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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
9
Miss Daisy Noyes visits Chicago while Oscar Newton goes there for a visit. Various residents travel to Hopkinton Anamosa Manchester and Dubuque for visits business or health. Bert Hubbard announces a December 4 farm auction. New goods and gifts advertised for winter and Christmas.
Monticello news notes include Carl Stuhler visiting Cedar Rapids family, Agnes Fay and Nellie Fitzpatrick guests in town, and a box social at Sand Spring school house. Local visits span Anamosa Dubuque and Chicago, with trips by L R Jacobs and the Magee family among others.
Miss Della Arduser arranged shipment of her mother's household goods to Dubuque last Monday. Mrs. Abraham Arduser remains in poor health and is now in a hospital in Dubuque. They had spent three months on the Pacific coast but did not make gains there. James A McNeal & Co. guarantees everything sold and vows permanence.
O W Hosford is described as a loyal uncle and local booster. He subscribes annually to five copies of The Express for relatives and routinely buys a dozen to fifteen extra copies each week to mail to friends with Monticello interests.
Our Castle Grove correspondent reports the marriage of Miss Fannie E. Rourke to Marion J. Tallman with congratulations. Mr. Tallman resided north of Morley. A. F. M. Caspers and Tobe Husmann left for Iraton to attend Hannah Oaken's funeral, she died suddenly at 22. A runa way accident injured Miss Ethel and Miss Mary George and Mrs. Marsh, no bones broken. The 1912 band secretary shows businessmen gave 238.50 for nine summer concerts and related costs, with pleased contributors.
Barker was summoned to Mitchell South Dakota last Tuesday by telegram announcing the death of his son in law Reverend Norton aged about sixty He was a Methodist minister and longtime member of the Upper Iowa conference later transferred to the South Dakota conference in 1895 He is survived by his widow and five sons.
Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter and Mr and Mrs BE Hicks travel to Chicago to watch Halstead Carpenter captain the Chicago team in the annual clash with Minnesota. The game decides the college league championship.
The next term at Anamoga opens with Judge Ellison on the bench. Only 10 law and 12 equity suits have been started since the September term, with five of those being divorces. Jurors will not appear until December 2, and trial notices are few, implying a short, easy docket ahead.
S G Durant of Dubuque, promoter of the proposed Dyersville and Cascade railway Iowa Northern Railway, was indicted by a Cincinnati grand jury on mail fraud charges. Seven men were arrested in as many cities in a scheme to solicit payments from small enterprise promoters to float stocks. Investigators say the syndicate reaped over a million dollars without delivering the stock. Durant posted 10000 bond and said he was only a bond broker connected with the affair.
A legless con artist with a wooden peg leg frequented Monticello selling soap to generous farmers who helped him financially. After cashing in, he returned to town in fine clothes with a cork leg and fancy shoes, until local youths alerted the marshal and he was stopped before more harm.
Jeremiah Richmond died November 14 at age 83 after a life spanning New York birth on September 9 1829 Iowa settlement Dubuque and Jones counties Civil War service at Langworthy Monticello resident. Survived by widow Amanda Darrow and sons George Lyman and Wilson with three other children deceased. Known for honesty and adherence to the golden rule. Funeral held Saturday conducted by Rev. M A Breed Congregational church.
A reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G H George celebrated their nephew Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J George. Nearly two hundred guests attended Friday evening November 15 as the newly married couple returned to Monticello. Local family and friends gathered in a spacious well decorated home with chrysanthemum arrangements and enjoyed refreshments in two joining dining rooms.
Cornelius S. McAleer died at his Monticello home last Friday evening November 15 after about a year of heart and kidney illness. He leaves a widow Mattie Devlin and two children Catherine and Robert, with surviving brothers and sisters listed. Funeral held Monday at the Catholic church with burial in the cemetery. he was 55 and respected as a honest business owner and good citizen.
Judge Frederick B. Doolittle of Delhi died last Tuesday morning while visiting his son Dr. John C. Doolittle of Des Moines. He was nearly 87, born in Bovina New York, moved to Monroe Michigan in 1837, settled in Delhi 1850, founded a nursery, helped lay out Delaware town in 1860, and worked with Hopkinton State Bank since its founding. He served as county judge of Delaware in the 1850s and was a Lincoln era internal revenue collector. He is survived by his second wife and one son L. G. Stabler. A. G. Hanken undertaker notes prompt service. 321 Dr. Puleston cures ruptures by fidelity method with no pain or work downtime.
Eda Tlein reports on Sprung tests visitors Mrs and Miss Waddick visiting Tuesday. A senior misplaced glasses and money last week. Domestic art girls to display work Tuesday afternoon. Thanksgiving vacation anticipated. Operetta postponed till after Thanksgiving with nightly practice noted. A sophomore aims at spelling and cartoon mishap cited. Attendance strong last week with one absence and no tardies. A junior boy rigs his seat with hammer and screwdriver. English class finished Pilgrim's Progress and praises Christian's triumphs. Spelling exam mood bright. junior class includes a potential future poet. A short poem by a junior student discusses a white lily and its beauty.
Events include Mershon selling his restaurant and leaving Co West Liberty, Chauncey Mead’s 80th birthday, Kaylor planning a Maxwell Dakota grocery, Luther Foster elected county superintendent, Midland railroad talk, multiple marriages, and a drowning accident at Rapid City. Monticello and Anamosa high schools held a declamatory contest with Monticello leading 4714 to 470. Jessie Dennison of Anamosa received top marks.
The Monticello school board met in special session with Dr J M Redmond W I Rohn LL W Lovell and Dr A M Maurice present. Bills approved include text books supplies printing and labor with gas heating chosen over electric for the Domestic Science laboratory. meeting adjourned.
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