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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
2
Wyoming notes visitors and arrivals from Anamosa Davenport Miles and Cedar Rapids. War drama, Bay View social, funerals for Carrol DeWitt and T B Nichols, and local business changes plus wedding news and Thanksgiving service details. Community events, readings, and farm concerns follow as residents travel or relocate.
Onslow dated November 22 lists Miss Marie Paul visiting sister Mae in Cedar Rapids. L E Brown has recovered enough to ride into town. T B Johnston and P H Schmalfeldt trip to Chicago with stock. Will Holtz of Holtz and Carstens in Chicago buying goods. John Smith returned from Manitoba where he worked as mason. Miss Flora Henderson of Little Falls Minnesota visits uncle Wm Conley. New section foreman Loux moves family into Bert Garnett’s house. Grant Harrison and wife from Nebraska visit G G Hall’s home. Methodist Ladies’ Aid to serve dinner and supper in the opera house on Thanksgiving. Much corn remains in fields and snow impacts harvest.
Prairieburg visitors and local residents share routine calls school openings and travel. Mrs D London advertises an auction for Friday November 26. Several residents visit relatives in Chicago Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Council Bluffs and Doon. A Northeaster storm arrives and wedding anniversary celebrations close the item.
Miss Ellen Mead spent Sunday with her parents in Center Junction. Several residents visitants and relatives from Anamosa Baldwin Monticello Scotch Grove and Clay were seen in town over the weekend. The Presbyterian ladies plan a chicken pie supper this Thursday and the M E and Presbyterian churches stage a bazaar on December 2 and 8 inviting all to attend and shop for Christmas gifts.
Local residents record visits and travel events. Leon Carpenter visited Maquoketa last Saturday while Mr and Mrs C DeZart traveled to Anamosa last week. Dee callers included Mr and Mrs L Mead at Maquoketa. Ruth Greene returned home from Clinton and Kate Hutton has come home from Wyoming.
November 22 items report Harry Ludwig bedridden with pleurisy while the A P Hamil family plans Thanksgiving in Utica Illinois. Myrta Davison visits Bellevue this week as guest of the Fonda family. Mrs Mabel Lindeman of Las Vegas New Mexico visits her father Dickson Beatty. Attorney Welch had a busy day Monday and Lawyer Cash similar turnout Saturday. Mrs N J Leytem suffered a window accident injuring her right arm and faces a period of disability.
Amber residents report Fritz Husemann's trip to Colorado J Bailey's return from Minnesota and Mrs Peter Robertson visiting Anamosa along with Mrs John Bailey visiting friends. Jens Paulson plans a farm sale due to ill health and will quit farming.
Buchanan and Fayette County Farms advertise excess prime farms for sale by 2012 Northern Iowa Land Co at Delwein and Independence Iowa. They claim numerous Jones county buyers are satisfied and urge prospects to request an illustrated list or visit. Also listing a 280 acre Delaware county farm near Sand Spring and Monticello with long terms or rental after Oct 1. John Seery Cascade Iowa handles inquiries.
The district court will convene Monday November 29 with numerous docketed cases. Promissory notes, damages, accounts, garnishment, and several family law actions appear including divorces and quiet title suits. Named parties include Mary Yonda, Jerry Trinka, Myrtle Wolf, Clarence J. Wolf, F R Tesar, City of Monticello, and others across multiple civil matters.
Mell Peet former Jones County legislator faced a tenant dispute on a Marion area farm. A Cedar Rapids Republican clipping notes the Justice Birdsall jury ruled for the defendant, leaving unresolved when Hakes must vacate. If partnership status, Peet may pursue ouster in district court.
A buggy cushion shawl and large bundle were found and left at this office for the owner to claim. Finder please call or visit with identifying details to recover items.
H E Chaplain offers a sale 6 miles north of Monticello and 1 mile east of Sand Springs on Tuesday November 30. Livestock includes 57 cattle 23 milch cows 10 two year old steers 12 yearlings 4 heifers 8 calves 9 horses 70 shoals 2000 bushels corn 700 oats 2 straw stacks and farm implements. O R Schofield sells at the Albertson farm Langworthy Monday November 29 at 1 p m 20 cattle 9 milch cows 1 span young colts 30 shoats 300 bushels corn 50 barley 10 tons hay and farm implements. Stray or stolen a young white black and tan English setter. R C Stirton. Good kitchen range for sale cheap inquire Mrs Charles Rice. 2012
For sale the McLees farm of 295 acres in Castle Grove township priced at 90 dollars per acre. The property includes 15 acres of timber land available at 50 dollars per acre. Inquiries may be made of the owners on the premises of R. CO. Stirton.
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