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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
4
Local notes list Mrs G G Ketcham Cedar Rapids visits, Morley and Cass callers, visits from Anamosa Stone City Manson Center Junction and Monticello. School programs, church moves, political meeting, travel to Oklahoma, and community greetings are reported with multiple named residents and towns.
October 30 report from Onslow describes Mrs. Walters improving after illness, Brown couple's return from Kansas and Nebraska, John Milsap becoming section foreman after Dew resigns, and multiple sick residents. It notes Drayer of Lyons visiting, M. B. Walters moving, and local political cigar pedlars. A Moran boy ingested a cockleburr during burning preparations and was sent to Maquoketa after failing to remove it in Canton.
Furloughing veteran F P Simons nears return from Marshalltown. Bolton farm in Washington township contracted to Nick Koppess Sr. J TL O'Brien injured wrist by awning removal. McHugh family visits Cascade. Local figure Harry tied to Hiie railroad. Kingsley returns from St Paul while daughter prepares move to San Francisco. Mrs Wilhelmina Doce dies at eighty three. buried here. Independent candidate Robert Quirk addresses voters at opera house amid family secrets exposed. John Lane injures hand breaking window pane while seeking water. Husking season forecast as Cascade notes busy week of social and political events. Mr M Cowan recovering. local youth pays for horse mischief.
A Cascade town roundup notes Jno Gorman and Geo Gor man visiting, Starry Wise at home with B C Wise, and a Minneapolis engraving course. It reports Jake Turnis Jr selling 404 acres to Jno Zollar at 45 dollars per acre, and Frank Wilcox selling holdings to Wim Fagan of Halbrite Canada before moving to Cedar Falls. Obituary items include Patrick Tallman born in Ireland 86 years ago who died on the 27th and was buried the 20th, Martha Stewart born in Philadelphia 1832 who died October 29th after long Cascade residence, and survivors listed for Featherstone, Wall, and Featherston.
Center Junction neighbors share a flurry of visits and travels. Miss Bernice Lewis and Miss Kitsy Clark visit relatives. D. S. Ward and others plan a Dakota trip. Rev G W Dunham visits Mrs McKelvey. several residents host guests in Monticello and Wyoming.
Local items from Castle Grove include farm updates such as building projects by C Brenneman Edgar Hubbard and A W Cramer. A republican meeting at the Deer Creek schoolhouse drew a decent crowd despite bad weather with speeches by E J Reed and representative candidate Clifford B Paul.
Scotch Grove items from October 31 report Mrs Rollin Glenn visiting Center Junction. Grace Moats to entertain for Hallowe en at her home. Elsie Coder and Margaret Sutherland close schools. Philip Hildenbrandt and family visit Anamosa and Coggon. Gerd Rickels to move to Scotch Grove next spring after buying the Davis Clarke place. John Callahan and Gusta Dreibelbis return from Center Junction. A chicken pie supper at Center Junction. Clifford B Paul delivered a political speech at the schoolhouse Friday. Our bachelor J L Prouty married last Saturday.
A Maquoketa man named Willaby visited Canada on a land seeking expedition and purchased a quarter section after being favorably impressed by the country. A nearby anecdote notes a girl’s quip about the earth turning on its earthquakes, reflecting a child’s playful misinterpretation of signs.
Rural Route items report corn husking activity and crop details. George Dorsey buys two portable corncribs for his large harvest. Miss Mary Dirke recovers from appendectomy and plans to return home. Fasy terms offered on a 510 acre farm between Monticello and Sand Spring once occupied by Harry Sandhouse. Herman Sandhouse and Dr Coffman visit the area. Lovell House eye clinic to host Dr Coffman on November 28 with free exams and 9 am to 6 pm hours.
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