Local notes from Kanhar and surrounding towns
Orlando Curtis visits Kanhar. Mrs. A Locher visits Dubuque. Ray George returns from Chicago. John Welch at county seat. Lewis Lang visits Hopkinton. Nemo corsets sold at Deatrick's. Forty shopping days before Christmas. Alfred Moore visits Anamosa. Daisy Noyes visits Ames. P C Keith stays with brother near Delhi. McAleer at Cedar Rapids. Esther McAleer visiting Cedar Rapids. Fanny Work materials at Deatrick's. Matilda Moore to M alden Washington. Ruth Kendall visits Cedar Rapids. Margaret Becker visits Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Stabler returns from Chicago. Mamie McMahon visits Anamosa. Toilet paper at Golden Rule. J A Voorhees to Cedar Rapids. M W Herrick back at work. Mike McAleer ships cattle from Strawberry Point. County board meets at Anamosa. Miss Guthrie visits Hopkinton. Rye tested and glasses fitted. Dr Stabler and others in Anamosa. Harvey Hunter spends weekend in Monticello. Nellie Campbell visits Hopkinton. Liddy夫妻 visit Omaha. Golden Rule advertises sweets. Misses Waugh and Thoeni visit Dubuque. Lizzie Bahrenda to Coleridge for winter. Stabler family at Iowa City. Stockwell family guests at Buck Creek. Post cards at Golden Rule. Hanawalt and Huene visit Oscar Rapids. English service at German Reformed on Nov 9. Laura Schlichter visits Prairieburg. Mrs. Harry Main visits Newton Parrott. J W Campbell and daughter visit Wyoming.
Monticello Area News Highlights Diverse Local Happenings
The column reports Miss Thas Van Meter breaking an arm after a fall on school grounds and various society notes. It covers visits, purchases, farm movements, church events, parties, a millinery sale, dancing lessons, land travel, and upcoming parish and school activities in Anamosa and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thas van Meter
Cedar Rapids Visitors Names Listing
The Cedar Rapids visitor roster includes Mr and Mrs J Welch G W Eastwood W A Beery Mrs J Hall and daughter Harriet Mrs EK Reed and daughter Alice Mrs J W Doxsee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J. 8. Welch
G. W. Eastwood
W. A. Beery
Federal grand and trial juries drawn for Dubuque area
Lewis H. Lang is drawn to serve on the Federal grand jury at Dubuque. W. G. Wherry of Wyoming and A. G. Alden of Center Junction are named for the pati jury. Court commences December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis H. Lang
Federal Grand Jury
Dubuque
W. G. Wherry
Wyoming
A. G. Alden
Center Junction
Presbyterian Church Hosts Dinner for Rebekah Delegates
The ladies of the Presbyterian church served a dinner and supper last Saturday to delegates of the Rebekah convention and to a large crowd of town people who patronized the dining room at the supper hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Rebekah
Monticello Notes and Local News Highlights
Mrs Chauncey Bates and daughter Mary visit in Stamford South Dakota Mary will attend Monticello public school Knights of Pythias host sociable at Castle hall Friday evening visit by families Mr and Mrs Frank Meade and daughter Ruth in Monticello area trade of farms Grafe sells Delaware county farm for Palo Alto county property Kara Nuckols celebrates 45th wedding anniversary at Eldora Mrs J T Lanigan moves millinery to Monnier building church redecoration at Methodist Episcopal school Winter business course promotion Brown's Business College sale results A L Fairbanks and son Joe celebrate grain and stock sale proceeds reach 9700 dollars South Bend Malleable range sale successful City paving plans for south of First street Box social in Lovell township proceeds for Monticello cemetery Alice Hanawalt district five box social Paul Petersen complains of hunters trespass S O Fowler farm sold to Paul Paulsen for 31500 dollars Vacations shift as Page and Rockstad families move New car theft attempt ends when fuel mixed up cylinder oil mistaken for gasoline
Ex press Free Till 1915 For New Subscribers
The Express offers free delivery for the rest of the year to new subscribers. A one year subscription subscribed by January 1 1914 extends to January 1 1915. If subscribing at the start of the new year, two months are added by subscribing now.
