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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
7
John S. Welch visits county seat while numerous locals travel, visit, or shop in Monticello. Notices include Mrs. Burnside in Coggon, Doutrick's blankets and embroidery, new babies, ill health, and several residents visiting Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Chicago, and other nearby cities. Notices also note sales, ads, and a residence for sale with easy terms.
Mrs. R Morey of Anamosa visits her parents the Bajaschs. Corset store sales and dress goods promos are listed alongside farm sales in Cascade and Richland Township. Local travels include visits to Des Moines Cedar Rapids Chicago and Manchester with several property and stock notices.
Mr and Mrs David McDougall of Endeavor Wisconsin visited with Mrs McDougalls aunt Mrs J W Campbell then left for Lincoln Nebraska. Joe Jacque and child ren went Cedar Rapids then Joplin Missouri to visit relatives. The Presbyterian church will have Rev C H Parmont from Des Moines preach next Sunday morning and evening. Laborers sought at Bartlett Kling Cedar Rapids Iowa with pay 2 1 4 to 3 25 per day. Mr and Mrs M W Herrick and other companions attended Billy Sunday meeting in Cedar Rapids. Peter Janett Lost Nation visited Monticello. Mrs Janett injured July 4 walks with limp. O M & St P Ry Co notes changes in main line train times with no added Calmar Davenport service. Dave Franklin with his stubtoed dog displayed a fox before children at noon. Bulletin No 100 from C I Curtiss Ames offers silo erection information free by postal request. Mr Gisi injured after being knocked from a dray and taken to Drs Inglis Stubler."
Heirs of the Henry Albertson Estate contract to sell a quarter section farm northwest of Langworthy in Wayne township to J H J Stutt for 100 dollars per acre. The property previously carried a price set last summer by executor Charles Albertson.
S N Baird of Dubuque visited the city last Monday to press the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad Company for west coast passenger and freight traffic. The line offers a direct route to Seattle and faster freight passage than competing roads. Rev E P Kimball, formerly of Monticello, was injured in Minneapolis three weeks ago in a fall at a ministerial meeting. He suffered no broken bones but remains bed bound at his daughter Mrs Mack’s home in Waterloo. late reports say he is progressing well at ninety years of age.
William Oltmanna offers a public sale at one o clock p m Friday November 12 located one and one half miles northeast of Scotch Grove. Items include 13 head cattle 2 cows 10 two year olds and 1 year old bull 7 horses 3 brood mares and several young colts 25 hogs 70 tons of hay and numerous farming implements L P Waddick will oversee the sale.
At the regular session last Tuesday the council approved the usual bills. Ordinance 392 corrected an error in 389. The mayor was authorized to seek an extension on a $860 city loan and a resolution approved certificates to Hanssen Bros for reservoir work.
Last Saturday night saw typical Halloween mischief with property damage. A mid night group caused noise and depredations. one resident reported damage and has turned the case to a detective. No arrests were learned for the incidents.
Fred Marvin of Zumbrota Minnesota recalled boyhood days in Monticello and a lecture by General O O Howard who recently died. Marvin drove the general in a sleigh from Monticello to Mt Vernon. Lyman Bennett was injured in a Friday runaway when two teams spooked by a train piled coal weighing 8100 pounds on his leg. He was treated by Dr. Mirick and later sent home after no bones were found broken.
Chris Egger leases his 160 acre farm two miles east of town to Rudolph Gruenewald who will place his son George on the land. The land, once Friedli farm, sold for 16000 dollars with Moyer paying 8000 nine years ago. Egger plans to move to a Sioux Falls area farm in South Dakota come spring.
O N Patrick, manager of the Monticello branch of Mrnost Vogel jewelry, has passed the state exam to practice optometry. He is the only Jones county resident besides physicians authorized to examine eyes and fit glasses. Patrick earned his certificate without falling under the five year clause.
A dozen coon hunters rounded up three hardgecrabbie coons for a banquet at Perrine restaurant. Captain Huyek and Lieutenant Sutherland led with Sergeant Robert Glenn and his dog, calling on Corporal Sieg Webster and his pack of hounds for sport. If Sieg fails, he will eat all the woodchucks in Hardscrabble.
At a November meeting the library board voted to open Sundays from 3 to 6 pm. October reports show 60 added books, 1168 total issues, and 1148 visitors. Adults drew 66 percent fiction. largest daily circulation 78, smallest 32. Mrs Mureshead spoke at Presbyterian meeting about Christian life and conversion.
Captain Huyck remains the top local sportsman as a nocturnal hunter near Jordan. He and a posse of amateur nimrods treed a possum at Kitty Creek and recovered the marsupial after a dramatic climb. Also reported is the death of 18 year old Charles First in Dubuque while switching cars for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad. burial set for Oxford Junction. Voorhees advertises land excursions to South Dakota and Texas.
M W A and R N A announce a social and dance at Woodman Hall on Friday evening November 12 supper 25 cents dance 50 cents. Supper served from 8 30 to 9 pm. Come and spend a pleasant evening by order of committee.
A retrospective collection notes events from Monticello and vicinity in November 1884. Mentions C. B. Bidwell returning from the east, Chauncey Mead turning 82, Bob Stirton starting a southern Iowa school term, H. K. Fuller visiting New England, and the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Simon Chamberlain. Albert Calking wed Cynthia Putnam. a bet involving an implement dealer and an undertaker over a sleigh and coffin is recorded. Donald and Nancy Southerland mark a 50th anniversary. locals Marcus Iarwell Anna McQuennon and James Perley returned from Ames Agricultural College. Mrs FS Dunham went to New Orleans to oversee Iowa building decorations at the cotton exposition. George F. Wood A. S. Cummings and D. Il Gardner named justices of the peace. D F Magee D M Daugherty and A G Rodman named constables. J H Bacher clerk and C W Hosford township assessor. Local election results show Blaine ahead of Cleveland by 26 in Montrcallo town and township. County officers elected were J H Chapman clerk J Ve Van Duren recorder John Puefer and D Pond supervisors all Republicans. A ladies library association hosted a skating party and operetta with cast including Jacobi Lucy Arn Sophoronia and others. a Mala quartet performed with local musicians and singers.
The junior and sophomore parties were held at Louis Terwil lger's home while seniors planned no class play this year likely replacing it with three orations. A masquerade occurred at Leona Dautramont's home on Halloween night. Mr George Innes from Minneapolis spoke about his world trip including Egypt Italy India Rangoon and other stops with vivid tales and humorous details about fans in Calcutta and ships from Hong Kong.
The McLees farm offers 295 acres in Castle Grove township priced at 90.00 per acre with 15 acres of timber available for 50.00 per acre. Inquiries should be directed to R. O. Stirton on the premises. The Express and the Des Moines Daily Capital offer two papers for 3.75 with advance payment and free remaining 1909 for new subscribers. A Cedar Rapids to South Dakota and Texas land viewing trip runs on the first and third Tuesday each month, contact J. A. Voorhees about it.
A number of pure bred Poland China stock hogs yearlings and spring pigs offered for sale. Good breeding and good pigs. Will be sold cheap if taken soon. Apply to P O Shea Cascade Iowa on the old Shelton Hickman place 1814.
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