Local Notices and Visits Across Monticello Area
Mrs Harm Harms of Wayne township is very ill A G Williams visited at Manchester during the past week For Collarettes at H C Wills Miss Mattie Devlin spent Sunday with trends at Worthington Mrs Andrew Cassady is visiting her daughter at Cedar Rapids All taxes can be paid at the Monticello State Bank Heavy rainfall last Tuesday morning amounted to 1 10 Children’s Cloaks at Deitrick’s Store A W Beatty of Central City guest at Richard Dawson’s Cut Roses and Carnations at the Greenhouse Miss Essie Hoag went to Cedar Rapids last Monday morning For Black Dress Goods go to H C Wills A new steam boiler being installed in the Lovell House for heating purposes Everything in Dry Goods at Doutrick’s Mrs M Sweesy visited her daughter at Hopkinton last week Big discount in Tan Shoes and Oxfords at Stahler’s Mesdames A I Jackson and F M Hazlet visited in Dubuque early this week Samuel Eby left on a prospecting trip through South Dakota and Nebraska French flannel for Waists at H C Wills Mr and Mrs E H Hicks of Chicago visiting Monticello relatives Dr W A Mirick installing a heating plant and building a bath room Cut prices in Ladies Tan Shoes and Oxfords at Stublers Geo L Lovell and Wm Stubler went to Waverly on business last Tuesday Remember the farewell reception and program at the Congregational church Oct 30 New Capes and Jackets at H C Ruth Nelson went to Mt Vernon for a musical course at Cornell College Master Floyd Peck and sister Neva visiting W H Corbett Mrs E J Walston of Wyoming visiting daughter Mrs Craft at this place
Hans Hanson Company to Perform in Monticello
Local notes report G V Winner visiting Cedar Rapids and a fine Hans Hanson Co band street parade. Nellie Haeussler visits her aunt during carnival week while others travel to Chicago and Louisville for meetings. An upcoming democratic meeting at the opera house with S S Wright to speak, and Hans Hanson farce to be staged at Monticello opera house on October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Hanson Co
Opera House
Wright
Tipton
Monticello News Highlights Local Moves and Murky Deaths
Mrs George Kenyon visits Hopkinton then Monticello to see Brazeltons before returning home. Dennis Springer from Fruithurst Alabama heads to Minnesota after visiting local friends. C G Moses to sell stock and farm implements in Scotch Grove township on October 9 due to ill health. Tax delinquencies and penalties loom as October closes. A Scotch Grove child dies from cholera infantum. funeral at Scotch Grove German Lutheran church. W F Roun offers carriage trimming. A Molton son suffers injuries from a hay fork incident. Local notices confirm deaths of Mrs Henry Johnson and correction on Mr Peter Like death. Train time change proposal rejected. Millinery sells new hats at Deutrick's. Vic Chambers reports McKinley support in New York state factories. Supreme Court session opens in Des Moines with Jones county cases slated for Oct 22. Watchmakers featured by railroad inspectors. A J Stottlemeyer dies from an engine accident in Maryland. Willie Jones sent to reform school by Judge Remley. parents absent.
Local items mix visits births and politics in Monticello
Miss Alicia Crookshank visits her aunt in town as a baby daughter is born to Mr. and Mrs. Hilers. Monticello Chapter R A M meets next Monday. Wm Howes to open a short order lunch room in the old Tryon building. City sells land strip for 77 to Cuba Muir and Casper Kehri. People attend Cedar Rapids carnival with large excursionist groups. Langworthy Republicans form Rough Riders club led by L Batchelder. Hans Hanson Swede company starring at the opera house. Cass township Republicans organize Rough Riders club of 23 with Henry Thompson captain. Local corn crop yields high with good cattle hog and milk prices noted. Farm prices and harness shop ad closing.
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Cass Township
Center School House
Rough Riders Club
Henry Thompson
W. A. Hale
Rev. Glanville
E. J. Wood
Col. Yount
Anamosa
E. E. Reed
Monticello
City abandons new well and plans hillside option
The city will stop using the new well whose water fails health standards and revert to the old well with pure water. It will then sink a well on higher ground to avoid sewage contamination, focusing on a reliable water fund to meet needs. Epworth League opens Jubilee Singers event at the opera house, Oct 9, with reserved seats and season tickets. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Moulton visit, recalling early railroad days. hunters and fishermen warned off Skelley lands under penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Health
Saloonkeepers Sentenced for Nuisance and Other Crimes
Judge Remley imposed penalties in district court on the present term defendants Donahue Rick Jurgens for nuisance violations under the mulct law with fines of 300 dollars plus costs. George Jackson received two years at Anamosa penitentiary. C C Owen and Jacob Schnee der both sentenced for assault with intent with six months jail and 350 dollar fine plus costs respectively. The convict King faces one year penitentiary term after current sentence. Kendall's Comedy Co. played Monticello for three nights with meager crowds. manager fled town leaving company with unpaid wages and small remittance, while Kempf offered the opera house for Tuesday night show to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remley
Donahue
Monticello
Rick
Anamosa
Jurgens
Olin
George Jackson
C. C. Owen
Jacob Sehneider
King
Kendall
Kempf
Death of Mr Frederick Elges Father of Local Landlord
The 82 year old German born Mr Frederick Elges died at his son G D Elges Tremont House in Davenport on Tuesday. He emigrated to America in 1855 with his wife who died in Monticello last year and lived in St. Clair County Illinois Clinton Missouri Davenport and this city. He was a Lutheran and father to G D Elges August Elges and Carl Elges. In a separate incident near Anamosa a 12 year old boy named Pavey and his older brother fired a rifle at a covered buggy wounding no one though the baby narrowly escaped. Authorities have not announced what will be done about the youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Elges
G. D. Elges
Tremont House
Bielefeld
Germany
Rixy
Monticello
August Elges
Clinton
Missouri
Carl Elges
St. Louis
Brown
Anamosa
Pavey
Rascal
Anamosa Man Bound Over on Forgery Charges
Charles Henshaw bound over to the grand jury by Justice Rhinehart after being linked to stealing two drafts from C M and St P Ry. He forged payee names and passed the checks at Martelle saloons before his arrest. Mrs P O Babcock to return from Mentor Iowa. funeral of her mother yesterday. S S Evans to join Rhodes barber shop next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henshaw
Martelle
Henshaw
P. O. Babcock
Mentor
Iowa
Former Resident Attempts Death by Own Action in Illinois
The Lacan Journal reports Mrs. Currie Jewett Thompson of Lacon Illinois attempted suicide by shooting in her room after greeting her husband John B Thompson at home. Once active in church and temperance work she showed signs of melancholia and declining faith, though described as a sincere Christian.
