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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
7
Home news items from Monticello record visits and travels of residents including A W Steiner in Hopkinton John P Page of Dubuque and Cy Bert from Chicago. Mentions of a public auction on the Nanna Hanken farm and a new county home foundation underway with various social visits and a death in Hopkinton.
Wyoming visitor Hetty Levaen and Worthington guest Caroline Kohler are noted among a string of Monticello social items. A high school vote favored wet over dry by 48 to 13. Miscellaneous notices include a shower for Miss Martha Miller ahead of marriage and a local pension announcement for Mrs. Philip Kuhns.
Mr and Mrs Ed Hicks return from a four week New York trip noting cheap farm lands there. Annual permits at M E church on Wednesday November 16 include a program and lunch for 10 cents. David Goldstone, former Monticello clothier now in Chicago, visits town. Local census shows shifts with Dubuque and Linn rising while Delaware, Cedar decline. Mrs George Gates visits from Lincoln and Boston trip details. Fancy work material advertised.
Henry Pillard of Prairieburg sold his farm and bought the Condit and Bell farm of 360 acres, two miles north of Anamosa, at 71 dollars an acre. Election returns reflect a democratic wave linked to insurgent messaging, while petitions pro and anti saloon renewal circulated on election day. Lazell's Hardware displays fall styles with kettle hats as decoration.
Monticello and surrounding areas report visits from Kate Rogers and guests, travels of Mrs Winner and Will Corbin, a hospital update on Mrs Iben, a runaway capture near Anamosa, and church services note. Includes marriage announcements, political notes on Congress candidate Charles Sloan, and Oklahoma Texas trip for Charles Bidwell. Diphtheria outbreaks near Bowen’s Prairie and saloon petition results in Anamosa are noted. Judge Alden lectures on moral needs and honesty.
William J. Young son of Mr and Mrs Peter Young of this city died at his Dubuque home early Sunday morning after four months illness. Born August 25 1871 in Monticello he worked as a top salesman for Carr Rider Adams after moving to Dubuque in 1894. Survived by wife and one daughter. Funeral last Tuesday. parents and sisters attended from Dubuque and Monticello. He belonged to Summit Congregational Church and Metropolitan Lodge No 49 AFB and AM.
Samels and White took control of the Rigby feed barn. H B Everhart advertised a farm for sale at 20 dollars per acre. Willie Weir traveled to Cedar Rapids on horseback. Ed Ross and Mrs. Dr. Merriman wed. Elsie Seeber died of erysipelas. Peet Hardware Co. succeeded Peet & Allyn. Bradley Stuart elected justice of the peace. Max Suhr constable. Andrew Ambueh Jr and Annie Ruof married. Carrie Rather offered sale of Robert Blake farm at 35 dollars per acre. Ella Henderson home from State Agricultural College for winter vacation. Anna McConnon graduated from the college. Dewitt W Bates died of pneumonia at Columbus Junction. body brought to Monticello. Rev George Rettig and wife lost two daughters Ruth 6 and Bertha 3. Progressive party hosted by Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter. Doc Kempf and Alice Foster won first prizes. Luna Farwell and George Schaetter booby prizes. A stranger Henry Miller bound over for forging signatures on a 150 dollar note to G L Lovell. Jones county voted Republican. county officers elected: Geo W Lathrop rep, S L Easterly treasurer, S Needham auditor, T M Wilds sheriff, Geo B K Wood county superintendent, Robi Inglis and Emerson Brown supervisors.
Jones county shows a drop from 21 954 to 19 050 in the last decade, a loss of 2 904 residents. The total falls short of 1870 figures, with earlier census data listed from 1847 to 1910. The high point occurred about ten years prior.
Attendance data from public schools lists grades with daily attendance percentages and tardiness. The eighth grade led with 99 percent attendance and zero tardies, while other grades ranged from 95 to 99 percent with varying averages. Local notes mention visits by Mrs. Ed Polishta and Miss Nellie Lehman, and a candy line update at Newton's.
A collection of reminiscences on nervous troubles and social mishaps features Dr. Fred Poleston and Dr. Weir Mitchell discussing nervous cases. Anecdotes include Daniel B Pond on bashfulness, an failed photographic venture, John Harrington guiding Ransom Calkins, Mr. Bryan in Omaha, and county politics chatter with wool jokes.
The Township Officers Messrs. Locher and Koop were elected justices without opposition as Republicans had no candidates. Republican candidates Lee and Brown defeated Locher and Young for constables. Democratic incumbents were Locher and Young. Ward votes listed. Miss Anna Moore of Cedar Rapids visited Bowen's Prairie with parents. Sole agents for Munsing under wear at Lovell Block Hicas and Rickless.
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