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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
4
A roundup from Wyoming Iowa on November 12 notes visits by J B Lyon Onslow Emma and Edith Alden Massillon and others to town. Local clergy and teachers attend services and school spirit rises. a court case ends with not guilty verdict after a hair pulling dispute.
W H Dodd of Mt Vernon and attorney J B Ute of Dyersville are in Cascade on business. Prof Courtney and Misses Fall and Stott spent Sunday at Epworth. The roller estate plans to open soon. Several residents and visitors are noted, including a funeral for Mrs Robt McNally and a birth of Maria Kenny in 1840.
Local residents visit relatives and travel between Center Junction, Milan, Hopkinton and Onslow. Dances, social visits, and shoppers mark the week with arrivals from Annameea, Scotch Grove, Wyoming, Waterloo and Sanborn. Mrs. Potter hosted the pastor and family, and a surprise sendoff for Miss Addie Applegate headed Idaho.
Amber residents report Henry Stutt buying hogs and W I Daly planning to move in and run the meat market this winter. John Schmutz purchased a farm northeast of Monticello from Harvey Richardson and Henry George. The Bell Telephone Co repairs lines with a crew. a dance was held at the hall last Friday. John Bailey moves to Anamosa this week. Chris Davis visited friends. D J Dierks visited Langworthy.
Miss Stella Miller visits home for a few days. Mr. Peter Abrams died Tuesday evening at 7 15 p m. E R Moore editor of the Anamosa Journal was in town last Friday. Mrs John Fagen has passed away. Miss Ramona Millman of Miles visited Miss Maud Sears earlier this week. A reception at the hotel welcomed the new Methodist pastor. Russell and Cohoon shipped two cars of cattle to Chicago. Russell accompanied the stock on Tuesday. R W Russell and Geo Hall went to South Dakota on a land deal last week and expect to return soon.
revival meetings conducted by Donald Grant of Cleveland Ohio start Sunday evening. He will stay ten days and locals hope for spiritual renewal. Also noted are sick residents Mrs Hall Mrs Franks and Mr Mills improving and a Keating family burial at Temple Hill for Mrs Goodwin.
Cedar Rapids hosts a lavish Great Western Land Company trip to irrigated Southwest Kansas on November 19. The voyage promises cheap travel, ample sightseeing of pumping plants and sugar factories, and free meals and sleeper costs. Investors learn land values at $60 to $100 per acre with potential net crop returns of $35 per acre, assessing government irrigation impact.
An item notes the Ferguson home at 2114 Main Street is offered for sale with Maquire on premises or of Walter Ferguson. A dated anecdote recounts how geese beat turkeys in a race set by an English gentleman and George IV, with geese winning as turkeys roosted before sunset.
Japanese lacquer comes from a large lacquer tree cut at forty to prevent drying. Each tree yields about six barrels of sap. The resin is highly resistant to alcohol and heat, and Japanese keep lacquer technique secret from foreigners. Blas notes reflect on life’s fragility.
Thirty five years back Monticello stories recall November 1872 events. Marriages include William Somerville and Miss Anne Abernathy on the 29th and Joseph Kohaut and Miss Jennie Shimberke on the 23rd. Deaths include Mrs. Ellen Harrison aged 26 and Charlie Crocker Barnes at 15. The city council allowed cattle to run free until December and a library sociable was hosted by Mrs. J. L. Davenport. A Vermont trip for Horace W. and George A. Gill is noted with Miss Sarah Calkins passing at 23. The epizootic plagued Monticello horses. Samuel I. Matthews died at 23 during a visit to John Rigby’s home. Legal actions include Minor Davis suing K E Sherman for 1700 and mortgage foreclosure. Duer and Estey’s partnership to dissolve. Sheriff O B Crnne advertised Dennis Lambert’s farm for sale to satisfy a debt to Samuel Woodworth. A 100-signature petition urged a Kitty Creek bridge east of town on Flint street. Township elections elected M. M. Moulton, C. W. Gurney, M. W. Herrick as justices of the peace. D. kh. Pond as collector. J. RR. Stillman as clerk. Election returns show Grant ahead by 1050 over Greeley in Jones County. Monticello counts Grant by 102, Lovell leads Sheean in state senate race by 124 in Monticello, and countywide Grant leads by 820.
A compendium of land transfers in various townships including Olin and Anamosa, with numerous grantees and grantors such as John W Maiden Ela Boswell Chloe Brazelton and Frank Dolezal. The list notes prices from 50 to 30000 dollars, sections and named parcels. Also a farm rental offer for 120 acres in Cascade township and a humorous Topeka Capital line.
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