Social notes and local visits around Monticello
A compilation of short items: Miss Pearl Barnts visits Center Junction. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bort visit Hopkinton. Deatrick's recommended for faces. Miss Anna Holst visits Onslow. John Berman travels to Chicago on business. Locher Bros. sells pianos and Edison phonographs. estate sale by Sandhouse brings about 5000 dollars. Mrs. Hogan seeks roomers near the school. the Ralstons travel to Kansas. services planned at Castle Grove chapel. Central Lumber & Coal Co. touts coal stock. many countrymen join a Texas land expedition. John Pond visits from Iowa City. Harry Sandhouse farm for rent. Miss Mary Dierks spends winter in Longmont. W L Rosa travels. Matthiessen couple visit Viola. Dr. Puleston offers rapture cure. Hendersons visit Davenport. Mrs. Coxsee returns from Iola. Deutrick’s store carries underwear and gloves. Tauperts return from Las Vegas NM. Diamond Creamery pays 29c/lb butter fat. lumber stock boasts size and pricing. Laura and Luella Rynerson retire from Rocky Mountain trip. McLaughlins visit West Union. storm sash ordered to cut fuel bills. Eclipse Lumber Co. quick service. Mae Stoddard returns to Creighton NE. letters to Monticello post office uncalled for.
Funeral for Margaret Marshall in Sand Spring
Senator Stirton and family attended the funeral of Margaret Marshall at Sand Spring last Tuesday. Mrs. Marshall was Mr. Stirton’s aunt, Miss Mary Pond finished her first term of school and plans to attend Cornell College Mt. Vernon and the State University Iowa City. Mrs. Caldwell, mother of Mrs. F. B. Bolton, returned from a trip through the South and along the Pacific coast. Frank Page bought a new Reo runabout and Mr. and Mrs. Fay Lovell completed their wedding journey visiting Chicago Minneapolis and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pond
State University
Iowa City
R. J. Taupert
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Senator Stirton
Margaret Marshall
Sand Spring
Misa Mary
Pond
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Deutrick D. G. Co
Frank Page
Frank
Fay Lovell
Chicago
Minneapolis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Irene Egger
Arnold Egger
Miss Irene
Local notices and community update from Adair county
Mrs. John Brown of Adair county recounts a serious accident involving her mother in law Mrs. Michael Brown in Castle Grove township. The tax sale is set for December 2 with a light Jones county listing. October library visits and book draws show demand for more purchases. Court adjourns with rulings in Bodenhofer v Hogan and Peet v City of Anamosa. Fred Rohn goes to Fort Madison penitentiary. Farmers complain about hunting trespass during quail season. hunting decorum urged and notes on Halloween pranks and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Adair County
Michael Brown
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Smith
Bodenhofer
Fred Rohn
Fort Madison
Hallowe'en baskets and weddings noted in district report
Mias Franah Schneider hosted a basket sociable raising 7.50 from two cent baskets with a three act Hallowe'en play The Little Girl in Red Mrs Ed Kohl traveled to Kennebec SD for her brother Charles Reichart s wedding to Mabel Countryman and others send best wishes Details cover a death in Anamosa Fern Hale a suspected illegal operation a coroner s inquest Cedar Rapids named as possible location Died Mrs Margaret Marshall 76 of Sand Spring history and survivors noted Monticello Hopkinton basketball game results and upcoming matchups English Protestant church meetings led by Rev Arnold Moody with sermons on excuses at the rich man s feast and Bible views Dr Coffman eye sight specialist to visit Lovell House Nov 27
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Franah Schneider
Richland Township
Hallowe’en
Red
Ed Kohl
Kennebec
South Dakota
Charles Reichart
Chamberlain
Mabel Countryman
Charlie
Sand Spring
Margaret Marshall
Margaret McKichan
Hasdale
Argyleshire
Scotland
Alexander Marshall
Canada
Plum Creek
Delaware County
Arnold E. Moody
Perkins Slocum
Death of E C Holt of Anamosa After Lingering Illness
Edward C Holt prominent Anamosa resident and Democrat died at his daughter's home in Anamosa last Monday after a lingering illness. He was born in Ireland January 8 1882 and moved to Anamosa in 1857. Holt built many brick blocks and owned property in Monticello and Anamosa and served as postmaster under Cleveland. He left six children and was noted for his genial nature and loyal friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Holt
Anamosa
Edward C. Holt
Shareshk, Howard
Holt
