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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
7
A collage of storefront ads and personal notices lists visitors to Davenport and Clinton, new goods at Sumters and Hicks and Eilers, clothing, yarns, and blankets at Wills Doutrick, and product specials at Lon's and Goldstone. Social visits span Cedar Rapids to Wyoming with travel and church events noted.
Mr. George Nordman returns from Germany. Campbell visits Cedar Rapids for Practical Tailor System. Ferris waists advertised at Sumter's. Mc Kinley and Hobart club meeting at town hall Friday evening. Minnie Tanner of Maquoketa attempts suicide by laudanum. Wills & Deutrick ad details town harvest 1896. McClintock of La Grange visits Maquoketa. Mon ticello Bank statement praised. Ladies cloaks at Sumter's. B F Montgomery to speak at opera house Thursday. Crane launches Leader at Bellevue Idaho. Promos for Lon's Prosperity goods. Lovell, Stuhler, Carpenter attend bank directors meeting at Waverly. Public sale at Hon G Hilera farm successful. Dress cutting school attendees from Sand Spring. P J Cobb visiting L B Cobb. Parker Davis & Co. Epworth League chicken pie social Oct 9 with free bus from M E church. Willis & Doutrick ads for ribbons and gloves. Alberta Soetje leaves for Denver around Nov 1. Three youths bicycles to LeMars. Samter & Samter dress goods stock. Gourd in Tur Express editorial room nearly five feet long. weighs 18 pounds. Mrs John Simington and daughters visit from Longmont Colorado. Corsets and waists at Witt and Dourrick No 219.
A union prayer meeting preparatory to Evangelist Hart sough will be held every Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. The first meeting this week was well attended.
Mrs F S Dunham visiting daughter Mrs F P Stabler travels to Maquoketa to see her father and plans to return to her winter home in St Augustine Florida in November. Mr Campbell of the Practical Tailor System notes those who condemn it early often praise it later. Mrs A G Buring of Clinton will speak at the Presbyterian church on home missions next Sunday at 7 pm. R N Howe, a free silver leader at Ryan, shifts to McKinley after Henderson speech. local popocrats demoralized.
A summer produced directory by Moore & Co. will be placed in every Monticello home and business. Elder Devol will preach at the Opera house on Sunday in a Great Conflict sermon. A fall dress line, Bryan rally turnout details, and a wedding are noted among other town items.
Captain W. Kepler of Mount Vernon will headline two speeches in Jones County next week in Scotch Grove and Center Junction, promoting McKinley. Other Republican and Democratic figures including R. G. Cousins Minton Remilly E H Conarr and Gro L Donson will address voters in Anamosa Wyoming Oxford Junction and surrounding areas as part of a county wide rally schedule. The Flambeau club showcased new uniforms and prepared military drills ahead of campaigning in Anamosa. the Monticello McKinley and Hobart Club numbers 25 members with T A King as captain and J C Smith as sergeant.
A dated sermon by a Virginia preacher pleads for national preservation and economic relief while urging divine scrutiny of William Jennings Bryan and political interference in worship. The ad promises Parrott’s clock and watch repair services after forty years of practice.
The council met in regular session with six members present and one absent. The weighmaster reported drafts and coal totals and salary approval. bills and box rent were approved. clerk’s warrants for September were filed. a request for an electric light at Third and Cedar was tabled. meeting adjourned.
Clerk McQueen recorded a September list of marriage licenses including Philip Mohn with Lottie G Davis and Bert Stingley with Eva Hotz among numerous other couples. Names include John Dolphin and Mary Allenton, Walter Flansburg and Belle Brush Hollar, George Hall and Ada Brady, and Elmer Elmer with Sadie Overly.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Monticello Iowa post office as of October 5 1896 includes Bight Asaie Chambers C A Dallebant James Winney J N L T Alexander P M.
Anamosa Eureka issue from October 21 1859 is described with Booth Parrott as publisher and Lieu tenant Governor as editor. Ads show early professionals including two lawyers Judge Davis McCain and Judge J S Stacy and local merchants like A Heitchen and D C Quinby. The seventh annual Jones county fair yields a small profit and vivid racing tales.
Eight ladies competed with Miss Elizabeth Smith winning first prize riding bareback and proving the most daring rider. Miss Emma Crane earned second prize. The piece recalls early Jones County days and past equestrian events. The note mentions silver coinage in September and a railway travel ad with rates via the Milwaukee and St. Paul line.
Two girls sought for housework duties with good wages and steady employment for competent applicants. Apply by letter or in person to 1214 Mrs. Dr. G R Skinner 15 Sixth Ave Cedar Rapids Ia.
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