Local notes and ads from Monticello area
Mr J B Hall in Chicago on business. Miss Margaret Lane visits Dubuque. Dress Goods on sale at Wills and Deutrick. A P Jennings at county seat. Mrs M M Curtiss visits Wyoming. Horses available at Henderson’s feed stable. Ada Schneider ill with quinsy. Rev D S Staebler goes to Hopkins to perform a marriage. Wool shawls on sale at Wills and Doutrick. Farmers welcome sunshine after husking. Henderson’s grocery offers butter. Dr W A Mirick called to Strawberry Point. J A Suhr and Sons offer fine furniture. John Brunthaver from near Manchester on Monticello visit. We want you at Son’s. Mrs Geo Matthiessen recovering after illness. Acetylene gas plant installed at D C Prader & Co drugstore. Dress goods sale at Wills and Deutrick for 60 days. Mrs Peter Matthiessen ill with dropsy and rheumatism. Mrs Geo F Wilkens and Miss Hattie Proctor in Dubuque. Isaac Sears and children visiting Davenport. Souvenir china at Hicks & Eilers. Mrs Anna Hennessey returns from Van Horne visit. Mrs Thomas Miller and Roy visiting Cedar Rapids. J A Suhr & Sons undertakers and furniture dealers. Mr Lee Rigby returns from Indiana visit. E A Grimwood and Chas Fields visit Monticello. Ladies’ Night Gowns sale at 50 to 65 cents and up.
Local items include visits sales and travels in Monticello
Reports note Mrs. Devlin ill in bed, preaching at Moore's school house, and multiple visits by Mrs. Phetteplace, Mrs. Seward, and others. Local ads feature wool blankets, hats, undergarments, lamps, and a new double seated vehicle. There are hog sales, farm purchases, college football results, and Thanksgiving preparations with various residents traveling or visiting relatives.
Merchants Advertise New Dress Goods And Local Elections
Hicks and Eilers report sales on new dress goods. State Auditor elect Frank Merriam arrives as a caller and says he is besieged by applicants for offices. He will announce all appointments by December first. Two services at M E church next Sabbath with morning topic Heart unity of Christ and his disciples and evening topic The man who got left. A cordial welcome to all.
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Frank F. Merriam
M. E. Church
Christ
Frank Young
New Ulm
Minnesota
Presbyterian Church
Ralph Seeber
George Hogan
David Street
Gill
Evangelist Bulgin
John Bajasch
Co. K
Jacksonville
Florida
Savannah
Georgia
Matt Stevenson
Monticello
Kansas City
Missouri
Stevenson
Cascade
Church of Christ
Christian Endeavor
Lulu Curtis
F. A
Community notices and local sales in Monticello week
Social events at Miss Mamie Abel home plus church notices, sales promotions by Hicks Eilers and Wills Deitrick, a leave of absence for Miss Lizzie Klein, burghers discuss saloon restrictions, and upcoming sermons and harvest concert plans in Monticello. Includes military notes on Frank Winters and Ralph Seeber and weddings of Henry McCollagh and Belle Stine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Klein
Marion
Henry McCollagh
Belle Stine
Father McCormick
Church of the Sacred Heart
Crokinole Club Hosted at Miss Ina Ovening's Home
A twelve member Crokinole club gathered Friday night at Miss Ina Ovening's residence for a convivial evening and generous hospitality. A county board adjourned to December 5 to discuss a bridge contract amid expected saloon petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina’ Ovening
Monticello Chronicle 1869 events recap and notices
Monticello during November and December 1869 records marriages by Mayor Moulton including P. M. Like and Harriet Miller and James Rippey with Laura Williams. Also births, deaths, school details, tax levies, sleighing party, horse race results, depot criticism, church listings, a fire alarm incident, and a Cedar Rapids embezzlement case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Like
Harriet Miller
Moulton
John Tracy
Arvilla de Lose
James Rippey
Laura Williaams
Monticello
S. H. Phillips
Nelson van Riper
Jennie Abernathy
M. M. Moulton
Jacob Bodenhofer
Tallie Pecks
A. Cunz
Conly
A. Whiting
Fair Grounds
Farwell
J. E. Jones
Lobdell
Wright
Cool
Herrick
Albert
Smith
Tur Express
Nancy Garrett
Wyoming
Fairview Township
Anamosa
P.O. Babcock
Empress
R. F E. Winegar
Lady Light