Kinsella
Monticello
John Zimmerman
Senator Stirton
Jones County
Cleveland
Tie
Mr. Holt
Ireland
Ile
St. Johna
New Brunawick
Mental illness report of Deputy County Auditor James Abel
Deputy county auditor James Abel was taken to a Des Moines sanitarium last Monday after a deterioration in mental condition observed in Anamosa. His friends noted unusual behavior. his pulse ran high and he was excitable but not violent. He was placed for treatment at a sanitarium, with family and doctors hopeful his condition will be temporary and that he will soon recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Abel
Des Moines
Robert
Hunter
Anamoasa
Drs
Special Church Services Held Across City
Morning services will be as usual next Sunday. Special meetings include a women’s meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church Friday at 3 o’clock, a men’s meeting at the opera house Sunday at 3, three laymen plus Mr Moody speaking, a young people meeting at the Congregational church Sunday at 6 30, and a union service at the Presbyterian church Sunday at 7 30 with Mr Moody delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Opera House
Mr. Moody
Congregational Church
The
Presbyterian Church
New Library Books Added to Free Public Library
The library lists new titles including Baldwin Story of the Mind Halleck Education of the Central Nervous System James Psychology two volumes Morgan Comparative Psychology Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and state and Iowa materials Also Iowa Official Register 1907 1908 Board met November 4 1907 with Hicks Lang Burrichter Mirick Alicia Whiting present Bills allowed including Iowa Telephone Company Monticello Electric Company Flosford Llowie Rodman McClurg and others Minutes and librarian report read and accepted Alida Whiting secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Public Library
Baldwin
Halleck
James
Morgan—Comparative
Thomas—Register of American Manuactures
Messrs. Hicks
Lang
Burrichter
Mirick
Alicia Whiting
Iowa Telephone Co
Monticello Electric Co
Flosford
Llowie
A. G. Rodman
Insurance Meeting in Wayne Township December 7 1807
Members of the German Insurance Company in Jones County will meet at Center school house in Wayne township on December 7 1807 at 9 o clock in the morning. The meeting will decide whether English speaking people may become patrons of the company. Harm Harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Co
Center School
Wayne Township
Harm Harms
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello Express
J.W. Doxsee
Hicks & Guyan’s
Home News
Miss Pearl Barnts
Center Junction
A. F. Bort
Hopkinton
Deatrick’s
Anna Holst of
Onslow
John Berman
Locher Bros
Mesdames Shipman
Davis
Sandhouse
William Ralston
Kansas
Castle Grove
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Texas
Harry Sandhouse
Cora Sandhouse
Mary Dierks
Longmont
Colorado
Edison and Victor
Locher Brothers
Fred Matthiessen
Viola
George Matthiessen
J. W. Waite
Hazel of
Weyming
George Inglis
Puleston
Robert Henderson
Davenport
Joseph Porter
A. R. Coxsee
Charles
Iola
Deutrick’s
Diamond Creamery Co
Mieses Laura
Luella
Rynerson
Rocky Mountain
Michael McLaughlin
West Union
Clell
Eclipse Lumber Company
Mies Mae Stoddard
Creighton
Nebraska
Vic Deutremont
W. C. Ingersoll
G. M. Leonard
F. D. Kendall
W. Monrill
Frank J. Holliday
Express
Inter Ocean
William McAleer
Independence
Mr. McAleer
P. McAleer
Charlie Jones
C. H. Huntington Sr
Cascade
Claude Baum
Waterloo
A. V. Scott
Baum
Will Huntington
Thos, Dawson
M. G. Alsever
Deitrick D. G. Co
Grace Schoonover
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
George L. Lovell
Messrs
M. W. Herrick
J.S. Welch
Manchester
Richard Ottaway
Pearl J. Loop
Peter Milroy
Scotch Grove Station
Philip Hildenbrandt
Scotch Grove
Iowa
Nightwatch
Brown
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Church
Kinsella Hall
Oklahoma
Deatrick Dry Goods Co
Alex Livingston
Dubuque
Captain Clark
Buffalo
Holland
Mt. Pleasant
Mississippi
Public Library
Mesdames Gee
W. Davis
J. L. Graves
J. M. King
W. W. Hunter
Edgar Hubbard
J. W. Coxsee
George Chaulopka
Ferring
Fern Hale
Monticello High School
Hopkinton High School
Monticello School
F.P. Donnelly
Anamosa Reformatory
McNally
Coffman
Lovell House
Iowa Library Commission
Bulletin of State Institutions
Samuel Freeman Miller
Iowa Official Register
Proceedings of Library Board
Lonsdale
Percales
Eilers & Bolton
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar Street
Hicks & Ricklefs
Lovell Block Store
Monticello Roller Mills
Lewis H. Lang
Hooster Kitrcnen
Hooster Mfg. To
Hubbard & Hanken
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