
Henry
John Ohe
Henry Che
John
49Th Iowa Infantry
Lieut
Ervin &. Reed
Jack Allen
Chas Hughes
James Glass
Charles Weber
Clarence Seeber
Gottlieb Troxal
Adolph Schneider
William Petersen
Serg
Harry Voorhees
George Hogan
John Carmichael
William Campbell
Leonard Wilhelm
Ralph Seeber
John Bejasch
Newall Berga
Theodore Rohn
Henry Zimmerman
Augustus Musier
Barney Eilers
Hippolyte Perreneud
Europe
Putnam
Rebecca Peak
Charles Hogg
Castle Grove Township
Hopkinton
Fannie Wilson
Edward Lang
H. J. Lang
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ilinois
Kansas
Nathan Smith
Tulip Festival Shines in Seateh Grove Parade
The Leitehass CWashey issue for May 2d highlights Seateh Grove’s tulip festival now in its fourth year. A tulip queen crowns the city, then the festival expands into a regional fortification with a 4000-strong parade featuring houses boats birds fairies and queens.
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Paria
Ayelet Company
Hal Ae
Iloagetra
MoOeteyer
Uber
Smith
Ares
Mathes Steele
Diane Prinary
Mavens
Teiget
Iano
Wo Callahan
Leitehass Cwashey Berada
Seateh Grove
Eiber
Washington
Avery
Northwest sheriff leads vast parade and town notices
Thousands gathered for a Northwest parade led by Alexander Callahan the Whatcorn county sheriff and brother of T. W. Callahan. The event included police assistance from Chief Rust and Patrolman Rousch, with extended community notices on Memorial Day plans, a school program, church services, and local health cautions amid diphtheria and scarlet fever cases. A stolen Sinclair Bros boat was recovered by Cascade youths and returned to its owners. Dorothy May Neal arrived May 12 weighing eight pounds.
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Northwest
Whatcorn County
Washington
United States
Alesander Callahan
T. W. Callahan
Werk
Callahan
Follce Rust
Rousch
Carson
George Gaby
Campbell's
bLiura Sin- Cair
Catena Stahthors
Erecta Brady
Bimblebee
Sheldon
Presbyterian Church
Ius
Thelma Otregors
Ratinsen
Reyden
Seoten Grove
Presbyteri Ladies’ Aid Society
Mroo
Afrs Navier’s
Willis
Womens
Woob
folJuows
BooCarsen
Sunshine Mission
William Henrichs Music Teemonstra
TB. Hutton
ROBP
Clark's
Lange’ S
Cascade
Hen
Glen
Charles Neal
Grandma Neal
Dorothy May Neal
Community notes from Sanborn and surrounding towns
Royal welcomes and family updates from Sanborn Iowa and nearby towns. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Len Berlin and son Raymond of Sanborn to Charlies Jacobs home. Center Junction's John Henrichs visit. August Stahlberg moves in with Ben H Behrends after a death. Carl Stahlberg joins. Helen Brokens recovers from diphtheria after ten days. Mrs Robert Clark visits with her radio outfit. Eby family and May Eby visit Cedar Rapids. Monticello residents Nichols and Mrs Cottus visit Cedar Rapids. Brady and Hughes work on porch repairs in Center Junction. Bert King family visit R W Brady. Sinclair and Callahan in Cascade for business.
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Len Berlin
Raymond
Sanborn
Iowa
Charlies Jacobs
John Henrichs
Center Junction
Jacobs
August Stahlberg
Ben H. Behrends
Carl Stahlberg
Behrends
Helen
Will Brokens
Robert Clark
R. P. Clark
Prairieburg Social Roundup and Obituary Notes
Prairieburg May 18 social highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pillard hosting a varied evening with refreshments and music. Ami Burdell remains in recovery after a stroke last Friday. Notable visitors include Marl Marquis and FP Tschida of Monticello, plus Rowley and Fehr families. Died: Gyda Bates, renowned nurse and former state nursing leader, died in Cedar Rapids of a heart attack after a distinguished career and education at Cornell, Chicago, and Columbia. burial held in the county.
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Prairieburg
Paul Pillard
Ami Burdell
Marl Marquis
St. Paul
Fp,tschida
Monticello
Gyda Bates
Iowa
State Nurses’ Association
Cedar Pmpids
Nursing Bureau
The
Red Cross
Cornell College
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Mrs Thillen of Delaware County Dies in Lamp Accident
Mrs John Thillen of Delaware county died last Tuesday from burns sustained when she attempted to carry a brooder lamp, not acting wells from a chicken house at her home. She leaves a husband and five children.
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John Thillen
Delaware County
Administrators Notice in Anamosa Iowa 1924
Public notice states that Agnus Delay administratrix and Joseph J. Delay administrator of the estate of James Delay deceased have been appointed by the district court. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated May 21 1924 Anamosa Iowa. Doxsee Doxsee Attorneys for Estate.
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Notich
State of
Iowa
James
Anamosa
A. D
Agnus Delay
Doxsee
Ustate
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Counnell
Monti
Mary
J. Rowers
Schoon & Jacobs
Henry W. Jacobs
Monticello, Iowa
Lucky Combination No
Dr.h.:mcgarvey
Duer
Monticello, Towa
George Albery
Calla
J. W. Doxsee
Chas, A. Doxsee
Lovell Block
C. H. Schipman
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Chicago
Princess
Shkosh Overall
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