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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
4
Correspondence from Wyoming Iowa notes Bonnie Dake elected assistant high school principal, fourteenth commencement class of Wyoming High School with a large diploma list, and a new depot planned south of Main Street as a modern 24 by 70 building. Also reports on local visits, church events, and election aftermath.
Corn planting is about finished and the corn is coming up well. Dr W Russell and F J Sokol drove to Maquoketa on Monday afternoon. B F Walters and wife have been visiting in Anamosa for several days. J W Orr and D D Jansen are each petting material on the ground for large barns. John Von Sprecken went to Chicago Tuesday with a car of his own fed fat steers. Mrs Carter and her mother Mrs Cooksey visited at Madison Village last Saturday. Mr and Mrs E I Brown went to Chicago Monday to spend the week with their son Carl. Mr Hubbard our new liveryman seems to be taking well and is satisfied with his business. John T Johnson and his sister Mrs J W Byerly of Jackson township were Saturday visitors with Geo Miller. Mrs W C Paul went to Cedar
Cassade May 22 update reports Mr and Mrs KE Moore visiting Dubuque. Mrs C J Huntington Jr returns from Randolph Nebraska. Rev Mr Sonoma of Hopkinton to date Decoration oration on the 30th. Jno B Lauser ill at home. An infant of J P McDermott dies. Cooley family visits C L Kay near Mpworth. Dr C A Kearney of Farley and Rev Mr Metcalf of Hopkinton in city. Frank Wilcox and wife visit daughter Leta. White of Anamosa named Memorial sermon May 27. Mrs Walter Russell and children plan Washta trip. David Beatty cites red raspberry crop failure. Mass meeting hires July 4 celebration. St Martins school crew builds foundation. will be magnificent. Drummond family and Fagan attend funeral of Will Curley drowned in Chicago.
In Clay on May 22 Mrs Cecilia Tebo visits C L Butler. Mrs William Sears visits with friends. Ella S McMaster stays with Mrs Hattie Chatterton. I N French family attend Bethel services. B W Streeper family visit Sam Orr's in Jackson County. Ed De Moss couple near Canton are proud parents of twins boy and girl. Al Sinkey travels to Anamosa for a show in Cedar Rapids. A tree in George Scroggie’s yard was struck by lightning last Thursday killing a nearby calf.
Miss May Overley visited relatives in Onslow last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Overley of Wyoming spent Saturday in town. The high school entertainment is scheduled for Saturday evening May 26. Our baseball team defeated Monticello High 10 to 9 at Monticello.
Mrs Latta visits sister Mrs Hoyt as Samuel Eby visits his sons at the mill. An evening ice cream social at Robt Clark’s home benefits the church. Twenty five youths celebrate Philip Hildenbrandt’s son’s twenty first birthday. Schools 2 and 5 close June 11 with a picnic at Ebys mill. A boy fined $50 and costs for spearing a fish with a pitch fork sparks local debate.
Castle Grove notes reveal Rearick installed a telephone and M F Bryne added a Peerless hand separator. Mrs. Andrew Davidson of Monticello visited last Thursday. Sheriff Hogan traveled from Anamosa to see his mother last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D E Pond and Mr.
Mrs W F Rohn of Monticello visited Castle Grove last Sunday afternoon. Mrs G J Heiken reported a turkey brood of 71 hatched from 76 eggs. The Passion Play at the Catholic church Monday drew a large crowd with satisfied attendees. D J Hogan loads a car with oats at Prairieburg this week for shipment to Chicago. The region rarely ships grain by rail. Despite a late spring the corn crop was largely in the ground before the 20th. Grass is thriving in meadows and small grain appears healthy.
Anamosa residents report weekend visits and errands including Jesse Humphrey Gerd Null and Henry Scheer with parents. Herman Hanken lost two horses in three weeks. Mrs Rieken suffered a broken rib but delayed medical care. Pumpkinville and a bowery mentioned in Wallace Grey’s burr oak grove.
James Bradley died in Lamonia Iowa on May 18 at age 101 years 2 months. Remains were brought to Amber for burial with funeral at the Reformed church conducted by Rev Hilden John Heide of Jackson county. Mr and Mrs J R Bradley of Lamonia visit Amber for a few days. Amber Creamery Co paid 19 and 9 tenths cents for butter fat for April.
The May term of the district court convened with Judge J I Preston on the bench. Guardianships include Alice Lamey Dillon K E Propst Harrison Rundle and Charles Reichart with reports approved or final reports discharged. Estates include Finch Hicks Bixler Tomsen Tomsen Anna E Mathiessen Rummel Leek and Carroll Seeger Gorman Starry Meek Becker Sandhouse Kasper Guilford Cook Cruise. Appointments include executors administrators and appraisers with bonds and commissions as noted.
A docket of court actions lists interpleader, dismissals, and settlements across multiple cases. Notable items include temporary alimony of fifty dollars from property sale proceeds, defaults and foreclosures, and decrees quieting title. Public notices advertise South Dakota railroad maps and a Chicago to Buffalo rail fare special with travel details.
The alleys adjoining private property must be cleaned by the adjacent owners within the next 15 days or the city Health Committee will perform the work and bill the property owners.
The Sa voy hotel secretary defends so called freak dinners amid newspaper attacks. The gondola dinner held by an American recently employed 100 carpenters 30 painters and 20 decorators at high wages and boosted income for electricians florists artists and other workers.
Change for Song Writers notes China’s eagerness to adopt a national anthem. The viceroy of Chili province has commissioned Prefect Lo Yingkeng, who has mixed foreign and Chinese elements in his music, to examine the project near Peking.
A Medical Record summary reports A E Gibson arguing dreams mirror waking consciousness in principle and essence. He says dreams reflect the ego's response to environment, with ordinary dreams being undigested remnants of waking life and purposeful living shaping dream imagery into meaningful insight.
A Khirgese giant previously exhibited in Hamburg was found on the streets in a starving state. Passersby took him to a restaurant where he consumed beef soup beefsteak ham and eggs potatoes and cabbage and 14 apple tarts along with six pints of beer.
A Transvaal locality bears a long poetic name Waachteenbsitje beide bosch fontein reflecting Dutch Afrikaans heritage. The remark notes settlers gave expressive toponyms in South Africa during the voortrekkers era.
From a small start two years ago an arsenic mine near Elbe in Pierce County Washington has been developed to produce 25 tons every 24 hours. It is the only mine in the country where arsenic is extracted directly from the ore.
Dr. King's New Life Pills touted as a remedy for liver and bowels trouble with quick relief and purifying effects. Sold for 25 cents at O. H. Soetje's drug store. Bettendorf all steel wagons advertised for sale at Davia's hardware.
A. C. Stickel of Miletus West Virginia reports a dangerous surgical operation to remove a large malignant ulcer was prevented by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He claims persistent use completely cured it. Cures cuts burns and injuries. 25 cents at O. H. Soetje's drug store.
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