Local Vet and Teacher Wed in Secret Prior to News
Dr George Albery of this city and Miss Helen Cramer of Hopkinton joined in matrimony last spring in Kansas City and have since received congratulations. They reside above the doctor’s Monticello veterinary office, where Mrs Albery taught in Delaware county before her marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albery
Helen Cramer
Hopkinton
Kansas City
Albery
Delaware County
Monticello
Petition Circulation for Saloon Permits in Dubuque County
Saloon permits in Dubuque County expire December 22. A new petition must be filed with the board of supervisors by December 3. Thirty men worked in Dubuque city last Monday to secure signatures as activity spans county areas, with some opposition from local saloonkeepers. A Cascade visitor noted many voters refused to sign petitions despite expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
Dubuque County
Dubuque City
Hale Will Remain On Board Despite Resignation Rumors
The county paper notes that Supervisor J K Hale did not resign amid friction with the state highway commission. Strong local support from multiple parties persuaded him to stay, with Anamosa fearing loss of representation and encouraging continuation. A Davenport meeting planned for rail service improvements involving Calmar Cedar Rapids and Monticello Davenport lines precedes a railroad commission hearing. The twelfth annual Rebekah lodge convention in Monticello elected officers and announced next year’s gathering at Onslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Hale
State Highway Commission
Hale
Jackson Township
Anamosa
O. M
St. P. Ry
Calmar
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Davenport
Henderson
Des Moines
Iowa
B. W. Newberry
Strawberry Point
Davenport Commercial Club
Railroad Commissioners
General Assembly
State of
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Here
Rebekah Lodges
Jones County
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Chaplin
Chaplin, An Address of Welcome By Mrs. BE. Hubbard
Mra. van Kirk
Matie Powers
Mra. Boyer
Mra. Hines
Anamoaga
Jessie Abel
Edna Wenger
Fern Hubbard
Onslow
Pearl Davin
Abab DeWitt
Monticdjlo
Lizzie McMaster
Thomas Lightfoot
Mesdames Boyer
Hunnicutt
Powers
Young
Wirbtmin
Joslin
van Kirk
Schuchman
Beardsley
Soper
Lange
Atwood
DuMont
Frisbie
Carbaugh
Mary Strickle
Francesa Strickle
Mattie Powers
Bessie Patterson
Edna Patterson
Ella Hines
Nina Scroggs
Eva Templin
Center Junction
Mosdames A. Tomlinson
Lucy Dodge
Ellen Andrews
Mary Mead
J. McDonald
A. Preston
Ida Andrews
Helen Ward
Charrie Preas
Mesdames Nettie Albery
Minnie Anderson
T. H. Lightfoot
Springville
Pearl Graham
High School Notes Spelling Tests and New Band Member
Amelia Weir reports on upcoming spelling exams and a busy week at school. Riess Stabler returns to class as desks and the orchestra welcome new member Misa Carrie Hong. A Lenox Academy vs Monticello high school football game is planned for Saturday with a freshmen vs rest of school basketball opener Friday at 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Weir
Riess Stabler
Hurd
Misa Carrie Hong
Lenox Academy
Monticello
Monticello High School
Laura Moore
Alice Hanawalt
Edna Wenger
Doris Northrop
Proctor
Ruth Young
Dlaga
Ruth
Loraine D’autremont
Edna Taylor
Margaret Rouf
Melisen Kingsley
Chrigting Marugg
Nuleene Hallauer
Mary Hula
Margaret Carmichael
Nellie Wilson
Ruth Wilson
November 1893 Monticello Chronicle Highlights
