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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
3
Cass reports from Marion and Sioux City mention several residents and visits. Barns are rebuilt and moved, with Charles Arthur overseeing a 52 by 56 foot barn. A local assault led to fines for two youths after a drunken incident.
Election passed quietly with 147 votes cast down from 155 last year. Democrats won the township ticket by 3 to 15 vote margins. Herrick carried county attorney race by 11 votes. School board elected winter teachers: No 2 Minnie Heisey Monticello. No 3 Frank McConnon Monticello. No 5 Summa Pfeil Castle Grove. No 6 H E Deisucher Castle Grove. No 7 Maggie Lane Monticello. No 8 Mamie Waddick Castle Grove. No 9 Margarette Cramer Castle Grove. Windy Saturday. new barn projects noted. new pupil at Zimmerman home.
Onslow residents vote Tuesday as R. M. Corbit returns home. Bert Walters ill with quinsy fears. Carrie Lytton visits Anamosa. Mrs Chandler travels to Center Junction. Corn husking under way. some fields yield well. Methodist reception for pastor last week. Sergeant Daugherty of the 52nd Iowa visits from Laporte City. Eckler death brings relatives from Clay and Taylor counties. Temperance Sunday observed by Onslow Good Templars. Rev Walley lectures at M I church. Rev Palmer discusses Sunday topic. Juvenile Templars host open doors and strong program. Grand Superintendent Mrs E. M. Remley among temperance supporters. Evening performance of Son of Akin and His Wedge of Gold draws a crowded house.
Scotch Grove reports illness within families with R Tuel recovering from malaria and Mrs James Applegate and Mrs Clara Shaffer also ill. Edward Hoyt returns from summer outing. Josephine Sutherland closes fall term of school. John Edwards of Cascade hauls wood for Sinclair Bros. Will Warner and baby visit relatives. G A Ganfield preached at the Presbyterian church and J K Buchanan will preach next Sabbath.
Amber November 8 reports Jasper Ramsey visiting his parents and P. J. Hartman of Anamosa in town. Farmers busy husking corn. Supervisors built a large reservoir at the county farm. W. H. Sanford attended a Dairy convention in Waterloo. Willie Sanford recovered from illness and resumed studies at a Fairbault Minnesota military school. Cold weather forecast. W F Rohn advertises largest stock of horse blankets fur robes coats and mittens with low prices.
Lot No 14 from the original Monti cello plat with a house thereon for sale located south of Proctor's. A bargain. Contact J.B. Ssurnu for details.
A mix of witty maxims from the Chicago Record, horse sale notes for Dave and Wim Stanton heading to Monticello, an offer for a 400 acre Bowen's Prairie farm for sale or rent, and an advertisement for Dr Sawyer's Akatine with a testimonial feel. Also a brief livestock sale price and butchered sale item details.
Public notice records the formation of Langworthy Co operative Creamery Company of Langworthy Iowa under Iowa law. It lists six directors including HH Dirks and C Albertson, officers Carl Albertson president and B H Hanken secretary, with a $6000 capital and two thirds debt limit, dated November 5 1898.
A tax list lists delinquent lands and town lots in Jones County Iowa. The record names parcels owners and the amounts owed, reflecting tax collections and municipal assessment.
Scotch Grove Iowa nursery advertises hardy Apple Plum and Cherry trees suited to local climate. Emphasizes reliability over untested varieties and invites prospective buyers in Jones County to visit and arrange favorable terms with a long‑standing local supplier.
227 acre farm in Clay township Jones county offered for sale two thirds cleared with timber land. Good improvements and strong stock farm potential. Price 12.00 per acre. Contact Isa H. M. Troy Cedar Rapids Iowa. Insurance agents for Connecticut Continental Phoenix and National Union.
Louis Gardner advertises his house and lot for sale at a bargain price, inviting buyers to inquire about the deal. The notice emphasizes a quick disposal of the property.
For sale a 520 acre farm in Middlefield township Buchanan county near the Delaware line. Well cultivated and could be divided into two farms with two new houses, large barns, and necessary buildings a mile apart. Optional rent if not sold. For particulars address James McKay Middlefield Tow a.
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