J. Foster
D. J. Cogan
J. D. Bell
E. W. Miller
H. H. Farrell
J. Allen
W. Campbell
Rhinehart Studsman
Sarah E. McCarty
J. W. Stayner
Sarah E. Tobyne
Henry Woodruff
Evelyn Titus
E. C. Symes
Marcus Hayden
Margaret J. Rieger
Municipal concerns and political clamor in Jones county
Word spreads that the mulet petition has enough signatures in Jones county as foreign brewers activity swarms local towns. Agents from a Dubuque brewer pressure residents while locals resist saloon adjacency and special privilege ideas. The Republican county committee earns credit for strong turnout and list of members. A note from Golding Colorado reports Maud Stewart and Wilbur Smith’s Maple Grove marriage with Westward ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Dubuque Brewing Company
Monticello
Rohn
Shoe
Blankeye
W. M. Welch
Aattoon
Inw
Republican County Central Committee
A. Matthiessen
D. M. Griffith
J. H. Lubben
Robi. Scroggie
B. FE. Rhinehart
C. H. Ormsby
C.K. Walston
J. H. Boots
A. McHe A. Matthieasen
D. H. Smith
A. Grimwood
A. B. Whittemore
Zi W. Flaharty
D. D. Clark
J. J. Fagan
J. L. Richardson
H. A. J. Bigley
Uncle Josh Spruceby at the Opera House Friday
The most beautiful story of American life on stage will be presented at the opera house Friday November 18. The play Uncle Josh Spruceby depicts New England life with four acts of merriment and pathos. Vermont settings and authentic characters enrich the performance. The company is strong with special scenery and a first class orchestra. Ticket prices are 25 85 and 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Josh Spruceby
New England
Vermont
E. M. Thompson Estate Firm For Sale Or Rent
An estate firm named E. M. Thompson is offered for sale or rent with inquiries directed to 2012 A. B. Calkins. The notice advertises a one week period and invites readers to view Mrs. Curtiss' display of hats priced at $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Thompson
A. B. Calkins
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J. W. Doxsee
Felts
Sex and Loggins
Home News
J. 8. Hall
Chicago
Underwear
Hicks & Eilers
Margaret Lane
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Wills & Deutrick’s
A. P. Jennings
Lon’s
Henderson
Ada Schneider
Feathers, Hicks & Eilers
D. S. Staebler
Hopkinton
Wills & Doutrick’s
Henderson’s
W. A. Mirick
Strawberry Point
J. A. Suhr & Sons
John Brunthaver
Manchester
Son’s
Geo. Matthiessen
D.C. Prader & Co
Peter Matthiessen
Len
Geo. F. Wilkens
Hattie Proctor
Isaac Sears
Davenport
Mrs. Weir
Grandma Harris
China
Anna Hennessey
van Horne
Town
Thomas Miller
Roy
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Hickok
Lee Rigby
Indiana
Messrs
E. A. Grimwood
Chas. Fields
Oxford Junction
Wills & Doutrick
Peter Devlin
Carpets
Peter Gedden
Bowen’s Prairie
Albert Null
Dixon, Illinois
Mrs
Margaretta Null
Sarah L. Seward
Blairsburg
Douglass H. Smith
C. M. Brown
Ella Carrier
Clay Valley
Dan Palmer
Wills & Deutrick
O. R. Ricker
County Board of Supervisors
Yarns, Hicks & Eilers
Ernest Skelley
Keokuk
Iowa
Lafayette Seeber
Colorado
John Martin
Will
T. W. Heaney
Richland Township
Pricea
M. W. Herrick
Philippines
Sandy Shoemaker
Scotch Grove
Adair County
Mrs.a. Richardson
Miles
H.S. Richardson
Lenox
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
A. D. Wood
Clare
Hot Springs
South Dakota
A. D. Kline
Nicholas Holst
Johnsontown
Tomlinson
Mamie Abel
Goldstone Bros
Frank Winters
Cascade Courier
Wills & Deitrick
John Chandler
First Street
New Cloaks
Percy. B. Mills
Christian Church
Staebler
George L. Lovell
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Lovell
Hicks & ElLers
Ernest Curran
Lucile
Pratt
Kansas
W. G. Eilers
J. S. Hall
Kettelsen
Hall
S. S. Library
Mulci
F. A. Hefner
Brown Place
Hoag
Order of Foresters
Jones
Charles Howie
Castle Grove Township
Clarence Herne
Gilmore
Wm. Abel
Wm. Abel, Jr
Milwaukee Road
D. C. Jewett
Oakwood Cemetery
Sand Spring
Diamond Creamery Co
Calaboose
J. F. Lattner
Worthington
Lattner
T.&h
Hall’s Hardware
C.H. Schipman
Soura Sr
Monticexo
Golding
Maud Stewart
Maple Grove
Wilbur Smith
Chas, Rigby
Josh
Scar H. Soetje
Sherwin-Williams
Furniture Nations
Night
D. B. Levis
Josh Spruce BY
Fone
Hayshed Band
Rube
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