The Monticello Express notes events from November 1893 including fires, marriages, deaths, and local sales. Notable items: Carmichael barn loss by fire on the 3rd, Weaper Rearick and Meta Stuhlken wed, several obituaries, Hoghes and Wallacer marriage, Curtis buys bottling works stake, union voters choose county officers, and curious feats like Will Stellay cycling from Monticello to Dubuque in 3 hours 40 minutes despite rough roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
Express
Jacob Carmichael
Leonard Arduser
D. G. Hazard
Edgar A. Hubbard
Weaper Rearick
Meta Stuhlken
John Eden
Leig Webster
Scotch Grove
Kate Hoghes
R. A. Wallacer
Cadur Rapids
Charles Curtis
George Rettig, Jr
Gard Hicks
State University
Horace Chapman
Cornell College
John Altman
Cass Township
John Q. Shelley
Harvey
Tllinois
John H. Chandler
Cedar Rapids
G. W. Eastwood
Deatrick
Dark Street
Hugh Ross
North Cedar Street
John Yanken
Anna Tobiason
I. von Strohe
George L. Himebaugh
Indiagola
Willie Haeussler
B. D. Haaeussler
Hoge
Daniel
Hosford
Will Stellay
Dubuque
Andrew Arduser
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Orlando Curtis
Kan- Har
A. Locher
Ray George
Chicago
John
Welch
Lewis,Lang
Deatrick’s. iPnere
Alfred Moore
Daisy Noyes
Ames
P. C. Keith
Delhi
McAleer
Esther
Deatrick’s
Matilda Moore
Malden
Washington
Ruth Kendall
Ethel Magee
Margaret Becker
Albert Stabler
Mamie McMahon
J.A. Voorhees
M. W. Herrick
Mike McAleer
County Board of Supervisors
Guthrie
Lena Zimmerman
Rye
Dr . Stabler
James Gordon
Eva Morse
Harvey Hunter
Nellie Campbell
Rudolph Rickless
Dennis Liddy
Omaha
Purlinsa Waugh
Irma Thoeni
Miee
Lizzie Bahrenda
Coleridge
Nebraska
F. P. Stabler
Stuart
Carolyn
Iowa City
Charles Stockwell
Buck Greek
Frank Stockwell
D. E. Hanawalt
Charles Huene
Oscar Rapids
Laura Schlichter
Pratirieburg
Dr. Peet
Harry Main
Newton Parrott
J.W. Campbell
Hugh Campbell
Delia McKean
C. B. McKean
Messrs
Peter Matthiessen
B. D. Haeussier
Minnesota
the Indies of the Congregational Church
Kinsella Hall
John Cartano
Fairview Township
Anamos
Capital
Pearl Huene
Lillian Hogan
Gail Magee
A. G. Hanken
H. F. Kettlitz
Joe Fairbanks
North Dakota
A. Elliott
N. Patrick
St. Petersburg
Florida
Halen Hosford
Helen Hefner
Leslie Reid
Ahrend Zimmerman
Wayne Center
Harm Dirks
Iva Magoon
Fred Berlin
South Dakota
Sanborn
Osage
Iowa Telephone Co
Henry W. Tuttle
Grinnell
Congregational Church
O. H. Soetje
Kate Stabler
Mary Jarman
L. W. Lovell
Marshall Hall
J. W. Callahan
Judith Basin
Montana
Clint Fenstermaker
Manning
Buckingham
Hopedale
Ohio
C. N. Patrick
K. D. Miller
State Teachers’ Association
Meesrs
Ike Schneider
F. A. Locher
the Electric Co
K. H. Thomas
Dubuque Brewing Company
0. M. & St. Paul Ry. Company
James Wilson
L. G. Stabler
Shalley’s Variety Store
O. L. van Meter
William Balster
Anamosa Sanitarium
G. H. Balster
Chauncey Bates
Mary
Stamford
Monticello Public School
Knights of Pythias Order
Frank Meade
Manchester
BE. &. Hicks
Cornelia Shelley
Meade
Gerd Grafe
Lawrence Jacobs
Palo Altos County
Mr. Grafe
Kara Nuckols
Eldora
Nuckols
Eastman
Methodist Episcopal Church
J.T. Lanigan
Monnier
Sycamore Street
Brown’s Business College
A. L. Fairbanks
Joe
South Bend
Cross Hardware Co
E. E. Moats
Lake Preston
E. L. Himebaugh
First Street
Anamosa Huteka
Frans Athen
Henry Alferts
Cass
John Warner
Adolph Eggers
Lawrence Schoon
Amber
St. Cloud
Minn
Lovell Township
J. T. Lanigan
Paul Petersen
Bose
J. B. Moses
S. O. Fowler
Scotch Grove Township
Paul Paulsen
Mr. Fowler
California
Mr. Paulsen
Dakotas
Canada
W. F. Robn
Billy
Doutrick D. G. Co
Boyd Dawson
Richland Township
F. O. Ellison
John W. Waite
WP. O. Babcock
Tom Cowan
T. B. Kent
F. J. Sokol
E. G. Peet
Harry Lang
Clara Hellberg
Lang
J. W. Campbell
Fey
Hallowe'en
W. M. Welch
J. B. Murphy
Oxford Junction
Verdon
Coats
C. H. Schipman
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