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Currie Jewett Thompson
Lacon
Ilinois
Thompson
Chas. Jewett
D. C. Jewett
Illinois
John 8. Thompson
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the Express
J. W. Doxsee
Koop & Hicks
East First Street
Home News
D. I. Goldstone
Chicago
Fleisher
Deatrick
Harm Harms
Wayne Township
Wills
E. C. Holt of
New Dress Goods
Hicks & Eilers
B. F. Zilley
Cedar Rapids
Deutrick’s
A. G. Williams
Manchester
H.C. Wills
Stahlers
Andrew Cassady
Children’s Cloaks
Deitrick’s Store
A. W. Beatty
Central City
Richard Dawson
Essie Hoag
H. C. Wills
Lovell House
Dou
Trick
Mesdames A. I. Jackson and
F. M. Hazlet
Dubuque
Samuel Eby
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mrs. E. H. Hicks
Stublers
Geo. L. Lovell
Wm. Stubler
Waverly
The
Congregational Church
Ruth Nelson
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
Floyd ‘Peck
Neva
W. H. Corbett
Dep’t
Deatrick’s Store
E. J. Walston
Wyoming
Mrs. Craft
G. V. Winner
Mrs
Henry Rettig
Nellie Haeussler
Nettie Eberhardt
B. B. Ryan
Fred Matthiessen
Gruenstein
Synod of the German Reformed Churches
Louisville
Kentucky
Genevieve Lawrence
Deatrick’s
H. M. Carpenter
Richmond
Virginia
American Bankers’ Association
Lower Rock Island
Robi. Halloway
Staeber
Edward Lang
Upper Iowa
M. E
Osage
John Thomas
Edna
Father Murphy
Church of Immaculate Conception of
Argand
Chestnut Street
O. R. Ricker
John Sutton
Benton County
Vinton
Theodore Altman
Frank Altman
Ray Schaeffer
Morgan Park Academy
Kranz
Palace of Sweets
George Haines
Kansas City
Peter Meyer
Joseph Reiger
Kate Bower
John Mundell
Cascade
David Mundell
Independence
Alice Dorsey
H. ©. Wills
Arthur Maurice
Des Moines
Dental
Drake University
Messrs
T. E. Watters
B. Brown
John Rigby
Wm. McCarthy
Alfred Walton
Hans Hanson
Monticello Opera House
Dennis Springer
Fruithurst
Alabama
Minnesota
C. G. Moses
Scotch Grove Township
C. W
Chas. Curtis and Son
Glenwood
Omaha
Arch Chamberlain
Winterset
George Oltmann
Scotch Grove German Lutheran Church
W. F. Roun
Chas. Moulton
Lucian Rice
Henry Johnson
Richland Township
Bowen’s Prairie
Tor Express
Peter Like
David Like
East Monticello
Vic Chambers
New York State
Supreme Court
Jones County
R. Becker & Degan
Fred. Staab
W. D. Merritt
John Ernst
William Helmer
Dalby Bros
W. H. Parrott
Monticello Bank
Thomas Marshall
Scotch Grove
A. J. Stottlemeyer
Hagerstown
Maryland
Willie Jones
Reform School
Alicia Crookshank
California
John Seales
Wm. G. Hilers
Wm. Howes
Times Force
Tryon
Times
Fifth Street
Cedar Street
Cuba Muir
Casper Kehri
Langworthy
L. Batchelder
Jas. T. McAlpin
Mgr. McAlpin
Ole Olson
W. F. Ronn
Slayton Jubilee Singers
Epworth League
Burlington
Farley
James and
Cornelia Skelley
Henry Turtken, Frank H. Kurt
S. S. Evans
W. W. Rhodes
C. H. Schipman
South Sion
Montica
Scar H. Soetje
Dhalma
Sherwin-Williams
Bissell
Hubbard & Hanken
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